ANTIQUES
Worldwide market for HRD
Hose Rhodes Dickson are very pleased
with the response from worldwide
internet clients who are showing
increasing interest in the prestigious
Fine Art auctions held at their Brading
Auction Rooms.
Auctioneer Rex Gully (above) says
collectors from the United States,
Europe, Russia and the ever growing
economies of China and India are
eager to acquire antiques and works of
art.
Despite difficult economic times
there are wealthy people eager to invest
in their particular passions. Hose
Rhodes Dickson are very successful
in reaching an international clientele
and vendors of lots in their special fine
art auction have been delighted with
results.
At a recent auction a fine late
Georgian musical bracket or table
clock, which played on eight graduated
bells, sold for £8,800. The successful
bidder lived in one of the wealthy
residential districts of New York.
Shipping was arranged and specialist
packers ensured the clock arrived
safely. The vendor was delighted
with the research and marketing that
was carried out by the team at Hose
Rhodes Dickson.
Many visitors to Africa have brought
back hardwood figures or animals,
particularly elephants, and these
often appear at valuation mornings
but are regrettably of little value.
However, the 19th century explorers
and anthropologists who visited ‘the
dark continent’ were eager to acquire
tribal art that was used in religious
and initiation ceremonies. These
objects are now very collectable, and
Rex Gully was delighted when he
discovered a central African headrest
on the Island.
This very saleable piece had lain
forgotten amongst old family
possessions, but found a delighted
telephone bidder in the east coast
of the US prepared to pay £5,400.
So when sorting through attics, it
would be a good idea to telephone
or email Hose Rhodes Dickson or
take heirlooms to one of their regular
valuation mornings.
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