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Lancashire fans of boy band One Direction may be interested to know that Harry Styles is just an old fashioned lad at heart, having been snapped loading an antique chest and various other fine furniture items he’d just bought into (more…)
Lancashire is a long way from the antiques malls of New York, but you can still pay a virtual visit with the New York Times, which regularly has pages available to read online. On 5th April, it featured an interview with antique restorer Christophe Poumy, who confessed a love of antique chests. (more…)
For buyers in Lancashire, an antique chest with an estimate of £5,000 – 8,000 is just one of the attractions at the forthcoming Oak sale at Bonham’s of Chester. (more…)
A high chest-of-drawers, by legendary American craftsman John Townsend, will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s New York on January 21, with an estimated value of $2m – $3m. This places it in (more…)
The fortunes of Penrith and Kidd continue to rise – especially in the area of antique chests. The Cumbrian auction house and valuers has a name you’d normally associate with cattle sales. However, PFK also host three Antiques and Collectors auctions each year. At one recent auction, held on 30th November, an impressive (more…)
The popular BBC1 antique shows, Cash in the Attic and Bargain Hunt, were aired back-to-back on Tuesday December 6th. Evidently travel was in the air, because both programs featured an antique chest from the Golden Age of transatlantic liners – and both made a handsome profit. (more…)
David Dickinson has just finished filming in Doncaster for the new series of Dickinson’s Real Deal, which will be aired in 2012. The popular, perma-tanned antiques expert filmed at The Dome for eight hours while struggling with tonsillitis. The 70 year old remained his usual charming self, while a host of people queued all day to discover what their treasures were worth. (more…)
Barry Thomas, aged 66 presented the Antiques Roadshow with its most unusual item to date; a loo roll which The Beatles refused to use. The item presented a conundrum, as experts from the popular programme couldn’t place a value on it. (more…)
Recent antique furniture auctions in Cumbria and Lancashire have seen good prices realised on 18th and 19th century antique chests. In Cumbria, PFK Auctions saw two Georgian oak mule chests each realise £580, one against an upper estimate of £300.
17th century chests offer even better returns. At Bonhams of Chester, just across (more…)
antique chests have been enjoying a revival in popularity. Salisbury auctioneers Woolley and Wallis recently hit the headlines when a Chinese jade teapot went under the hammer for £1.75m at their Asian art sale. Less lucrative, though no less impressive, was the sale of a Charles II oak chest, which realised £1800 against (more…)
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