Auctions are held in the following categories:
Fine Sales – held quarterly
An offering of the highest quality and most sought after items appearing in our Chester rooms. Categories include fine English, European and Oriental ceramics, Antique and high quality modern jewellery, oil paintings and watercolours, antique furniture including clocks and rugs, Works of Art and other interesting, unusual and decorative lots.
Printed illustrated catalogues are produced a week to ten days prior to the sale and fully illustrated online catalogues appear on three internationally known web portals and our own website:
www.the-saleroom.com/Byrnes; www.ukauctioneers.com
Buyers can bid live online during these sales using a service provided by www.the-saleroom.com
We are delighted to offer a domestic and international postage and packing service on almost all lots apart from furniture.
Collectors Sales – held quarterly
Areas covered in these sales include: Militaria; Scientific Instruments & Cameras; Dolls & Teddy Bears; Diecast & Tinplate toys including Dinky, Corgi, Bing, Marklin, Hornby etc; Coins; 20th Century Decorative Arts including Royal Doulton and Beswick; Transport memorabilia; Printed ephemera including postcards, autographs & stamps. Viewing is normally the same as General Sales (see below).
Auctions appear on the same websites as for our Fine Sales and live online bidding is also available.
We are delighted to offer a postage and packing service.
The Sporting Sale - Guns and Country Pursuits
These three times a year specialist offerings cater to an enthusiastic country pursuits audience. We are developing them slowly but surely since we started them in 2007 and they include sporting and game guns, gun and cartridge cases, antiques fishing tackle, sporting art, country clothing and accessories. As Registered Firearms Dealers we are able to take delivery of guns on behalf of deceased estates and to ship items on behalf of purchasers. Obviously there are special conditions attached to these sales which you can see here.
General Antiques & Later Effects Sales - held fortnightly
400-600 lots of affordable items incl ceramics & glassware, silver & silver plate, antique, modern & costume jewellery, household effects, pictures & prints, antique & modern furniture with prices generally from £5-500.
Most of the lots in these auctions come from local deceased estates where a complete house clearance service has been conducted.
Public viewing is held the day before the sale from 2pm to 7pm and from 9am on the morning of the sale, with the sale commencing at 10am.
Catalogues for these auctions are provided in a simple list form with descriptions of items but without published estimates. Our popular e-subscription service provides advance notice of these sales and the lots list is e-mailed to subscribers prior to the viewing.
To subscribe to this free service, click here, insert "e-flier" in the subject line and include your name and contact details.
