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 Rare Pre-War Riley convertible sold

 We were delighted to offer a rare 1939 Riley 12 convertible for sale on Wednesday 23rd June at  2pm

Lot 1240 - 1939 Riley 12 four-seater drophead coupé Registration number BFN 559, with four cylinder 12 horse power engine with manual gearbox.  This rare and charming pre-war car was purchased new by Mrs Ethel Jones of The Manor House, St Stephens, Canterbury from West End Garage, Boughton and was kept in her family's ownership until ten years ago.  It is described as in good useable condition with black paintwork and canvas hood with stylish chrome pram irons, louvred bonnet and beige interior wilth fawn carpets.  It is sold with a large history file including original log book, its original guarantee, sales brochure, handbook and petrol consumption certificate and receipts for restoration and maintenance.  It has a current MOT certificate and Tax.

It realised £9,000

Silver Throne made for a Maharaja

In our Specialist Royalty Sale held on Tuesday 22nd June at 10am, we were delighted to offer a spectacular Indian silver and white metal throne made in the late nineteenth century for the Maharaja of Balrampur.  It was consigned to us in a rather tarnished state which resulted in two of our staff spending several hours polilshing it and using up two pots of silver polish in the process, after which it was once again glistening and fit for a Maharaja.  It was estimated to fetch between £4,000 - £6,000.  The sale also included a wide variety of Royal photographs, letters and Christmas cards, presentation stickpins, cufflinks and other Royal related items.

The throne got the sale off to a flying start with a successful commission bid of £11,500 

Rare Colt goes with a Bang

Our May Collectors' Sale included a collection of Antique firearms which realised a sum of over £11,000.  The star lot was a rate mid-nineteenth century London supplied Colt Navy percussion revolver which was in excellent original condition and complete with its original case and accessories.  It was keenly fought for and an internet bidder was the successful contender, purchasing it for £6,269, including buyer's premium.

David May Results

This impressive collection of ephemera amassed by the late David May realised in excess of £100,000 with cigarette cards accounting for £40,000 and postcards totalling £50,000 while his collection of enamel signs and breweriana made up the final £10,000. Colchester Museum also had something to celebrate as they managed to purchase two albums of 1930s postcards of the local area. To read the article about the Museum's acquisition please click on the picture below.

 Record Antique Sale

We are delighted with the result of our two day February Antiques sale which realised £361,000. This is a record total for an Antiques Sale and the second highest result in the firm's history. The highest result was the sale of the estate of  William Tallon (The Queen Mother's Butler), which realised £440,000 in July 2008. Our new website attracted bidders from all over the world and resulted in over one thousand people registering with us to bid over the internet, on the telephone and in the saleroom - another record.  To see the results of this sale click here. The Antiques Trade Gazette covered the sucess of the sale in an article which can be read here.

 BBC FLOG IT! Come to Reemans

Paul Martin and the Flog It team visited us in the summer 2009.  The first of three programmes was transmitted on Friday 12th February 2010 at 3.45pm on BBC2.  The second programme was televised Friday 26th February on BBC2 at 3.45pm.

 Edwardian Carriage sold recently at Auction

We were pleased to offer an Edwardian hooded phaeton carriage in our collectors' sale which took place on 16th March 2010.  It was built around 1910 and described as being in very good condition.  The carriage was Lot 950 - the first lot to be sold on the second day of the sale on Tuesday 16th March and it realised £1100.

The Spectacular David May Collection

David May built up over fifty years the foremost collection in the country of postcards, cigarette cards and ephemera relating to Colchester, Essex, Suffolk and East Anglia.  With many unique photographic cards of great historical value this collection gives a unique insight into the daily lives of the late Victorian and Edwardian inhabitants of Colchester and its surrounding towns and villages. 

The sale took take place on Saturday 20th March 2010.

Catalogue now available here

To read some of the press articles about this wonderful collection please click below: