HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Rather than trick or treating, to celebrate this halloween we dug through 

our archives to find this ghoulish spooky lot from one of our past sales.

This antique human skeleton from Adam, Rouilly & Co 
sold for £310 at our November 2011 auction sale.

What scary things have you got for this halloween? 

Tweet us a picture of your scary halloween costumes or decorations!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Glittering Gold Jewellery | November 2013 Auction

Today we have a selection of gorgeous gold jewellery that is 

coming up in our 19 November Auction Sale.

For more information click on the lot number for each item to open the online catalogue.

 Lot 9 is this beautiful ladies' diamond ring - approx. 1.65 carat solitaire set in 18ct white gold.
 This ring is a perfect example of how much money can be saved at auction;
if bought from a high street retailer, you could pay £8,000 - £12,000,
however at auction, we are estimating this at £1600 - £2000!

Lot 13 is this pretty 9ct gold and garnet set bracelet.
Our estimate is £120 - £150 - a great Christmas present maybe?

Lot 15 is a cute antique bow brooch fob, set with turquoise and seed pearls.
Our estimate is £40 - £60.

Lot 33 is a vintage ladies' Omega wristwatch in 9ct gold.
The auction estimate is only £140 - £160, great value when you compare this to high street prices.

Lot 39 is this antique oval cameo brooch, estimated at £120 to £160.

Lot 40 is a large ladies' cluster dress ring, comprising sapphires and CZs in 9ct gold.
 Our estimate for this ring is £50 to £70.

Lot 51 is a ladies' tourmaline & diamond set ring, set in white gold on a 9ct yellow gold shank.
The estimate is only £50 to £70.

Lot 68 is a gent's Garrard wristwatch (circa 1970s). Our estimate on this item is £70 - £100.

Lot 72 is this white gold 1.00 carat diamond solitaire ring. Our estimate is £900 - £1200.

Lot 75 is a gorgeous ladies' 18ct white gold Art Deco diamond set wristwatch.
We are estimating this to sell for £380 - £480.

Lot 80 is an antique cameo gold bar brooch, which we have estimated at £40 - £60.

Lot 81 is an early Victorian brooch, with pearls and diamonds in silver setting to 9ct gold bar.
Our estimate on this beautiful brooch is £120 - £150.

Lot 83 is a ladies' large cluster 9ct gold ring, comprising peridots and pearls.
 Estimated at £70 - £100.

Lot 85 is this white gold crescent brooch set with mid-blue sapphires and diamonds.
This is estimated to sell for £130 - £150.

Lot 97 is an Edwardian daisy style cluster ring set with an emerald and diamonds in 18ct gold.
Our estimate on this pretty ring is £660 - £760.

Lot 124 is this ladies' "elephant hair" style bangle with 9ct gold fittings and fastener.
This is estimated at £60 - £80.

Lot 128 is this garnet set pendant, settings and chain in 14ct white gold. 

Our estimate is £30 - £50.

Lot 131 is a ladies' stone set ring, comprising of a round cut faceted citrine, 

4 small white stones and two smoky quartz. 

This has an estimate of £40 - £60.

Lot 137 is a Gent's gold demi-hunter by "J. Benson, London", 

hallmarked Birmingham 1926.

Our estimate on this is £270 - £300.

Lot 140 is this beautiful ladies' antique five stone diamond ring, with graduating old cut stones,

set in white gold with a yellow gold shank, stamped 18ct.  In original box. 

This has an estimate of £300 - £350.

To access full descriptions, estimates and images of all lots in our 

Auction Sale on 19 & 20 November go to www.afbrock.co.uk

or open our FlipBook Catalogue

A F Brock FlipBook Auction Catalogue 19 & 20 November

Call 0161 456 5050 or email to request a Complimentary Catalogue.

A F Brock Auction Sales include;

Antique, Vintage & Modern Jewellery, Silverware, Ceramics, Glass, Paintings, Clocks, Toys,

Coins, Tokens, Medals & Militaria, Banknotes, Stamps, Cigarette Cards, Early Postcards,

Memorabilia, Antiques & other Collectables

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Antiques Info Magazine Article

Antiques Info Magazine recently featured a three-page spread about our August 2013 auction sale.

We had 265 buyers spread across the globe, 45% of which bought lots by bidding online via The-Saleroom.com.

The article included some of our star lots from the sale, including the large range of historical coins, such as the rare Oliver Cromwell Broad from 1656 which sold for £7,900 and the 1881 Travancore Sovereign that sold for £4100, as well as showing some of the star lots of jewellery like the beautiful 2 carat pear shaped diamond ring and the charity lot diamond cluster ring (mentioned in THIS post) which sold for more than twice its estimate.

You can read the article by clicking HERE

To access full descriptions, estimates and images of all lots in our 

Auction Sale on 19 & 20 November go to www.afbrock.co.uk

or open our FlipBook Catalogue

A F Brock FlipBook Auction Catalogue 19 & 20 November

Call 0161 456 5050 or email to request a Complimentary Catalogue.

A F Brock Auction Sales include;

Antique, Vintage & Modern Jewellery, Silverware, Ceramics, Glass, Paintings, Clocks, Toys,

Coins, Tokens, Medals & Militaria, Banknotes, Stamps, Cigarette Cards, Early Postcards,

Memorabilia, Antiques & other Collectables

ITEMS WANTED FOR FUTURE AUCTION SALES

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Super Collections of MUFC & MCFC Football Programmes

There are two exciting collections of football programmes coming up

in our 20 November Auction Sale.

The first is Lot 687, a collection of nearly 200 Manchester United Football Club 

programmes from the 1940's to the 1960's. 

The second smaller collection of 30 programmes is Lot 688, 

this mainly includes Manchester City programmes.

Lot 687: MUFC Programmes   

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This collection comprises 160 home match programmes, from the late 1940’s to 
the 1960s.  It includes the match vs. Sheffield Wednesday on the 19th Feb 1958, 
the first match after the infamous Munich Air Disaster, which has a blank team line-up. 

This lot also includes several European Cup programmes, 
the John Aston Testimonial Match (25th April 1956) 
and FA Youth Challenge Cup programmes.

Lot 687  is estimated to sell for £650 to £850 but may go much higher!
For a full detailed list of all the programmes, you can click HERE to view them.

Lot 688:  MCFC Programmes

The Manchester City programmes range from the early 1920s to the 1960s.  
This collection includes match vs. Tottenham Hotspur  on 14th March 1923 
and match vs. Stoke City on 3rd March 1934 that had 
Matt Busby playing for City and Stanley Matthews for Stoke. 

This lot also comprises 4 misc. programmes inc.  Stockport County vs Barrow
on 25th Janurary 1947, Blackpool vs Burnley on 7th May 1949 and 
Stockport Boys vs London Boys Schoolboys Challenge on 1st January 1960.

We are estimating this collection conservatively at £250 - £350.
Click HERE to open detailed list of MCFC programmes in Lot 688.

To access full descriptions, estimates and images of all lots in our 

Auction Sale on 19 & 20 November go to www.afbrock.co.uk

or open our FlipBook Catalogue

A F Brock FlipBook Auction Catalogue 19 & 20 November

Call 0161 456 5050 or email to request a Complimentary Catalogue.

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Antique, Vintage & Modern Jewellery, Silverware, Ceramics, Glass, Paintings, Clocks, Toys,

Coins, Tokens, Medals & Militaria, Banknotes, Stamps, Cigarette Cards, Early Postcards,

Memorabilia, Antiques & other Collectables

ITEMS WANTED FOR FUTURE AUCTION SALES

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Costume, Collectables and Curiosities

We have a wide range of items coming up in our 19 November Auction Sale. 
Today we bring you a small selection of "Costume, Collectables and Curiosities" .

Costume Jewellery

Lot 199 comprises antique and vintage costume jewellery.

  This group of 5 items is only estimated £50 - £80.

Lot 208 includes two antique moonstone set bar brooches, estimated at £20 - £40.

Lot 213 is a beautiful antique jet oval locket.  Our estimate for this item is £25 - £45.

Lot 218 is an antique wooden jewellery box containing a mixture

 of costume jewellery.  This lot is estimated at £20 - £30.

Silverware 

Lot 223 is an antique silver flask by "Louis Dee", hallmarked London 1884. 

Our estimate on this is £140 - £180.

Lot 232 is an ornate antique silver trinket box by "William Comyns & Sons", 

It is hallmarked London 1907. Estimated at £100 - £140.

 Lot 236 is this ornate antique silver dish by "Thomas Latham & Ernest Morton", 

hallmarked Birmingham 1900. This is a estimated at £120 - £160.

Lot 237 is a Georgian silver coffee pot by "Thomas Mason", hallmarked London 1737.

We are estimating this at £250 - £350.

Collectables and Curiosities

Lot 255 is a desk clock/paperweight by "Mobildoc, Roma'. Estimate £40 - £60.

Lot 259 includes several antique lace items, such as bonnets, collars, gloves, fans 

and approx. 50 various post cards.  This lot is estimated at £30 - £50.

Lot 260 is an antique miners lamp, stamped 58/523. Estimated at £30 - £50.

Lot 261 is an antique travel alarm clock by Zenith, this is estimated at £30 - £50.

Lot 262 is an antique cast iron money bank in the form of a bucking mule. 

It is impressed "Patd Aug 31 1880" and is estimated £50 - £80.

Lot 266 is a collection of plaster cameos of classical content, probably Italian 

& early 19th Century.  This lot is estimated £100 to £150

Lot 269 is an antique stereoscope by "Underwood & Underwood, New York", 

complete with two sets of boxed slides of  "The Great War".  Estimate £50 - £70.

Stereoscopes were actually the first kind of 3D movies!

Lot 270 comprises of two enamelled advertising signs, 

"Bob Dylan American Poet" and "Marilyn Monroe American Sweetheart". 

These vintage signs are estimated at £30 - £50.

Model Cars, Trains & Toys

Lot 276 includes 4 Hornby Dublo locomotives and tenders.  Estimate of £40 - £60.

Lot 277 is a Bagatelle tin plate game by "Lundstroms Gold Star" , complete with balls,

 and a horse racing game of "Topopoly" by Waddingtons.  Etimate £20 - £40.

Lot 278 is a huge collection of die-cast and plastic scale model vehicles

 in mint condition, ranging from the 1980s to the early 2000's. 

Our estimate on this fantastic lot is £50 - £80.

Lot 282 is a collection of 22 mint-condition modern toys, including five Disney figures

of the Incredibles, Mattel Batman, ET, Marvel Mutant X Figures, plus many more. 

Our estimate for this is £40 - £60.

To access full descriptions, estimates and images of all lots in our 

Auction Sale on 19 & 20 November go to www.afbrock.co.uk

or open our FlipBook Catalogue

A F Brock FlipBook Auction Catalogue 19 & 20 November

Call 0161 456 5050 or email to request a Complimentary Catalogue.

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Antique, Vintage & Modern Jewellery, Silverware, Ceramics, Glass, Paintings, Clocks, Toys,

Coins, Tokens, Medals & Militaria, Banknotes, Stamps, Cigarette Cards, Early Postcards,

Memorabilia, Antiques & other Collectables

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We all make mistakes... even the Royal Mint!

In 1994 the British Royal Mint issued a gold proof version of its £2 commemorative coin 

for the 300th anniversary of the Bank of England and when production commenced 

they used the wrong obverse die!

We have one such coin coming up in our 20 November Auction Sale, Lot 431;

This is what the obverse (head side) should have looked like;

Notice that the 'Two Pounds' is missing under the head in the image of lot 431.

An unknown number of the coins were produced with the 'Two Pounds' missing.   

When mistakes like this happen they are commonly referred to as 'mule' coins, 

meaning that the wrong obverse or reverse has been used during production.

The term 'mule' came about as a way to describe a coin that has two sides
meant for different coins just as a mule has parents from two different species
e.g. a horse and a donkey.  (see Wikipedia for more history)

Mule coins are normally much rarer than the standard correct issue and 

therefore more sought after and hence more valuable.

The exact number of errors produced is unknown, but it is estimated that a few hundred 

1994 Gold Proof Two Pound Commemorative Coins were despatched to 

customers before the error was noticed!

At the time of writing this article a well-known UK based coin retailer 

is selling the normal 1994 gold proof £2 for £582 but they are asking 

a much higher figure of £1600 for the rare mule error.

Our own in-house numismatist has placed a very conservative estimate

on lot 431 of £600 to £800 but it may sell for much more.

For more information send us an email or sign up to receive our Auction Reminder Alerts 

so you get an email with links to our catalogues with images due to be online by 30 October

Lot 431   EII, gold proof double sovereign, 1994, Bank of England, mule coin with error obv. 

Omitting 'TWO POUNDS', FDC, cased with certificate [Unknown number of mules issued]

Estimate £600 - £800

The online catalogue for our auction on 19th & 20th November will be 

on our website from 30th October.

Call 0161 456 5050 or email to request a Complimentary Catalogue.

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Antique, Vintage & Modern Jewellery, Silverware, Ceramics, Glass, Paintings, Clocks, Toys,

Coins, Tokens, Medals & Militaria, Banknotes, Stamps, Cigarette Cards, Early Postcards,

Memorabilia, Antiques & other Collectables

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