AUCTION HOUSE INDEX
CHISWICK AUCTIONS
London
Twenty specialist departments provide sales in classic areas such as prints and multiples, homes and antiques, and books. But you’ll also find less common offerings such as Chinese industrial art, 19th century photographs and even erotica and objects of desire.
DUKE’S
Dorchester
A regional auction house with a good mix of art and interiors lots. Find sales in Asian art, natural history and, our favourite, the art post-1880 sale.
FORUM AUCTIONS
London and Berkshire
One of the very best places to find accessible prints and multiples, Forum’s specialisms are in modern and contemporary art, books, manuscripts, and works on paper from the 16th-19th century. Great success has been had here acquiring works by figures such as Patrick Caulfield and Henry Moore for very attractive hammer prices.
LYON & TURNBULL
Edinburgh and London
A beloved Scottish institution, Lyon & Turnbull’s sale offerings get better with each passing year. We love its Form Through Time sale, which offers sculptural pieces from across the world and through all periods of history.
MAAK
Online and London
Possibly the world’s foremost auction house specialising in contemporary and studio ceramics, Maak offers its buyers access to stylish works from as little as a couple of hundred pounds, up to recordbreaking pieces by the biggest names in clay, such as Magdalene Odundo, Lucie Rie and Hans Coper.
MALLAMS
Oxford
Founded in 1788, Mallams holds a wide variety of sales spanning everything from Islamic art to Hermès silks. Our favourite is the Affordable Modern Art sale that does an excellent job of sorting wheat from chaff.
OLYMPIA AUCTIONS
London
Its specialists have a combined 600 years of expertise, spread out across disciplines ranging from modern and contemporary African art to bejewelled antique knives. It also frequently holds sales of artist’s estates, offering collectors a chance to acquire pieces previously in family hands.
ROSEBERYS
London
A favourite among interior designers, Roseberys is noted for its excellent home and design sales, as well as its many opportunities to discover modern and contemporary British art.
SWORDERS
London
A London auction house with a great reputation – we are fond of its Paint. Print. Sculpt. sale, which does exactly what you would expect from the name. There are also fantastic home, design, country house and contemporary art sales.
WOOLLEY & WALLIS
Salisbury
This regional Wiltshire auction house is anything but provincial. With sales in categories such African & Oceanic art, Objects of Vertu and Old Master paintings, there is a wide choice of top quality items.