Auction Review: September 2026

Our bi-monthly luxury auction returned in September, with a range of fine items consigned from our five auction hubs. The top lot of the day was a Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, which sold for £12,600.

Have jewellery, watches or coins you'd like to sell? There's still time to consign to our pre-Christmas Luxury Gifts auction. Use our online form to submit your items and receive a free, no-obligation valuation.

There was plenty to see in Colwyn Bay's monthly auction, with almost 450 lots ranging from Welsh blankets and fishing reels to coins, musical instruments, silver, furniture, artwork and clocks.

The top lot of the day, an Anglo-Indian white metal tea service, sold for more than twice its top estimate, achieving £2,800.

Cardiff's September monthly auction featured a wide range of lots, from furniture, ceramics and silver to collections of cameras and vintage dolls.

The top lot of the day was a 19th-century mahogany chest and mirror, which sold for £1,250 against an estimate of £250-350.

You may have seen in the news that Pokémon cards are having a huge resurgence. Whether collected as a nostalgia-driven hobby or a potential investment, there is no doubt about their popularity.

This private collection, amassed over many years, demonstrated that popularity at auction, with all but 2 lots finding a new home.

The first 79 lots of our Chester Monthly auction came from a large single-owner collection of Masonic jewels, pottery, glassware, silver, regalia and other collectables.

While many of the collections of Masonic jewels performed especially well under the hammer, the top lot of the day was an interesting self-winding chronometer by T & F Mercer, which sold for five times its top estimate.

Our British & European Fine Art auction demonstrated the wonderfully varied tastes of our buyers. Two of the best-performing lots were a delicate portrait of a young woman by Mary Ellen Best, which sold for £2,600, and an atmospheric landscape by Norman Ackroyd, which achieved £2,400. 

The top lot, however, was the first lot of the sale: a bronze figure by Liverpudlian sculptor Arthur Dooley, which sold for £3,900.

September's Top 10 was dominated by jewellery, watches and coins, with seven of the ten highest-selling lots coming from our Jewellery, Coins & Watches auction.

Our regular monthly auctions take place at our Colwyn Bay, Cardiff and Chester salerooms throughout October, with the Colwyn Bay catalogue available now to browse and bid online.

We are also inviting entries for both our monthly and specialist auctions taking place in November. To see what's coming up, view our auction calendar.

We offer free, no-obligation valuations for potential entries. Please use our online form to start the process and receive a free assessment of your item(s).