Jewellery
Charterhouse hold four specialist jewellery, watch and silver auctions per year which are always very well attended by both members of the public and the trade, ensuring constant impressive results and a very high selling rate. Each piece will be valued with the care that this most sentimental subject matter deserves and will be placed in the most suitable auction. Our specialists have many years of experience in the field and are fully conversant with all types of jewellery whether it be Georgian paste, Victorian Etruscan revival by Castellani, the exquisite quality of Belle Époque Cartier, the 1960s Scandinavian designers, a certificated diamond or inherited family heirlooms.
Valuations for auction, probate, family division or insurance can be carried out in-house, at a client’s home for larger collections or at a safe deposit facility.
All of our auctions use live internet bidding platforms to ensure that every lot, whether it is worth £20 or £500,000, reaches the widest possible market and sells for the best price possible. In the run-up to an auction, we receive 100s of emails requesting further information for lots in the sale. Attached to these email replies, we regularly send well over 1,000 digital images, such is the huge interest generated in our auctions.
For further information regarding this article, or to receive a valuation of your jewellery, please contact John Snape, email: js@charterhouse-auction.com
A Golden Lot
A heavy 18ct gold Albert chain is one of the many lots already entered into the Charterhouse specialist two day auction of silver, jewellery & watches on 29th & 30th January.
“Whilst we come across many silver and 9ct gold Albert chains, rarely do you see one in 18ct gold.” Commented Richard Bromell.
The Albert chain, estimated at £2,000-3,000, was found in the small drawer of a walnut dressing mirror. Charterhouse were instructed by the family to help clear the property after a relative died and they were unaware the drawer, about the size of a large box of matches, contained anything of interest or value.
Bizarrely, the dressing mirror was not in a bedroom but in the dining room with the Albert chain and two gold watches hidden away in a little drawer.
Richard Bromell and the Charterhouse Team can be contacted for valuations of silver, jewellery & watches at The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne, 01935 812277 or via js@charterhouse-auction.com
