Coming up in June...

Over the week beginning 24th of June we will have a total of 9 auctions including Fine Jewellery, Rare and Collectable Whisky, Wine and Port, Silver including Scottish Provincial and The Scottish Contemporary art auction.

Who thought the day would come that we would be auctioning a genuine antique Fijian weapon of war? This unique weapon, with a tribal name 'Totokia', designed to drive a hole into the skull of the enemy was also believed to possess there own life force or ‘mana’, making them treasured objects in life or in death. They are highly sought after so we look forward to seeing what will happen in the Furniture, Clocks and works of art auction on Tuesday at 6pm.


Lot 364

Another lot coming up during the week will be the craftsmanship of Tain silver, made in Tain, Ross-shire. This particular piece, a pair of bud vases made by William Innes of Tain circa 1835 demonstrates the quality of Innes's work, from each delicately worked wavy rim to the chased foliate designs of each vase. It will be up for bidding on our Scottish Silver auction on Tuesday 25th at 10.30am.


Lot 7

Our Scottish Pictures auction on Thursday 27th at 6pm will also feature a beautiful item up for auction. This fine example of McTaggart’s mature oeuvre was painted in 1873 and 'The Sea Bird' is definitely one not to be missed in this upcoming auction.



Lot 1737

For more information on these auctions including the expected hammer prices, have a look at the online catalogues for each auction.

British & Continental Ceramics & Glass -   Tuesday 25th June
Silver including Scottish Provincial - Tuesday 25th June 
Furniture, Clocks & Works of Art - Tuesday 25th June
Rare & Collectable Whisky, Wine & Port - Wednesday 26th June
Clocks, Watches and Coins - Wednesday 26th June
Fine Jewellery - Wednesday 26th June
Sports, Movie & Television Memorabilia - Thursday 27th June
The Scottish Pictures Auction - Thursday 27th June
The Scottish Contemporary Art Auction - Sunday 30th June  

Successful Whisky Auction for McTear's...

Last Wednesday's Rare and Collectable Whisky, Wine & Port auction saw a selection of the finest malts go under the hammer, exceeding all expectations with what they achieved.

McTear's secured over £124,000 in sales over the course of Wednesday with fine examples of Bowmore, Highland Park and Ardbeg contributing.

The sale featured a 31 year old Bowmore 'Dynasty Decanter' that sold for £2200 and a 25 year old Macallan Silver Jubilee Magnum that sold for £3000.

Lot 615: DYNASTY DECANTER 31 YEAR OLD BOWMORE

Lot 670: MACALLAN 25 YEARS OLD SILVER JUBILEE MAGNUM


Stephen McGinty, McTear's Whisky specialist, commented on the sale: “Our monthly Rare and Collectable sales have already established a market leading reputation however, the sale this week surpassed all our expectations and resulted in a record total for a McTear’s whisky auction".

Another Royal themed bottle of Macallan, celebrating the Royal marriage in 1981 of HRH The Prince of Wales and Lady Diana Spencer, secured £1,800 in the auction.

Lot 719: THE MACALLAN ROYAL MARRIAGE" 1981

For more information on this sale and other auctions that we have had visit our website.

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May is the Month for Whisky...

The whisky department in McTear's has provided much excitement this month. After a variety of rare and some never-before seen bottles arrived on our premises, the 2nd of May Rare & Collectable Whisky, Wine & Port auction is one that is sure to provoke a lot of interest and is not to be missed.

 
Our May auction will feature a range of the famous black label Cadenhead's bottlings. In particular are:



16 year old Cardow Lot 900

1964 North Port Lot 881



1964 St Magdalene Lot 869



We are also lucky to have on sale a number of Rare Malt bottlings including:



Hillside 1970 Lot 668



Rosebank 1979 Lot 680

 





  

We are also fortunate to offer in this Jubilee year a rare example of Christopher’s 25 year old Macallan, originally bottled for the 1977 Silver Jubilee.

If you would like to find out more about this auction or the other exciting ones that we have coming in May visit our website.



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