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Article: Antiques & Auctions: James Bond book shakes and stirs Bristol auction, as it fetches top price of pounds 2,600.(Features)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  October 12, 2002 ;     500 words ...TOP price at the Bristol Auction Rooms' sale of Antique and Decorative...collector now in Spain for pounds 2,600. Among the pictures on...jagged tear, it still sold for pounds 1,700, way above estimate...a young lady (29x24cm) made pounds 540 and, among the marine paintings...

Article: Make a bold bid ; Prepare for the summer sales frenzy as the auction rooms burst with bargains, says Katrina Burroughs
Evening Standard - London;  May 2, 2007 ;     700+ words ......19th century pineandoak side table is estimated at Pounds 500 to Pounds 700, and a pair of leather tub chairs Pounds 400 to Pounds 600. Tempted by textiles Alistair McAlpine appears...the Sixties and bought his paintings for less than Pounds 3,000 a throw, to find that they are valued at ...

Article: Oil portrait of Spanish beauty fetches pounds 7,000.(Features)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  June 21, 2003 ;     392 words ...THE BRISTOL Auction Rooms' sale held in their Clifton...price of the section was pounds 7,000 paid for an original...Harbour, Valetta. Bristol Auction Rooms say that whenever they get...prices in the section were pounds 3,200 taken for an oil on...Kennedy of roses (49x39cm) and ...

Article: Medals and engraved rifle attract buyers; BRISTOL AUCTION ROOMS: Good range of militaria sells well.(Features)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  December 22, 2001 ;     391 words ......on offer at the Bristol Auction Rooms' sale on December 11...Cameron Highlanders made pounds 470. They included the...with 9.5cm flywheel made pounds 250, a painted wooden...successfully - May 15th 1941 made pounds 155. A Dinky Gift Set...Medium Tank Unit made pounds 205, despite ...

Article: Antiques&Auctions: Good quality antiques keep ticking over at Bristol Auction Rooms.(Features)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  November 16, 2002 ;     700+ words ...THE BRISTOL AUCTION ROOMS' 280-lot sale held in...Top price was a hefty pounds 13,000 paid for a large...five-stone diamond ring pounds 660. An Art Deco amethyst...diamond brooch sold for pounds 700, and the same price...shell cameo brooch made pounds 640 and a sapphire and diamond ...

Article: FAMILY FINANCE: Lots for followers of fashion Teddy bear prices have peaked but Batmobiles from the 1960s are all the rage, says Conal Gregory, who has trawled the auction rooms for items that set dealers' pulses racing
The Sunday Telegraph London;  January 12, 1997 ;     700+ words ...Christie's South Kensington last month secured pounds 34,500 for "Teddy Edward", the bear featured on BBC...dolls have slumped in price since the 1980s: down from pounds 50,000 to pounds 60,000 to between pounds 10,000 and pounds 30,000...

Article: My pounds 5m date with Picasso; Under the Hammer.
Liverpool Echo (Liverpool, England);  June 27, 2009 ;     423 words ......wonderful experience. I occasionally pop in to Christie's auction rooms in King Street in St James' in London and because...case itself. There was going to be a private pre-auction viewing for invited guests a few days before the auction. To complement the furniture there were many impressionist ...

Article: Invest in the outdoors ; The auction rooms are full of treasures waiting to grace your garden, says Katrina Burroughs
Evening Standard - London;  May 16, 2007 ;     700+ words ......grimacing Bacchic mask in composite stone (lot 224, est. Pounds 100-Pounds 200). Roberts's passion is old buildings he spends...King's College, Cambridge (lots 21-25, each pair est. Pounds 8,000- King's College, Cambridge each pair est. Pounds...

Article: 1930 Ashes cricket bat hits pounds 2,400 at auction.(Features)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  September 3, 2005 ;     167 words ......at auction this week for pounds 2,400. The Gunn and Moore...buyer present at Plymouth auction rooms. Although the bat was not...its pre-sale estimate of pounds 1,000-1,5000 to go under...pounds 10,000 at Plymouth auction rooms.

Article: Pots and pounds. (pottery auctions)
The Economist (US);  March 11, 1989 ;     228 words ...Pots and pounds STUDIO ceramics have come of age in the London auction rooms. Four years ago a 1950s vase...estimated by Christie's at [pounds]2,000-3,000. Last month's...vase, in the event, made [pounds]13,500. That, by chance, was...highest-ever bid for a Coper, [pounds]35,000. But ...

Article: Bottle jugs sell for pounds 24,000 in bidding war.(News)
Western Mail (Cardiff, Wales);  July 26, 2003 ;     560 words ......the auction that the Bristol Auction Rooms were going to do quite well...to a buyer in the room for pounds 24,000 (plus buyer's premium...bouquets, of the same height, made pounds 980, a 19th century Meissen...companions managed to sell for pounds 620 despite damage, a late...

Article: Tony Morris: All-bronze silks expected to fetch pounds 60,000 at Sothebys.(Sports)
The Racing Post (London, England);  October 28, 2005 ;     332 words ......of silks held at Sotheby's Auction Rooms in Olympia on November 16...such an auction remains the pounds 69,000 paid by Sue Magnier...colours will go for around pounds 60,000. Another highlight of...to purchase Bois Roussel for pounds 8,000 two months before the...

Article: Cuppa to toast Val's pounds 3.8m win on lottery.(News)
The Mirror (London, England);  June 30, 2000 ;     273 words ......Valerie Mackrill last night toasted her pounds 3.8million lottery win - with a cuppa...serves drinks once a week at her local auction rooms - said of her Wednesday win: I am dumbstruck...Valerie and Malcolm have religiously spent pounds 13 on lotto tickets each Saturday and pounds 10 every ...

Article: What does a Grecian urn? ; Selling off royal silver has become a fashionable way of raising funds. Next into the auction rooms are the glorious goodies that graced the palaces of the Kings of Greece. By Katrina Burroughs
Evening Standard - London;  January 17, 2007 ;     700+ words ......a silver christening mug or a pair of candlesticks, all in the less- thanprincely range of Pounds 50-Pounds 250. Everything with estimates below Pounds 2,000 will be sold without reserve. The treasures have been in storage in London since the...