Auction Collection

Bakewell, Derbyshire Cattle Market - 4
Bakewell, Derbyshire Cattle Market. An auctioneer holds his gavel to knock down each sale. He stands above the sheep pens during an auction Date: 1994

Sale of paintings from the Cook Collection, Sothebys 1958
Scene at Sothebys auctioneers during the sale of paintings from the collection of Sir Francis Cook. The lot seen under the hammer is The Madonna and Child by Andrea Brescianino which fetched 200

Bakewell, Derbyshire Cattle Market - 3
Bakewell, Derbyshire Cattle Market. Farmers lean over a sheep pen during an auction. one-man sprays a colour onto a sheep to show ownership Date: 1994

Bakewell, Derbyshire Cattle Market - 1
Bakewell, Derbyshire Cattle Market. A farmer beside a pen of sheep - viewed from above Date: 1994

Livestock auction, Romford Market, Essex
A livestock auction at Romford Market, Essex. Date: circa 1930s

Bakewell, Derbyshire Cattle Market - 2
Bakewell, Derbyshire Cattle Market. A group of farmers chat outside the store cattle shed Date: 1994

A Fish Auction in Columbia Market
In 1869 Baroness Burdett-Coutts paid for the building of the great Columbia Market (for fish) between Hackney and Bethnal Green Roads on the site of Nova Scotia Gardens

Poster for a Royal Navy Auction, 1910
Poster advertising an auction held in 1910 to sell a number of obsolete Royal Navy vessels. The Navy was selling these five vessels to the highest bidder

Little girl at a window -- No Walk Today
A little Victorian girl stands at a window, watching the rain -- a black and white reproduction of a painting by Sophie Anderson entitled No Walk Today

Workmen begin the job of dismantling the Boeing mock-up of its SST 12/20. Marks Morrison, a Nebraska junk dealer, bought the model of the billion-dollar project at auction for $31, 000

Auctioneer on a Christmas and New Year card, with a lot of financial puns in the verse. Date: circa 1890s

Foden Steam Wagon AN9568 London Pride (msn 13138), built 1928, at a 1959 Walford Cross auction. (Foden Trucks was a British truck)

A Slave Auction in Virginia, USA, 1861 A Slave Auction in Virginia, USA 1861
An auction room in Virginia, during a slave auction in 1861. A young, black slave couple with a baby stand on a mounting block as the auctioneer stands beside them, waving at the bidders. Date: 1861

Burrell Showmans Road Locomotive WB9110 Perseverance II (msn 3483), built in 1913 with an 8 Nhp compound steam engine. Seen at an auction at Walford Cross near Taunton in 1959

Babcock and Wilcox 6 ton Steam Roller YB7976 Toby (msn 95/4009). Seen with a 1955 Standard 10 motor car 200CPJ at a 1959 Walford Cross auction. Built in 1925 to the design of Messrs

Burrell Devonshire General Purpose Traction Engine TA1849 Jellicoe (msn 3368), with Coeur De Lion 5nhp Engine, built 1913, at a 1959 Walford Cross auction. With Aveling & Barford Steam Roller YA2197

Thomas Lawrences Master Lambton ( The Red Boy - 1825) put up for auction at Lambton Castle, Durham - but withdrawn from sale, despite a bid of 95, 000. Date: 1932

Bakewell, Derbyshire Cattle Market - 5
Bakewell, Derbyshire Cattle Market. Three old male farmers watch a sheep auction Date: 1994

Bidding at the Auction - The Family Friend magazine Feb 1873 Date: 1873

Pot-House Politicians - early woodcut print

White Star Line, RMS Majestic, auction sale catalogue
White Star Line, RMS Majestic, rare auction sale catalogue for the furnishings and fittings, including two complimentary ladies appointment cards for a hairdressing salon

Les Rendez-vous De Madame De Z. Part III
Part III of a series of sketches which portrays a monacle wearing gentleman sat at a writing desk at a French auction house. Date: circa 1901

Inspecting Blitz bomb damage, Christie's Auctioneers, WW2
Inspecting Blitz bomb damage at Christie's Auction House, King Street, London, during the Second World War Date: circa 1941

Malines, Bailles de Fer
This highly detailed artwork shows the Bailles de Fer a market square in Mechelen, Belgium, given its name from the wrought iron balustrades that protected the old canal

Under The Hammer
An oil painting depicting the scene of an ongoing horse auction, currently for sale stands a white horse, with a gathered crowd of potential bidders. Date: circa 1918

Queen Mary's Personal Secretaire Bookcase, HMS Medina
Queen Mary's Personal Secretaire Bookcase - The Royal Yacht, HMS Medina, 1911-1912 Coronation Expedition to India for the Durbar. Designed and made for Her Majesty by Waring and Gillow

DeGroot's Advertisement
An advertisement illustration for DeGroot's, a fine art auction house and private sale room based in Sydney. The image shows a variety of different collectibles. Date: circa 1921

W. A. Little and McIveen Advertisement
Ad advertisement photograph showing the interior of a laid out auction sale room, belonging to W. A. Little and McIveen Ltd, expert valuers and auctioneers of fine art and furniture. Date: circa 1922

North American AT-6D Harvard III EZ407 (msn 88-16712), of the Royal Navy Historic Flight at Royal Naval Air Station Yeovilton

Picture auction, Hotel Bullion, Paris
Picture auction at the Hotel Bullion, Paris. Date: 1785

Book auction, Hotel Droudot, Paris
Book auction at the Hotel Droudot, Paris. Date: 1867

British Navy to sell the effects of the who has died at sea
When a sailor dies at sea: A sympathetic auction of his effects, for the benefit of his widow. 1914

Fruit auctions at Covent Garden 1900
Interior of a busy auction at Covent Garden, London. Date: 1900

Farringdon Fish Market on Saturday night, Londoners buying unsold fish at auction at very low prices. Date: 1903

Ironmongers shop, East London
Ironmongers shop in East London with pedestrians and policeman. Date: circa 1930s

Orford Road, Walthamstow, London - St. Marys Church and Harrisons Auction Rooms on right. In 1934, the timber cladding was removed from the Tudor house at the end of the street

Christie & Manson
View of Christies and Mansons original auction rooms. Date: 1875

English gentleman at the tomb of Petrarchs muse, Laura de Sade, Laure des Noves, in the Chapelle des Sade, convent of the Cordeliers, Avignon. At the tomb of Laura

The late Duke of Cambridges carriage which was put up for auction in 1904 fetching a price of just 21. The carriage was bought by Fred Karno and his entertainment troupe. Date: 1904

Fish auction, Billingsgate Market, London
Fish auction at Billingsgate Market, London. 1884

Russian state jewels to be auctioned in London
Page from The Illustrated London News reporting on a sale of magnificent jewellery forming part of the Russian state jewels, which were auctioned at Christies in 1927

Bull for sale at Newton Abbot Livestock Market, Devon. Date: circa 1960s

Box lid, The Auctioneer Game

The Sale of the Royal Windsor Castle Menagerie 1884

Slaves waiting to be sold, Virginia 1856
Some female slaves, smartly dressed with white aprons and bow ties, seated with children on their knees, waiting to be sold at an auction, Virginia, 1856. Date: 1856

Slaves for sale, New Orleans, 1861
Engraving showing a row of slaves, lined up prior to auction in New Orleans, USA, 1861. Seven men in top hats and suits, four women in calico dresses and two children are ready to be sold

Billingsgate fish market 1862
Billingsgate fish market, early morning trade, fish being sold by auction. Date: 1862

CHINESE ORNAMENTS
Ornaments exported from China displayed in a British auction house. They will be sold just in time for Christmas presents Date: 1930s

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