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...
After eleven years in Silver Street, Honiton, Chilcott Auctioneers are set to move – but they’re not going far!
The new salerooms are located on the town’s High Street, just a stone’s throw away.
Although the move is a necessity as the current location is due to be redeveloped, Liz Chilcott says the time was right anyway. “To be honest, we’ve outgrown the saleroom in more ways...
A unique and exceptionally rare Beryl Cook oil painting has sold at Plymouth Auction Rooms and now sets sail for Canada. The original piece of art sold for a staggering £19,200 to an overseas collector, who narrowly outbid a local Plymouth auction-goer.
The painting – titled 'Kissing Time' – is in the much-loved local artist’s distinctively vibrant and fun style. As a Plymouth resident...
