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Monthly Review: May 2025

Number of auctions: 6

Number of lots sold: 1,087

Total hammer price: £339,423

6th May: Interiors including Residual Furnishings from Plas Teg

Our first auction in May was the ninth sale to feature lots from Plas Teg. Read about the historic Jacobean house and its clearance here.

Top Lot: 19th century oak Shropshire type dresser base

£1300

Shropshire dresser base

13th May: Antique & Collectables Incl. Contents from Bodlondeb Hall, Conwy

The second Colwyn Bay auction in May showcased items from the Conwy Civic Offices at Bodlondeb, with a standout piece being a massive copper cauldron measuring 84cm in diameter.

Top Lot: Massive Circular Copper Cauldron

From the Conwy County Council Bodlondeb Civil Offices

£1000

Copper cauldron

15th May: Jewellery, Coins & Watches

Cardiff vs. Chester: For the first time, the contents of our Cardiff and Chester jewellery cabinets were brought together in a single auction. This time, Cardiff stole the spotlight, with the top lot emerging from the Vale of Glamorgan.

Top Lot: Victoria Golden Jubilee Assembled Set of Gold & Silver Coins, 1887

£4700

Victoria Golden Jubilee Coins

20th May: Beyond Europe

We explored beyond Europe in an auction that featured Chinese and Asian ceramics and antiques, along with Asian fine art and ethnographic items from the Americas, Africa, Australia, and the Pacific.

Top Lot: Chinese Blue & White 'Star Gods' (Sanxing) & 'Lantern Festival' (Yuanxiao) Vase

From the Cornelia Bayley Collection, Plas Teg—an important Jacobean house in Flintshire, North Wales

£5500

Chinese Vase

23rd May: The Family Collection of Gwilym & Claudia

A Welsh art exhibition unlike any other, The Family Collection of Gwilym and Claudia offered a deeply personal glimpse into two intertwined artistic lives. Like a family album rendered in paint, it showcased evocative landscapes from Wales and their travels across Europe, alongside intimate domestic scenes.

Top Lot: Claudia Williams oil on board 'La Chambre'

A rare intimate scene of husband and wife, artists Claudia Williams and Gwilym Prichard

£14500

La Chambre

27th May: Cardiff Monthly including Premium Welsh Paintings

In addition to paintings by Sir Kyffin Williams, Edgar Holloway, and others, this month's auction included Archibald Knox Tudric pewter ware and two rare examples of Fairyland Lustreware, designed by Daisy Makeig-Jones for Wedgwood.

Top Lot: Wedgwood Fairyland Lustre Covered Vase

The design draws inspiration from Scandinavian mythology, featuring Bifrost, the Rainbow bridge, connecting Asgard (the realm of the gods, depicted as a white Mediterranean-looking city in the distance) to Midgard (the world of mortals).

£2300

Wedgwood Lustre Vase

Top 10 Lots in May

1. Claudia Williams oil 'La Chambre'

The Family Collection of Gwilym & Claudia, May 23rd

£14500

La Chambre

2. Claudia Williams oil 'The Day is Drawing Near (Mae'r Dydd yn Agosau)'

The Family Collection of Gwilym & Claudia, May 23rd

£8000

Claudia Williams

3. Claudia Williams early self-portrait

The Family Collection of Gwilym & Claudia, May 23rd

£5500

Claudia self portrait

4. Chinese Blue & White 'Star Gods' (Sanxing) & 'Lantern Festival' (Yuanxiao) Vase

Beyond Europe, May 20th

£5500

Chinese Vase

5. Victoria Golden Jubilee Assembled Set of Gold & Silver Coins, 1887

Jewellery, Coins & Watches, May 15th

£4700

Victoria Golden Jubilee Coins

6. Gwilym Prichard oil 'St. Catherine's'

The Family Collection of Gwilym & Claudia, May 23rd

£4400

Gwilym Prichard

7. Claudia Williams oil 'Tea with Montague'

The Family Collection of Gwilym & Claudia, May 23rd

£4400

Claudia Williams tea

8. Gwilym Prichard oil 'Traeth Mwnt'

The Family Collection of Gwilym & Claudia, May 23rd

£4000

Gwilym Prichard oil

9. Gwilym Prichard oil 'Dinbych y Pysgod'

The Family Collection of Gwilym & Claudia, May 23rd

£4000

Gwilym Prichard Dinbych

10. Claudia Williams oil 'Hearts are Trumps'

The Family Collection of Gwilym & Claudia, May 23rd

£4000

Hearts

See our full calendar of auctions on our website. Potential entries can be assessed without obligation and free of charges. Please contact a valuer directly with your enquiry. 

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