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Spring Antique & Collectors’ Auction Report

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Cuttlestones Auction Rooms, Penkridge, Staffordshire A diverse array of fine and collectable lots saw enthusiastic bidding at our recent Spring Antique & Collectors’ Auction held at our Penkridge saleroom. From mid-century artworks to vintage collectables, coins, silverware – and even a classic moped – the sale drew strong interest from bidders both online and in person. Here are some of the standout lots that stole the show throughout the diverse…

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Winter Antique Auction Sale Report: “The car’s the star” as E-Type Jaguar sees winning bid of £20,000

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Fine jewellery, an outstanding collection of watches, silverware, milk churns (bear with us), clocks – and a classic car discovered in a barn – all got bidders hot under the collar in the Thursday 28th November Winter Antiques Auction at our Staffordshire auction house… When you talk about a ‘barn find’ vehicle, you’d tend to think of a vintage Landrover or maybe an archaic piece of farm machinery. But tucked…

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‘Barn find’ E-Type Jaguar tops £20,000 at Staffordshire auction…

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The old saying “The car’s the star” rang true at Staffordshire auction house Cuttlestones’ last week, when a 1972 E-Type Jaguar discovered in a local barn saw the hammer fall at an impressive £20,000. The car was consigned as part of a diverse catalogue numbering some 787 lots in the West Midland sale room’s Winter Antique & Collectors Auction which took place on Thursday, 28th November. Having garnered significant interest…

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Staffordshire auctioneer set to sell iconic car – found in a barn…

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When an auctioneer talks about a ‘barn find’ you’d be forgiven for thinking of a vintage tractor, some archaic agricultural machinery or a large item of antique furniture that’s been stowed away for decades at the back of a dusty farm building. You might not expect the item in question to be one of the most iconic cars of the 20th Century. But that’s exactly what was uncovered in a…

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Gaming is big business – not child’s play – at auction!

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Auctions may be traditionally associated with antiques, but did you know that the relatively modern phenomenon of video gaming has also generated its very own community of avid collectors? Now ‘vintage’ gaming consoles and computer games dating from the 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and beyond can command significant sums. This is partly due to the fact that gaming tech continues to develop at dizzying speed, with both consoles and…

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Bringing in the bids was ‘child’s play’ at recent specialist toy auction…

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Nostalgic bidders were out in force for our specialist Toy, Railwayana & Collectables auction on 7th August at our Staffordshire auction rooms. Fielding a diverse catalogue of some 175 lots, sections included scale model railway engines, gaming & arcade machines, die cast vehicles, Star Wars toys, vintage dolls & teddies – and even a ¾ scale model Dalek for all the Dr Who fans! With the live online bidding especially…

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Diverse lots bring in the bids at Cuttlestones’ specialist collectors’ sales…

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It’s been all systems go for the Cuttlestones team, with no less than four sales in the past three weeks. Three of these auctions were specialist collectors’ sales; between them covering a diverse and quirky range of collectables ranging from jewellery and watches to stamps, books and ephemera, toys – and even a collection of one-arm bandits and other arcade machines! In the Specialist Jewellery Auction on 29th May, a…

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Collection of one-arm bandits coming up for auction could be worth a ‘gamble’…

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It’s not every day you walk into a house clearance valuation to be greeted room after room packed with arcade machines and on-arm bandits. But what’s exactly what happened when the team from Cuttlestones attended a house in Cannock earlier this year.The collection of over 40 arcade machines and funfair pieces had been amassed by the late collector over a lifetime – and is now set to come under the…

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Sale report: Spring Antique Collectors’ Auction 2024

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With some 509 lots covering everything from art and furniture to jewellery, wines & spirits, sports memorabilia and ethnographica & tribal art, the catalogue for our first major sale of the year was nothing if not diverse! Art – and books – sections provide the first highlights…The first highlight came in the early Oil, Acrylic Paintings & Mixed Media section. Lot 54 – an oil on board interior scene of…

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