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UNCLE JOHNNIE’S MEAN MACHINE SAVED BY KENT ENTHUSIAST He beats U.S.

SEPTEMBER 4/5 AUCTION RESULTS NOW ONLINE

DISCOVERED: UNCLE JOHNNIE’S ‘SUPERBIKE’ 1955 Vincent Black Shadow in sale at The Canterbury Auction Galleries

THE CANTERBURY AUCTION GALLERIES APPOINTS NEW DIRECTOR AND GENERAL MANAGER The Directors of The Canterbury Auction Galleries are delighted to announce the appointment of Michael Roberts as a Director and General Manager of the leading Kent saleroom. A familiar figure on the rostrum and well known to viewers of the BBC TV programme Bargain Hunt, Michael, 30, joined the compan

COLLECTORS REAP THE BENEFITS AT THE CANTERBURY AUCTION GALLERIES Hatpins, Tunbridgeware, Hummel figures caddy spoons, vinaigrettes all find eager buyers and top prices A Rainham lady’s collection of precious gold and silver antique hatpins pricked buyers into action in the July Two Day Sale at The Canterbury Auction Galleries.

CANTERBURY AUCTIONEER CELEBRATES BLOCKBUSTER SALE OF CHINESE PORCELAIN Kent man’s ‘£150,000 collection’ sells for almost £900,000 The sale of the Evans Collection of fine Imperial Chinese porcelain, jade, and ivories at The Canterbury Auction Galleries was always going to be a landmark.

CARTIER CLOCK SELLS FOR £49,000 AT THE CANTERBURY AUCTION GALLERIES Bidders ignore damage and send price spiralling to 10 times estimate Its black onyx body was cracked and some of the rose-cut diamonds and coral marking the hours were missing but that did not deter bidders at The Canterbury Auction Galleries competing to buy a fine Cartier desk clock.

ANTIQUE CLOCKS BRING BIDDING BATTLES TO THE CANTERBURY AUCTION GALLERIES Dealers and collectors fight it out for rarities with links to county Two rare antique clocks each with strong connections to Kent saw horology dealers and collectors to converging on The Canterbury Auction Galleries for the recent Two Day Sale, all hoping to win the day and take home the prizes.

FREE ANTIQUES VALUATION DAY MARKS LINK BETWEEN KENT FIRMS OF ESTATE AGENTS AND FINE ART AUCTIONEERS The Directors of The Canterbury Auction Galleries are delighted to announce the foundation of an association with Cranbrook, Kent-based chartered surveyors and estate agents Lambert & Foster. The link between the two companies, one the county’s longest established a

A Whitstable Antique Returns Home Back in 1919 Fred Appleton and his wife took over The Bear and Key Hotel in Whitstable High Street. He and his wife, Kate, ran the hotel until Fred died in 1949 when the hotel was sold. But one antique souvenir of 'The Bear' was retained by his family, the Tavern Clock that had hung in the hotel for very many years.