Tag Archives: auction
Historic property snapped up… by old neighbours
An historic but neglected house in the Cotswolds market town of Fairford has been sold at auction… to a family that used to live two doors down. On Friday the Prosser family – who now live in nearby Quenington – … Continue reading
Rare Potter pottery goes under hammer
Sometimes beautiful isn’t best, and current popularity is no guarantee of future success. Take, for instance, the Beatrix Potter miniatures range by Stoke-on-Trent pottery Beswick. Everyone wanted a Peter Rabbit, or a Benjamin Bunny, so they spawned like, well, rabbits. … Continue reading
Rare bull is 100 percent beef
With the horse meat furore refusing to die – unlike the poor horses – it’s good to know that a black galloway bull being offered for sale by antiques auctioneers in the Cotswolds is 100 percent beef: guaranteed. The rare … Continue reading
First house to get a phone goes under the hammer
A substantial 18th century house with bags of period features will be going under the hammer in the Cotswolds next month, with a guide price of £300,000. Estate agents Moore Allen & Innocent anticipate considerable interest in the Grade II … Continue reading
Skin of man-eating tiger to go under hammer
The skin of a huge tiger that terrorised an Indian village – and may have been responsible for the death of the school teacher’s husband – is the standout lot in the taxidermy section of Moore Allen & Innocent’s sale of … Continue reading
Scouts do their best at snow-hit auction
Their motto is ‘Be Prepared’, and Cirencester auctioneers Moore Allen & Innocent were lucky to have a troop of Boy Scouts on hand when snow bought the country grinding to a halt on Friday (January 18). Sadly these semaphore flag-wielding … Continue reading
Time for historic clock to return home?
It was less of a ding-dong battle and more of a tick-tock tussle; for years, visitors to Cambridge’s historic market place had a choice of two public clocks from which to tell the time. There was the Guildhall clock, and … Continue reading
Cotswold cow tops sale prices at art auction
Dutch and Italian masters, English satirists and calligraphers from the Far East were all seen off by a cow from the Cotswolds at Moore Allen & Innocent’s selected picture sale last week. Cow by Tree, a naïve study in oil … Continue reading
Soldiers behaving badly at art auction
Drunkenness, brawling, and lewd behaviour – no, not a typical day at the Moore Allen & Innocent saleroom, but the actions of soldiers in an 18th century painting that will go under the hammer at the firm’s auction of works … Continue reading