Results From Last Weeks Auctions

Last week Mctear's held their big 3 days of auctions. 

In our Furniture, Clocks & Works of Art auction last Thursday evening this Regency Bowfront mahogany sideboard was estimated to sell for a price between £400 & £500. However, it was clearly more desired than expected and sold for more than double the estimation at £1100.

 

Lot 1728 saw another surprise sale when this Scottish badger head sporran, circa 1940s, was estimated to sell between £50 & £80 and in fact sold for £400, more than four times the price. 

Mctear's sold some beautiful pieces in the Watches and Coins, Important and Fine Jewellery auction. 

 

This lady's eighteen carat white gold diamond set Rolex Cellini wrist watch was one of the many stunning pieces of jewellery in the auction. The oval dial, surrounded by brilliant cut diamonds, totaling approximately 1.20 carats, on an eighteen carat white gold bracelet strap sold for £3200.

Some lucky lady is now the owner of this Edwardian diamond solitaire ring. The brilliant cut stone of approximately 1.20 carats sitting on diamond shoulders was sold for £1400. We hope she said yes!

Have a look at the rest of our auction results on our website www.mctears.co.uk

Busy Week to End September

It's a busy week for McTear's next week and we would love for you to join us in our 3 Day's of Auction event starting on Tuesday the 18th of September.

The 3 days will consist of various exciting auctions with the Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday all featuring 2 auctions throughout the day.

On Tuesday, we will host a Pictures Auction at 10.30am and The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction will commence at 6.00pm. This will be followed on Wednesday by The Rare & Collectable Whisky, Wine & Port Auction at 10.30am and Watches & Coins, Important & Fine Jewellery Auction at 5.00pm. To finish, we will have The British & Continental Silver, Ceramics & Glass and Asian Works of Art Auction at 10.30am and Furniture, Clocks & Works of Art Auction at 6.00pm on Thursday.

In our Furniture, Clocks & Works of Art Auction we will be selling this signed bra and pants by Rachel Hunter which is a fantastic collectors item, mounted on board in a glazed box frame.

Estimated to sell for £70-£100

For more information on the above auctions and others that McTear's have coming up in the next months visit our website.

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From France to Glasgow...

Once considered the poor man’s Cognac, brandy from the Armagnac region of France is enjoying something of a rebirth in the modern market.

First distilled a full two hundred years before the development of the double-distillation process famous for producing its better-known Northern nephew, the spirit has never suffered from the over-commercialisation process so common in the second half of the twentieth Century. As such, the vast majority of Armagnac today is still lovingly produced by artisan growers in small batches. And in these days of mass-production and global distribution, “small batch” production is becoming synonymous with quality.

Nowadays aged Armagnac is actually considered by many connoisseurs to be a better, more rounded, more consistent product than Cognac. And with the secret of its quality hidden in plain sight, you get a lot more for your money. Not bad for a tipple once derided as “simple peasants’ drink”.

McTear’s is currently accepting submissions of brandy, wine, fortifieds and cigars for their Christmas auction on 13th December.

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