A bumper £240,000 auction at Halls this week saw buyers turn to silver, jewellery and watches as a safe investment amidst global uncertainty.
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Auctioneers Halls Fine Art recorded a 92% sale rate, with highlights in each of the sections. “Silver, jewellery and watches are small, portable and a safe haven for investment,” said Alexander Clement, the company’s watches specialist.
Diamonds sparkled, with two platinum single stone rings from a Telford owner selling for a combine £27,000. A pear cut 4.01 carats diamond ring sold for £15,000 while a 5.52cts diamond ring found a buyer at £12,000.
A charity antiques valuation event held by Halls Fine Art in Kington produced a £9,000 windfall for a local resident. Highlight of the vendor’s small collection were £6,500 for an 18ct gold Boucheron bracelet and earring suite and £1,100 for a late 19th century turquoise and diamond brooch.
A similar success was repeated following the company’s first valuation event in Wilmslow, held earlier this year, which produced a Jaeger-LeCoultre Albatros gentleman's 18ct gold bracelet watch that sold for £7,000.
Top priced watch was a Jaeger-LeCoultre Duometre Quantieme Lunaire gentleman’s 18ct pink gold calendar wristwatch from the estate of a late Shropshire man which sold for £11,000 to an Irish buyer.
Leading the way in the silver section were two canteens of flatware by Henry Atkins, Sheffield and Elkington and Co, which sold for £7,800 and £5,200, respectively.
A five-piece silver tea and coffee service sold for £2,500, a large silver salver made by Barker Brothers Silver Ltd, Birmingham in 1963 sold for £1,850 and a Chinese mug made £1,800.
Of local interest, a 1921 silver trophy cup and cover, presented at Shrewsbury Horse Sales May Prize Show and Sale, sold for £1,180.
Other highlights of the jewellery section were £3,600 for a 9ct gold elongated link Albert chain, £3,000 for an 18ct gold bracelet, £2,800 for a 19th century diamond cluster ring and £2,300 for an Art Deco seed pearl, diamond and ruby tassel pendant brooch.
In the watches, an 18ct gold open face pocket watch with a 9ct gold Albert sold for £4,800, an 18ct gold half hunter pocket watch by Thomas Russell of Liverpool made £4,100 and an Omega gentleman's stainless steel Seamaster Memomatic alarm and Constellation bracelet watches sold for £1,400 and £1,250, respectively.
Halls Fine Art is now accepting consignments for its next Silver, Jewellery and Watches auction on June 10, with entries closing on May 8.
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