The time is right to bring your treasures to new Cheshire valuation event I’ve got some great news for the people of Cheshire! Hansons are back in the county offering free valuations in 2022 – and our hunt for auction treasure could bring you a windfall. Fortnightly events are being held at St John’s Knutsford Church Centre, Church Hill, Knutsford, on Helen Smith with the Fridays, 11am-1pm. Head of Jewellery Rolex Daytona. Upcoming dates include April 8/22, May 6/20 and June 10/24. We’d love to see you and are happy to assess everything and anything from ceramics, glassware, silver and jewellery to paintings, coins, toys, railwayana, dolls, teddies and more. And if a vintage watch Audemars Piguet is gathering dust in a drawer gent’s 18ct rose gold bring that along too! Automatic Royal Oak, sold for £19,500. Designer time pieces can realise astonishing prices. To inspire you, one of the hottest watches in the world has just come in and head of jewellery Helen Smith can’t stop smiling about it. It’s got movie star pedigree and is set to star in Hansons’ March 31 Fine Art Auction. Coming up with a guide price of £6,000-£8,000 is a Rolex Cosmograph Daytona. These watches are so rare there’s a waiting list to own one from new. That sends auction values through the roof. A stainless steel and ceramic Daytona that cost around £10,000 in 2019 is now selling for more than £18,000. This isn’t just a timepiece, it’s a luxury investment. Consequently, the example consigned into our sale,
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a series three steel and gold Rolex Cosmograph Daytona with white dial and diamond-set number markers, Ref. 116523, 2004, complete with original box, could spark ferocious bidding. The person we have Rolex Cosmograph Daytona, to thank is legendary Ref. 116523, estimate Hollywood actor Paul £6,000-£8,000. Newman. When he slipped a Daytona onto his wrist the die was cast for this watch to hit the stratosphere. In 2017, Newman’s series one Daytona (Ref. 6239) sold for US$17.75 million (£13m) in New York. But the Daytona’s success Tudor Rolex steel isn’t just down to the Paul Oysterdate watch, Newman effect. It’s a hard sold for £51,100. watch to find due to limited production runs. Hence the waiting lists. But Other designs and makes excel too. A Tudor Rolex steel Oysterdate watch bought for £300 in 1971 made £51,100 at Hansons. Then there was the circa 2017 Audemars Piguet gent’s 18ct rose gold Automatic Royal Oak watch, £19,500. Omega, Cartier or Longines are popular too. Hansons’ valuers will be at St John’s Knutsford Church Centre, Church Hill, Knutsford, WA16 6DH, on April 8/22, May 6/20 and June 10/24. To find out more or to arrange a home visit in Cheshire to assess antiques, please email: service@hansonsauctioneers.co.uk.
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