Bonhams 19th Century & Orientalist Paintings auctions offer a range of pictures by important 19th and early 20th century British and European artists. We hold six auctions a year in London, including an annual sale of <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/30859/ aria-label='Orientalist Art' >Orientalist Art</a> in October. In addition, we participate in numerous multi-category themed sales in London, Paris and Los Angeles.The market for 19th century art has performed consistently well in recent years, with Orientalist art in particular seeing significant growth. Our carefully curated auctions bring together leading artists alongside lesser-seen names, attracting global interest from private collectors, trade clients and institutions. We enjoy a higher sell-through rate than our major competitors and our sales often achieve world auction record prices, a recent example being Osman Hamdi Bey's <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/28692/ aria-label='Young Woman Reading' >Young Woman Reading</a>. Buying and selling 19th century and Orientalist paintings at Bonhams Bonhams 19th Century & Orientalist Paintings department has specialists and representatives across the UK, Europe and the United States. Our experienced, friendly and approachable team are on hand to assist you with all aspects of buying and selling at auction, or offer a tailored service to meet your particular requirements through <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/30242/ aria-label='Bonhams Private Sales' >Bonhams Private Sales</a>. With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Fine%2520Art aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

One of our specialists will be available by appointment to provide a free valuation on any pictures or prints that you may be considering selling. For further enquiries or to make an appointment please contact knowle@bonhams.com or call 01564 776151

Knowle

Picture Valuations - by appointment

Bonhams offers Aboriginal art three times a year in our Important Australian Art auctions. With a strong emphasis on impeccable provenance and ethically-sourced works, our focus is on exceptional, museum-quality works. We include paintings on canvas, board and bark; works on paper; photography and sculpture dating from the 19th century to the present day; as well as artefacts from as early as the 18th century.World auction records set by our department include <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27645/lot/48/ aria-label='Old Walter Tjampitjinpa's' >Old Walter Tjampitjinpa's</a> Untitled, 1972 (AU$73,800), which attracted global interest during our May 2022 sale, as well as <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26917/lot/20/ aria-label='Ginger Riley Munduwalawala's' >Ginger Riley Munduwalawala's</a> My Mother's Country (AU$196,800) and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26474/lot/16/ aria-label='Long Jack Phillipus Tjakamarra's' >Long Jack Phillipus Tjakamarra's</a> Untitled (Kalipinypa) (AU$231,800). Other recent stellar results include two paintings by Emily Kame Kngwarreye: <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27645/lot/26/ aria-label='Nterkwe - Emu Tucker II, 1991' >Nterkwe - Emu Tucker II, 1991</a> (AU$209,100), which has returned to an Australian collection following hotly contested bidding, and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27645/lot/22/ aria-label='Untitled, 1990' >Untitled, 1990</a> (AU$34,440), which flew past its estimate.We have offered important works from international collections such as those of <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/23953/ aria-label='Sir Elton John and David Furnish' >Sir Elton John and David Furnish</a>, and esteemed Dutch collector Thomas Vroom, as well as the Australian single-owner collections of Reg Grundy AC OBE and Joy Chambers Grundy, Colin and Elizabeth Laverty, Clive Evatt and works from the estate of internationally renowned Kimberley artist, Paddy Bedford. Our auctions include works from various regions throughout Australia, including the Kimberley, Central and Western Deserts, Arnhem Land, Tiwi Islands, APY Lands, Torres Strait Islands and also Urban centres. We are focused on the early and rare works of William Barak and Tommy McRae, Papunya boards from the founders of the Western Desert Movement, and the rare bark paintings and canvases by Alec Mingelmanganu. Contemporary works by Rover Thomas, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Paddy Bedford, Sally Gabori, Lin Onus, Albert Namatjira and John Mawurndjul are also included. We feature artefacts such as Queensland rainforest and Gulmari shields and bi-cornual baskets, Southeast Australian broad and parrying shields and early, intricately carved and decorated clubs and boomerangs from numerous areas. Buying and selling Aboriginal art at Bonhams Our specialists have extensive experience advising private collectors, art dealers, and corporate and public institutions on curating their collections, and on strategies for acquisition and deaccessioning. Contact a specialist directly to discuss your collection, or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/ aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams African Modern & Contemporary Art auctions offer paintings, sculptures, works on paper and ceramics by artists including Ben Enwonwu, Yusuf Grillo, Papa Ibra Tall, Ladi Kwali, Portia Zvavahera, Zanele Muholi, Gerard Sekoto and Ibrahim El-Salahi. We hold 7 auctions a year in London, Paris, New York and online.Our world auction records include Enwonwu's <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24622/lot/47/%20 aria-label='Tutu' >Tutu</a>, the most valuable modern Nigerian painting at auction; Irma Stern's <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/18788/lot/203/ aria-label='Arab Priest' >Arab Priest</a>, the most valuable South African painting at auction; and Alexander Skunder Boghossian's <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25486/lot/14/ aria-label='Blue Composition' >Blue Composition</a>, which more than doubled its high estimate.In 2021, we achieved a 100% sold rate for <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/27217/ aria-label='The Studio of Stella Shawzin' >The Studio of Stella Shawzin</a>, the largest collection of the artist's work at auction. Our sales across London, Paris and New York that year totalled &#163;8.1 million. Buying and selling African modern and contemporary art at Bonhams Bonhams African Modern & Contemporary Art department has specialists and representatives in the UK, Europe, America, Asia and Africa, including offices in Johannesburg, South Africa, and Lagos, Nigeria. With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/ aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31114/ aria-label='African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art' >African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian Art</a> department offers a wide range of unique, high-quality works of art from Sub-Saharan Africa, Polynesia, Micronesia, Melanesia, Australia, Indonesia and from Central and South America. Our auctions include ceremonial and prestigious works of art created for the elite as well as utilitarian and specialised items for daily use within the local culture.Our public exhibitions and auctions take place twice a year in the spring and fall in New York. A fully-illustrated catalogue with scholarly notes, available both in print and online, accompanies each sale and is distributed to our network of international buyers, ranging from beginners to seasoned private collectors, dealers and museums. We welcome and encourage new collectors to inquire and ask questions at any time.Buying and selling African, Oceanic and Pre-Columbian art at Bonhams With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/ aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams American Art department offers exceptional paintings, sculptures and works on paper in our biannual marquee sales at our flagship New York office in Midtown Manhattan, as well as online and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/30242/ aria-label='private sales' >private sales</a>. Our curated single and various-owner auctions feature top examples of the category, including works of Colonial Portraiture, Hudson River School, 19th Century Genre Scenes, American Impressionism, the Ashcan School, American Modernism, Social Realism, Regionalism, and Precisionism, among many others. Buying and selling American Art at Bonhams Bonhams is the only auction house to hold eight live sales annually dedicated to the category, with American, California and Western Art auctions at our New York and Los Angeles salesrooms, providing clients with optimal selling and buying opportunities throughout the year. With specialists on both coasts and representatives throughout the United States, Bonhams is also the most accessible auction house in North America. Our department specialists have over 100 years of combined experience, bringing professionalism, discretion and passion to best assist our clients in achieving their goals. We advise private, corporate, and institutional clients on auction and private sale strategies for deaccession, as well as acquisition. We provide a bespoke approach to selling a single item or collection, utilising our extensive global network and comprehensive marketing reach to achieve the best possible results for our clients. Whether you are considering selling a single-item or entire collection, we encourage you to contact us to discuss how we can be of service to you, or visit our online sell hub for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Fine%2520Art aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams Antiquities auctions offer a wide variety of objects from the ancient Mediterranean world - including Greece, Rome, Egypt and the Near East - from the third millennium B.C. to the 10th century A.D. We hold two auctions a year in London as part of <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31677/ aria-label='Bonhams The Classics' >Bonhams The Classics</a> sales, with our July auction falling in the same period as London Art Week and Masterpiece Art Fair.Buying and selling antiquities at Bonhams Bonhams Antiquities department has specialists and consultants in London, the longest-established market for ancient art as well as a major fixture in the international calendar. Our team has a combined 50 years of experience and engages with collectors, institutions and galleries worldwide.With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/ aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams will be hosting an open valuation day in Simpsons Garden Centre, Inverness between 11am &#8211; 3pm.Our general and jewellery specialists will be available to provide auction estimates and sale advice for items you may be considering selling. No appointment is necessary, for more information please telephone 0131 255 2266 or email edinburgh@bonhams.comhttps://www.simpsonsgardencentre.co.uk/

Edinburgh

Antiques & Jewellery Valuation Day - Simpsons Garden Centre, Inverness

Bonhams Antique Arms and Armour auctions offer a range of European and Eastern armour and edged weapons, as well as wheel-lock, flintlock, percussion and pin-fire rifles, guns, pistols and revolvers; American firearms by great makers such as Colt and Winchester; Islamic and Japanese weapons and armour; accessories including powder-flasks, books and other items relating to the armourer and his craft from the 14th to late 19th centuries.Over the years, Bonhams has enjoyed its position as market leader in this specialist area of the applied arts and the department is proud to have been entrusted with the sale of items from the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/14956/ aria-label='Henk L. Visser Collection' >Henk L. Visser Collection</a> (&#163;1,740,000), the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/13738/ aria-label='W. Keith Neal Collection' >W. Keith Neal Collection</a> (&#163;1,670,000), the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/19116/ aria-label='Richard R. Wagner Jr. Collection' >Richard R. Wagner Jr. Collection</a> (&#163;1,300,000), the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/18894/ aria-label='Dr Peter Parsons Collection' >Dr Peter Parsons Collection</a> (&#163;786,000), the <a href=https://m.bonhams.com/press_release/25251/ aria-label='Paul Murray Collection' >Paul Murray Collection</a> (&#163;711,000), the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/26935/ aria-label='Richard Garrett Collection' >Richard Garrett Collection</a> (&#163;631,000), the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/29334/ aria-label='Mark & Peter Dineley Collections' >Mark & Peter Dineley Collections</a> (&#163;528,000), the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/22563/ aria-label='Daedalus Collection' >Daedalus Collection</a> (&#163;452,000) and the D.H.L. Back Collection (&#163;222,000).The department recently achieved a European auction record for an exceptionally rare cased <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25987/lot/345/ aria-label='deluxe percussion Colt Paterson no. 2 belt model revolver' >deluxe percussion Colt Paterson no. 2 belt model revolver</a>, circa 1840, which sold for &#163;286,000 including premium. Buying and selling antique arms and armour at Bonhams Our specialists are based at Knightsbridge, London, and Marlborough, Massachusetts, and can offer advice buying and selling at auction. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/ aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.With offices and representatives in over 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of buyers and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible.

Bonhams Australian Art auctions have achieved outstanding results for works by artists spanning the early colonial period, such as <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/27032/lot/62/ aria-label='Thomas Griffith Wainwright' >Thomas Griffith Wainwright</a>, through to Australia's most celebrated contemporary practitioners, such as <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26273/lot/36/ aria-label='Del Kathryn Barton' >Del Kathryn Barton</a>. We hold several auctions a year in Sydney. Our recent auction records include Margaret Preston's <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26917/lot/43/ aria-label='Australian Native Flowers' >Australian Native Flowers</a> and John Coburn's <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26920/lot/29/ aria-label='Icon' >Icon</a>, both considered modern masterpieces of Australian art. We champion overlooked practitioners, especially women artists. In 2021, we brought to auction previously unseen works by leading Australian modernist <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26920/lot/2/ aria-label='Stella Bowen' >Stella Bowen</a> and Post Impressionist <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/27032/lot/7/ aria-label='Florence Ada Fuller' >Florence Ada Fuller</a>. The Australian Art department has handled works from important collections including <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24135/lot/15/ aria-label='Sir Elton John and David Furnish' >Sir Elton John and David Furnish</a> and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25754/ aria-label='The Fairfax Family' >The Fairfax Family</a>. We also have a strong reputation for managing the sale of entire collections and estates across multiple sale locations and departments. In 2018, we auctioned celebrated collector Michael Hobbs's Australian art collection in Sydney to great acclaim, while his Modern British and Post War and Contemporary Art collections were successfully handled by our London salerooms, with Frank Auerbach's <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24952/lot/11/ aria-label='Figure on a Bed' >Figure on a Bed</a> achieving an outstanding &#163;1,448,750 (AU$2,724,090). Buying and selling Australian art at Bonhams Bonhams Australian Art department has specialists in Sydney, Melbourne and London. We are the only global auction house to have offices in Australia with salerooms in both Sydney and Melbourne. With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Fine%252520Art aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams invites you to meet our visiting picture specialist Emma Sykes, who will be pleased to offer free, no obligation auction values. For further information or to book an appointment please contact the Exeter office on 01392 425264 or email exeter@bonhams.com

Exeter

Picture Valuation Day

Bonhams Automobilia auctions offer a wide range of items relating to motoring, from paintings, prints, sculpture and literature to mascots, models, accessories, spares and memorabilia. We hold auctions in London and online, and contribute to cross-category auctions in the United Kingdom, the United States and Europe throughout the year.As the market leader for motorcars, motorcycles and related automobilia, we have handled exceptional collections including the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/16825/ aria-label='Michael Banfield Collection' >Michael Banfield Collection</a>, which featured over 1,000 items of automobilia and achieved a total of &#163;3 million.Buying and selling automobilia at Bonhams With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Motor%2520Cars aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams invite you to meet our Automobilia Specialists who will be present at Bowcliffe Hall offering complimentary, no obligation, auction valuations on any Automobilia you amy be interested in consigning for sale.Bonhams Automobilia auctions offer a wide range of items relating to motoring, from paintings, prints, sculpture and literature to mascots, models, accessories, spares and memorabilia. We hold auctions in London and online, and contribute to cross-category auctions in the United Kingdom, the United States and Europe throughout the year.As the market leader for motorcars, motorcycles and related automobilia, we have handled exceptional collections including the Michael Banfield Collection, which featured over 1,000 items of automobilia and achieved a total of &#163;3 million.For further information or to make an appointment please either call the Leeds Office on 0113 34 5755 or email leeds@bonhams.com.

Leeds

Automobilia Valuation Day

Bonhams Books & Manuscripts auctions offer the finest printed and manuscript material, ranging from early illuminated manuscripts and incunabula through natural history, medicine, literature, art, music, Americana, fine bindings and private press, and vernacular photography. We hold over a dozen auctions each year in London, New York, California and online.We handle works by writers and historical figures such as <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/video/33237 aria-label='Charles Dickens' >Charles Dickens</a>, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31628/ aria-label='Oscar Wilde' >Oscar Wilde</a>, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/32828 aria-label='Alan Turing' >Alan Turing</a> and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25261/lot/1/ aria-label='Charles Darwin' >Charles Darwin</a>, as well as objects like the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/32712 aria-label='gun that killed Billy the Kid' >gun that killed Billy the Kid</a> and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/25709/ aria-label='Einstein's violin' >Einstein's violin</a>. In addition, we have set world auction records for a <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/24538/ aria-label='Christopher Columbus letter' >Christopher Columbus letter</a> and a first edition of J.K. Rowling's <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/24955/ aria-label='Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone' >Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone</a>.Our thematic auctions cover topics as diverse as the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/32724/ aria-label='History of Science & Technology' >History of Science & Technology</a>, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/33502/ aria-label='Women Through History' >Women Through History</a>, Illustration Art, Russian Literature and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31731/ aria-label='Napoleon' >Napoleon</a>. Bonhams also handles high-profile single-owner collections, which have included the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/33807/ aria-label='Library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg' >Library of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg</a>, The Estate of <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24633/ aria-label='Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes' >Sylvia Plath and Ted Hughes</a>, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24913/ aria-label='Wassenaar Zoo' >Wassenaar Zoo</a>, and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/magazine/27607/ aria-label='The Medical & Scientific Library of W. Bruce Fye' >The Medical & Scientific Library of W. Bruce Fye</a>.Buying and selling books and manuscripts at Bonhams Bonhams Books & Manuscripts department has specialists covering the UK, Europe, the Americas, South Africa and Asia-Pacific.With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Books%2520&%2520Manuscripts aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Join Bonhams specialists for free, confidential and without obligation valuations of items you are considering selling at auction.For further information and to make an appointment please telephone 01603 871443 or email norfolk@bonhams.com.

Reepham

Fine Arts & Antiques Valuations

Bonhams British Ceramics auctions offer British pottery, porcelain and enamels from the 15th to 20th centuries. As the recognised market leaders in this field and the only international auction house holding dedicated specialist sales of British ceramics, our auctions are a regular fixture of the auction calendar - taking place twice a year in London, with additional single-owner sales.Our position as industry leaders was established in the late 1990s and early 2000s with numerous landmark single-owner sales, including the celebrated Watney Collection and the collections of Milton and Jeanne Zorensky, Billie Pain, Peter Bradshaw, Barbara Leake, and Geoffrey Godden. We have since continued to offer important collections in this tradition, including the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23653/ aria-label='Liane Richards Collection' >Liane Richards Collection</a>, the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25085/ aria-label='Leo Kaplan Collection' >Leo Kaplan Collection</a>, the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25927/ aria-label='John Alchin and Ralph Kenber Collections' >John Alchin and Ralph Kenber Collections</a> of Worcester porcelain, and the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/32743/ aria-label='Twinight Collection' >Twinight Collection</a>. The comprehensive illustrated catalogues for these sales are in many cases now standard reference works on the subject. Our world record results include a <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26174/lot/40/ aria-label=''Lord Rodney' Toby jug' >'Lord Rodney' Toby jug</a> from the 'Midshipman Family', the most expensive Toby jug sold at auction. An important <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23557/lot/325/ aria-label='Derby 'dry edge' figure group' >Derby 'dry edge' figure group</a> emblematic of 'Feeling' and a <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/17811/lot/70/ aria-label='St James' (Charles Gouyn) figural group' >St James' (Charles Gouyn) figural group</a> representing the fable of the Fox and Stork both achieved record prices for these factories. The celebrated <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/18425/lot/86/ aria-label=''Farming Scene' mug' >'Farming Scene' mug</a> remains the most expensive piece of Isleworth ever sold at auction. As the leading authority in the sale of Welsh porcelain, we also hold the current records for both <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25308/lot/250/ aria-label='Swansea' >Swansea</a> and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/16903/lot/249/ aria-label='Nantgarw' >Nantgarw</a> having sold important ice pails from both factories.Buying and selling British ceramics at Bonhams Bonhams British Ceramics department has nearly a century of combined experience and our specialists are the authors of numerous articles and books, some of which have become standard works on the subject. We have specialists and consultants in London who regularly travel throughout the UK and worldwide. With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Interiors aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams invites you to meet Emma Sykes, Bonhams South West picture specialist, Patrick Toynbee, Bonhams General specialist and will be pleased to offer free verbal advice on selling at auction. Alternatively ring up to make an appointment for a home visit, insurance or probate valuation. To make an appointment call 02920 727980 or email cardiff@bonhams.com

Cardiff

Antiques and Paintings Valuation Day

Pioneers in the field, Bonhams and Butterfields held the first-ever dedicated sale of early California paintings in June of 1980. For over 40 years, the department has consistently cultivated and led this market. With prices for these artworks rising exponentially year after year, Bonhams has promoted works by early <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/30750/ aria-label='California artists' >California artists</a> beyond a regional collecting category and established its place within the larger context of American art history. Bonhams California Art department holds three sales a year in Los Angeles and online, representing 19th and 20th century artists connected to California and the West. The department has achieved its highest success with California Impressionism, realising world records for William Wendt, Joseph Kleitsch, E. Charlton Fortune, Granville Redmond, John Marshall Gamble and Jessie Arms Botke. Additionally, consistent and strong results are regularly achieved by artists such Guy Rose, Edgar Payne, Anna Hills and many others.California Modernists are also a growing and highly sought-after category for the department, with leading results by such artists as Henrietta Shore, Agnes Pelton, Roger Kuntz and Edouard Vysekal.Buying and selling California art at Bonhams Bonhams California Art and Western Art departments have over 80 years of combined experience, bringing professionalism and passion toward evaluating collections. We advise private collectors, corporate and public institutions on strategies for acquisition and deaccession, and in addition, can advise on negotiating private sale transactions for major works. Our specialists travel throughout the country and are supported by an extensive global network of representatives. Contact a specialist directly to discuss your collection or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Fine%2520Art aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams holds multiple auctions of fine antique oriental carpets and rugs and European tapestries throughout the year. Our Carpets, Rugs & Tapestries department offers a vast selection from the finest Mohtasham Kashan carpets of central Persia to bold Turkish Oushak carpets and the avidly sought after tribal weavings of the Caucasus. With carpets and rugs to fit all sizes, colours, tastes and budgets, our auctions appeal to interior designers, rug enthusiasts and private buyers from around the globe.Buying and selling caprets, rugs and tapestries at BonhamsBonhams Carpets, Rugs & Tapestries department has vast experience in handling a wide variety of woven treasures. Dealing in Middle Eastern, Oriental and European carpets, rugs and tapestries, we conduct auctions in London, Los Angeles, Edinburgh, Paris and Marlborough, as well as Copenhagen and Stockholm through Bonhams' sister companies. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Interiors aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Our Chinese Ceramics and Works of Art Department is renowned for offering the finest works of art representing the richness and breadth of China's artistic heritage, particularly Imperial porcelain, white and spinach green jades, cloisonn&#233; enamel, archaic and later bronzes, Ming and Qing furniture as well as Buddhist art. BUYING AND SELLING CHINESE ART BONHAMS You can buy and sell through auction at Bonhams - We have 15 auctions throughout the year in London, New York and Hong Kong, Los Angeles and Sydney, and you can contact us directly to consign an artwork or visit our digital <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com aria-label='Selling Hub' >Selling Hub</a> for valuations on consignments to future sales. You can also buy and sell through Private Sale. Bonhams Private Sales provide clients with a bespoke approach to buying and selling, outside of the auction calendar. Whether you are looking for a specific artwork or to sell an object, our global team is on hand to help research, source or sell on your behalf. Contact a specialist below for more information.

Our senior specialists will be available at Stonecross Manor Hotel, Milnthorpe Road, Kendal <a href=https://www.stonecrossmanor.co.uk aria-label='www.stonecrossmanor.co.uk' >www.stonecrossmanor.co.uk</a> providing no obligation verbal auction valuations on any items which you may be considering selling.

Chester

Antique Valuation Day: Stonecross Manor Hotel, Kendal

Bonhams Chinese Paintings auctions offer an exemplary range of paintings and calligraphy, spanning centuries and encompassing all genres. We hold dedicated live sales twice a year in Hong Kong and targeted single-owner sales in both Hong Kong and New York, as well as online sales throughout the year. Our extensively researched and carefully curated auctions have achieved outstanding results in recent years, drawing global museums and private collectors alike. Covering centuries of Chinese history, the department showcases masterpieces by Ming and Qing dynasty masters such as Wen Zhengming and Wang Hui, as well as key 20th century artists Qi Baishi, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/32242/ aria-label='Zhang Daqian' >Zhang Daqian</a>, Fu Baoshi, Xu Beihong, Lu Yanshao, Pu Ru, Wu Guanzhong and Lin Fengmian. In addition, Chinese paintings and calligraphy constitute a major part of our biannual Chinese Works of Art auctions in New York, Los Angeles, London and Sydney, offering our clients and collectors unrivalled opportunities to both buy and sell their collections during each calendar year. Buying and selling Chinese paintings at Bonhams Bonhams Chinese Paintings department has specialists and consultants in the United States, Hong Kong and Australia.With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors, to achieve the highest price and level of customer satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Asian%2520Art aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams is the only international auction house to hold sales devoted purely to clocks. Our unique, highly specialised approach offers many benefits to our buyers and sellers.Horology sales are held in New York and London, and these auctions attract buyers and collectors from all over the world, eager to compete for the best lots that we have to offer. Our focussed approach to marketing each clock means that we have achieved some exceptional results for our sellers, including world record prices for clocks of the 17th and 18th centuries. Complex musical clocks or those with high precision movements are also highly sought after in the current market.Each lot is thoroughly researched, described and illustrated, and our catalogues are a valuable reference point for anyone interested in the fascinating world of clocks and watches.

Our senior specialists will be available on Friday 12th August 2022, providing no obligation verbal auction valuations on any items which you may be considering selling at auction - due to current restrictions this is by appointments only - please telephone 01244 313936

Antiques Valuation Day - APPOINTMENTS ONLY

Bonhams Coins, Military Medals and Banknotes department covers all aspects of the collecting fields with up to three specialist sales per year.For the Coin side of the department, our primary strength is selling British coins from early Celtic and Hammered coins to Milled coins and Royal Mint issues. Furthermore we also cover coins from Ancient Greece and Rome as well as all types of world coins, and medallions from the 18th and 19th century. We also sell World Banknotes, with a particular specialism in British and Chinese issues, both of which have a strong following.For Military Medals, we regularly sell medals from the 19th and 20th century together with a strong representation of medals from WWI and WWII, as well as medals awarded to members of the Special Forces. Recent successes have included medals awarded for the Iranian Embassy Siege in London in 1980 to a Crimean medal awarded to a soldier who was at the Charge of the Light Brigade. In addition, we were privileged to sell the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23563/lot/238/ aria-label='medals of Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown' >medals of Captain Eric 'Winkle' Brown</a>, who is regarded as Britain's greatest ever pilot. We have also sold numerous Victoria Crosses over the years which are at the pinnacle of the collecting world of medals.Buying and selling coins, medals and banknotes at Bonhams Bonhams Coins, Military Medals and Banknotes department has specialists in London and Los Angeles, we work closely with a group of top consultants and can advise you on all aspects of the auction process.With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Collectables aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

John Millensted from our London Coins, Banknotes & Medals Department, will be at our Bramham Office to share his expertise and provide complimentary confidential and no obligation valuations on items which you may wish to sell at auction.Bonhams Coin auctions consist of items ranging from ancient Greek and Roman Coinage from the 6th century BC to early 20th century issues and rarities from all over the world. The auctions also showcase military medals, commemorative medals, banknotes, bonds, share certificates, scripophily and tokens. Whether it be a tetradrachm of 5th century Athens or a 1907 High Relief Double Eagle by Augustus Saint-Gaudens, we are pleased to handle single coins or entire collections ranging in value from $1,000 to over $1,000,000. The Medal department at Bonhams handles all aspects of British Campaign and Gallantry Medals from the Battle of Waterloo up to the present campaign in Afghanistan. With four sales a year including our fine sale in September there is ample opportunity for buyers and sellers alike to make the most of this department. Recent successes have included medals awarded for the Iranian Embassy Siege in 1980 to a Crimean medal awarded to a soldier who was at the Charge of the Light Brigade. There is still a strong following for WW1 and WW2 material as collecting in this hobby remains very strong.For further details and to make an appointment please contact the office on 0113 2345755 or email leeds@bonhams.comHigh standards, approachability and discretion maintain Bonhams leading position for Coins, Banknotes & Medals.

Coins, Banknotes & Medals

Bonhams Collector Cars department is one of the auction world's most prolific departments and can offer the full spectrum by age and value. We are renowned for presenting world-class auctions of rare and significant collectors' motorcars, from the earliest veterans to modern supercars, often achieving world-record prices. Our global reach is complemented by our experienced and respected international team of specialists based in the UK, mainland Europe and across the USA.BUYING AND SELLING COLLECTOR CARS AT BONHAMS You can buy and sell through auction at Bonhams - from Goodwood to Geneva, Monterey to Monaco - and schedule 22 auctions throughout the year in prestigious locations, often in conjunction with the world's most important motoring events. You can contact us directly to consign a motorcar or visit our digital <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com aria-label='Selling Hub' >Selling Hub</a> for estimates of value on consignments to future sales. BONHAMS MOTORING PRIVATE SALES You can also buy and sell through our Private Sale platform. Bonhams <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26417/ aria-label='Private Sales' >Private Sales</a> provide clients with a bespoke approach to buying and selling, outside of the auction calendar. Whether you are looking for a specific motorcar or to sell your collection, our international team is on hand to offer our assistance and experience.

1974 Alfa Romeo TIPO 33 TT 12 Chassis no. 11512.007 Engine no. AR11512*007*

1934 Riley Ulster Imp

1969 Lamborghini Miura P400 S Chassis no. 4170 Engine no. 30411

1929 Packard Model 645 Deluxe Eight Roadster  Chassis no. 177446 Engine no. 177569C

1938 Bugatti Type 57C Atalante Chassis no. 57767 Engine no. 62C Body No. 31

Bonhams Designer Handbags & Fashion auctions offer high-end <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/30474/ aria-label='handbags' >handbags</a>, accessories and ready-to-wear fashion, including <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/30796/ aria-label='sneakers' >sneakers</a>, from names such as <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31797/ aria-label='Herm&#232;s' >Herm&#232;s</a>, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/30828/ aria-label='Chanel' >Chanel</a> and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31879/ aria-label='Louis Vuitton' >Louis Vuitton</a>. We hold more than 15 auctions a year in London, Paris, Hong Kong and online. Since opening in London in 2020, our department has sold some of the world's most exclusive designer items - including a record-breaking <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/27191/lot/236/ aria-label='Herm&#232;s Birkin belonging to Jane Birkin' >Herm&#232;s Birkin belonging to Jane Birkin</a>, the bag's namesake, which achieved &#163;119,000, and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/online_auctions/26761/ aria-label='The Chanel Collection' >The Chanel Collection</a>, a single-owner collection of 200 lots, all dedicated to pieces by Chanel. We also collaborate with other Bonhams departments to cross-market items to new buyers, holding auctions such as <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31178/ aria-label='British. Cool.' >British. Cool.</a> and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26828/ aria-label='Pop x Culture' >Pop x Culture</a>. Recent highlights include a <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26828/lot/75/ aria-label='Louis Vuitton x Supreme trunk' >Louis Vuitton x Supreme trunk</a>, which sold for &#163;75,250. Buying and selling designer handbags and fashion at Bonhams Bonhams Designer Handbags & Fashion department has specialists in London and Hong Kong. Our expert team follow the current market trends for auctions and vintage fashion, aiming our sales at collectors and fashionistas alike. All items are carefully vetted for authenticity and quality so clients can buy with confidence. With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors, to achieve the highest price and level of customer satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Handbags%2520&%2520Fashion aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams European Ceramics department has unmatched experience and expertise in the field. Uniquely among international auction houses, we hold exclusive, stand-alone sales of European ceramics ranging from the 16th - 20th centuries.In addition to our regular sales, we are well-known for selling important single-owner collections, including the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26283/ aria-label='Heinrich Rothberger Collection' >Heinrich Rothberger Collection</a>, the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/18003/ aria-label='Hoffmeister Collection of Meissen Porcelain' >Hoffmeister Collection of Meissen Porcelain</a> and the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19483/ aria-label='Helmut Joseph Collection of Important Snuff Boxes' >Helmut Joseph Collection of Important Snuff Boxes</a>. Our specialists travel extensively to provide free and confidential valuations and advice to collectors and museums worldwide.We are active and long-standing members of ceramic societies such as the French Porcelain Society, Gesellschaft der Keramikfreunde, the American Ceramics Circle and Amici di Doccia, and we organise regular lectures, trips and handling sessions for our clients. Our specialists are on the vetting committees of major international art fairs and are contributing authors to several books that are standard works in the field. Additionally, we are the first auction house to support scientific research into European porcelain.Buying and selling European ceramics at Bonhams With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Interiors aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams invites you to meet our valuers who will be pleased to offer free verbal advice on selling at auction, insurance or probate valuations. NO JEWELLERY please. Alternatively ring up to make an appointment for a home visit, we are also happy to receive images. To make an appointment call 01225 788988 or email bath@bonhams.com

Bath

Antiques and Collectors valuation day

Bonhams English & European Furniture department sells a range of English, French and Continental furniture, American and Colonial furniture, as well as Anglo-Indian and Chinese export furniture dating from the 12th century to early 20th century. Our auctions are held regularly in London, Los Angeles and Edinburgh.Furniture features in our regular Homes & Interiors auctions, which consists of works of art, carpets, textiles and silver; in our Fine Decorative Arts auctions; and in themed auctions such as <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/34039/ aria-label='The Grand Tour Sale' >The Grand Tour Sale</a> and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27332/the-connoisseurs-library-sale/ aria-label='The Connoisseur's Library Sale' >The Connoisseur's Library Sale</a>. Furniture is also regularly in Private Collections and House Sales. Past highlights have included works made by distinguished furniture makers from the late 17th to late 19th century &#8212; with English makers such as Chippendale, Ince and Mayhew, Henry Hill of Marlborough, Jupe, John Gordon and Giles Grendey, William and John Linnell, Seddons, Gillows and George Bullock, while French and Continental makers have ranged from Benneman, Boulle, Criaerd, Sageot, Migeon, Zwiener, Diehl, Jacob and Roentgen, Beurdeley, Dasson, Sormani and Linke.Buying and selling English and European furniture at Bonhams With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Interiors aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams invites you to meet our valuers who will be pleased to offer free verbal advice on selling at auction, insurance or probate valuations. Alternatively ring up to make an appointment for a home visit, we are also happy to receive images. To make an appointment call 01483 504030 or email guildford@bonhams.com

Tunbridge Wells

Art, Antiques & Jewellery Valuation Day

Bonhams Glass auctions offer British and European glass and paperweights from the 15th to 20th centuries. As the recognised market leaders in this field and the only international auction house holding dedicated specialist sales of early glass, our auctions are a regular fixture of the auction calendar - taking place twice a year in London, with additional single-owner sales.Our position as industry leaders was established in the mid-late 2000s with several landmark single-owner sales, including the contents of Harvey's Wine Museum and the renowned collections of Ron and Mary Thomas, James Hall, and A C Hubbard Jr. The exceptional results we have achieved for collections of English glass, such as that of <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/24977/ aria-label='Julius and Ann Kaplan' >Julius and Ann Kaplan</a>, are complemented by a repertoire of single-owner sales of important Continental glass including the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21116/ aria-label='M&#252;hleib Collection' >M&#252;hleib Collection</a>, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/15373/ aria-label='Masterpieces of Bohemian Glass' >Masterpieces of Bohemian Glass</a>, the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/17775/ aria-label='Klaus Biemann Collection' >Klaus Biemann Collection</a>, and the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/30707/ aria-label='Lady Cartwright Collection' >Lady Cartwright Collection</a>. The comprehensive illustrated catalogues for these sales are in many casess now standard reference works on the subject. Our world record results include <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/29315/ aria-label='The Origin of Painting' >The Origin of Painting</a>, which broke the previous record set by <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/13558/ aria-label='The Attack' >The Attack</a> for a piece of English cameo glass, to become the most expensive piece of English glass ever sold at auction. The current record price for Beilby enamelled glass was set by <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19675/lot/142/ aria-label='The Prince William V Goblet' >The Prince William V Goblet</a> and we continue to achieve exceptional results for glass from the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/32308/ aria-label='Beilby workshop' >Beilby workshop</a>. In 2021, we set a new record for a <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26834/lot/92/ aria-label='Privateer glass' >Privateer glass</a>, and we hold prestigious records for Continental glass. The <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21116/lot/39/ aria-label='Dessau Goblet' >Dessau Goblet</a> remains the most expensive piece of German engraved glass ever sold at auction and in 2021 we exceeded all previous auction records for <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/33444/ aria-label='fa&#231;on de Venise and latticinio glass' >fa&#231;on de Venise and latticinio glass</a>. Buying and selling glass at Bonhams Bonhams Glass department has over 60 years of combined experience and our specialists are the authors of numerous articles and books. We have specialists and consultants in London who regularly travel throughout the UK and worldwide. With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Interiors aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

We are the only international auction house to hold regular, biannual sales of 19th century, Modern and Contemporary Greek Art. With an established auction presence since 2002, the Greek art department is committed to bringing a broad range of top quality paintings, works on paper and sculptures to the market. We hold multiple auction records, spanning the diverse disciplines of our genre, by artists such as Alecos Fassianos, Pericles Pantazis, Spyros Papaloukas, Thanos Tsingos, Costas Tsoclis and Alecos Condopoulos. Our mission is to maximise results to our clients through expert cataloguing, judicious marketing and presenting every picture to the widest possible audience. We work closely with our extensive network of offices and representatives throughout the US and Europe, and are always on hand to offer advice in confidence on the value of Greek and Hellenic works.

History of Science and Technology auctions celebrate scientific and technological endeavour and feature not only rare books and manuscripts from the 15th through 21st centuries, but also scientific instruments, technological devices from the earliest known scientific artefacts, to computing rarities from the 20th and 21st centuries. The works of celebrated minds such as Darwin, Babbage, Newton, Galileo, Copernicus and Kepler are well represented, as is the work of more recent greats such as Einstein, G&#246;del, Turing and Feynman. Scientific instruments offered range from early telescopes, astrolabes, armillary spheres, globes, microscopes, surveying and navigational instruments, sundials and medical instruments while technological items have included cypher machines, important computers and components, telecommunication devices, robots, motion picture cameras and more.The sales take place annually in New York or Los Angeles. Highlights and record-breaking sales include a manuscript by computing pioneer Alan Turing on the foundations of mathematics and computer science for $1,025,000; a fully operational Apple-1 computer for $950,000; a first edition, author's presentation offprint of G&#246;del's groundbreaking paper "&#220;ber formal unentscheidbare S&#228;tze der Principia Mathematica und verwandter Systeme I" for $68,750; a Steve Jobs autograph letter signed sold for $500,312; a working Apple Macintosh prototype sold for $150,075; and a fully operational 3-Rotor Enigma machine at $269,000 to name but a few. Bonhams is a market leader is this rapidly growing field.

Bonhams Impressionist & Modern Art auctions offer paintings, sculptures, works on paper and ceramics by artists including <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/33086/ aria-label='Auguste Rodin' >Auguste Rodin</a>, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31383/ aria-label='Pablo Picasso' >Pablo Picasso</a>, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/33146/ aria-label='L&#233;onard Tsuguharu Foujita' >L&#233;onard Tsuguharu Foujita</a>, Marc Chagall and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/33086/ aria-label='Pierre-Auguste Renoir' >Pierre-Auguste Renoir</a>, as well as works by <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31183/ aria-label='Surrealist' >Surrealist</a> artists like Ren&#233; Magritte and Salvador Dal&#237;, and the Italian Futurists. We hold 12 auctions a year in London, New York, Paris and online.Our auction record results include <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24840/lot/18/ aria-label='La F&#234;te d'Anniversaire' >La F&#234;te d'Anniversaire</a> by Foujita, a world record price for the artist, Dal&#237;'s <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23932/lot/19/ aria-label='Figura de perfil' >Figura de perfil</a>, a world record price for an early work by the artist, and Giorgio Morandi's <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26768/lot/12/ aria-label='Natura morta' >Natura morta</a>, the third highest price ever achieved for the artist at auction. We have achieved 100% sold rates for several distinguished single-owner collections, including the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/33339/ aria-label='Amalia de Schulthess Collection' >Amalia de Schulthess Collection</a>, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25009/ aria-label='Walid Juffali Collection' >Walid Juffali Collection</a> and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25754/ aria-label='Sir Warwick & Lady Fairfax Collection' >Sir Warwick & Lady Fairfax Collection</a>.Each year, our highly curated themed auctions enjoy high sell-through and competitive bidding. In 2022, our themed auctions include The Mind's Eye: Surrealist Sale, Picassomania, Abstraction-Cr&#233;ation, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/32316/ aria-label='Aeropittura' >Aeropittura</a>: Italian Futurism in Flight, and The Expressionist Sale.Buying and selling Impressionist & Modern Art at Bonhams Bonhams Impressionist & Modern Art department has specialists and representatives across the UK, Europe, America and Asia. We work closely with sellers and offer personalised, Evening Sale-quality treatment for selected artworks and collections above $100,000.With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Fine%2520Art aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams specialists will be in Philadelphia to provide free and confidential auction estimates on Impressionist and Modern Art that you are considering selling.Bonhams Impressionist and Modern Art auctions offer paintings, sculptures, works on paper and ceramics by artists including Auguste Rodin, Pablo Picasso, L&#233;onard Tsuguharu Foujita, Marc Chagall and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, as well as works by Surrealist artists like Ren&#233; Magritte and Salvador Dal&#237;, and the Italian Futurists. We hold 12 auctions a year in London, New York, Paris and online.To schedule an appointment, please contact: Amy Corcoran <a href=mailto:amy.corcoran@bonhams.com aria-label='amy.corcoran@bonhams.com' >amy.corcoran@bonhams.com</a> Tel: +1 617 742 0909

New England

Impressionist and Modern Art Appraisal Days

With a focus on fine sculpture and painting, Bonhams Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian Art Department presents market-leading sales in this category twice a year: Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art in New York each March, and Images of Devotion in Hong Kong each October. Spanning 3,000 years of art history, from Afghanistan to Indonesia, the department specialises in the diverse material cultures of Hinduism, Jainism, Islam, and Buddhism. Our team of highly experienced and passionate specialists achieve outstanding, often world-record, prices, with Bonhams holding record prices in categories covering the full geographical range of Indian, Himalayan, and Southeast Asian art.The depth of knowledge shared between our expert team across both the US and Asia affords our consignors an advantageous global perspective on the market. With specialists in both New York and Hong Kong, and representatives throughout North America, Europe and Asia, Bonhams sales of Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art are conducted before the broadest possible international audience.Prestigious collections of Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian art recently sold by Bonhams include: the Portraits of the Masters Collection, Selections from the Elizabeth and Willard Clark Collection, Masterpieces from the Collection of Ulrich von Schroeder, Treasures from the Nyingjei Lam Collection, and The Maitri Collection of Indian, Himalayan and Southeast Asian Art.

Bonhams Islamic & Indian Art department holds two annual live auctions during London's Islamic Art Week in Spring and Autumn, and two online auctions a year. We offer a wide range of works of art representing the diverse and rich cultural heritage of the Islamic world, including manuscripts and works on paper, ceramics, metalwork, textiles and arms and armour from the 7th - 20th centuries.Our sales also feature works from India's finest artistic traditions: from Rajput, Mughal and Sikh miniature paintings to Buddhist, Jain and Hindu sculpture, as well as jewellery and jade from India's royal courts.Auctions held in our state-of-the-art salerooms attract bidders from all over the globe, with some significant and historically important pieces gaining press attention and achieving record prices, such as a <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/20178/ aria-label='unique mother-of-pearl and black lac tray' >unique mother-of-pearl and black lac tray</a>. Works sold in our auctions frequently find a home in world-renowned museums and institutions, or in esteemed private collections.Buying and selling Islamic and Indian art at Bonhams With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Fine%2520Art aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams have been market leaders in Japanese Art since the department's first auction in 2007, highlighted by the sale of the Szechenyi Collection, the most successful auction of Japanese art ever held in Europe. Every year, Bonhams has achieved impressive results in the category and often world record prices, particularly for netsuke and inro, ceramics as well as Meiji Period metalwork, lacquer and cloisonn&#233; enamel.The London auctions at Bonhams draw collectors, curators and dealers from all around the world, featuring objects assembled, catalogued and researched by internationally-renowned specialists who offer over 100 years of combined expertise in the field.BUYING AND SELLING JAPANESE ART AT BONHAMS You can buy and sell through auction at Bonhams. Auctions are held twice yearly in New Bond Street, London and Madison Avenue, New York and are scheduled to coincide respectively with Asian Art Week. You can contact us directly to consign an artwork or visit our digital <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com aria-label='Selling Hub' >Selling Hub</a> for valuations on consignments to future sales. You can also buy and sell through Private Sale. Bonhams <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/video/30242/ aria-label='Private Sales' >Private Sales</a> provide clients with a bespoke approach to buying and selling, outside of the auction calendar. Whether you are looking for a specific artwork or to sell an object, our global team is on hand to help research, source or sell on your behalf. Contact a specialist below for more information.

Bonhams Jewellery auctions offer gemstones and jewels from names including <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/32032/ aria-label='Cartier' >Cartier</a>, Van Cleef & Arpels, Boucheron, Harry Winston, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/32738/ aria-label='Tiffany' >Tiffany</a>, Bulgari, Chaumet and Verdura. We hold over 40 auctions a year across all the key jewellery markets: New York, London, Hong Kong and Los Angeles. Our auction record results include <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22642/lot/146/ aria-label='The Hope Spinel' >The Hope Spinel</a>, which achieved the world record price per carat for a <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/33327/ aria-label='spinel' >spinel</a> sold at auction. We also achieved world record prices per carat for a <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20622/lot/118/ aria-label='Fancy Blue diamond' >Fancy Blue diamond</a> and a <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24577/lot/139/ aria-label='Fancy Pink diamond' >Fancy Pink diamond</a> sold at auction. Among the high profile, international collections that we have brought to auction are the jewels of <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/31166/ aria-label='Dame Joan Collins' >Dame Joan Collins</a>, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22741/ aria-label='Lauren Bacall' >Lauren Bacall</a> and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24319/ aria-label='Jackie Collins' >Jackie Collins</a>. We champion wearable art and works by 'artist jewellers' - from <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31015/ aria-label='Andrew Grima' >Andrew Grima</a>, John Donald and David Thomas in the UK to Art Smith, Betty Cook and William Spratling in the US. In 2006, we curated the first auction dedicated to works by Grima, followed by a 100% sold <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24173/ aria-label='private collection of Grima jewellery' >private collection of Grima jewellery</a> in 2017 and a successful sale of <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/27287/ aria-label='artist jewellery from the Crawford Collection' >artist jewellery from the Crawford Collection</a> in 2021. Buying and selling jewellery at Bonhams Bonhams Jewellery department has specialists and consultants across the UK, Europe, America, Asia and Australia. Our passionate and experienced team include qualified gemologists and knowledgeable jewellery connoisseurs, up to date on the latest market trends. We regularly collaborate with other Bonhams departments - from Designer Handbags and Watches to Contemporary Art - to cross-market items to new buyers. With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors, to achieve the highest price and level of customer satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Jewellery%2520&%2520Watches aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams invites you to meet our jewellery specialist Lucy Lanning who will be pleased to offer free, no obligation auction values. For further information or to book an appointment please contact the Truro office on 01872 250170 or email truro@bonhams.com

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Jewellery Valuation Day by appointment

Bonhams Lapidary Works of Art department is the international forerunner in the fields of gemmology, mineralogy and lapidary works of art. We hold multiple auctions a year in Los Angeles and online, offering gemstones, opals, lapidary, minerals and more.Our consignments from private collections, mine owners, gem cutters and lapidaries are often unique items, unavailable elsewhere, and offered fresh to market. Buying and selling lapidary works of art at Bonhams With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Collectables aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams Latin American Art department offers paintings, sculpture and works on paper by the foremost international artists from the late 19th century to today. Due to the knowledge and expertise of the specialists along with our international bidding pool, Bonhams is a market leader in fine art with record-breaking auctions around the world.Latin Masters such as Roberto Matta, Carlos Merida, Wifredo Lam, Diego Rivera, Rufino Tamayo, Francisco Toledo, and Francisco Z&#250;&#241;iga are regularly sold in our auctions. We also specialise in the sale of works by the world's leading contemporary Latin American artists such as Gustavo Acosta, Kcho, Ignacio Iturria, and Ros&#225;ngela Renn&#243;.Buying and selling Latin American art at Bonhams With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Fine%252520Art aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams is the only international auction house to hold dedicated Marine Sales. Our two auctions a year in London offer important marine paintings from the 18th century through to contemporary works, as well as maritime related artefacts including ship models, pond yachts, nautical instruments, naval and Nelson memorabilia, and figureheads. Firmly established as the market leader in this highly specialised field, we have achieved exceptional prices for artworks by early maritime artists such as <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/10191/lot/88/ aria-label='Thomas Buttersworth' >Thomas Buttersworth</a> <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/18528/lot/3117/ aria-label='Robert Salmon' >Robert Salmon</a> and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/13677/lot/65/ aria-label='Dominic Serres' >Dominic Serres</a>, who portrayed impressive ship portraits, exotic harbour scenes and important naval battles, with the Battle of Trafalgar being the most sought after by collectors. Other highlights include naturalistic and informal seascapes by 19th century artists such as <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20482/lot/113/ aria-label='James Edward Buttersworth' >James Edward Buttersworth</a>, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23967/lot/88/ aria-label='Charles Edward Dixon' >Charles Edward Dixon</a>, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26028/lot/41/ aria-label='Thomas Somerscales' >Thomas Somerscales</a> and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25337/lot/79/ aria-label='David James' >David James</a>, while later artists - such as <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26028/lot/77/ aria-label='Montague Dawson' >Montague Dawson</a>, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22755/lot/51/ aria-label='Norman Wilkinson' >Norman Wilkinson</a> and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/18783/lot/165/ aria-label='William Lionel Wyllie' >William Lionel Wyllie</a> - celebrated the golden age of passenger liners, naval scenes from WWI and WWII, as well as historic and modern yacht races - all themes popular with the market. Buying and selling marine pictures at Bonhams With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Collectables aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

The modern and contemporary Middle Eastern art market has experienced significant growth since the category began gaining recognition among collectors regionally and globally over the past decade. Twentieth century Arab and Iranian Art has witnessed an extraordinary development that is in keeping with the rich artistic legacy of the region and is reflected in the world's long standing fascination and interest in Middle Eastern art and culture.Bonhams has maintained a significant international presence in the market since the early years of its development. During our inaugural sale of modern Middle Eastern art in Dubai in 2008, Bonhams broke 33 world records and witnessed the first Middle Eastern artwork to achieve an auction sale of over one million dollars; Farhad Moshiri's stunning mixed media work "Eshgh".Since then Bonhams has firmly established itself as one of the leading auction houses in the category, holding regular bi-annual sales first in Dubai and now in London, in recognition of the growing international market for art from the Middle East and surrounding regions.

Bonhams Modern & Contemporary South Asian Art department has been at the forefront of the development of the market since the late 1990s. Our sales consistently achieve strong results for works by artists from across the region, including Maqbool Fida Husain, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/19390/ aria-label='V.S. Gaitonde' >V.S. Gaitonde</a>, S.H. Raza, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/33061/ aria-label='Bashir Mirza' >Bashir Mirza</a>, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/28115/ aria-label='Sadequain' >Sadequain</a> and George Keyt.Bonhams holds auction records for a number of artists from the region. We continue to present fresh and high-quality pieces to the market through our biannual auction sales in London and online.Buying and selling modern and contemporary South Asian art at Bonhams With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors, to achieve the highest price and level of customer satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Fine%2520Art aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams Modern British & Irish Art department offer more artworks annually in this category than any other major auctioneer. We specialise in the period's major <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/30638/ aria-label='movements' >movements</a>, spanning Edwardian Art to Camden Town, The Bloomsbury Group, British Surrealism, Neo-Romanticism, Irish Moderns, St Ives, Constructivism, Post-War and The London School. We hold five dedicated auctions a year in London, in addition to an exciting roster of themed sales such as <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31170/ aria-label='The Mind's Eye: Surrealist Sale' >The Mind's Eye: Surrealist Sale</a>, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/32888/ aria-label='Blazing a Trail: Modern British Women' >Blazing a Trail: Modern British Women</a> and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31178/ aria-label='British. Cool.' >British. Cool.</a>Significant world auction records held by the department include Henry Moore's alabaster carving <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24594/lot/49/ aria-label='Mask' >Mask</a>, which established a record price for a 1920s sculpture by any British artist, Christopher Wood's <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27337/lot/8/ aria-label='Drying Sales, Mousehold, Cornwall' >Drying Sales, Mousehold, Cornwall</a>, Walter Sickert's <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20780/lot/54/ aria-label='La Corsage Violet' >La Corsage Violet</a>, and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27337/lot/10/ aria-label='Stringed Figure' >Stringed Figure</a>, the record price for a painting by Dame Barbara Hepworth. We also perform consistently well for artists such as Ben Nicholson, L.S. Lowry and Lynn Chadwick to name just a few.Buying and selling modern British and Irish art at Bonhams Bonhams Modern British & Irish Art department has specialists and representatives in the UK, the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, Australia and Ireland. Our team has over 50 years' combined experience in advising private collectors, as well as corporate and public institutions, on all aspects of their collections.With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Fine%2520Art aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams Modern Decorative Art & Design department covers over 150 years of diverse artistic movements and fields of collectability &#8211; from Arts & Crafts through Art Nouveau and Art Deco, to mid-century masters of post-war construction and contemporary studio makers and designers.We hold multiple live auctions and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/30242/ aria-label='private sales' >private sales</a> a year in New York, London, Los Angeles and online, with single owner and specialty auctions filling out the calendar. These sales offer works by noted makers such as Jean Dunand, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/33515/ aria-label='George Nakashima' >George Nakashima</a>, Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Tiffany Studios, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/30526/ aria-label='Fulvio Bianconi' >Fulvio Bianconi</a>, Peter Voulkos and Sam Maloof of <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/30778/ aria-label='California Studio Design' >California Studio Design</a>, Hans Wegner, and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31352/ aria-label='Francois-Xavier and Claude Lalanne' >Francois-Xavier and Claude Lalanne</a>, among others. Along with these well-established names, Bonhams' international team guarantees that niche or regional makers are not overlooked, creating a comprehensive look at the world of design.Bonhams has an unrivalled wealth of experience in holding auctions through all periods of design, having pioneered and developed specialist sales for over 30 years, and was the first auction house to hold dedicated sales of modern design though our London salerooms. Buying and selling modern decorative art and design at Bonhams Bonhams Modern Decorative Art & Design department has dedicated teams in New York, London, Los Angeles, as well as specialists in Paris and Milan, bringing an international approach to both sourcing and selling works for our clients.With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Interiors aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams Modern Decorative Art & Design department covers over 150 years of diverse artistic movements and fields of collectability &#8211; from Arts & Crafts through Art Nouveau and Art Deco, to mid-century masters of post-war construction and contemporary studio makers and designers.We hold multiple live auctions and private sales a year in New York, London, Los Angeles and online, with single owner and specialty auctions filling out the calendar. These sales offer works by noted makers such as Jean Dunand, George Nakashima, Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann, Tiffany Studios, Fulvio Bianconi, Peter Voulkos and Sam Maloof of California Studio Design, Hans Wegner, and Francois-Xavier and Claude Lalanne, among others. Along with these well-established names, Bonhams' international team guarantees that niche or regional makers are not overlooked, creating a comprehensive look at the world of design.Bonhams has an unrivalled wealth of experience in holding auctions through all periods of design, having pioneered and developed specialist sales for over 30 years, and was the first auction house to hold dedicated sales of modern design though our London salerooms.For further details or to make an appointment for a valuation please either call the office on 0113 234 5755 or email leeds@bonhams.com.

Decorative Art & Design Valuation Day

ABOUT US Bonhams is the auction house of choice for the sale of important collectors' motorcycles and single-owner collections and we are renowned for achieving world record prices across the board. Our dedicated team of international specialists strive to ensure you realise the best price for your motorcycle(s) and our sales consistently achieve the highest percentage sold rates in the industry.We have set many world records, and presently hold the world record for the most valuable motorcycle sold at auction - The ex-Tony McAlpine, Jack Ehret, Australian Land Speed Record Breaking, 1951 Vincent 998cc Black Lightning for $929,000 2018 Las Vegas Motorcycle Auction.BUYING AND SELLING MOTORCYCLES AT BONHAMS We are proud to cater to every corner of the motorcycle market. Whether you have a number of vintage motorcycle spares to a Brough Superior or BSA Bantam or even a motorcycle collection, Bonhams has the expertise and breadth to ensure your prized lot ensures maximum exposure internationally. COMPLIMENTARY AUCTION ESTIMATE Submit a <a href=http://form.jotform.co/form/51382876396873 aria-label='COMPLIMENTARY AUCTION APPRAISAL REQUEST' >COMPLIMENTARY AUCTION APPRAISAL REQUEST</a> today to receive an auction estimate and a guide to consigning to one of Bonhams industry-leading motorcycle auctions. Please contact us directly for advice on selling a collection, valuation services for probate or insurance, and one of our experienced specialists will be very happy to help.

Bonhams holds dedicated sales of Native American Art in Los Angeles, attracting the world's major collectors and dealers with an interest in the art of North America's indigenous peoples. Director Ingmars Lindbergs has been with the department since 2001, helping to firmly establish Bonhams as the premier venue for quality Native American Indian art and artefacts. During his tenure the department has seen the sale of over $55 million worth of such property, and in the process established numerous world record auction prices in many collecting categories. To receive a complimentary and confidential auction valuation from our specialists click <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/ aria-label='here' >here</a>.

Bonhams Natural History department holds multiple auctions a year in Los Angeles and online, firmly establishing us as the forerunner in the field internationally. We offer a wide range of categories, such as mineral specimens; fossils (including dinosaurian), petrified wood, amber and ammolite; unmounted faceted gemstones (including rare phenomenal gemstones); gold; meteorites; lapidary, archaeological stone artefacts; mounts and animal, plant, insect and shell specimens, pearls and coral, and natural history-related decor and curiosities.With consignments pulled from private collections, palaeontologists, fossil preparators, quarry and mine owners, we are able to provide many specimens that are fresh to market.Buying and selling natural history at Bonhams With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Collectables aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams NFTs and Digital Art auctions offer Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs), crypto art and digital art by artists including <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27285/lot/2/xcopy-b-1981-the-death-of-cash-2021/ aria-label='Xcopy' >Xcopy</a>, Coldie, Osinachi, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27285/lot/3/matt-kane-b-1980-m87-black-hole-deconstruction-9-conceived-on-april-10-2019-animated-on-june-10-2021-minted-on-june-15-2021/ aria-label='Matt Kane' >Matt Kane</a>, Sarah Zucker, Miss Al Simpson and Mattia Cuttini. We hold auctions online, and exhibit NFTs at our locations in London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris and Hong Kong. We are also at the forefront of offering NFTs from a diverse range of categories, and have sold unique works of the earliest NFT artists in the world's first curated collaboration between a digital art platform and an auction house, entitled <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/online_auctions/27285/ aria-label='CryptOGs: The Pioneers of NFT Art' >CryptOGs: The Pioneers of NFT Art</a>. Our auction record results include <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/online_auctions/27461/ aria-label='Cristiano Ronaldo: One of a Kind' >Cristiano Ronaldo: One of a Kind</a>, a world record price for a digital football trading card, and highest prices achieved for artists Coldie and Sarah Zucker for <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27285/lot/1/coldie-b-1982-proof-of-work-genesis-conceived-2018-minted-june-16-2021/ aria-label='Proof of Work - Genesis' >Proof of Work - Genesis</a> and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auction/27285/lot/4/sarah-zucker-b-1985-space-loaf-conceived-in-2018-minted-in-2021/ aria-label='Space Loaf' >Space Loaf</a> respectively. We also offered <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/33421/ aria-label='Natalia Osipova: Triptych' >Natalia Osipova: Triptych</a>, the world's first ballet NFTs and continue to explore the opportunities tokenization offers to the arts, culture, and sports. Each year, both our highly curated themed auctions and single-owner sales enjoy a high sell-through and competitive bidding. We specialise in the sales of unique NFTs, including multidisciplinary works by <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/press_release/32572/ aria-label='Present the Future' >Present the Future</a> collective and exclusive layered works by <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/online_auctions/27505/ aria-label='Coldie x John Van Hamersveld' >Coldie x John Van Hamersveld</a>. Buying and selling digital art and NFTs at Bonhams Bonhams NFTs and Digital Art department has specialists and representatives across the UK, Europe, America and Asia. Successful bidders in all NFTs and Digital Art sales can pay for their purchases in FIAT currency or Ether (ETH). With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors, to achieve the highest price and level of customer satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your digital art and NFTs online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/ aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams Old Masters Paintings department is internationally respected for its wide-ranging expertise in British and European paintings and drawings from the early Renaissance to the early 19th century. We hold four auctions throughout the year in London as well as three specifically themed sales, and we also sell in our saleroom in Paris. We are particularly proud of our role in identifying lost works, most famously <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19011/lot/63/ aria-label='Vel&#225;zquez's' >Vel&#225;zquez's</a> Portrait of a Gentleman (which sold for &#163;2,953,250) and an early altarpiece of the Renaissance master <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24057/lot/53/ aria-label='Lorenzo Veneziano' >Lorenzo Veneziano</a> (&#163;1,688,750). We also boast a great number of world auction records, including <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23327/lot/14/ aria-label='William Dobson's' >William Dobson's</a> self-portrait (&#163;1,106,500), which has since been on loan to both the National Portrait Gallery in London and Tate Britain. <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21413/lot/85/ aria-label='Jean Honor&#233; Fragonard's' >Jean Honor&#233; Fragonard's</a> Portrait of the duc d'Harcourt, that we sold on behalf of UNICEF for &#163;17,106,500, remains the highest price for both this major artist and of a work by a French Old Master. Other notable results include &#163;2,210,500 for <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20614/lot/60/ aria-label='Lucas Cranach's' >Lucas Cranach's</a> Venus and Cupid, &#163;2,057,250 for <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/19011/lot/58/ aria-label='Adriaen Coorte's' >Adriaen Coorte's</a> Still life of Peaches, and &#163;338,500 for <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23327/lot/62/ aria-label='John Sell Cotman's' >John Sell Cotman's</a> The Refectory of Walsingham Abbey (a watercolour on paper). As well as such achievements, Bonhams has traditionally excelled in selling <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31378/ aria-label='Old Master paintings' >Old Master paintings</a> within the five and six-figure price range, since our smaller and carefully curated auctions allow us to draw closer attention to those works, where a tight and coherent sale format allows us to focus at this level to target collectors in the field. Buying and selling Old Masters paintings at Bonhams Bonhams Old Masters Paintings department has specialists in the United Kingdom and United States. Our team offers a combination of enthusiasm, expertise and global reach that we believe will bring you the very best result, and are on hand to help research, source or sell on your behalf. With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Fine%2520Art aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams Photographs auctions span the history of <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31826/ aria-label='photography' >photography</a> from the 19th century to the present day, with works by established American and European photographers as well as up-and-coming, contemporary practitioners. We hold six auctions a year and contribute to many cross-departmental sales. Our department offers collectors the opportunity to own images at the heart of our visual culture, from highly sought-after names including <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/32046/ aria-label='Ansel Adams' >Ansel Adams</a>, Diane Arbus, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Walker Evens, Bill Brandt, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Irving Penn, Robert Mapplethorpe, Helmut Newton, Peter Beard, Edward Weston, Salgado Weegee, Andreas Gursky and many more. In 2021, we held a single-owner sale of <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/32137/ aria-label='Edward Curtis' >Edward Curtis</a> photographs in Los Angeles, as well as an online auction dedicated to <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31563/ aria-label='Ruth Orkin' >Ruth Orkin</a>, both achieving successful results. Buying and selling photographs at Bonhams With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/ aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams is the only global auction house to offer dedicated sales in the fields of Film, Entertainment, Music, and Sporting Memorabilia. With Specialists based in London, New York and Los Angeles, our Popular Culture team is truly global and one of the most highly experienced group of experts in this evolving market. Our team includes highly respected specialists from leading auction houses and world-renowned museums, including those responsible for leading this collecting category from its beginnings in the early 1980s. Our auctions take place throughout the year and include an array of vintage film and music posters, autographs, photographic archives, animation artwork, props, musical instruments, vintage fashion, costume and other important property relating to some of the most prominent actors, musicians, entertainers and sporting legends of the Twentieth Century. In 2017, Bonhams set the world record for the most expensive piece of film memorabilia ever sold at auction; Robby the Robot from MGM's Forbidden Planet (1956) which achieved $5.3million - a record we still hold today. Notable Achievements (Including Buyer's Premium): &#183; The iconic original Robby The Robot suit and jeep from Forbidden Planet, MGM (1956) $5.3million &#183; The piano from 'Casablanca' on which Sam plays "As Time Goes By", $3.4million &#183; The Maltese Falcon statuette from the 'The Maltese Falcon', $4million &#183; Bert Lahr's cowardly Lion costume from the 'Wizard of Oz', $3million &#183; Judy Garland's gingham dress from the 'Wizard of Oz', $1.56million &#183; An EMI TG12345 Mk IV recording console used by Pink Floyd at Abbey Road Studios, $1.7million &#183; Alligator! Jerry Garcia's Fender Stratocaster guitar, $524,000 &#183; Neil Peart's Slingerland drumkit from his time with RUSH, $500,000 &#183; The silver trophy cup for the Football Association challenge 1896-1910, &#163;759,000 &#183; Steve McQueen's iconic racing suit from 'Le Mans', $425,000 Buying And Selling Entertainment Memorabilia At BonhamsMarketed globally, our sales offer collectors the opportunity to acquire pieces relating to their icons. You can contact us directly to consign an artwork or visit our digital digital <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/ aria-label='Selling Hub' >Selling Hub</a> for valuations on consignments to future sales. You can also buy and sell through Private Sale. Bonhams Private Sales provide clients with a bespoke approach to buying and selling, outside of the auction calendar. Whether you are looking for a specific artwork or to sell an object, our global team is on hand to help research, source or sell on your behalf. Contact a specialist below for more information.

Bonhams Post-War & Contemporary Art department has established a distinct identity within the global marketplace, defined by connoisseurship, a transparent and collaborative relationship with our clients, and a reputation for offering Evening Sale treatment for every lot consigned. Buying and selling post-war and contemporary art at Bonhams We host 17 auctions throughout the year in London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris and Hong Kong. In addition to these sale locations, we also have specialists based in Chicago, Zurich, Brussels and San Francisco. Our sales include international names such as Yayoi Kusama, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Alexander Calder, Gerhard Richter, Robert Colescott, Ruth Asawa, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/32988/ aria-label='Josef Albers' >Josef Albers</a>, Zao Wou-Ki and many others. We were the first auction house to offer works by Banksy and have an extraordinary track record for works by the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/25691/ aria-label='London School' >London School</a>. We hold global auction records for Tony Cragg, Fernando Botero and many others. You can contact us directly to consign an artwork or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Fine%2520Art aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>. You can also buy and sell through <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/30242/ aria-label='Bonhams Private Sales' >Bonhams Private Sales</a>, which provides clients with a bespoke approach to buying and selling outside of the auction calendar. Whether you are looking for a specific artwork or to sell an object, our global team is on hand to help research, source or sell on your behalf. Contact a specialist below for more information. Exhibitions The Post-War & Contemporary Art department also has a rich exhibitions programme. Recent highlights include the private collection of hip-hop icon <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25949/ aria-label='Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest' >Q-Tip from A Tribe Called Quest</a> on view to the public for the very first time, together with <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26124/ aria-label='Trailblazers: California Artists at Bonhams' >Trailblazers: California Artists at Bonhams</a>, the museum-quality presentation <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/22820/ aria-label='Zero - Gutai - Kusama' >Zero - Gutai - Kusama</a>, a major <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/26623/ aria-label='Richard Lin' >Richard Lin</a> retrospective, and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/events/28140/ aria-label='Surfaces,' >Surfaces,</a> which celebrated artists who transcended the two-dimensional format and its limitations.

Bonhams Post-War & Contemporary Art department has established a distinct identity within the global marketplace, defined by connoisseurship, a transparent and collaborative relationship with our clients, and a reputation for offering Evening Sale treatment for every lot consigned. The department holds 17 auctions throughout the year in London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris and Hong Kong. In addition to these sale locations, we also have specialists based in Chicago, Zurich, Brussels and San Francisco.The sales include international names such as Yayoi Kusama, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Alexander Calder, Gerhard Richter, Robert Colescott, Ruth Asawa, Josef Albers, Zao Wou-Ki and many others. We were the first auction house to offer works by Banksy and have an extraordinary track record for works by the London School. We hold global auction records for Tony Cragg, Fernando Botero and many others. Bonhams Impressionist & Modern Art auctions offer paintings, sculptures, works on paper and ceramics by artists including Auguste Rodin, Pablo Picasso, L&#233;onard Tsuguharu Foujita, Marc Chagall and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, as well as works by Surrealist artists like Ren&#233; Magritte and Salvador Dal&#237;, and the Italian Futurists. We hold 12 auctions a year in London, New York, Paris and online.Our auction record results include La F&#234;te d'Anniversaire by Foujita, a world record price for the artist, Dal&#237;'s Figura de perfil, a world record price for an early work by the artist, and Giorgio Morandi's Natura morta, the third highest price ever achieved for the artist at auction. We have achieved 100% sold rates for several distinguished single-owner collections, including the Amalia de Schulthess Collection, Walid Juffali Collection and Sir Warwick & Lady Fairfax Collection.For further information or to make an appointment to have a piece of Modern Contemporary or Impressionist Art valued lease either call the office on 0113 234 5755 or email leeds@bonhams.com.

Contemporary and Impressionist Art Valuation Day

Bonhams Prints & Multiples departments in London and the United States hold over 15 live and online print auctions a year, focusing on a wide range of artworks from every artistic and historical movement. From Old Master printmakers such as Albrecht D&#252;rer and Rembrandt to works by modern masters including Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec, Marc Chagall, Joan Mir&#243;, Henri Matisse and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31383/ aria-label='Pablo Picasso's' >Pablo Picasso's</a> printed works and ceramics. We also offer the greatest names in post-war and contemporary art, including Andy Warhol, Helen Frankenthaler, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/32068/ aria-label='Roy Lichtenstein' >Roy Lichtenstein</a>, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/32393/ aria-label='Banksy' >Banksy</a>, Keith Haring, Yayoi Kusama, Willem de Kooning, Francis Bacon, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/32853/ aria-label='Bridget Riley' >Bridget Riley</a> and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/33440/ aria-label='David Hockney' >David Hockney</a>, among others.We have a strong history of selling prints by British artists such as Henry Moore, Elizabeth Frink, Patrick Caulfield, Barbara Hepworth and Laurence Stephen Lowry, as well as linocuts by the Grosvenor School artists. We have held dedicated auctions to the work of <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31200/ aria-label='Sam Francis' >Sam Francis</a>, Christo, James Gillray and Hockney, as well as pioneered extremely successful themed sales such as Geometric Abstractions, Pop x Culture, Picassomania, British. Cool. and Blazing a Trail: Modern British Women. Always open to trends, we steadily try to create and identify new markets for collectors with dynamic and eclectic tastes at every level. At our Knightsbridge saleroom in London, we strive to showcase the 'Avant-garde of Printmaking', having set auction records for contemporary artists such as Harland Miller, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/32838/ aria-label='The Connor Brothers' >The Connor Brothers</a>, Sara Pope, David Shrigley and, more recently, the street artist Bambi.Buying and selling prints and multiples at Bonhams Highly trained specialists based in London, New York, and Los Angeles are readily accessible with knowledge and expertise to answer any question, and curate your collection to its full potential. With our decades of combined knowledge of print techniques and market trends, we make live auctions, online sales and private treaties seamless and accessible.With four sales rooms spanning two continents, we offer a diverse range of works and experiences for all. Our classic live auctions and new forays into the online auction world invite everyone to become a part of the Bonhams Prints & Multiples community. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Fine%2520Art aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams has a proven track record in holding successful House sales and Private Collection sales, both in our international salerooms and on-site, regularly achieving 100% sell through rates. Our House sale and Private Collection team work in conjunction with our extensive network of over 50 specialist departments to deliver the most rewarding experience, whilst achieving maximum results with estimates regularly been exceeded for our clients.The House sale and Private Collection department comprises of senior Bonhams directors, who all have a wealth of experience and have worked on many notable sales. We oversee the entire auction process from initial sale proposal through to cataloguing and marketing the auction, and act as the primary point of contact for the client. The team has handled sales across a wide spectrum of collections from Scottish castles and English stately homes to French chateaux and Italian and Caribbean Villas, as well collections belonging to Iconic collectors, including Richard Attenborough, Lauren Bacall, Michael Caine and Jackie Collins. If you have a significant collection including pictures, furniture, silver and works of art that you are considering selling, we would be pleased to discuss how Bonhams may be able to help. To arrange a confidential meeting please contact our team, who would be delighted to hear from you.

Bonhams Russian Paintings and Works of Art auctions offer works by major Russian 19th and 20th century masters and outstanding pieces of Faberg&#233;, jewellery, silver, Imperial porcelain, bronzes and icons. Catering to a market of exponential growth, we hold two sales a year in London during Russian Art Week in June and November.A force on the international market for Russian art, Bonhams has established world records for a number of significant artists, notably selling Nikolai Roerich's <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20841/lot/63/ aria-label='Madonna Laboris' >Madonna Laboris</a> for &#163;7.9 million in 2013, setting a record price for the artist. Other outstanding prices include over &#163;2 million for Alexander Volkov's <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/20841/lot/59/ aria-label='The Child Musicians' >The Child Musicians</a> and the record-breaking results achieved for two long-lost masterpieces by Vasilii Polenov, with <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/18991/lot/22/ aria-label='He that is without sin' >He that is without sin</a> selling for over &#163;4 million and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/18991/lot/23/ aria-label='He that is guilty of death' >He that is guilty of death</a> for just under &#163;3 million.Faberg&#233; continues to be the ultimate acquisition and this is reflected in the high prices which the exquisite pieces made by the Faberg&#233; workshop command at auction, notably a rare <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/21517/lot/94/ aria-label='Faberg&#233; hardstone figure of a Meshchanka' >Faberg&#233; hardstone figure of a Meshchanka</a> made in 1913, which sold after a fierce bidding battle for &#163;1.2 million. Russian works of art are also highly sought after, with works by the finest pre-Revolutionary names - such as Ovchinnikov, R&#252;ckert, Sazikov and Kurliukov, to name but a few - also achieving exceptionally high prices.Buying and selling Russian paintings and works of art at Bonhams Bonhams Russian Paintings and Works of Art department has specialists and representatives in London, New York and Moscow, offering exceptional Russian art from around the world to an international market.With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors, to achieve the highest price and level of customer satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Fine%2520Art aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

The Bonhams Scientific Instruments department holds dedicated auctions in London twice a year in, as well as offering property within the Gentleman's Library sale, and one a year in New York in the History of Science & Technology sale. We offer instruments and apparatus from the earliest known historical artefacts to items from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Our sales contain microscopes, telescopes, surveying and navigational instruments, globes, sundials, astrolabes, calculators, drawing instruments, barometers and barographs, medical and dental instruments.

Bonhams Scottish Art auctions offer a wide range of <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31956/ aria-label='Scottish artists' >Scottish artists</a> and movements, including 18th century works by Allan Ramsay and Henry Raeburn, through to The Glasgow Boys, The <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/32960/ aria-label='Scottish Colourists' >Scottish Colourists</a>, The Edinburgh School, right up to modern artists such as Jack Vettriano. We hold auctions every May and October in Edinburgh.As the only international auction house who holds dedicated Scottish Art auctions in Scotland, we have achieved exceptional results for works by Scottish Colourist artists such as S.J. Peploe and G.L. Hunter, and are the market leaders in selling works by Vettriano, with a 100% selling rate in recent years.Buying and selling Scottish art at Bonhams Bonhams Scottish Art department has specialists in Edinburgh and London. Our extensively researched and carefully curated auctions offer the best possible platform for buying and selling Scottish Art at auction. You can also buy and sell through <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/30242/ aria-label='Bonhams Private Sales' >Bonhams Private Sales</a>, which provides a bespoke service for clients outside of the auction calendar.With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Fine%2520Art aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Scottish Art Valuation Day

Bonhams Sculpture and Works of Art department devotes its auctions to a broad range of European and British sculpture and works of art spanning in date from the 12th to the 19th century. Submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/ aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.Our sales encompass early works of art and Old Master sculpture from the Gothic, Mediaeval and Renaissance period, through to the 19th century and sometimes beyond. This wide spectrum of stylistic influences also features items of Baroque, Rococo, Empire and Neo-Classical origins, as well as works from the New Sculpture movement.Our expertise extends to handling sculpture and objects in a variety of mediums including ivory, marble, alabaster, stone, wood, terracotta, bronze and plaster. The decorative objects such as urns and tazze worked in materials such as ormolu, enamel and pietre dure. The department also focuses on more functional objects such as candelabra and other lighting, chimneypieces, fire-grates, desk sets, boxes and tea caddies.

Bonhams Silver Department holds auctions throughout the year, offering antique through to post-war and contemporary silver, with sales held at our two London salerooms, New Bond Street and Knightsbridge, as well as Edinburgh and Los Angeles.Auctions regularly feature British, American and Continental silver, hollow-ware, flat-ware, and a wide variety of other themes to include objects of vertu, gold boxes and early spoons.We have dedicated sales focusing on Decorative Art and Design, featuring designers and makers from the Arts and Crafts, Art Nouveau, Art Deco periods, as well as post-war and contemporary works.We hold the record for a piece of contemporary silver to come to auction: Animus, a work by Kevin Grey in 2017.Our dedicated team of specialists offer a personal and confidential service in both the acquisition and selling of collections or individual items, and access to our global programme of services to be sure of obtaining the best results.

Space History auctions focus on space exploration from the early days of Project Mercury and Vostok through the Gemini missions, the historic Apollo moon landings, Soyuz, Skylab, ASTP, and beyond.The auctions feature photographs, flight plan sheets, Robbins medallions, models, patches, emblems, flags, lunar surface equipment and other hardware, much of it flown and often signed and inscribed by astronauts and cosmonauts such as Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Yuri Gagarin.The sales take place annually in New York, and highlights have included Armstrong's "One Small Step for a Man" signed quotation ($150,000), the Apollo 11 lunar surface star chart ($218,000) and Leonov's 1975 ASTP space suit ($240,000). Bonhams is a market leader in this rapidly growing field.

Bonhams Sporting Gun department holds two auctions a year at our Knightsbridge auction room in London. We offer a fine and varied selection of best quality British, European and American shotguns, rifles and pistols by makers such as James Purdey, Holland & Holland, Boss, Woodward, Lebeau-Courally, Francotte, Bosis and numerous others. A variety of accessories - including cases, cartridge-magazines, cartridge display boards and books - are also included in these sales.The market for sporting guns remains buoyant and our department has grown significantly in recent years, frequently achieving record prices to become one of the global leaders in this specialist field.Buying and selling sporting guns at Bonhams With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Collectables aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams is the only international auction house holding regular Travel & Exploration sales. Our auctions in London combine artefacts, paintings, drawings, books, maps, manuscripts and photographs that give insights into the people and places of the world - often as documented during notable feats of travel and exploration. Highlights range from <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/video/32412 aria-label='polar artefacts' >polar artefacts</a> such as a sledge used on an <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25106/lot/195/ aria-label='Ernest Shackleton expedition' >Ernest Shackleton expedition</a> to works by <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25106/lot/175/ aria-label='Michel Jean Cazabon' >Michel Jean Cazabon</a>, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/27097/lot/199/ aria-label='Peter Rindisbacher' >Peter Rindisbacher</a>, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/24423/lot/122/ aria-label='Daniel Thomas Egerton' >Daniel Thomas Egerton</a>, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25707/lot/215/ aria-label='Frank Hurley' >Frank Hurley</a>, <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23649/lot/72/ aria-label='John Claude White' >John Claude White</a> and <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25106/lot/110/ aria-label='David Roberts' >David Roberts</a>. In addition, Bonhams US Books & Manuscripts department holds regular sales focusing on travel, exploration and Americana in books, maps and manuscripts. Buying and selling Travel & Exploration material at Bonhams Bonhams Travel & Exploration department has specialists covering the UK, Europe, the Americas, South Africa and Asia-Pacific. With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors and unparalleled marketing resources to achieve the highest price and level of client satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Collectables aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams Watches auctions offer vintage and modern timepieces from watchmakers including Patek Philippe, Rolex, Omega, Vacheron Constantin, IWC, Audemars Piguet, Breguet, Cartier, George Daniels, Heuer and more. We hold 13 auctions a year in London, New York, Hong Kong, Paris and online. We are the UK market leaders for watches at auction, setting record prices for timepieces including a <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26684/lot/45/ aria-label='1999 Millennium wristwatch by George Daniels' >1999 Millennium wristwatch by George Daniels</a>, the highest-value British-made <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31654/%20 aria-label='wristwatch' >wristwatch</a> ever sold. Buying and selling Watches at Bonhams Bonhams Watches department has specialists and representatives in London, Paris, Singapore, Hong Kong, New York and Los Angeles. Our two-tiered auction structure provides clients with a curated service whether they are looking to buy an entry-level <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/32733/ aria-label='sports watch' >sports watch</a> or sell a rare collector's <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/30697/ aria-label='pocket watch' >pocket watch</a>. With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors, to achieve the highest price and level of customer satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Jewellery%2520&%2520Watches aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

One of our specialists will be available by appointment to provide a free valuation on any watches that you may be considering selling. For further enquiries or to make an appointment please contact knowle@bonhams.com or call 01564 776151

Watch Valuations - by appointment

For 40 years, Bonhams has held dedicated sales of California and Western art offering ground-breaking artists with record-setting results. The department holds two auctions a year in Los Angeles and online, representing a mix of historic and contemporary Western paintings, drawings and bronzes, as well as sporting and wildlife art, with consistently strong results.The department held its finest Western art sale to date in February 2019 with the single-owner <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25476/ aria-label='L.D. 'Brink' Brinkman Collection' >L.D. 'Brink' Brinkman Collection</a>, totalling $8.3 million, with exceptional results for artists including Howard Terpning, Ernest Martin Hennings, Frank Tenney Johnson, and G. Harvey. The sale was 89% sold by lot and 90% sold by value.Building on the success of the Brinkman Collection, Bonhams was honoured to offer a selection of contemporary Western art from the renowned <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25968/ aria-label='Eddie Basha Collection' >Eddie Basha Collection</a> in November 2019 with over $3 million in total sales. Important contemporary Western painters John Ford Clymer, Tom Lovell and Howard Terpning led the sale. In August 2021, we were thrilled to offer 100 lots of historic and contemporary Western Art with a focus on the Taos Society of Artists group and Maynard Dixon in <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/27294/ aria-label='Portrait of the West: The Diane and Sam Stewart Collection' >Portrait of the West: The Diane and Sam Stewart Collection</a>. The sale was 95% sold by lot and achieved over $4 million. Buying and selling Western art at Bonhams Bonhams California and Western Art departments have over 80 years of combined experience, bringing professionalism and passion toward evaluating collections. We advise private collectors, corporate and public institutions on strategies for acquisition and deaccession, and in addition, can advise on negotiating private sale transactions for major works. Our specialists travel throughout the country and are supported by an extensive global network of representatives. Contact a specialist directly to discuss your collection or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Fine%2520Art aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams Whisky auctions offer old, rare and commemorative bottlings, ranging from Scotch whiskies including <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31601/ aria-label='The Macallan' >The Macallan</a>, Glenfiddich and Bowmore to <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31601/ aria-label='Japanese whiskies' >Japanese whiskies</a> such as Yamazaki, Karuizawa and Hanyu, as well as whiskies from Ireland and America. We hold several auctions a year in Edinburgh and Hong Kong.As the market leader for Japanese whisky, we set a world auction record for a bottle of Japanese whisky with the sale of a <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26252/lot/354/ aria-label='Yamazaki-55 Year' >Yamazaki-55 Year</a> for HK$6,200,000 (US$795,000) in August 2020. We have also achieved exceptional results for a <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/27039/lot/257/ aria-label='Macallan-1991 cask' >Macallan-1991 cask</a> sold for HK$4,464,000 (US$ 572,251), the highest per-bottle price for any whisky cask at auction, and outstanding sales for bottles of <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/25359/lot/76/%20 aria-label='Macallan Peter Blake-1926-60 year old' >Macallan Peter Blake-1926-60 year old</a> in both Hong Kong and Edinburgh. Other highlights include <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/23500/lot/70/ aria-label='The Glenfiddich Collection 1937' >The Glenfiddich Collection 1937</a>, which achieved a record-breaking &#163;68,500 in 2016, and the <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/26696/lot/53/ aria-label='Macallan Lalique 55-year-old' >Macallan Lalique 55-year-old</a>, which sold for &#163;82,960 in 2021.Buying and selling whisky and fine spirits at Bonhams With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors, to achieve the highest price and level of customer satisfaction possible.Bonhams Whisky department has specialists in Edinburgh, Hong Kong and London, and consultants across America and Europe. Our expert team follow the latest market trends for whisky and other collecting categories - since 2021, we have offered Be@rbrick alongside whisky as a collectable unit. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/ aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

Bonhams Fine and Rare Wine auctions offer a wide range of classed-growth <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31965/ aria-label='Bordeaux' >Bordeaux</a>, Domaine bottled <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/30470/ aria-label='Burgundy' >Burgundy</a>, vintage Champagne, Rhone and Port as well as highly regarded wines from Italy, Spain, California and Australia. We hold around 12 auctions a year in London, Paris and Hong Kong.In recent years, we have achieved outstanding results for wine at auction, in particular for <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/33886/ aria-label='Domaine de la Roman&#233;e-Conti' >Domaine de la Roman&#233;e-Conti</a>. Our sale in February 2022 saw Roman&#233;e-Conti wines accounting for the top ten lots sold and in our Paris auction, in December 2021, a case of <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/27215/lot/166/ aria-label='Roman&#233;e-Conti 1988' >Roman&#233;e-Conti 1988</a> achieved the top price of &#8364;341,600. We also set a new auction record in Hong Kong for a <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/auctions/27349/lot/170/ aria-label='Ch&#226;teau Mouton Rothschild 2000 'Nebuchadnezzar'' >Ch&#226;teau Mouton Rothschild 2000 'Nebuchadnezzar'</a>, sold in September 2021 for HK$1,091,200. Buying and selling wine at Bonhams Bonhams Wine department is led by Master of Wine <a href=https://www.bonhams.com/stories/31576/ aria-label='Richard Harvey' >Richard Harvey</a> with a global team of specialists and representatives in London, Paris and Hong Kong. Wines offered for sale are inspected carefully and stored under temperature-controlled conditions in specialist warehousing. We arrange packing of cellars and collection and shipping from client's premises. With offices and representatives in nearly 50 locations, Bonhams gives buyers and sellers access to a global network of collectors, to achieve the highest price and level of customer satisfaction possible. Contact a specialist directly for more information or submit your item online for a <a href=https://sell.bonhams.com/?category=Wine%2520and%2520Whisky aria-label='free auction estimate' >free auction estimate</a>.

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