Beatles Mania at Boldon

Published in The Journal - Wednesday 12th June 2013, written by Tony Henderson.
WHEN a Wearside teenager won a competition 50 years ago to name the next album by The Beatles, the thrills did not stop there.

Margaret Svenson, 15, from Sunderland, also got to meet the group at a hotel in Carlisle in November 1963.

Her best friend Christine Gatenby gave Margaret her Please Please Me Beatles LP to be signed by the foursome.

And Christine’s younger sister Jackie, then aged 12, also asked Margaret to take along her new album by the group, With the Beatles.

All four Beatles signed the LP sleeve and today , after 50 years, Jackie has put the keepsake up for auction.

It is expected to fetch at least £3,000 at Boldon Auction Galleries in South Tyneside.

Now Mrs Jackie Marsden, of South Bents in Sunderland, she said: “ Christine was supposed to accompany Margaret to Carlisle but my mother thought she was too young to go.

“We gave her Margaret our LPs and she had them signed. It was a big thrill and I have kept it for 50 years. We had all their records.”

Giles Hodges, who runs Boldon Auction Galleries, said: “There has been an overwhelming response to the album sale. There has been international interest and we have installed extra phone lines.”

Potential buyers have also travelled from Liverpool to inspect the LP.

“The Beatles still generate a lot of enthusiasm with all age groups,” said Giles. “The album also has rarity value because it is from the early days of The Beatles, when they were more approachable.

“Rock and pop music memorabilia has taken a grip of the market and has become more and more collectable and more of an investment.”

In 1963, With the Beatles had advance orders of a half million and sold another half million by September 1965, making it the second album to sell a million copies in the UK, after the soundtrack to the 1958 film South Pacific.
With the Beatles remained at the top of the charts for 21 weeks, displacing Please Please Me, so that the group occupied the top spot for 51 consecutive weeks.

Beatles for Sale was released on in December 1964 for the Christmas market.
The album went to number one and stayed there for 11 of the 46 weeks that it spent in the Top 20.

Antiques Road Trip on BBC2

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The Antiques Road Trip programme filmed at

Boldon Auction Galleries

General Sale on Wednesday 17th April

will be aired on BBC2 on

Monday 17th June at 7.15pm

 

Behind the scenes at Flog It!

We had another fantastic Fine Art and Antique Auction yesterday filmed again by the BBC Flog It! team led by Paul Martin.  Experts and crew alike were wonderful and a big thank you to them and all our clients for their patience during the selling of the 700 lots.  All the Flog It! clients' lots were sold and the programme will be aired in the autumn.

12th June Fine Art & Antique Sale

Fine Art & Antique Sale

Wednesday 12th June 2013

Viewing:- Saturday 8th June 10am - 1pm

Tuesday 11th June 2pm - 6pm

and on the morning of the sale from 9am


We welcome again the BBC Flog It! team who will be filming the sale


Any queries telephone 0191 537 2630

or email us at boldon@btconnect.com

Lot 149


A fine Satsuma lidded circular box by Yabu Meizan, the lid
decorated with figures and chrysanthemums banding
the inner lid and inside decorated with a multitude
of butterflies, the body further decorated
with chrysanthemums. Underside signed Yabu Meizan.
5.5 cm high
6.5 cm diameter

Estimate £2,000-£3,000

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Cataloguing and Valuations at Boldon Auctions

We are open again for Free Valuations Friday 17th May 10am - 12noon and 2pm - 4pm and on Saturday 10am - 12noon.  No appointment is necessary just come along!

Our Auctioneers are currently putting together the next Fine Art & Antique Catalogue which will be held on Wednesday 12th June.  BBC Flog It! will be at this Auction.  In addition we are setting up the next fortnightly General Household Sale which is on Wednesday 29th May, so it is a busy time here at Boldon Auction Galleries. 

Something for everyone at Boldon!

Section taken from a delightful Victorian folding screen to be sold on Wednesday 15th May.  Estimate £80-£120

This sale has something for everyone from huge agricultural wrought-iron hay nets to delicate tea china to Vintage Clothing from a bygone era.
Why not come along and see for yourself and have a rummage through the many box lots or wander around the saleroom perusing the furniture?

We are open for Viewing - Saturday 11th May 10am -1pm, Tuesday 14th May 2pm- 6pm and morning of sale from 9am.
We start the Sale at 10am prompt.   

Invitation to Consign

The deadline is looming for the 12th June Fine Art & Antique Auction.

Come along to our FREE Valuation Sessions in May
Friday 3rd May 10 - 12 noon & 2 pm - 4 pm
Saturday 4th May 10 - 12 noon

Friday 17th May 10 - 12 noon & 2 pm  - 4 pm
Saturday 18th May 10 - 12 noon

Friday 31st May 10 - 12 noon & 2 pm - 4 pm
Saturday 1st June 10 - 12 noon
If these dates are not suitable or you have more than 6 items please call us 0191 537 2630 or email boldon@btconnect.com and we can arrange a suitable time.

BBC Antique's Road Trip at Boldon

BBC Antique's Road Trip, now in it's 7th Series motored along early this morning in a Classic Car to Boldon Auction Galleries where Antique's Road Trip stalwarts David Harper and Paul Laidlaw are currently competing to make a profit from items purchased earlier on in the week.  The Victorian and General Household Auction is full to capacity as potential purchasers jostle amongst the camera crew.

Sale Highlights Fine Art & Antique Auction 6th March 2013

The unseasonably cold weather did not put off buyers in our Spring Fine Art and Antique Auction held on 6th March with high prices being achieved across the whole sale.

Lot 56, a set of 5 Chinese tea bowls and covers shot away from their estimate and sold for £750 while lot57, a delightful, small Loetz style squat shaped vase soared up to £650 and lot 91, a rare Baccarat moth paperweight estimated at £2000-3000 sold for £2800.

Clocks were a big feature in this auction, with lot 113 a French gilt metal mantle clock with cloisonne enamelled decoration selling for £1100 and a highly popular Liberty and Co pewter carriage clock selling for £2600. There were also several grandfather clocks in the furniture section which sold well, including Lot 438 an oak long case clock with 30 hour movement by Barnish of Rochdale which fetched £500.

The star lot was the Demetre Chiparus Chain Dancer, circa 1925, cold-painted, gilt-bronze and ivory, on an onyx plinth, estimated at between £3000-5000, which sold for £7600 after intense competition from the bidders.

Silver prices remained high with a large oval tea tray weighing 49.4oz selling for £720 and an Art Deco design 4 piece tea set weighing 47.8 oz selling for £750, while a pair of Georg Jensen candlesticks designed by Sievard Bernadotte, sold for £700. Gold also sold well with two 9ct watch chains selling for £720 and an 18ct gold tricolour bracelet selling for £1640, while diamonds remained popular with an 18ct gold diamond marquise cut ring with 1.22 carat diamond selling for £1900 and an Art Deco platinum 3 stone ring selling for £6000.

We had a large collection of paintings with interesting lots including local artist Sheila Mackie’s oil on canvas of “Owl in flight” which sold after the sale for £400. Sheila Mackie lived and taught in Consett and died in 2010.

Other art work included a William Calcott Knell oil on board of a British three decker ship at anchor which sold for £ 400 and a Bernard Benedict Hemy oil on board of fishermen rowing to the harbour which sold for £420.

Highlights of the furniture section included lot 427, a William IV rosewood library table with tooled gilt leather inset top which sold for £520, and lot 443, a Victorian walnut framed settee with shaped carved back, accompanied by 6 walnut chairs and 2 armchairs which sold for £1500.

Following on from our previous sales of “Mouseman” furniture, we had several pieces of “Acornman” furniture in this sale including a set of 6 dining chairs and 2 carvers which sold for £580 and an oak dresser which sold for £380.

In keeping with the current fashion for items from the Orient, lot 460, an Oriental hardwood cabinet with single drawer and 2 cupboard doors estimated at £100-150, sold for £240.

And finally, lot 447, an unusual 1930's very tall oak tambour front filing cabinet with moulded top, exceeded expectations and sold for £320.

We are now accepting entries for our next Fine Art and Antique Auction to be held on Wednesday 12th June 2013.  BBC Flog It! will be filming at this Auction.

Please call in, telephone or email us and we will arrange to value and/or enter items for Auction.

Front Street, East Boldon, Tyne & Wear, NE36 0SJ

Tel. 0191 5372630

e-mail: boldon@btconnect.com

www.boldonauctions.co.uk

BBC Flog It! in the North East

The Flog It! team and presenter Paul Martin invite you to come and have your antiques and family heirlooms valued for free at one of our valuation days. If you're interested in selling them, our experts will consider putting them into Boldon Auction Galleries Fine Art & Antique Auction on Wednesday 12th June and flogging them for you. You could end up on television and with a tidy sum in your pocket. 


We've had some great results - like a small cream jug which sold at auction for £1,300 and a ceramic bowl, bought for £4 at a car boot sale, which was sold for £1,500. So if you're wondering how much that clutter in the loft might be worth, now is your chance to find out.

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