Ready to Bid and Buy at McTear's

Time to start to your Christmas shopping for your nearest and dearest, and why not start at McTear’s Auctioneers? There is much to be appreciated in next week's auctions, have a look at only a few of our favourite Lots coming up.

First up, we have this George IV silver and cut crystal six bottle cruet set in Lot 1, estimated between £250-£350. A cruet set is a collection of small containers to hold condiments such as oil, mustard, vinegar and pepper. The shape of each cruet is specific to the condiment it is designed to hold. This could be a very stunning addition to your next dinner party... Forget the fine china, let the George IV silver and cut crystal cruet set to the talking! Also, this precious set is a sparking feature for your sideboard decoration! Watch out for this on Tuesday 12th November in our Silver Auction, and see what else it has to offer here.


LOT 1

Next up in Lot 130, we have this 14 piece Irish Belleek porcelain shamrock tea service set… a grand way to serve up tea to visitors. Belleek is an Irish village in Country Fermanagh which has been producing much desired pottery for over 155 years. See what else is in our British and Continental Ceramics and Glass Auction on Tuesday 12th November here.

LOT 130

Tune in to Lot 355 for this 19th Century Hagspiel Figured Walnut Baby Grand Piano. This is a beautiful feature to warm up a room with the wonderful aesthetics it produces. Estimated between £300 and £500, this is sure to be a popular Lot for keen bidders. See more included in our Furniture , Clocks and Works of Art Auction on Tuesday 12th November here.

LOT 355 

Time for some bling, with Lot 1051 offering up this glamorous Lady’s 18ct Gold Rolex Date Just Wrist Watch, with diamond dot numerals. Do you know a very lucky lady who deserves this striking watch? The watch is estimated between £5000 and £7000… Christmas is just around the corner! See what else we have in our Watches and Coins on Wednesday 13th November auction here

LOT 1051

See our other upcoming auctions that week, our catalogues are ready for viewing;

Rare & Collectable Whisky, Wine & Port Auction on Wednesday 13th November at 10.30am

Fine Jewellery Auction Wednesday 13th November at 6 pm

The Scottish Pictures Auction Thursday 14th November at 6pm

Whisky Galore in May

May's Fine Whisky auction is full to the brim and set to be an exciting auction with 500 fantastic lots of whisky, wine and port.

Such an eclectic mix of bottles go under the hammer at these auctions and it's amazing to see the the selection that come through McTear's. Coming up in the auction on the 22nd of May at 10.30am will be this unusual Whisky case clock that is estimated to go for £400-£500...


Lot 561: GLENGOYNE 2000 A.D. LONG CASE CLOCK Limited edition, cask strength single Highland malt whisky.

Another lot is The Macallan 50 year old 'A Special Bottling of un-blended single highland Malt Scotch Whisky Over 50 Years Old'. We have sold one before for £17,000, and with an estimate of £14,000-£16,000 we are hopeful this one can achieve the same...


Lot 721: The Macallan 50 year old single malt scotch whisky

How quirky are these little bottles? You might get the chance to bid and win these comical bottles in McTear's auction next week.



These are just a few of the many lots we have coming up in McTear's Whisky auction next week so make sure you get yourself along for the chance to grab yourself some rare and collectable Whisky, Wine and Port. 

For more information on this auction and further lots going under the hammer have a look at our online catalogue.

This auction is also just one of the various auctions we have happening over the course of next week including Fine Jewellery, Asian Works of Art and British & Continental Ceramics & Glass, Silver & Plate, hopefully see you there.

May in McTear's...

After April's successful auctions, including the fantastic Terry Howson Collection that raised over £200,000, we are now busy getting organised for our May '3 Days of Auction'

Starting on the 21st of May with our British & Continental Ceramics & Glass, Silver & Plate, the Auctions will run over the 3 days finishing on the 23rd with The British and Continental Pictures Auction.

Coming up in our Fine Jewellery Auction the 22nd of May at 6pm is this outstanding 2.40 carat diamond solitaire ring...



Our Fine Whisky Auction also on the 22nd at 10.30am is already shaping up nicely! So much so that we’re already on the lookout for bottles for June so make sure you get along to grab a 'tasty tipple'.



For more information on these Auctions and the other exciting ones we have coming up in May, have a look here.

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'March' through this Month's Auctions...

Last week was a busy one for McTear's with our special auctions running from the 12th right through to the 17th, proving March to be a successful one...

These special day's of auctions included British & Continental Ceramics & Glass, Silver & Plate, Asian Works of Art, Furniture, Clocks and Works of Art, Rare and Collectable Whisky, Wine and Port, Fine Jewellery, Watches and Coins, British and Continental Pictures, Sports Memorabilia and The Scottish Contemporary Art Auctions.

The auctions all included a variation of exciting items from beautiful pieces of pottery, to pretty jewellery and sporting collectables...something to suit everyone.

This fine Royal Worcester vase by Harry Davis sold for £2000 last Tuesday in our British & Continental Ceramics & Glass, Silver & Plate auction after an estimation of £500-£800. There were many other items in the auction by Harry Davis, all reaching desirable hammer prices.

Lot 122

This Macallan 1938 Single Highland Malt Whisky went under the hammer for £4000 in our Whisky auction last week. Another fantastic hammer price reached.

Lot 688

Rolex Oyster Perpetual  Submariner watch sold for a brilliant £5200 in our Jewellery auction last week.

Lot 1008

These are just a selection of our successful lots that sold in our special auctions last week. For more hammer prices visit our website.

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Busy Week for McTears

McTear's have been busy getting ready for next week's auctions running from Tuesday 12th March right through to Sunday 17th March.

Starting the auctions will be McTear's British & Continental Ceramics & Glass, Silver & Plate auction on Tuesday 12th March at 10.30am that will feature ceramics and glass from Britain, Europe and beyond, as well as silver and plate from around the world.

Featuring in this auction will be this stunning pottery piece from Harry Davis along with many other items not to be missed.

Lot 121: FINE ROYAL WORCESTER JAR AND COVER BY HARRY DAVIS

Also on Tuesday 12th March will be McTear's Asian Works of Art at 6pm and Furniture, Clocks and Works of Art at 7pm. These auctions will give you the chance to bid on ceramics, ivory, bronze, jade, lacquer, wood, silver and cloisonne from China, Japan, Korea, Persia & the Middle East and furniture, clocks and works of art from the 18th-20th centuries.

This unique Amber coloured glass and stone set scent bottle is estimated to reach £100-£150 in Asian Works of Art:

Lot 310A: CHINESE AMBER COLOURED GLASS AND STONE SET SCENT BOTTLE 

McTear's Furniture, Clocks and Works of Art auction will have a range of items going under the hammer including this Victorian carved mahogany buttonback chaise longe estimated to sell for £150-£200. 

Lot 571:VICTORIAN CARVED MAHOGANY BUTTONBACK CHAISE LONGE

On Wednesday 13th March McTear's will have 500 lots of whisky, wine and port in our Rare & Collectable Whisky, Wine & Port auction at 10.30am.

How do you fancy splashing out for The Macallan Royal Marriage 1981 Single Highland Malt Scotch Whisky estimated to fetch £800-£1000. 

Lot 672: THE MACALLAN ROYAL MARRIAGE 1981 Single Highand Malt Scotch Whisky

 On the same day we also have Fine Jewellery, Watches and Coins at 5pm where you will have the opportunity to bid on various watches, beautiful jewellery and coins.

This lovely Diamond Line Bracelet totalling 4.38 carats, in eighteen carat white gold is estimated to go under the hammer for £3500-£4500.

Lot 1397: DIAMOND LINE BRACELET

Thursday 14th March there will be The British and Continental Pictures Auction at 6pm. It will feature a range of attracting pictures including this piece from Jack Merriott.

Lot 1419: JACK MERRIOTT (BRITISH 1901 - 1968) THE BRIG O' DOON oil on canvas,

McTear's will also have two other special auctions on Sunday 17th March. Sports Memorabilia will feature medals, jerseys and ephemera relating to football, along with other sporting collectables relating to golf, fishing and cricket at 1pm.  The Scottish Contemporary Art auction takes place at 2pm and will include a huge selection of contemporary paintings by predominantly Scottish artists.

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Pottery by Harris Davis

With our successful February auctions not long past, it's time to look at what we have coming up in March.

In particular we have the British & Continental Ceramics & Glass, Silver & Plate auction on the 12th of March that we are fortunate enough to be auctioning various pieces of pottery by Harry Davis. 

This stunning Royal Worcester jar painted by Harry Davis (one of several Worcester pieces already in) has come in for the Ceramics auction on 12 March. It is estimated to sell for over £2000.

Harry Davis, who was born in 1910, was an English potter who was educated in both Switzerland and England. He furthered his education at the Bournemouth School of Art where unfortunately the pottery class was full. This never stopped Harry though. He worked away for hours in the pottery room outwith school hours where he created numerous pots that grabbed the attention of many, especially the headmaster. He was then sent to work as a decorator at Broadstone Potters near Poole where he showed interest in all aspects of the art. Here he enhanced and improved his skills needed at a potters wheel.

After his early experiences he went on to work for Bernard and David Leach at the Leach Pottery in St Ives, Cornwall where he later met his wife. After this he went on to become head of the Art School at Achimota College in Ghana where he looked into the feasibility of manufacturing tiles, bricks and pots.

After travelling for a while with his wife, May, he returned to England in 1946 and they started up "Crowan Pottery", near Praze in Cornwall, producing domestic ware. Crowan pots became well-known for their fine appearance and strength and even though the couple managed the flourishing pottery for 16 years, they still wanted more. They chose to emigrate to New Zealand in 1962 where they founded the “Crewenna Pottery”.

However, they soon got restless here resulting in Harry jetting off to Peru in 1972 where they spent eight years of their life building a pottery at Izcuchaca. In 1979 May returned to New Zealand and Harry, in poor health, shortly after. Sadly he passed away at "Crewenna" in 1986.

His pottery are all unique and beautiful pieces that are sure to be snapped up quickly when they go under the hammer.

It's set to be a good auction so we hope to see you there.

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Pottery from Moorcroft

February's special auctions will see a number of exciting items being auctioned with William Moorcroft's pottery being the highlights in the British & Continental Ceramics, Silver & Glass auction on Tuesday the 5th at 10.30am.

Born in Burslem, Staffordshire, William Moorcroft was a well-known English potter, who, after studying art at Burslem, London and Paris, experimented with his own designs, creating Aurelian Ware. This particular pottery was partially decorated with transfers and painted by hand. He was employed by James Macintyre & Co. Ltd who put Moorcroft in control of the company's art pottery studio after 1 year.

His first innovative design was the Florian Ware. He succeeded in developing highly lustred glazes and used oriental shapes and decorations which led him to develop this award winning range that boasts a radiance of colour with heavy slip and a translucent glaze. A lot of Moorcrofts pottery was sold through Liberty & Co and Tiffany in New York

Following on with his success and the closure of his studio in Macintyre & Co. Ltd, Moorcroft set up his own factory at Cobridge in 1913 and the business thrived. His reputation was further enhanced when Queen Mary made him "Potter to the Queen," which was stamped on the pottery, giving it a royal warranty. 

We are extremely lucky to have the following Moorcroft 'hot lots' going under the hammer in our British & Continental Ceramics, Silver & Glass auction.

Lot 150: estimate £1500-2000.

The colours are stunning on this large Moorcroft ‘Moonlit Blue’ pattern Baluster Vase … circa 1920, with impressed marks and signed in green to the base, 27.5cm high.

Lot 149: estimate £1500-2000.

This Moorcroft for Macintyre Florian Ware three handle vase with tube-lined designs painted in shades of blue, green, and pink on a cream ground with poppies and forget-me-nots, 25cm high is one not to be missed in the upcoming auction.

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