Key antiques and interiors auctions around the UK in February & March 2024
Antiques Auction of the Month
The Warner Dailey Collection
22nd February at Sworders, Essex
Aged just 14, Anglo-American antiques dealer Warner Dailey recognised a Hepplewhite sideboard, which he bought for $400 and sold on to a top American antiques dealer for $1,700 (who gave it a $12,000 price tag).
A few years later, in the late 1960s, the fledgling expert found his way to a job on the front desk at Christie’s.
A move to the Russian works of art department connected him with Malcolm Forbes, the American publisher and Fabergé collector, who offered Warner a retainer to find items for him. At this point – the golden age for dealers, when treasures could be found everywhere, from auction houses to markets in London and Paris and even roadside skips – Warner’s life as a ‘runner’ began.
Today, Warner’s home in Lewisham, south London, groans with pictures, tribal art, antique furniture and objects collected over the years. Now he wants others to enjoy them, so he has consigned 300 lots to Sworders.
‘Estimates range from £400 for the passport of a sailor, who travelled to Antarctica with Sir Ernest Shackleton, to £16,000 for a pair of pistols bearing the crests of Lord Byron’s father,’ says head of sale Mark Wilkinson. ‘Warner Dailey is very much the dealer’s dealer – a tastemaker with an exceptional eye.’ Expect quirky, unusual and elegant pieces up for sale. sworder.co.uk
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February 2024 Auctions
7th Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs, Lyon & Turnbull, 22 Connaught Street, London, W2 2AF. lyonandturnbull.com
7th The Oxford Library Sale, Mallams, Bocardo House, St Michael’s Street, Oxford, OX1 2EB. mallams.co.uk
8th The Interiors Sale, Cheffins Fine Art, Clifton House, 1&2 Clifton Road, Cambridge, CB1 7EA. cheffins.co.uk
9th Costume, Accessories & Textiles, Tennants, The Auction Centre, Harmby Road, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 5SG. tennants.co.uk
9th & 23rd Antiques & Interiors, Tennants, Harmby Road, Leyburn, North Yorkshire, DL8 5SG. tennants.co.uk
13th–14th Interiors, Dreweatts, Donnington Priory, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 2JE. dreweatts.com
13th–14th The Collectors’ Auction, Anderson & Garland, Anderson House, Crispin Court, Newbiggin Lane, Westerhope, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE5 1BF. andersonandgarland.com
14th Fine Art & Antique Auction, Trevanion Auctioneers & Valuers, The Joyce Building, Station Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire, SY13 1RE. trevanion.com
19th–21st Antiques & Interiors, Bellmans, Newpound, Wisborough Green, West Sussex, RH14 0AZ. bellmans.co.uk
20th Arts of Africa, Oceania and the Americas, Woolley & Wallis, 51–61 Castle Street, Salisbury, SP1 3SU. woolleyandwallis.co.uk
20th Design (Decorative Arts and Studio Pottery from 1860 to the present day), Roseberys, 70–76 Knights Hill, West Norwood, London, SE27 0JD. roseberys.co.uk
21st Fine Pottery & Porcelain, Woolley & Wallis, 51–61 Castle Street, Salisbury, SP1 3SU. woolleyandwallis.co.uk
22nd The Pictures Auction, Anderson & Garland, Anderson House, Crispin Court, Newbiggin Lane, Westerhope, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE5 1BF. andersonandgarland.com
22nd The Important Private Antique Doll Collection of Austin Smith and Margaret Harkin – Part 1, Special Auction Services, Plenty Close, off Hambridge Road, Newbury, RG14 5TR. specialauctionservices.com
22nd The Warner Dailey Collection, Sworders, Cambridge Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, CM24 8GE. sworder.co.uk
22nd The Art & Design Sale, Cheffins Fine Art, Clifton House, 1&2 Clifton Road, Cambridge, CB1 7EA. cheffins.co.uk
27th Fine Clocks, Barometers and Scientific Instruments, Dreweatts, Donnington Priory, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 2JE. dreweatts.com
27th Old Master, British and European Pictures, Roseberys, 70–76 Knights Hill, West Norwood, London, SE27 0JD. roseberys.co.uk
27th–28th Toys, Dolls, Models, Antiques & Interiors, The Cotswold Auction Company, Bankside Saleroom, Love Lane, Cirencester, Glos, GL7 1YG. cotswoldauction.co.uk
March 2024 Auctions
1st Dolls, Teddy Bears & Toys: Antique Textiles & Fashion Auction, Hansons, Bishton Hall, Wolseley Bridge, Stafford, ST17 0XN. hansonsauctioneers.co.uk
2nd 20th Century Design, Tennants, Harmby Rd, Leyburn, N Yorks, DL8 5SG. tennants.co.uk
4th–5th Silver, Jewellery, Watches, Fine Art & Antiques, Hansons, Bishton Hall, Stafford,
ST17 0XN. hansonsauctioneers.co.uk
5th Antiques & Collectables, Special Auction Services, Plenty Close, off Hambridge Road, Newbury,
RG14 5RL. specialauctionservices.com
5th Silver & Objets de Vertu, Lyon & Turnbull, 33 Broughton Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3RR. lyonandturnbull.com
6th The Picture Sale, Mallams, Bocardo House, St Michael’s Street, Oxford, OX1 2EB. mallams.co.uk
6th Old Masters, British & European Paintings, Woolley & Wallis, 51–61 Castle Street, Salisbury, SP1 3SU. woolleyandwallis.co.uk
7th An English Fairground | The John Barker Collection, Sworders, Cambridge Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, CM24 8GE. sworder.co.uk
7th The Interiors Sale, Cheffins Fine Art, Clifton House, 1&2 Clifton Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire,
CB1 7EA. cheffins.co.uk
12th Modern British & Contemporary Art, Roseberys, 70–76 Knights Hill, West Norwood, London, SE27 0JD. roseberys.co.uk
14th–15th Decades of Design, Fieldings, Mill Race Lane, Stourbridge, DY8 1JN. fieldingsauctioneers.co.uk
15th–16th Spring Country House & Fine Interiors, Anderson & Garland, Anderson House, Crispin Court, Newbiggin Lane, Westerhope, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE5 1BF. andersonandgarland.com
16th Spring Fine Sale, Tennants, The Auction Centre, Harmby Rd, Leyburn, North Yorks, DL8 5SG. tennants.co.uk
19th Fine Silver, Anderson & Garland, Anderson House, Crispin Court, Newbiggin Lane, Westerhope, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE5 1BF. andersonandgarland.com
19th–20th Fine Interiors, Sworders, Cambridge Road, Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex, CM24 8GE. sworder.co.uk
19th Modern Art & Design, Vintage Fashion & Textiles, The Cotswold Auction Company, Chapel Walk Saleroom, Chapel Walk, Cheltenham, GL50 3DS. cotswoldauction.co.uk
20th Clarice Cliff, Art Deco & Design, Woolley & Wallis, 51–61 Castle Street, Salisbury, SP1 3SU. woolleyandwallis.co.uk
20th Fine Art & Antiques, Trevanion Auctioneers & Valuers, The Joyce Building, Station Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire, SY13 1RE. trevanion.com
20th–21st The Fine Sale, Cheffins Fine Art, Clifton House, 1&2 Clifton Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB1 7EA. cheffins.co.uk
20th European Ceramics & Glass, Chorley’s, Prinknash Abbey Park, nr Cranham, Gloucestershire, GL4 8EU. chorleys.com
20th Silver, Roseberys, 70–76 Knights Hill, London, SE27 0JD. roseberys.co.uk
21st Form Through Time, Lyon & Turnbull, 22 Connaught Street, London, W2 2AF. lyonandturnbull.com
25th–26th The House & Garden Sale, Mallams Auctioneers, Dunmore Court, Wootton Road, Abingdon,
OX13 6BH. mallams.co.uk
26th Home, Garden & Natural History, Summers Place Auctions, The Walled Garden, Billingshurst, West Sussex, RH14 9AB. summersplaceauctions.com
26th–27th Fine Furniture, Sculpture, Carpets, Ceramics and Works Of Art, Dreweatts, Donnington Priory, Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 2JE. dreweatts.com
27th Bespoke, Fieldings, Mill Race Lane, Stourbridge, DY8 1JN. fieldingsauctioneers.co.uk
27th Asian Ceramics & Works of Art, Bellmans, Newpound, Wisborough Green, West Sussex, RH14 0AZ. bellmans.co.uk
28th Old Master, British & European Paintings, Bellmans, Newpound, Wisborough Green, West Sussex, RH14 0AZ. bellmans.co.uk
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