Phil Clarkson Review

The collection of a lifetime went under the hammer at our Chester saleroom this week. Phil Clarkson, a former teacher of Graphic Design and Photography at Chester Art College, was a passionate and knowledgeable collector, 

Those who were lucky enough to view in our Chester saleroom would have seen a room packed with an eclectic treasure trove of items including Whitefriars and Murano glass, Goldscheider, vintage travel posters and British Railway signs, guitars and music memorabilia, enamel signs, sculpture, and over 700 items of Poole pottery. 

At a whopping 1002 lots, this mammoth sale took place over two days, with an impressive 1001 lots finding new homes. 

Philip Clarkson, a former teacher of Graphic Design and Photography at Chester Art College, was a enthusiastic and knowledgeable collector and his personality and passion for design shone through from Lot 1 to Lot 1024. 

Those who were lucky enough to view in our Chester saleroom would have seen a room packed with an eclectic treasure trove of items including Whitefriars and Murano glass, Goldscheider, vintage travel posters and British Railway signs, guitars and music memorabilia, enamel signs, sculpture, and over 700 items of Poole pottery. It was mid-Century design heaven!

Remarkably out of the 1000+ lots only one failed to sell which is testament to Mr Clarkson's astute eye and the experience and knowhow of the cataloguers!

The auction formed a swansong for being the final auction at Pullman's House, which has been Byrnes of Chester's auction home for 19 x years. 

The next Chester auction will be located at newly designed premises but a five minute drive from Pullman House. Fittingly, our Chester auctioneer Adrian Byrne had been taught art by Philip Clarkson before Adrian decided on a career in fine art auctioneering. Later Mr Clarkson would become one of Adrian's loyal customers at Byrnes and so the relationship was reignited, passion was shared, and as Adrian says, 'I never stopped learning from Philip Clarkson'.