Honiton auction house Chilcotts Auctioneers ' twentieth year in business has finished on a high - with a series of positive sales for both vendors and buyers.
In particular, the auction team was delighted with the success of two major ‘single vendor’ collections during 2024: the Fishley North Devon pottery collection, and the Alan Winning antique map collection. Both attracted...
The Bargain Hunt production team recently filmed at Chilcotts Auctioneers Dolphin Saleroom in Honiton after one of the programme’s producers spotted the company’s youngest auctioneer in action.
The producer saw Mary Chilcott running an auction online and realised she’d found an interesting focal point for the popular BBC 1 show; partly because there are still so few female auctioneers...
A move to new premises during the pandemic has proven extremely positive for Chilcotts Auctioneers.
The business relocated to the Dolphin Saleroom during 2021, undertaking significant refurbishment of this historic building to create a vibrant, accessible location for valuations, viewings and monthly sales.
Originally the manor house of the Courtenay family, during the Civil...
A medal awarded for service during the Battle of Trafalgar is to be auctioned for the first time in Chilcotts Auctioneers’ July sale which also features other important medals.
The Naval General Service Medal (NGSM) with Trafalgar clasp from 1847 was bestowed on Thomas Lemon, a 1st Lieutenant with the Royal Marines who served on the HMS Dreadnought in the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805...
A recent house clearance by Chilcotts Auctioneers unearthed a cup which turned out to have a fascinating story behind it, as a tale of maritime history and heroism came to the fore.
It transpired that the cup was awarded to Capt. Thomas Tolson Edwards of the British Steam Ship ‘Illyrian’, a huge ship that regularly transported people and goods from Britain to the United States in the...
