These fortnightly sales generally include approximately 1000 lots of all manner of collectables, art, furniture and furnishings. The majority of entries are from house clearances to include deceased estates. Lots range from modest items worth a few pounds, to good quality reproduction furniture and Georgian and later antiques selling for up to £1000. Collectables include; ceramics, silver, jewellery, dolls, books, and mixed box lots of ephemera.
These sales have featured on the BBC’s Antiques Road Trip, when we sold a rare circa 1860s French sub-miniature wet-plate fixed-focus camera discovered by Paul Laidlaw. It eventually sold over the telephone for £20,000 – a show record.
Entries close one week prior to auction.
Viewing – The day prior 10am-6pm and the morning of the sale from 8.45am.
Lacy Scott & Knight Auction Centre is looking for a new saleroom porter & van driver for its Bury St Edmunds salerooms.
Our 23rd June Fine Art & Antiques auction includes an impressive selection of over fifty clocks, ranging from elaborate 17th century lantern clocks to Regency bracket clocks and beautifully lacquered longcases. As befits an auction house in Bury St Edmunds with its rich history of watch and clockmaking, there are several examples by local makers.
Royal Worcester has long been associated with some of the finest hand-painted porcelain produced in Britain, and among its respected twentieth-century artists were Harry Ayrton and John Freeman.
Our 23rd June Fine Art & Antiques auction includes a collection of cabinet plates showcasing the skills of both artists.
We are delighted to announce the introduction of Vintage Fashion to our auctions; this new initiative is made up of 36 carefully curated lots, featuring pieces from high fashion designers such as McQueen, Yves Saint Laurent and the bulk of the collection consisting of Issey Miyake.
We are pleased, if also sad, to announce The Ernie Warren Collection auction to be held off-site at the family home. A long-time friend and client of Lacy Scott & Knight, Ernie amassed an amazing collection of vintage cars, automobilia, live steam and static engines over the course of his life.
We are pleased to offer an extensive collection of World War II related ephemera, mainly concerning the war, capture, escape from a POW camp in Italy, and subsequent death of Lieutenant James Allgood, MC