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AUCTION DATES

John Taylors, Louth
Sale of Antiques, Furniture, Ceramics, Pictures, Jewellery, Watches, Coins and Silver,
Tuesday 3rd February, 10am

Golding Young, Grantham
Collective Sale, Wednesday 11th and Thursday 12th February, 9am

Golding Young, Bourne
Collective Sale Wednesday 18th and Thursday 19th February, 9am

Golding Young, Lincoln
Fine Art Sale, Wednesday 4th February, 9am.
Collective Sale, Wednesday 25th and Thursday 26th February, 9am

Stamford Auction Rooms, Stamford
Specialist Jewellery, Silver & Watches, Friday 13th February, 10am.
The Town Lodge Contents, Antiques & Collectables, Friday 27th February, 10am

Robert Bell & Co, Horncastle
Period & Modern Household Furniture & Effects, Wednesday 4th February, 9.30am

Batemans, Stamford
Jewellery, Antiques, Interiors, Saturday 7th February, 10am

Please refer to the websites of each company to see the most recent updates on auction details


Words by:
By William Gregory MRICS, Golding Young and Mawer.
Featured in:
February 2026

By William Gregory MRICS, Golding Young and Mawer.

One owner auctions are a special event and The Shipley Cycle Collection did not disappoint at The Bourne Auction Rooms.

The 413 lot auction consisted of one man’s personal collection of bicycles, penny farthings, recumbent cycles, vintage frames and parts plus an impressive collection of bicycle lamps and advertising memorabilia.

The collection had been stored and displayed in the loft and garden shed of the semi-detached property in Scunthorpe from where it was removed to the auction rooms for cataloguing and selling.

The auction took a little over four and three quarter hours to sell with every lot finding a buyer, a white glove sale, and totalled over £70,000.

Top price of the day was £3,000 for a 19th-century penny farthing, with a late 19th-century Dursley Pedersen bicycle selling for £1,400.

A Joseph Lucas No.257 bicycle lamp lit up the saleroom as the hammer fell at £550. Off like a gun was a Royal Enfield Cycles advertising sign which found a final bid of £650.

Finally, a W&R Baines International bicycle crossed the finishing line at the end of the auction despite lacking pedals, when it sold for £800, quite the tour de force.

Full details and results can be found at www.GoldingYoung.com



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