One for Wendy maybe. Is this Chinese?

[mariok54]

Hi All,
I've been looking at some Lots for an Auction that's coming up and this bowl caught my eye. It's a translucent cloisonne bowl, and the decoration includes swans, leaves, and flowers (sorry that the pic isn't so good). They have no idea where it's from and have labelled it as European (maybe because of the Swans). I've only ever seen ones like this from China. There's no estimate at all, for some reason. What do you think about it? I like it, but not sure whether to go for it.

[Ipcress]

Japanese, plique-a-jour.

In my opinion.

Which auction house is this ?  

Doesn't matter. Found it 

[mariok54]

Thanks Ipcress, you could be right ....

And that would be telling!   

[Ipcress]

Like i said, i found it. Auction is next Wednesday ! Know the place well.

[mariok54]

Like i said, i found it. Auction is next Wednesday ! Know the place well.

Judging by your post on Tales's thread, we're not a million miles apart! You are Notts  I think? I'm Derbys!

[mart]

Like i said, i found it. Auction is next Wednesday ! Know the place well.

And your opinion of both,,item and auction house

[Ipcress]

I like the bowl. Will have to take a closer look but i expect it's not that old, though well made.
The auction house - i know well. They have two sites in different places in Lincolnshire. Catalogue most things very well. They also have a large customer base which helps items achieve the right price, and all their auctions are online ( though only the specialist items are available for live internet bidding ) but i do buy from there and sell for profit. Bit naughty but 

I think if anyone is thinking of consigning their antiques to auction then it has to be a good auction house and internet bidding is a MUST. Items don't have to be in Christies or Sothebys these days. Many provincial salerooms are achieving similar prices but charging less commission, but all have internet bidding

[mariok54]

You are right Ipcress ... I still try to look for the Auctions that aren't on the Internet Live.  But larger items still don't attract the volume of bidders on-line, especially if the Auctioneers don't do in-house  P&P  because of the silly prices that Mailboxes charge, But I still manage to buy a few bits from these Auctions and sell for a small profit, generally on Ebay.

[bigwull]

Taylors Auction House in Montrose is our favourite haunt..it take place once a month..and they hold 5 auctions similtaneously....g enerally, its .saleroom 1...fine antique furniture,2...gold/jewellery,3 more antique furniture,4,specialist items...e.g....book s, or toys, or whisky....5, general ....they have tv monitors in each hall, so that you can keep tabs on whats happening elsewhere in the building...i,ve had a few good finds....the best being 4 stereo speakers...yes 4 speakers...i paid £4 for them...they were 2 pairs of these....and i got £900 for them....

[Ipcress]

It went for £30. I completely forgot about it !

[Melodie]

Small world Mario. This auction house is local to me also and one of my regular haunts 

[mariok54]

Small world Mario. This auction house is local to me also and one of my regular haunts  

Hi Melodie,

So you are a Lincolnshire Lass then? I'm Derbyshire, about 5 miles from Matlock Bath! I've never been there to bid in the flesh, but have won a few Lots with Commission bids, and they're a decent Auction House.

Well, I'm not sure why that pic got posted here? I just posted it on the Meat Grinder thread!!!!

[mariok54]

It went for £30. I completely forgot about it !

I tried to bid on-line, but our IT Dept seem to have done something over the Summer, I can access the Auction via Saleroom.com, but the window just freezes on the first image       the same when I tried using my own laptop!

[Melodie]

Sorry you missed it with your PC trouble Mario.

I'm actually a Yorkshire lass living in Notts but not far from Lincs border. Got the best of all worlds. I absolutely love Matlock Bath. Used to be one of the pesky tourists that invaded on Sundays on back of boyfriends motorbike. Do they still do that? It was a very long time ago 

Hope you get your IT sorted and back to bidding successfully soon.

[bigwull]

Small world Mario. This auction house is local to me also and one of my regular haunts  

Hi Melodie,

So you are a Lincolnshire Lass then? I'm Derbyshire, about 5 miles from Matlock Bath! I've never been there to bid in the flesh, but have won a few Lots with Commission bids, and they're a decent Auction House.

Well, I'm not sure why that pic got posted here? I just posted it on the Meat Grinder thread!!!!

maybe you,re dyslexic....and you don,t know it....or.....as the Ip man has often pointed out.....multi-tasking....is to blame....