The Latest Breaking News from Cheffins

Experience: I found an old Rembrandt in a drawer

I guessed it would be worth a couple of hundred pounds at most, but it was a preparatory print for his famous 1639 etching The Goldweigher

The Guardian - UK · Nov 21, 2025

Lost Salvador Dalí painting bought for £150 sold at auction for £45,700

Illustration of ‘old sultan’ by surrealist artist found at a house clearance sale by Cambridge antiques dealer

The Guardian - UK · Oct 24, 2025

Eagle-eyed buyer snaps up £30k Dalí painting for £150 at house clearance sale

The artwork had previously been offered for sale at Sotheby’s in the 1990s

The Independent UK · Jul 29, 2025

All-terrain vehicle once owned by Jeremy Clarkson to be sold at auction

The 2005 Argo Avenger 8×8 was bought new by the former Top Gear host, before it was sold around 2010, according to Cheffins.

The Independent UK · Apr 11, 2023

Engineer who was bored in retirement builds remote control tank and transporter

Cheffins auctioneers said the tank and transporter are the ‘definition of a big boy’s toy and a true feat of engineering’.

The Independent UK · Apr 5, 2023

Rare early letter from Jane Austen to her sister will go on public display

Author showcases her dry wit in little-seen 1798 letter detailing her hats, household chores and chicken dinners

The Guardian - UK · Mar 17, 2023

Turner painting of Chepstow Castle to be sold at auction

The watercolour, which is said to be ‘in immaculate condition’, is being offered on the open market for the first time in nearly 100 years.

The Independent UK · Mar 16, 2023

Tape of Sir Rod Stewart’s first studio recording to be sold at auction

The tape, being sold by the singer’s former manager, Jonathan Rowlands, has a pre-sale estimate of £500 to £1,000.

The Independent UK · Feb 14, 2023

Wind in the Willows illustration sells at auction for more than £33,000

The pencil and ink drawing by Ernest Howard Shepard was created around 1931 to illustrate the children’s novel by Kenneth Grahame.

The Independent UK · Dec 7, 2022

Man buys 40-year-old tractor at auction for £215k

The County 1474 “Short Nose” tractor would have cost just £20,000 in 1982

Manchester Evening News · Apr 28, 2022