What's Coming Up in McTear's End of July Auctions?

From 30th July until 4th August, we have 8 auctions for you to get bidding in. These include auctions of Asian Works of Art, Furniture, Works of Art & Collectables, Clocks, Scientific and Musical Instruments, Rare & Collectable Whisky, Wine & Port, Watches & Coins, Fine Jewellery, International Pictures, and Scottish Contemporary Art.
We have an interesting piece in our Asian Works of Art auction; our Lot 39 Chinese Wooden Wedding Basket is rich in legacy and tradition and still used to this day. The basket is traditionally customized and filled with a wedding gift to give to the bride and groom. They are traditionally red in colour, as this colour symbolises joy and love... a pretty and practical addition to your home, but we are not sure you would want to give it away?


Lot 39

In our Furniture, Works of Art and Collectables Auction, Lot 400 brings 19th Century Pewter Scottish communion tokens. They were a token issued to members of Presbyterian churches to provide them entrance to the Lord’s supper. John Calvin first recommended Communion tokens with the intent that no unworthy person would be admitted to the communion service. Overtime, with church acculturation and rising liberal theology, the tokens became unfavourable as some people viewed the church discipline as unfashionable and judgemental, and communion became considered more of a means of grace than reward.


Lot 400

Finally, keeping in theme with the recent news of the birth of the Royal Baby, George Alexander Louis, we wanted to highlight the upcoming pen and ink drawing by Scottish artist Hannah Frank (1908-2008) in Lot 1667 'There was once a King's Son - The Garden of Paradise' in our Scottish Contemporary Art Auction on Sunday 4th August. Hannah Frank was born in Glasgow and attended Glasgow School of art. Her unique contemporary style of elongated black and white figures have been described as having a medieval romanticism and melancholy air bearing her instantly recognisable stamp.


Lot 1667

See below for further information on our auctions and browse our catalogues to find yourself more unique and wonderful pieces to get bidding on:

Asian Works of Art -Tuesday 30th July 2013

Furniture, Works of Art & Collectables- Tuesday 30th July 2013

Clocks, Scientific and Musical Instruments- Tuesday 30th July 2013

Rare & Collectable Whisky, Wine & Port- Wednesday 31st July 2013

Watches & Coins- Wednesday 31st July 2013

Fine Jewellery- Wednesday 31st July 2013

The International Pictures Auction- Thursday 1st August 2013

The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction- Sunday 4th August 2013

A Taste of Scotland at McTear's

With July's special auctions just around the corner we are reflecting on some of the Scottish highlights from our June's special auctions... We have something for all 'tastes' at McTear's!

The Scottish Picture Auction on Thursday 27th June, offered a selection of pictures from Scotland's best known artists from the last 200 years. This favourable auction brings great interest and keen bidders. In particular, the signed oil canvas, named 'Girl With Ducks' from the Scottish Artist Annie Muirhead Paterson (1847-1947), will make a beautiful Scottish contribution to the successful bidder who won this canvas for the bid of £1700. Look out for our International Pictures Auction on Thursday, 1 August 2013 at 06:00 PM.


Lot 1706

From the traditional, to the more modern and 'interesting' type of artwork... The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction held on Sunday 30th June added a splash of unique taste. Check out the bird in this oil canvas titled 'The Voyagers' by John Bellany. This exquisite piece had a hammer price of £4800, and will certainly be a feature in the winning bidder's home. Our next Scottish Contemporary Art Auction is on Sunday, 4 August 2013 at 02:00 PM.


Lot 1706

JOHN BELLANY CBE RA HRSA THE VOYAGERS oil on canvas

Back to Scottish tradition, on Wednesday 26th June at McTear's, this 1938 Single Highland malt whisky, 'The MacAllan' in a branded wooden box, estimated between £2000 and £3000 went under the hammer for an amazing £3400- just one of numerous fantastic bids in our 'Rare & Collectable Whisky, Wine and Port' Auction. We are sure this will be saved for a more than very special occasion!


Lot 572

Also, watch out for our other upcoming auctions:
Asian Works of Art Auction on Tuesday, 30 July 2013 at 10:30 AM
Clocks, Scientific and Musical Instruments Auction on Tuesday, 30 July 2013 at 06:00 PM
Furniture, Works of Art and Collectables Auction on Tuesday 30 July 2013 at 07:00 PM
Watches and Coins Auction on Wednesday 31 July 2013 at 05:00 PM
Fine Jewellery Auction on Wednesday 31 July 2013 at 06:00 PM

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Get Your Morton F.C. Jersey When the Full Time Whistle Blows!

Get your Greenock Morton F.C. jersey in McTear's exclusive‘timed bidding’ auction after the Peter Weatherson Testimonial match, in  Gallery1842.

 Greenock Morton Football Club were established in 1874, and now are one of the oldest Scottish senior Football Clubs. With almost 140 years on the pitch, Morton are a club with a great history of achievements... and a great collection of jerseys to go with it!

  Greenock Morton play St Johnstone in Cappie Low Park on Saturday 13th July at 3pm in their Peter Weatherson Testimonial Match. We at McTear's are auctioning every jersey worn by the Morton Players this Saturday, at full time of their match- some of which are individually autographed or even autographed by the whole team.


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 With bids beginning at only £50, this is a great opportunity to get your hands on a piece of blue and white Morton history, or treat someone who you know is part of their very loyal fan base!

 All proceeds from this auction will be going to the Peter Weatherson Testimonial Fund to reward this player for his contribution to Greenock Morton Football Club.

 Get bidding before the full-time hammer drops!

Job opportunity for an experienced Credit Controller

McTear’s Auctioneers has an excellent opportunity for an experienced Credit Controller to join our highly successful organisation.

The candidate will have the following responsibilities:

·         Managing day to day collection of cash and reconciliations,
·         Managing  large sales and Debtors ledgers,
·         Contacting customers by email, telephone and post to collect overdue invoices,
·         Management of client accounts,
·         Investigating and resolving invoice and customer enquiries
·         Maintaining records and collating information to report to the financial controller.
·         General administration and accounting tasks,


The ideal candidate will have:

·         Minimum of 12 months credit control experience,
·         Ability to work on their own initiative and as part of a team,
·         Good  Excel and report writing knowledge and experience,
·         Confidence, resilience and excellent verbal and written communication skills for chasing debt.
·         An understanding of external credit reference agency reports and setting credit limits would be advantageous.


Salary   - £DOE
This is  a part time post 3 days per week.


The position is available immediately, so early application is advised.

Please send a copy of your CV with a covering letter to lynette@mctears.co.uk

Magda and Brian take to the Radio...

Magda and Brian were our nominated experts on Ally Bally's nationwide AM network mid morning radio show on Tuesday morning.



Magda is pictured here taking calls with questions on values of Asian Works of Art along with almost anything else! It was an extremely busy switchboard today.

We'll be back on next month so make sure you listen out for them and feel free to call in with your questions!

Prohibition Era Special Old Reserve...

What a great few days of auctions we had in June and we are now busy getting ready for our July auctions.

In our Whisky auction in particular we have this Prohibition Era Special Old Reserve. This was bottled by The American Medicinal Spirits company as a way around the prohibition era laws regarding alcohol. Will be coming up in our 31st July Whisky auction.



Keep an eye on our website for information and online catalogues for our other auctions happening at the end of the month.

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