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The experts from Sheffield Auction House return to Dronfield in May to offer free valuations on your collectables and antiques. Kat Withers reports
HEN valuations get underway in Dronfield on Friday, May 18th, there will be two new faces giving their expert advice. Specialising in vintage fashion and accessories, Kirsten Basram joined the Sheffield Auction Gallery just over a year ago. With an interest in fashion running in the family, Kirsten’s aunt was a designer and Kirsten has always collected vintage pieces; even having her own business selling vintage clothing. “We have had two other specialist sales and we’ve been really delighted with the response. People bring things in and usually they’re really pleased with how much they make,” said Kirsten, of Sheffield. Currently studying Stitched Textiles at City and Guilds level, Kirsten added that she’s hoping to see lots of interesting vintage items at the Dronfield valuation day. “1940s clothing is the best seller, but you can bring any good quality clothing up to the 1970s. “Good leather bags are also good sellers. They don’t have to be designer, although they do go for more, but crocodile, snake skin and beaded bags are popular too,” explained Kirsten, who recently valued a 1920s woollen bathing suit.
Kirsten Basram will value your vintage fashion items
The second valuer new to Dronfield is Sarah Clark, who specialises in silver items, jewellery and watches. Having worked with the Sheffield Auction Gallery since 2008, the specialist department came into its own last year and has proved popular ever since; partly due to the current high gold and silver prices. With a degree in Fine Arts and Chapel Evaluation, Sarah said: “My mum was an antiques dealer and it’s really rubbed off on me.
“I went to university and decided I wanted to specialise in jewellery and then that went on to become silver and watches as well.” Hoping to see plenty of silver tableware, tea- sets, cutlery, dressing table pieces and novelty items in Dronfield, Sarah added: “It’s a mix of older people bringing in silver items because they feel their family don’t want them and young people who have been given things they don’t want. “With the fashion tastes at the moment, people don’t sit down to afternoon tea and get out their silver and china.”
Enjoying seeing items that are a bit different, recent pieces of interest Sarah has been asked to value include a Victorian dragon with a silver head and a Stuart Devlin egg.
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Silver and jewellery specialist Sarah Clark
You can take along any antique or collectable to the Peel Centre valuation on May 18th.
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