Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood - Auctioneers & Valuers

Merry Christmas & A Happy New Year!

Merry Christmas from everyone at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood. Please note we close on Friday 20th December at 2.30pm and re-open on Thursday 2nd January.

Timed Online Auction

Friday 3 - 12 Jan 2025 at 18:00 PM

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The Winter Auction

Tuesday 14 - 15 Jan 2025 at 10:00 AM

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Upcoming Auctions

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Timed Online Auction

3rd-12th January 2025

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The Winter Auction

14th-15th January 2025

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Buying at Auction

We hold many fine and specialist sales throughout the year at our South West Saleroom Complex in Exeter.

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Selling at Auction

Our team of experienced specialists will talk you through the whole sales process, from valuation to auction and payment.

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Valuation Days

We hold regular fine art valuation days across the West Country, including Devon, Cornwall, Somerset and Dorset.

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'I couldn't have been more delighted with my whole experience with this firm from start to finish. Deeply knowledgeable, polite, and old fashioned wonderful service.'

‘I want to say how impressed I am by your efficiency and the polite and helpful way you have dealt with the whole business. These days, such excellent service is rare and greatly appreciated’.

"Thank you very much for the care and attention given by you and your team in the sale of my mother's belongings - the proceeds of which have just been safely received"

“I have been meaning to email you for some time now and thank you and your staff for the kind welcome you extended my wife during the Pardoe Collection Auction”

"I am writing to express my sincere gratitude to you both and to tell you how much I have enjoyed the process of selling my books with you. You have made the whole experience a real pleasure"

Recent Sale Highlights

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Julian Trevelyan [1910-1988]- Summer landscape with lavender field
Sold for £7500
+ Buyers premium
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A mahogany and gilt bronze mounted and glazed vitrine in Louis XVI style
Sold for £15000
+ Buyers premium
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A large Chinese dated bronze censer: of compressed bombe form with mythical beast-head handles
Sold for £4100
+ Buyers premium
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A fine set of eight George III silver candlesticks, maker Robert Garrard I, London
Sold for £9800
+ Buyers premium
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Charles & Ray Eames for Herman Miller
Sold for £6800
+ Buyers premium
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Hakluyt, Richard - The Principal Navigations, Voyages
Sold for £365000
+ Buyers premium
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Wing Commander Terence Helfer DFC AFC (1920-2010) A WWII RAF group of seven
Sold for £7900
+ Buyers premium
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