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Going for a song? Our expert guide to buying at an auction

If you love watching Bargain Hunt and Antiques Road Trip on television, you may have seen local auctioneer CATHERINE SOUTHON, right, finding some great bargains. Ahead of her next auction – at the Farleigh Golf Club next Wednesday, on March … Continue reading

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Oooh matron! Kenneth Williams’ clock goes up for sale

Catherine Southon was thrilled when a woman walked into her auctioneer’s office in Bromley to show her a classic 1960s clock with some great provenance. The clock once belonged to Kenneth Williams, actor, comedian and diarist most famous for his … Continue reading

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Churchill’s spectacles for sale at Farleigh Christmas auction

A pair of spectacles belonging to Churchill – the wartime Prime Minister, not the insurance company’s nodding dog – are the highlight lot in the latest auction to be staged at Farleigh Golf Club next month, on December 6 (with … Continue reading

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A bargain! Children in Need goodies at auction at Farleigh

Bargain Hunt, the BBC’s daytime antiques and art works programme, is in Croydon today to film a celebrity episode for this year’s Children in Need appeal. Catherine Southon, the organiser of the auction being held at Farleigh Court Golf Club … Continue reading

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