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ANTIQUES
Items
which recently sold...
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A modern Cartier
gents watch
Sold for £1,150
A modern Cartier gents
watch, a stylish and fine
quality watch. Sold in
October to a mainland
buyer
Island Auction Rooms
Comic Map of the
Seat of War
Sold for £1,650
A rare and unusual
Comic map of the Seat of
War – sold in October to
an oversea book dealer.
Island Auction Rooms
'Anybody's Woman'
Oil on board
Sold for £2,100 to a
London gallery
By Robert Duckworth
Greenham (1906-1976)
HRD Auctions
Celtic FC programmes
and ephemera
Sold for £399 to an avid
mainland collector
From 1950s - 80s
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Die cast model
vehicles
Sold for £720
An interesting small
collection of die cast
model vehicles – sold to a
local collector in October
Island Auction Rooms
Cold painted bronze
and ivory figure
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expert, who has years of knowledge in the auction
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Hose Rhodes Dickson set up their Fine Art auction
Sold for £1,800 to
overseas buyer
department four years ago with the aim of providing an
‘Hoop Girl’ by Johann
Philipp Ferdinand Preiss
mornings, and a first class auction facility, using the latest
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the prices achieved for their treasured, and in some cases, not
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bottom drawer that gives the vendor the most satisfaction.
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