A rare classic car - a 1971 Jensen MK III FF is to be auctioned by Sidmouth-based Potburys Auctioneers & Valuers in the 29 September sale.
Produced between 1966 and 1971, the Jensen FF is a four-wheel drive grand tourer, the first non all-terrain production car equipped with four-wheel drive and an anti-lock braking system.
Only 320 FFs were ever produced, and just 15 were the MK III model. Today the FF is the most sought-after car originally manufactured by Jensen Motors.
The car coming to auction later this month is a 1971-registered blue MK III FF with beige...
A new virtual property auction facility has been launched in Exeter offering Westcountry based clients an exclusively online approach to buying and selling land and property.
247 Property Auctions is a RICS regulated firm of auctioneers and offers users a convenient and flexible approach to buying and selling land and property through its easy to use online auction platform. The 247 Property Auctions’ team also works directly in partnership with estate agents and commercial agents, enabling these businesses the opportunity to offer online auctions as an expansion of their...
A picture by much-loved Plymouth artist Beryl Cook was the star of the show at Chilcotts first auction since lockdown measures were eased.
Signed in pencil by the artist, Angels sold for £440 and was bought by a local lady for her friend who works as a nurse in Cambridge. Chilcotts pledged the commission of £175 from the sale to the Honiton Hospital League of Friends.
Liz Chilcott says “We’re really pleased to donate this amount to the League – these are difficult times for so many charities unable to run their usual fundraising events.”
Responding to a ‘pent up demand’ from buyers and vendors alike, Chilcotts Auctioneers, in Silver Street, Honiton is to hold its first sale since lockdown measures were introduced.
The sale on June 20 includes a superb collection of high quality items including Chinese ceramics, bronzes and Staffordshire pottery from the estate of a local collector, well known to the Chilcotts team.
Appropriately, one of the star lots is Angels, a signed Beryl Cook print showing nurses cheerfully attending to a hospital patient. Chilcotts will donate the commission from the sale of this...
The Exeter Chiefs Foundation have today handed over a cheque in the sum of £13,000 to representatives of the Royal Devon & Exeter Hospital Charity.
The money was raised from a week-long Online Auction, run by the club’s official charity, which saw numerous signed memorabilia collected by the club over the years put up for sale.
Signed shirts, training tops, together with international kit and shirts from rival clubs, were among the many items on offer.
Not surprisingly, all 60 items were bid on, helping to raise the £13,000 for the #HelpUsHelpYou appeal....
Exeter Chiefs have today thrown their full support behind the #HelpUsHelpYou appeal, which is aimed at helping the fantastic staff at the Royal Devon & Exeter NHS Foundation Trust.
In these unprecedented times, brought about by the coronavirus pandemic, we are seeing first-hand the amazing work, commitment and dedication that is carried out by the NHS trust every day.
Here at the Chiefs, we wanted to help offer our backing to the NHS, particularly those working within the city itself, so to that end we have today launched a special online auction on eBay, where...
A fascinating drawing signed by politician Harold Macmillan goes under the hammer at Chilcotts Auctioneers sale on March 7.
The picture by amateur artist Miriam Cozens depicts an historic scene at the House of Commons; the day that Winston Churchill made his final major speech as Prime Minister.
Known as ‘Never Despair’ the speech talks about the divisions that set in after the end of the Second World War, the hostility between East and West and the threat of the nuclear bomb. In his two final sentences Churchill made a farewell to the House and the British people. He said...
An important collection of privately owned works of art by West Country impressionist painter F Stuart Richardson (1855 – 1934) will go under the hammer for the first time at Chilcotts Auctioneers’ Fine Art Sale on March 7.
Many of these paintings, studies and sketches have never been hung or on display, having been stored in attics; the current owners, descendants of the artist, are keen for them to be seen and appreciated by a wider audience.
Auctioneer Duncan Chilcott said: “We’re delighted to be handling the sale of this collection; what is particularly exciting is that...
Honiton auction house, Chilcotts, has announced its fifteenth year in business as the ‘best ever’ as the family-run business prepares for major change in the near future.
After running a variety of celebration events to mark the anniversary, the icing on the cake was the realisation that not only was 2019 the most successful year in terms of trading, with auction turnover increasing by 6 percent against the 1.2 percent increase in overall UK trade figures, but also that the November 30 sale was the highest selling single auction yet.
An enormous solid oak trestle refectory table reputed to have come from Battle Abbey in East Sussex is to be sold at Chilcotts Auctioneers Fine Art, Antiques and Collectors Items sale on November 30.
The 17th century table had been kept at a house on Exmoor and was part of a probate valuation; the family revealed that their grandparents had lived in Mayfield in East Sussex in the early 1950s, a stone’s throw from the Abbey, which is how it may have come into their possession.
The remarkable table, the top of which is formed of one solid piece of timber, measures 8ft 4...
