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WALKING STICK WITH A GRIM TALE TO TELL Metal handle came from wreck of downed WW1 Zeppelin As walking sticks go, it’s a simple workaday job that will never let you down.

THE £5 COIN THAT’S WORTH £1,500 Grandfather’s investment set to pay dividends at The Canterbury Auction Galleries It was the year of King George V’s Silver Jubilee, but there was little to cheer about.

ASIAN BUYERS TO THE FORE IN TWO DAY SALE AT THE CANTERBURY AUCTION GALLERIES Total sales exceed even jewellery as demand shows no sign of slowing

HAUNTING PORTRAIT BY ONE OF GREATEST WAR ARTISTS IN TWO DAY SALE AT THE CANTERBURY AUCTION GALLERIES C.R.W. Nevinson’s study of wounded soldier estimated at £8,000-10,000 A haunting portrait of a First World War casualty, his head swathed in blood-stained bandages, by C.R.W.

Our December 6th & 7th 2011 sale catalogue is now online and ready to view! Printed catalogues are available from the saleroom on request.

AUCTION IS KENT’S LINK TO WORLDWIDE WEB OF ANTIQUES BUYERS Record online bidding boosts prices in Two Day Sale at The Canterbury Auction Galleries Bids approaching £429,000 were registered in the October Two Day Sale at The Canterbury Auction Galleries with more than a quarter of the fine art and antiques sold to worldwide buyers on the Internet, a record for the sale

Private buyers and internet bidding brings top prices at the Canterbury Auction Galleries Private buyers and bidders on the Internet made a good sale great at The Canterbury Auction Galleries. The former gave trade buyers a run for their money on many of the 1,200-plus lots on offer, while the latter produced some of the best user figures yet.

CRACKED VASE SELLS FOR £64,000 AT THE CANTERBURY AUCTION GALLERIES   Price is new house record for saleroom A cracked vase which sold for £63,000, setting a new house record for The Canterbury Auction

HELLO, HELLO, HELLO!   What we have here is a fascinating collection of antique police truncheons   Highlight of the Two Day sale at The Canterbury Auction Galleries   A fascinating collection of Georgian and Victorian police tipstaves and painted wooden truncheons co

GOLDEN GIFT FOR CATHEDRAL APPEAL   30-year delay means trophy is worth even more   A gold trophy is set to raise £10,000 or more for the Save Canterbury Cathedral Appeal … more than 30 years after it was donated by the chairman of soft dr