Looking Back: Auction Review January 2025

Number of sales: 3

Number of lots sold: 714

Total hammer price: £129,639

14th January - Furniture & Interiors

We kicked off the year with our Furniture & Interiors auction in Colwyn Bay, where the first lot of 2025 was an excellent antique bronze cherub fountain - number seven on our January Top 10 list.

Top Lot: Land Rover Freelander 2 SE4 HSE

£2,800

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21st January - Jewellery, Collectables & Fine Art including Ceramics from Plas Teg

January’s second auction boasted an impressive collection of coins and medals, highlighted by our top lot of the day, which sold for double its estimate.

Also featured was the first consignment from The Cornelia Bayley Collection, from the historic Welsh Jacobean house, Plas Teg in Flintshire.

Read more about this once in a generation house clearance here.

Top Lot: Coins of the Roman Empire

£2,000

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31st January - January Bumper

Our Cardiff saleroom's first auction of the year included antiques, furniture, fine art, silver, and part 2 of the Karl Johansen Treen Collection.

Top Lot: Wilf Roberts oil on canvas 'Sunset, Llanddwyn'

£2,400

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Top 10 Lots in January

1. Land Rover Freelander 2 SE4 HSE

Furniture & Interiors, 14th January

£2,800

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2. Wilf Roberts oil on canvas 'Sunset, Llanddwyn'

January Bumper, 31st January

£2,400

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3. Coins of the Roman Empire

Jewellery, Collectables & Fine Art, 21st January

£2,000

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4. Jaroslav Šetelík oil on canvas

January Bumper, 31st January

£2,000

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5. Early 17th C. Anglo-Dutch school oil on panel

January Bumper, 31st January

£2,000

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6. Rare Chinese famille rose snuffbox

January Bumper, 31st January

£1,900

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7. Antique bronze cherub fountain

Furniture & Interiors, 14th January

£1,800

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8. Ceri Richards CBE pen & crayon 'Hermes and Menipeus II'

January Bumper, 31st January

£1,600

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9. Royal Enfield 'Bullet' motorcycle 346cc

Jewellery, Collectables & Fine Art, 21st January

£1,500

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10. Sebastian Erard Grecian harp

January Bumper, 31st January

£1,200

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