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Wednesday 29th February 2012 @ 10.30am

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Welcome to Plymouth Auction Rooms

The Plymouth Auction Rooms was established by Paul & Sharon Keen in 1992 and together they bring a wealth of experience to provide a professional, friendly and efficient auctioneering and valuation service.

Paul has some 25 years experience and has appeared on BBC television, local and national radio, and is regularly featured in Westcountry media. The auction rooms hold regular sales featuring antique furniture, silver, jewellery, ceramics, watches, collector’s items, clocks and paintings.

Paul Keen’s enthusiasm for promotion and marketing has yielded many exceptional results including a record price for a pair of Chinese Export pottery Parrots at £170,000, also the recent auction of English gold pattern coins selling worldwide for £330,000 and the 1933 bodyline cricket ball at £10,000.

The Westcountry Art Auction regularly attracts paintings selling from £10,000 to £20,000 and is widely respected as the leading saleroom for works by Robert Lenkiewicz.

The Plymouth Auction Rooms have evolved into one of the Westcountry’s leading auctioneers and valuers and will be pleased to provide free sales advice on single items, collections or entire house contents.

Find of the Week

WELL KEPT GOLD POCKET WATCH AND ALBERT CHAIN

 A fine 9ct gold pocket watch that has been in the same family for two generations was brought along to one of our valuation days this week. The half hunter pocket watch had been worn by the sellers father for many years but in recent times has been kept safe in a drawer. It is in good working order and in excellant condition.

The early 20th century half hunter watch has a 9ct hinged and polished gold case with an outer dial set with arabic numerals. Dating from the ealry 20th century the keyless watch is inscribed “Kendall & Dent, London, Makers to The Admiralty”. It has a 16 jewel movement with compensated balance and blued steel overcoil hairspring. The mian dial has an outside minute track, sunk subsidiary seconds and blued steel hands with black enamel Arabic numerals. The movement is stamped DF & C, numbered 4029.

The watch was worn on a waistcoat and alongisde it is the original 9ct gold albert chain, complete with T bar, fob and also a masonic pendant.

On Febrary 29th the two items will be auctioned with each lot expecting to sell at £350-£500.