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Pro Auction Limited are one of the leading specialist valuers & auctioneers.

Pro Auction are one of the leading specialist valuers & auctioneers, auctions are conducted on a regular basis.A collection of amazing designer brands at exclusive prices, discover the furniture outlet that helps you create an elegant and luxurious home Providing a comprehensive range of services to ensure that the full value of surplus or redundant assets are realised, to maximum value, be that by a private treaty, tender or auction.

27/10/2026

😲 HALLWAY ART TURNS OUT TO BE £100K RENAISSANCE MASTERPIECES! 🏛️

Once-in-a-generation find!

Family in small Shaftesbury home had 2 plaques in hallway for years - just glanced at them - emailed pic to *Woolley and Wallis, Wiltshire* - Turns out *1536 Renaissance maiolica by Francesco Xanto Avelli (1487-1542)!*

Sold *£100,000* at auction *22 October* - First time on market since *1884!*

John Axford, Chairman Woolley & Wallis: _"Rediscovery of these two Xanto plaques is the sort of event that happens perhaps once in a generation"_

*THE ART:*
🎨 Maiolica plaques - Urbino, Italy, 1536
👑 Scenes: Life of Cyrus the Great, founder of Achaemenid Empire
✍️ Both signed by artist
🏛️ Part of series of ∼39 plaques - 2 others in Louvre, Paris!

_"Thrilling survival from one of the most celebrated groups of Renaissance maiolica ever created"_

*INCREDIBLE PROVENANCE:*
🇮🇹 1536 - Painted by Xanto in Urbino (Rovigo-born)
🧳 ∼1714 - Brought to England by Sir Andrew Fountaine of Narford Hall, Norfolk - on Grand Tour
👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Remained in Fountaine collection for generations
🔨 1884 - Sold in auction
🎖️ Bought by General Augustus Henry Lane Fox Pitt Rivers (Pitt Rivers Museum, Oxford)
🏠 Passed down Pitt Rivers family by descent to present owners West Country
📧 2026 - Routine valuation enquiry - email with picture!

Jeremy Lamond, Head of Valuations: _"Delighted to have discovered the plaques through a routine valuation enquiry, which proved to have been undiscovered for over 140 years"_

Impeccable provenance: Fountaine legendary collection + Medici court Florence connection

UK buyer snapped them - £100K inc fees

From hallway decoration to £100K Louvre-level art!

Check your hallways!

26/10/2026

😱 SECOND EXTINCT TASMANIAN TIGER HEAD FOUND UNDER BED! £50K! 🐅

Lightning DOES strike twice!

Weeks after a thylacine head listed as a "fox" sold for *£62,600 ($120K)* - a SECOND mounted head found under a bed in London - nicknamed *Trevor*!

*THE STORY:*
🛏️ Family in London storing it under bed - _"genuinely quite frightened of it"_
📰 Saw news of first sale, _"I don't think they have ever gotten out of bed as quick as they did that day to go and get it out"_ - Andrew Stowe, Auctioneum, Bristol
🏠 Kept hidden for years!

*TREVOR'S HISTORY:*
📜 Shot in Sheffield, Tasmania's north-west, early 1900s
🚢 Brought to UK in 1905
🔬 Radiograph shows missing cranium section - shot wound
👂 One ear loose (50-60 years ago) but present - complete
✨ Well sculpted - likely taxidermist had seen real thylacine - _"Not a googly eye in sight on this one"_ - unlike first fox-head with bulbous head & googly eyes

*AUCTION:*
🔨 *26 November* - Auctioneum, Bristol
💷 *Guide £30K-£50K ($57K-$95K)*
📊 3rd known mounted thylacine head in existence! 815 specimens total recorded worldwide (from tissue slide to full mount) - UK holds largest museum collection

*FIRST SALE RECAP:*
🦊 Listed as fox £30-£50 → sold £62,600 after bidding war
🛒 Collector James Cranfield, Essex curiosity shop owner, trusted gut - Instagram: _"holy grail of natural history collecting"_
📸 X-rays confirmed skull - teeth gave it away
💬 _"Discovery of a lifetime"_

*CONTEXT:*
Last known thylacine died Hobart 7 Sept 1936 - now World Threatened Species Day.

Cranfield: _"Discovery of two thylacines in 90th year since extinction declared is incredible... will hopefully mean more specimens are discovered"_

From under-bed fright to £50K!

25/10/2026

🌿 *BRAMBLECREST WAREHOUSE CLEARANCE - LIVE AUCTION!* 🌿

*Huge savings on premium garden furniture - From just £6!*

Pro Auction Ltd is clearing the Bramblecrest warehouse - ex-display, samples & end-of-season stock direct from the brand!

*🗓️ 29 OCT - Live & Online Webcast*
*📍 Stroud, Somerset - UK Delivery / Collection Available*

*WHAT'S GOING:*
✅ Antibes, Chedworth, Cherington, Brooklyn, Como ranges
✅ Teak Loungers, Rattan Sofa Sets, Aluminium Dining Tables
✅ 2-Seaters, Corner Sofas, L-Shape Sets, Recliners, Coffee Tables, Benches

*PRICES TO GRAB:*
🪑 Dining Chairs from *£6 - £12*
☕ Ceramic Coffee Tables from *£6*
🛋️ 2-Seat Sofas from *£15*
🍽️ Dining Sets from *£30*
🛋️ Full L-Shape Lounge Sets from *£550-£950* (Retail £3000+)

209 Lots - All must go!

Don't pay retail - Bid live online from home!

🔗 Bid on The Saleroom / Bidspotter / i-bidder - Search *"Pro Auction Bramblecrest"*

https://www.bidspotter.co.uk/en-gb/auction-catalogues/pro-auction/catalogue-id-pr10485

Tag someone who needs a new garden set!

23/10/2026

🤯 RETIRED DECORATOR FINDS £1.56M POKÉMON TREASURE IN ATTIC! 🔥*

Literally Gotta Catch 'Em All!

Woking man, retired decorator, just became a millionaire after finding his Pokémon collection hidden in attic for *15 years* - Sold *£1.56 MILLION* at Ewbank's, Surrey on Wednesday!

*UK'S BIGGEST EVER TRADING CARD AUCTION!* Potentially European record - beating previous £872K record set just 9 Oct at Stanley Gibbons!

*THE STORY:*
👨‍👦 Late 1990s - Son collecting & swapping at school
💡 Dad thought: _"Nice cards, might be good investment"_ - bought complete sets from Malaysia on eBay
📦 _"He had his own cards, but he never got to touch these, I'm glad to say"_
🏠 Filed into bespoke Pokémon binders, still sealed - stored when son lost interest
📰 No idea of value until he read local paper about a single card fetching £6K+
😲 _"I know people always talk about finding treasure in the attic, but in my case that is literally true"_

*THE SALE:*
📚 42 complete sets - all mint, untouched, complete - _"jaws hit the floor"_ - James Spooner, Ewbank's Head of Trading Cards
💷 £300 set bought back then → *£75,000 now!*
🔥 Top Lot: Legendary Collection Complete Master Set inc Charizard near-mint - Est £15-20K → *£100,000!*
🌍 Global bidders - _"buzz was incredible"_
🎤 Auctioneer Andrew Ewbank: _"Going for a lie down"_ - Most successful sale in 30+ years in business!

Andrew Ewbank: _"Pokémon is booming... people who were young when franchise came out now in 30s & 40s with disposable income. Nostalgia is a big part... bringing back memories of childhood"_

Ewbank's advice: _"Get it down and looked at... pop it away because you never know"_

From attic dust to £1.56M!

Check your lofts NOW!

21/10/2026

🚨 WORKING LIFE-SIZE DALEK UP FOR AUCTION - EXTERMINATE! 🤖

Nottingham's Robin Hood's secret collection!

Tim Pollard - Nottingham's *official Robin Hood 1996-2025* - his 1,500+ item memorabilia collection being sold by his father-in-law Stephen Plummer at *Hansons Auctioneers, Derbyshire* - proceeds to his 12-year-old daughter.

*STAR LOT - THURSDAY:*
🤖 *Life-size WORKING Dalek!*
- Golden & silver exterior
- Motors + joystick controls - drivable from inside!
- Operational!
- Inside helmet SIGNED by Doctor Who legends: Nicholas Briggs (Dalek voice), Barnaby Edwards (Dalek operator), Terry Molloy (Davros), Dan Starkey (Strax) + more!

Charles Hanson: _"It has personality, provenance and a connection to a television institution that has entertained generations. A working Dalek is certainly not something you come across every day."_

*THE COLLECTION:*
🏹 1,500+ items
🚀 Limited-edition studio-scale Eagle Transporter from Space:1999
🌍 South African artefacts - from his African art studies at London Uni
🎲 Games Workshop / Citadel Miniatures history - worked there in 80s
💚 Sci-fi passion

*THE MAN:*
Tim Pollard died 2025 - outpouring of mourning across Nottingham.
Spent years fundraising for breast cancer charities after wife Sally (Maid Marian) died.
Stephen Plummer: _"Very educated, engaging, articulate & humorous... [His daughter] is only 12, so she's got a long time ahead of her"_

From Sherwood to Skaro!

Tributes paid in June 2025 after his death - now his legacy supports his daughter.

Who's bidding on the Dalek?

20/10/2026

ATTIC TREASURE! 200 ANTIQUE JEWELS HIDDEN FOR DECADES - NO RESERVE! 💎

Worcestershire attic to auction block!

*Over 200 antique & vintage jewels* spanning 200+ years found hidden in a family attic for decades - going *100% WITHOUT RESERVE* at Elmwood's, London on *21 October, 2pm BST*

*Total Estimate: £150,000 ($200,000) - NO MINIMUMS!*

Family story: Grandmother collected throughout her life, older pieces inherited, family added more - then put away for safekeeping. Hidden in plain sight!

Joe Kendrick, Elmwood's: _"Remarkable collection that has effectively been hiding in plain sight for decades... rare to encounter such a fine and cohesive selection"_

*STAR LOTS:*

🎀 *1905 Cartier Diamond Bow Brooch* - Yellow gold & silver - old-cut & rose-cut diamonds - £1,000-£1,500
🐎 *Edwardian Emerald Intaglio Ring* - Octagonal emerald carved with rearing horse + diamonds - 18k gold - £300-£500
🌸 *Egyptian Revival Double-Clip Brooch* - Platinum - Pair of lotus flowers - *12.5-13.5cts diamonds!* - Can wear as 2 clips or 1 - Tutankhamun discovery 1922 influence - £1,000-£1,500
💃 *Edwardian Devant de Corsage* - Platinum & yellow gold - Scrolling openwork, floral motifs, swags + articulated drop - *12-13cts old-cut diamonds* - Belle Époque masterpiece - £2,000-£3,000

🐂 *Victorian Menagerie - Lots 61-77 - 17 animal brooches!*
- Diamond & ruby charging bull (2.5-2.8cts) - £200-£300
- Badger, donkey, partridge, seagull, foxes, greyhounds + more - ruby eyes!

Mostly Art Deco 1920s-1930s - the golden age!

*210 lots - ALL NO RESERVE - Could go for £1!*

This is the sale to watch. Which lot are you bidding on?

18/10/2026

MUNCH PRINT FOUND IN KENT ESTATE - £80K AT AUCTION! 😱

The Scream's quiet cousin!

Edvard Munch's *Melancholy III (1902)* discovered in a private North Kent estate - same family for 50+ years - going to auction *28 October* at Catherine Southon Auctioneers, Chislehurst, London.

Estimate: *£50,000 - £80,000*

*THE FIND:*
📦 Woodcut print hanging in family home - with ORIGINAL 1969 receipt!
🧾 Receipt shows: Bought in Norway 1969 for 42,000 Norwegian Kroner (42k + artist tax = 43,260) - about £3,300 today
✍️ Signed by Munch
🏠 Private estate in North Kent - untouched for half a century

Catherine Southon: _"Always exciting to discover a work of this calibre emerging from a private family collection"_

*THE ARTWORK:*
🌊 Solitary figure resting head on hand on shoreline at Asgardstrand (Munch's summer town)
🚣 Couple walking towards rowing boat in distance - intimacy vs loneliness
💙 Dark blue-grey & white woodcut - Two oak blocks used: one carved design, separate colour block cut into sections for sky, sea, shore

Auction house: _"Early impression of one of Munch's best-known themes"_

While The Scream shows anguish, Melancholy III is quieter - loneliness & unrequited love.

Munch was master of anxiety, loneliness, jealousy, despair - this is Munch at his most intimate.

From £3.3k in 1969 to £80k in 2026...

Check your walls!

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16/10/2026

CHARITY SHOP BANKNOTES SELL FOR £85,860! ❤️

What a donation!

Almost 160 rare banknotes dropped into *British Heart Foundation shop, Straiton Retail Park, Edinburgh* in albums - sold for *£85,860* at Noonans!

Shop volunteers spotted they were special and sent to BHF eBay team in Leeds. Good eye!

*THE HIGHLIGHTS:*
👑 Rare uncirculated note - young Queen Elizabeth II portrait - Malaya & British Borneo - Board of Commissioners of Currency
🇮🇶 Extremely rare 1947 Iraqi 10 Dinars colour trial
🇸🇦 1961 specimen 100 Riyal note from Saudi Arabia
🌍 Specimen & trial notes from around the world - 160 notes total

*THE RESULT:*
🔨 £85,860 raised for heart & circulatory disease research
❤️ Noonans waived vendor commission
💌 Collectors worldwide bid extra _"on account of the charitable nature of the sale"_ - Andrew Pattison, Noonans

*REACTION:*
David McCormack, Shop Manager: _"We were flabbergasted. It's incredibly exciting to see a donation raise such a significant amount"_

Allison Swaine-Hughes, BHF: _"Absolutely thrilled... incredibly grateful to the donor who chose to entrust these remarkable banknotes to us"_

From a charity shop album to £85k for lifesaving research. Imagine not checking those folders!

Check your attics!

15/10/2026

🐰 PETER RABBIT TRAIL AUCTION SMASHES EXPECTATIONS - £300K RAISED! 💙

Hoppy ending!

*96 Peter Rabbit sculptures* that hopped around Newcastle & North Tyneside for 9 weeks have just sold at auction for *£300,000* - St Oswald's Hospice's highest performing auction EVER!

*RESULTS:*
💷 *£300K Total* - Beating previous Shaun the Sheep trail record by £100K!
🥇 *£52,500* - Top seller: Book bench by artist Jina Gelder - highest price EVER for any sculpture across all their trails
🐰 *£21,000* - Large classic Peter Rabbit
⚫⚪ *£10,500* - Newcastle United-themed Peter

*THE TRAIL:*
📍 96 sculptures dotted around streets, parks & landmarks - Newcastle + North Tyneside
📸 Public encouraged to find & snap each one all summer

Jane Hogan, Head of Fundraising, St Oswald's Hospice: _"Totally exceeded our expectations... Today, I'm still very much in the mindset 'we cannot top this' - but people remind me I say that every time."_

She said the finale was like It's A Wonderful Life (1947) - bidders raising stakes to hit that £300K mark.

*THE CAUSE:*
All £300K reinvested into care for people with life-limiting conditions.

_"We are owned by the community to an extent. Our families say we give them the opportunity to forget about the treatment... we give wives their husbands back, brothers their sisters back, and children their mums and dads back."_

Completely overwhelmed - and completely deserved.

Which rabbit was your favourite?

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