Unique Auctions 26th February sale includes One of Largest Single Coin Collections Ever.

The collection of coins from an estate in the Midlands includes an amazing array of variety from Roman coins to modern day.

Coins include James I, James II, Elizabeth I, Henry III, Henry VII, Charles I, Gold Swiss coins, sovereigns, silver dollars, silver proof sets, silver proof ingots, and many specialist box sets and editions.

An unusual part of the collection is a bin containing 1/4 tonne of unsorted coins. We can only imagine that this collection took many decades to get to its current position. The bin was filmed by the BBC and by Unique Auctions being emptied. The collection is so vast that many lots are being added to the catalogue unsorted.

There is a special preview of the coins on Thursday 23rd February.

If you have questions on the coin collection auction please contact us on 01522 690044.

The sale takes place on 26th February Day at 10am at Unique Auctions, Hillcroft Business Park, Whisby Road, Lincoln, LN6 3QT.

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Unique Auctions are one of Lincolnshire’s leading Auction Houses offering a range of regular Antique & Collectors sales. Unique Auctions handle every aspect of probate, house, agricultural, commercial and industrial clearances.

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Unique Auctions 26th February sale includes an extremely rare Louis Vuitton Trunk Belonging to the Princess Stella of Kapurthala.

The trunk has the number 819756 and has P & O Baggage Room labels marked Princess Stella of Kapurthala. The trunk includes a number of other labels and signage.

The web site http://www.kapurthalaprincess.com details the life of the Princess and makes very interesting reading: how she met the Maharajah, how he was captivated by her beauty and  proposed through a letter, her travels to India and life as a Princess.

The Maharini was a seasoned traveller the web site details many notes on her travels. The trunk itself has Kapurthala markings on the side its entire Louis Vuitton number reads: LOUIS VUITTON VL 819756 VL, PARIS 70 CHAMPS ELYSEES, 149 NEW BOND ST LONDON, NICE, CANNES, VICHY.

If you have questions on the trunk please contact us on 01522 690044.

The sale takes place on 26th February Day at 10am at Unique Auctions, Hillcroft Business Park, Whisby Road, Lincoln, LN6 3QT.

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About the Maharini of Kapurthala

For further information visit http://www.kapurthalaprincess.com

About Unique Auctions

Unique Auctions are one of Lincolnshire’s leading Auction Houses offering a range of regular Antique & Collectors sales. Unique Auctions handle every aspect of probate, house, agricultural, commercial and industrial clearances.

For further information call UK +44 (0) 1522 690444 or visit http://www.unique-auctions.com

Unique Auctions New Year’s Day sale features two pieces of furniture from Robert (Mouseman) Thompson. Included is an unusual nest of 3 Mouseman oak tables featuring mice on the legs. The mouse on the smaller table appears in a different location than the larger tables. Also at auction is a large lamp featuring a mouse at the base. 

The sale takes place on New Years Day, 1st January at 10am at Unique Auctions, Hillcroft Business Park, Whisby Road, Lincoln, LN6 3QT.

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Unique Auctions are one of Lincolnshire’s leading Auction Houses offering a range of regular Antique & Collectors sales. Unique Auctions handle every aspect of probate, house, agricultural, commercial and industrial clearances.

For further information call UK +44 (0) 1522 690444 or visit http://www.unique-auctions.com

About Mouseman Robert Thompson

Robert (Mouseman) Thompson (7 May 1876 – 8 December 1955) was a British furniture maker. He lived in Kilburn, North Yorkshire, where he set up a business manufacturing oak furniture, which featured a carved mouse on almost every piece. It is claimed that the mouse motif came about accidentally in 1919 following a conversation about “being as poor as a church mouse”, which took place between Thompson and one of his colleagues during the carving of a cornice for a screen. This chance remark led to him carving a mouse and this remained part of his work from this point onwards.

He was part of the 1920s revival of craftsmanship, inspired by the Arts and Crafts movement led by William Morris, John Ruskin and Thomas Carlyle. More specific to furniture making in this genre and era include Stanley Webb Davies of Windermere.

The workshop, now being run by his descendants, includes a showroom and visitors’ centre, and is located beside the Parish Church, which contains “Mouseman” pews, fittings and other furniture. The company is now known as “Robert Thompson’s Craftsmen Ltd – The Mouseman of Kilburn.”

Fr Paul Nevill, a former Headmaster of Ampleforth College, asked Thompson to make the Ampleforth Abbey’s furniture; they liked it so much that Ampleforth kept asking Thompson for more works, including the library and most of the main building. Fr Gabriel Everitt, current Headmaster, has recently asked the Mouseman company for more work. Most of Ampleforth College houses are decorated with Robert Thompson’s furniture.

Others who continue in his style working in Yorkshire oak, have adopted similar identifying marks and nicknames, for example Thomas “Gnomeman” Whittaker (1910-1991), Colin “Beaverman” Almack, Wilf “Squirrelman” Hutchinson, “eagleman”, “beaverman” et al..

Source: Wikipedia

Unique Auctions at Lincoln have once again been invited to market another rare and exceptional painting this time by Fantin-Latour. Ignace-Henri-Theodore Fantin-Latour 1836-1904 is the most celebrated 19th Century French painter of flower still lifes.

Although he was born in Grenoble, Fantin-Latour moved to Paris in 1841 and worked in the studio of Gustave Courbet where he developed his unique and much celebrated studies of flowers. He made frequent visits to England and became a lifelong friend and companion to the versatile painter James Whistler.

From 1862 many of his flower studies were shown at the Royal Academy and this picture, a study of roses, is typical of the fluency of his accomplished style of painting. It has been owned by the same family for three generations and is signed and dated by Latour in the artists unique manner.

Today his work is represented in many private collections and this picture will be of particular interest to connoisseurs of his work as it complements the few studies which have come to the market in the last few years. Based on recent sale room successes the estimate for this picture is £20,000 – £30,000.

Also in the same sale are two delightful studies by the French engraver and versatile draughtsman, Jaques Callot 1592 – 1635.

These studies illustrate his accomplishments in the mannerist style which was noted for combining grotesque and elegant elements in a compelling manner.

Certainly sought after by the connoisseur because of the advances he pioneered in copper plate engraving, these two studies are estimated at £500 – £600 each.

Other artists at the sale include: Robert Alexander Hillingford (1825-1904), H. Dunatti, E. Bennett, F. Holzen and H. E. Stephens.

The sale takes place on New Years Day, 1st January at 10am  at Unique Auctions, Hillcroft Business Park, Whisby Road, Lincoln, LN6 3QT.

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About Unique Auctions

Unique Auctions are one of Lincolnshire’s leading Auction Houses offering a range of regular Antique & Collectors sales. Unique Auctions handle every aspect of probate, house, agricultural, commercial and industrial clearances.

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Two life size models of a Tiger and Tiger with Cub are set to make a roar at Unique Auctions New Years Day auction. The New Years Day Auction looks set to be one of the best auctions Lincolnshire has seen with many works of fine art, high end antiques and much more.

The sale takes place on New Years Day at Unique Auctions, Hillcroft Business Park, Whisby Road, Lincoln, LN6 3QT. Click for here for more details of the auction. Click for directions to Unique Auctions.

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Every Aspect of Complete House, Farm, Manor House and Land Clearances.

Unique Auctions Saturday 26th November sale includes a large number of pottery items including: Royal Doulton, Character Jugs, Lorna Bailey, Poole Pottery, Clarice  Cliff, Susie Cooper, Wade Pottery, Wade Collectous Club, Wade Whimsies, Wade Nurseryland, NAO, Lladro, Hummel, Goebel, Art Pottery and more.

The sale takes place on Saturday 26th November at Unique Auctions, Hillcroft Business Park, Whisby Road, Lincoln, LN6 3QT. Click for here for more details of the auction. Click for directions to Unique Auctions.

Unique Auctions is Lincolnshire’s Number One Auction House Handling Every Aspect of Complete House, Farm, Manor House and Land Clearances.

The Lorna Bailey Auction

Unique Auctions are delighted to present a special auction of Lorna Bailey Artware, pottery, original art, limited editions, prototypes and a number of special one off pieces designed for the auction.

The auction will take place on Thursday the 15th December as part of Unique Auctions pre-Christmas sale.
The auction will be also available online through http://www.the-saleroom.com

Further items are now being accepted for this auction.

A special online catalogue will be availble nearer the time.

For more information please call Terry Woodcock on UK +44 (0) 1522 690444

About Lorna Bailey

Lorna Bailey Artware has been described by leading Antiques expert Eric Knowles as one of his Antiques of the Future. Lorna Bailey found incredible success during the late 1990s and into the millennium with her range of modern art deco designs, new art deco shapes and traditional art deco shapes.

About Unique Auctions

Unique Auctions are one of Lincolnshire’s leading Auction Houses offering a range of regular Antique & Collectors sales. Unique Auctions handle every aspect of probate, house, agricultural, commercial and industrial clearances.

For further information call UK +44 (0) 1522 690444 or visit http://www.unique-auctions.com

An unusual Masonic Spirit Level by Joshua Golding  features in Unique Auction’s 26th November Antique and Collectors sale. The items include a Agent For Lyons Tea sign, a Lennards Boots & Shoes sign, a Old Friend sign, and a Royal Mail Steam Packet suspenser.

The sale takes place on Saturday 26th November at Unique Auctions, Hillcroft Business Park, Whisby Road, Lincoln, LN6 3QT. Click for here for more details of the auction. Click for directions to Unique Auctions.

Unique Auctions is Lincolnshire’s Number One Auction House Handling Every Aspect of Complete House, Farm, Manor House and Land Clearances.

A number of Advertising Ware and Advertising Signs feature in Unique Auction’s 26th November Antique and Collectors sale. The items include a Agent For Lyons Tea sign, a Lennards Boots & Shoes sign, a Old Friend sign, and a Royal Mail Steam Packet suspenser.

The sale takes place on Saturday 26th November at Unique Auctions, Hillcroft Business Park, Whisby Road, Lincoln, LN6 3QT. Click for here for more details of the auction. Click for directions to Unique Auctions.

Unique Auctions are delighted to announce the date of two Thursday Evening Antiques & Collectors sales.

The sales will feature online internet bidding and entries are now being accepted.

The first two Thursday evening sales will take place on

the 3rd November

and the 15th December.

The sales takes place at Unique Auctions, Hillcroft Business Park, Whisby Road, Lincoln, LN6 3QT. 
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