Lincoln Fine Art Auction
AUCTION DATES
Golding Young, Grantham
Collective Sale Wed 16th and Thu 17th Sep, 9am
Golding Young, Bourne
Colin’s 40th Anniversary Sale Wed 9th and
Thu 10th Sep, 9am.
Bourne Toy, Transport & Automobilia Sale
Tue 8th Sep, 9am.
Collective Sale Wed 23rd and Thu 24th Sep, 9am
Golding Young, Lincoln
Collective Sale Wed 2nd and Thu 3rd Sep, 9am.
Collective Sale Wed 30th Sep and Thu 1st Oct, 9am
John Taylors, Louth
Sale of Antiques, Furniture, Ceramics, Pictures, Jewellery, Watches, Coins and Silver, etc. Tue 1st Sep, 10am
Stamford Auction Rooms, Stamford
Specialist Jewellery, Silver, Gold and Watches, Fri 11th Sep, 10am.
Coins, Militaria, Stamps, Antiques and Collectables,
Fri 25th Sep, 10am
Robert Bell & Co, Horncastle
Period & Modern Household Furniture & Effects, Wed 2nd Sep, 10am,
Horncastle Town Football Club
Unique Auctions, Lincoln
Antiques, Gold, Fine Art, & Collectors – Sports & Entertainment – Punch and Judy, Sun 27th – Tue 29th Sep from 10am
Please refer to the websites of each company to see the most recent updates on auction details
Words by:
William Gregory MRICS, Golding Young and Mawer.
Featured in:
September 2026
By William Gregory MRICS, Golding Young and Mawer.
One of the smallest lots offered in last month’s Lincoln Fine Art Auction claimed the most attention when it sold for £1,100; almost four times the pre-sale auction estimate. Measuring just 5cm by 4cm, this miniature portrait by Nathaniel Hone (1718-1784), one of the founder members of the Royal Academy, was also one of the oldest pictures in the auction.
Consigned to auction by a Golding Young Lincolnshire vendor, the story did not end there; this miniature has far to travel as it was bought by a buyer in Australia.
Another regular vendor entered an 1859 etching of Eagle Wharf by the acclaimed artist James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), which sold for £400.
John Piper (1903-1992) is equally respected as a leading British artist. An artist signed limited edition print, titled Death in Venice, numbered 38 of 70, saw competitive bidding with the hammer falling at £600.
Lincolnshire artist Peter Brannan (1926-1994) kept the momentum going when a coastal painting titled The Harbour sold for £500.
Finally, a pencil drawing of a man reading by Sir William Orpen (1878-1931) deserves a mention as the picture with the most detail. The artist not only signed the picture but also included the time and date of completion – from which we can conclude that some 128 years later the picture sold for £300 at auction.
Full results can be found at www.goldingyoung.com
Main image: James McNeill Whistler, Eagle Wharf. Sold for £400
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