🎬 Auction highlight! 🎬 Watch as Charles Hanson brings down the hammer on the remarkable Sylvia Peters archive during last Friday’s Two-Day Christmas Auction of Fine Jewels, Decorative Arts, Antiques & Sporting Memorabilia. This extraordinary BBC archive - including her 1953

Hansons Festive Find | Day Fifteen 🎄✨ On the fifteenth day of Christmas, Hansons gave to me… a beautiful set of two Royal Crown Derby globes, comprising a thermometer and barometer, both decorated in the iconic 1128 Imari pattern. Both pieces are 1st Quality and showcase the

🎄🐾 Christmas cards and watercolours by John Craxton could net up to £24,000 at auction A rare, fresh-to-market collection of 23 works by celebrated British artist John Craxton (1922–2009) - including watercolours, pastels and charming Christmas cards - is heading to Hansons

Hansons Festive Find | Day Sixteen 🎄✨ On the sixteenth day of Christmas, Hansons gave to me… a 19th-century MKI Type II 1888 pattern bayonet, complete with its original scabbard - a fine example of British military history. This impressive piece will be heading into our

✨ We’re delighted to be offering a wonderful selection of Moorcroft pottery in our Derby January Four-Day Antiques & Collectors Auction. From rich glazes to beautifully detailed designs, these pieces really show why Moorcroft remains so popular with collectors. If you have

Hansons Festive Find | Day Seventeen 🎄✨ On the seventeenth day of Christmas, Hansons gave to me… a superb scratch-built 5" gauge Britannia Class locomotive and tender, Solway Firth No. 70049. Beautifully detailed and complete with original specifications and invoices from Syd

A great day in Kenilworth last week for our final valuation day there in 2025! We welcomed plenty of visitors to St Francis of Assisi Church Hall, keeping our specialist valuers busy throughout the day - with a bit of fun along the way too! 😄 We saw a fantastic variety of items

Hansons Festive Find | Day Eighteen 🎄✨ On the eighteenth day of Christmas, Hansons gave to me… a poignant WWI 1914 Star and Mons clasp trio casualty group, awarded to 9832 Corporal Robert Wilby Hunt, 2nd Essex Regiment. The group includes the 1914 Star with Mons clasp,

🎄✨ It looks like a Christmas bauble - but this rare gold piece hides a secret ✨🎄 A 9ct gold Masonic watch fob, soon to be offered at Holloways’ Banbury auction, unfolds to reveal a hidden cross engraved with powerful Masonic symbols. Once worn by a wealthy Victorian

Hansons Festive Find | Day Nineteen 🎄✨ On the nineteenth day of Christmas, Hansons gave to me… a captivating 19th century oil on paper showing a Scotsman smoking a clay pipe, accompanied by dogs and horses. A faint inscription suggests the sketch was painted by HRH Queen

Hansons Festive Find | Day Twenty 🎄✨ On the twentieth day of Christmas, Hansons gave to me… a fantastic Pokémon card collection heading into our Pokémon Day Auction – Celebrating 30 Years of Pokémon, taking place on 27th February 2026. From nostalgic favourites to highly

Hansons Festive Find | Day Twenty-One 🎄✨ On the twenty-first day of Christmas, Hansons gave to me… a striking Moorcroft bowl on a Tudric pewter base, made for Liberty & Co. around 1920. 🌺 Decorated in an unusual Ragged Poppy variant of William Moorcroft’s celebrated Big

✨ Behind the Gavel | with Charles Hanson ✨ From a Gunpowder Plot ring and a cracked Ming vase to Star Wars figures, D-Day maps and Napoleon’s bee buckle, Charles Hanson reflects on the auction moments that defined 2025. He shares the stories behind the surprises, bidding

Hansons Festive Find | Day Twenty-Two 🎄✨ On the twenty-second day of Christmas, Hansons gave to me… a rare Victorian Doulton Lambeth bust of General Gordon of Khartoum. Made in heavy stoneware and dating to 1885, this striking bust depicts General Gordon in military uniform,

It may look like a chocolate coin on a Christmas tree 🎄🍫 – but this one is solid gold. Minted by the East India Company in 1841, this rare 22-carat mohur features an early “young head” portrait of Queen Victoria and is expected to sell for £600–£800 at Holloways’ Banbury

🎄 Christmas Closure Notice 🎄 We’ll be closed from 24th December and will reopen on 2nd January. During the festive break, feel free to browse our website for upcoming auctions, news and specialist information, or submit valuation enquiries online. Our team will respond as

Hansons Festive Find | Day Twenty-Three 🎄✨ On the twenty-third day of Christmas, Hansons gave to me… a striking Arts and Crafts silver pendant by Omar Ramsden and Alwyn Carr. Hallmarked London in 1904, the pendant features a cast silver mythical sea monster design with a

Hansons Festive Find | Day Twenty-Four 🎄✨ On the twenty-fourth day of Christmas, Hansons gave to me… a striking Royal Crown Derby comport in the celebrated 1128 Imari pattern. Finished in rich iron red, cobalt blue and gilt, this first-quality comport is a fine example of

🎄✨ Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year ✨🎄 From all of us at Hansons Auctioneers, we’d like to thank our clients, buyers, sellers and followers for your continued support throughout the year. We wish you a very Merry Christmas and every success and happiness in the New Year

✨ Behind the Gavel | with Charles Hanson ✨ From Pokémon and Harry Potter to antique diamonds, vintage watches and Regency furniture, what will collectors be chasing next? TV auctioneer Charles Hanson shares his predictions for the 10 trends set to shape auction houses in 2026