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Unlock the True Value of Your Jewellery: Expert Valuation and Consignment for Auction
15 December 2025
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Complete Guide to Jewellery Auctions UK: Expert Bidding Strategies for 2026
11 December 2025
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How to Sell Jewellery in the UK: Expert Tips, Valuation Services, and Best Places to Sell
28 November 2025
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H. P. Lovecraft: The Architect of Cosmic Horror
13 November 2025
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Kashmir Sapphires and Collectible Gemstones - The Ultimate Investment Guide
12 November 2025
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Sir Peter Blake’s ‘Hound Dog’ Gromit Leads Bellmans’ Modern & Contemporary Art Auction
11 November 2025
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BRITISH ABSTRACTION
05 November 2025
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IMPRESSIONS – LEBASQUE, LEBOURG & DOMERGUE
04 November 2025
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Art Deco Jewellery: Identifying Features and Value Drivers
04 November 2025
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Portrait Of Mrs Maxwell-Hyslop as a girl
03 November 2025
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Hidden Treasures: Why Japanese Antique Ceramics Are Selling for Fortune in 2025
27 October 2025
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From Jungle Glamour to Bejewelled Whimsy: The Rise of Animal Brooches in the 1960s
21 October 2025
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A Guide to Consigning Asian Art: Expert Tips for Sellers
15 October 2025
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A Kashmir Sapphire of Exceptional Beauty to Headline Bellmans’ Fine Jewellery & Watches Auction
10 October 2025
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The National Gallery comes to Bellmans
09 October 2025
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Discover the Value of Your Jewellery, Art and Antiques — Free Valuation Day in Putney
03 October 2025
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Lab-Grown vs Natural Diamonds: The Complete Comparison Guide (2025)
29 September 2025
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A Family Portrait by Eastman Johnson to Feature in Bellmans’ Upcoming Sale
26 September 2025
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A Sussex Icon on Canvas: T R Davis’s Sussex Bred Ox at Bellmans
25 September 2025
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Henry Scott Tuke, Portrait of Gerald Caldwell Siordet - Artist, Poet, Soldier.
25 September 2025
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Forgotten Sculptors' Story
24 September 2025
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Painter and Poet - Fred Hall, The Goose, based on the poem by Alfred, Lord Tennyson
22 September 2025
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Sir James Fortescue Flannery – Renaissance Man
22 September 2025
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Secret Signs of Valuable Estate Jewellery: Expert Valuation Tips
22 September 2025
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Super Mario Anniversary Auction: Four Decades of Gaming Excellence
15 September 2025
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Property from the Ionides Family
12 September 2025
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The Psychology of Collecting: Why We Love Retro Video Games
02 September 2025
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Meet The Experts at Borde Hill Valuation Day
01 September 2025
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UK Jewellery Auctions: Market Analysis January-July 2025
01 September 2025
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Inherited Jewellery: A Step-by-Step Guide to Evaluation and Sale
18 August 2025
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15 Questions to Ask Before Consigning Jewellery
14 August 2025
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From Attic to Auction: How a Forgotten Cartier Brooch Achieved a Record Sum
12 August 2025
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Hidden Gems: Lesser-Known Valuable Games in Your Collection
11 August 2025
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Beyond the Cartridge: The Value of Complete-in-Box Games
04 August 2025
How Fine Art Auction Principles Apply to Video Game Collecting
How Fine Art Auction Principles Apply to Video Game Collecting
25 July 2025
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The Rise of Retro Gaming Collectables as Investment Assets
18 July 2025
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Works from the studio of artist George Gray in August
15 July 2025
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BELLMANS RETRO COLLECTOR'S GUIDE
10 July 2025
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Introducing Bellmans’ Retro Video Games & Collectables Department
01 July 2025
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Painting History
01 July 2025
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September Auction of Rare Antique Arms and Militaria
23 June 2025
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5 Garden Treasures to Fall in Love with This Summer – From Goblins to Croquet
13 June 2025
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‘MR JONES’ RULES FOR THE MODERN MAN’
11 June 2025
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How Valuation Days Build Auction House/Client Relationships
09 May 2025
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The Magic of a Valuation Day: Unlocking Hidden Stories at Borde Hill Garden
01 May 2025
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Bellmans Comes to Borde Hill Garden on 28 May
30 April 2025
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Bellmans Late Thursday 8 May 2025
16 April 2025
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The Enduring Appeal of Pop Memorabilia: Marc Bolan and the Magic of Musical Relics
01 April 2025
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Satsuma Ware Investment: A Specialist's Insights
24 March 2025
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Ceremonial Drinking
13 March 2025
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GASPAR PEETER VERBRUGGEN - STILL LIFE WITH FLOWERS & FRUIT AROUND A FOUNTAIN
06 March 2025
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HENRY SCOTT TUKE – SAMWELL SITTING IN A BLUE DUG OUT
28 February 2025
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Valuing Antique Jewellery: How to Assess the Value of Your Collection
19 February 2025
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Your Guide to Timed Online Auctions
30 January 2025
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Very rare opportunity to get married in a vintage Dior wedding dress
27 January 2025
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Five reasons to add a valuation to your New Year’s resolutions list
06 January 2025
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Winter Highlights Preview | Bellmans London
28 October 2024
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Sir John Lavery – Painting History
17 October 2024
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Walter Marsden (1882-1962) & The New Sculpture Movement
03 October 2024
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Autumn Highlights Preview | Bellmans London
24 September 2024
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Arthur Croft Mitchell - Works from his Chelsea Studio
23 September 2024
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Bellmans Valuation Day
23 September 2024
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Charles Noke & Henry Nixon
18 September 2024
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Elegance in Bronze: The Timeless Artistry of André-Vincent Becquerel and Demetre Chiparus
17 September 2024
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The collection of the Late Kenneth Partridge,
05 September 2024
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Bellmans at the Fete!
28 August 2024
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Bellmans Valuation Day at Cranleigh Arts Centre
02 August 2024
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Loved | Forgotten | Revived
26 July 2024
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Annie Leibovitz
08 July 2024
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Manet and the Post-Impressionists: “The ‘treeness’ of the tree”
04 July 2024
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Farnham Maltings Valuation Day
27 June 2024
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Haslemere Valuation Day
20 June 2024
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Thomas Tompion (1639-1712) The Father of English Clock Making
19 June 2024
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Tracing History- A Whaling Relic
07 June 2024
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The Late Hilary Gerrard (1933-2023)
03 June 2024
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Carl Jacobs for Kandya, C2 Jason chairs
29 May 2024
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The collection of Mr Marcus Linell,
09 May 2024
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May Highlights Preview | Bellmans London, South Kensington
25 April 2024
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Dod Procter | A Discovery
23 April 2024
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FRED YATES – THE STUDIO SALE. PART 1
23 April 2024
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Terence Cuneo | Madame Guillotine
17 April 2024
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Bellmans Valuation Day at Petersfield Museum and Art Gallery
12 April 2024
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Bellmans Valuation Day at Cranleigh Arts Centre
05 April 2024
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Jean-Jacques Cartier (1919-2010)
19 March 2024
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Herbert and Frank Dicksee – The Pamela Service Collection
04 March 2024
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Dorrie Nossiter 1893-1977
01 March 2024
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Spring Highlights Preview | Bellmans London, South Kensington
29 February 2024
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ARTHUR WARDLE – THE STUDIO SALE
29 February 2024
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Art Nouveau
27 February 2024
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The Purple Shop - The Anthony Gardner Collection
27 February 2024
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Chalkie Davies 1955
16 February 2024
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Tracing History | North America
08 February 2024
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Michael Kirk Blyth-Whitelock 17/06/1947 - 17/04/2023
24 January 2024
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A Modern Grand Tour | A House on Belgrave Square - Part I
21 December 2023
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The Late Lady Williams of Elvel (1929-2023)
04 December 2023
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Grinling Gibbons (1648-1721)
20 November 2023
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GLYN PHILPOT | Niobe - The Rediscovery of a Myth
03 November 2023
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Derek Hirst (British, 1930-2006)
30 October 2023
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TRACING HISTORY | 2nd World War
20 October 2023
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November Highlights Preview | Bellmans London, South Kensington
20 October 2023
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Tracing History through Heritage
05 October 2023
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WILLIAM CHRISTIAN SYMONS – PART II (1845-1911)
19 September 2023
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Autumn Highlights Preview | Bellmans London, South Kensington
05 September 2023
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Works from the Estate of Countess Bunny Esterházy
24 August 2023
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Seymour Stein Part II
20 July 2023
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Seymour Stein Part I, After The Sale
30 June 2023
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Reading Between the Lines - The Library of former Prime Minister Anthony Eden to come up for auction at Bellmans in July
29 June 2023
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TRACING HISTORY
08 June 2023
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SEYMOUR STEIN, THE 'RECORD MAN' WHO DISCOVERED MADONNA
01 June 2023
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Tracing Heritage
05 May 2023
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HRH The Prince of Wales (now King Charles III) an Investiture Chair
04 May 2023
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The Collection of Professor Jonathan and Mrs Deanna Brostoff
03 May 2023
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Spring Highlights Preview | Bellmans London, South Kensington
06 April 2023
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Selected items from the John Fowler and Imogen Taylor collections
16 March 2023
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THE WALTER AND FIONA GOETZ COLLECTION AT BELLMANS
13 March 2023
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A collection of watercolours from the family of JMW Turner
10 March 2023
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WILLIAM CHRISTIAN SYMONS (1845-1911) - THE FAMILY COLLECTION
07 March 2023
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Highlights Preview in London
03 March 2023
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Bellmans to offer the Estate of the Late Meredith Etherington-Smith (1946-2020)
31 January 2023
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The Estate of Paul Manousso (1930-2021), an Artist's Home on Brompton Square, Knightsbridge
16 January 2023