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Toovey’s End of Year Sale 2013, Tuesday 31st December

Robert Thornton Vinaigrette — A Victorian silver vinaigrette, Birmingham 1876 by Robert Thornton, already consigned for the End of Year Sale at Toovey's

Our annual End of Year Sale is always a highly popular event in the auction calendar. Toovey’s are one of only a handful of UK auction rooms to hold a sale between Christmas and the New Year and, indeed, the only one in the South this year! For that reason, there is always particularly enthusiastic support for the sale, from both the antique trade and private collectors. Traders are always keen to return to work and seek out new stock as soon as possible after the Christmas period. Many of our private clients, who are not always able to attend weekday auctions, are still on their festive break and the sale always attracts a new audience of curious browsers, eager to experience their first auction and escape the Christmas television!

There will be a good selection of art, furnishings, silver, jewellery, collectors’ items and rugs on offer and it will be a lively and full day of sales. As always, our café will be open throughout the view day and the sale day.

All are welcome for viewing of the sale at our Spring Gardens Auction rooms on Monday 30th December between 10am and 4pm. We open at 9am on Tuesday 31st December for a quick preview before the auction starts at 10am. The catalogue will be online for a digital preview by Friday 20th December. We are closed for the festive period from Friday 20th to Sunday 29th December and all email enquiries regarding the sale will be replied to after our return to work on Tuesday 30th December.

If you would like to enter items in the sale, we’ll need to view and value them by Friday 13th December at the very latest. The sale is always oversubscribed so bring them sooner, if you can, to be sure of inclusion. Our valuations reception is open between 10am and 4pm from Monday 9th to Friday 13th December.

We look forward to seeing you!

Rupert Toovey’s Oxford Conferences

Rupert Toovey recently launched www.oxfordconferences.org offering Continuing Professional Development Conferences to the Art and Antiques Professional. The 2013 Conference follows on from the success of the inaugural conference last year and is exclusive to members of the trade. The Art and Antique CPD Conference will be held on the 13th and 14th September, further information on this year’s event can be found here. Bookings can be made online.

Private individuals or members of other related trades may have the opportunity of attending future conferences so it is recommended to sign up to their newsletter on www.oxfordconferences.org for future updates. Alternatively you can follow them on Twitter or Facebook.

Toovey’s New Sign Unveiled!

Visitors to Toovey’s for the forthcoming August Sale Week, those delivering items for forthcoming specialist sales or coming to our auction house for free pre-sale valuations will get to see our new sign. The sign was created and installed by leading local firm Tara Signs.

As you can see it shows our membership with SOFAA, the Society of Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers and our membership to the exclusive Association Of Accredited Auctioneers (AAA). The new sign is clearly visible in between Washington and Ashington on the A24 in both directions.

Rupert Toovey’s articles for the West Sussex Gazette

Every week Rupert Toovey, senior director of Toovey’s, writes an article for the West Sussex Gazette newspaper. If you would like to read an archive of Rupert’s articles you can do so on the Toovey’s blog by clicking here. You can also always read Rupert’s articles first in the West Sussex Gazette. His article this week was ‘John Young: Gentleman Racer, Collector & Enthusiast.’ Click here to read the article.

Rupert Toovey launches www.oxfordconferences.org

In 2012, Rupert Toovey and Jeremy Lamond founded Oxford Conferences Limited. It was established to deliver excellence through education and dialogue and is the only independent provider of continuing professional development for professionals working in the art and antiques industry. The inaugural conference was held in September 2012 and offered delegates a series of lectures at the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. This year a conference exclusive to the art and antique professional will be held on 13th and 14th September. Further events for private individuals are in development.

Oxford Conferences has recently launched its new website, visit www.oxfordconferences.org for more information.