Season's Greetings

Geffrye Museum London 1930s room, decorated for the season

All the best for the Christmas holidays. Thank you to all those who contacted me this year, I very much appreciate your business. I will be around for most of the time so drop me an email if you need something valued.

Miniature Bronte Book Sells For 690,000 Pounds

This tiny book, handwritten by the teenage Charlotte Bronte (and sister) has sold in London to a French manuscript Museum.  The Bronte Parsonage who has the rest of the set, closely missed out.  It is an early untraced  book with strands of stories yet unwritten. Guardian article here.

Gormley Marquette Sells For Three Times Antiques Roadshow Valuation

Recently on the British Antiques Roadshow, Philip Mould made history by giving the highest valuation for anything on the show.  An Antony Gormley marquette of the Angel of the North was valued by him for a record 1 million pounds.  Just a few months ago a similar (or maybe the same one as it is an edition of 5) sold at Christie's in London for 3.4 million pounds. 

Amy Winehouse Dress Sells To Chilean Museum

The chiffon dress worn on the cover of Back to Black above was auctioned by Kerry Taylor in London last week.  It sold for 43,200 pounds including BP.  The Disaya designed dress sold to a Chilean museum, with proceeds going to the Amy Winehouse foundation.  Other star lots from the auction was Lady Di's back up wedding dress which sold for 48,000 pounds to possibly the same museum.  Read article here.