Tag Archives: Cirencester
After sale-topping tiger, auctioneers pin their hopes on a Jaguar
A tiger stole the show at Moore Allen & Innocent’s last antiques auction. And at their next sale, auctioneers are pinning their hopes on a Jaguar. This time, though, the big cat in question is not a piece of taxidermy. … Continue reading
Under the hammer: the box Willie Carson used to stand on to look Clare Balding in the eye
When the BBC hired champion jockey Willie Carson and sports journalist Clare Balding to anchor their televised racing coverage, producers were faced with a problem. At 6ft 4inches, Clare towered over her 5ft tall co-host. So they knocked up a … Continue reading
Collectors lured by rare Victorian angling guide
An early and extremely rare copy of one of the definitive guides to angling could make tens of thousands of pounds when it goes under the hammer at a Cotswolds antiques auction in the autumn.
Wedding dress by Hollywood costume designer is star lot at auction
A vintage wedding dress by Oscar-winning costume designer and celebrity photographer Sir Cecil Beaton is the star lot at a Cotswolds antiques auction next month.
Posh plates turn up at CHYP Shop
Commemorative plates made by upmarket pottery Wedgwood for graduates of an American Ivy League university have been discovered during an event to help homeless youngsters in Cirencester. Experts from Moore Allen & Innocent were running an antiques valuation event at … Continue reading
Comedy duo take an Antiques Road Trip to Cirencester
Two thirds of veteran comedy troupe The Goodies swapped their famous three-seat ‘trandem’ for an Austin Healey and drove into Cirencester during a Antiques Road Trip on Friday. Graeme Garden and Tim Brooke-Taylor who, along with Bill Oddie, ruled the … Continue reading
Collectors set their sights on antique hunting rifle
Firearms collectors are setting their sights on an antique dreiling gun, which will be going under the hammer at Moore Allen & Innocent’s Sporting Sale in August. Featuring a 16-bore shotgun set above a rifle, dreiling guns – from the … Continue reading
It’s about time at antiques auction
It was about time at an antiques auction in the Cotswolds last week, when a collection of clocks from the estate of a renowned, and eccentric, horologist went under the hammer.
New lease of life for the Village Institute
In 1906 well-meaning Edwardians erected Quenington Village Institute for the ‘betterment of the village’. The building started life as a reading room, and in time became the village hall, and the venue for everything from parish meetings to dances and … Continue reading
Century old bottle of wine goes under hammer
A bottle of fine wine, nearly a century old, will be going under the hammer at a Cotswold auction house next week. The single bottle of Château Mouton Rothschild 1916 – a premier grand cru from one of the … Continue reading