An auction of clocks and antique barometers is being held on Tuesday 13th November 2007 by Fellows & Sons: http://www.fellows.co.uk.
Two of the clocks are valued at up to £30,000, and another at £18,000.
The 131 year old auctioneers has opened up its sales to people across the world with a huge investment in internet technology.
It broadcasts a live audio feed of each sale and encourages internet bids at the Fellows & Sons website.
There is also an online catalogue at http://www.fellows.co.uk/
Managing partner Stephen Whittaker said: “There is a huge amount of interest in these clocks. They are beautiful antiques and will look stunning in their new homes.”
The last of the 118 items in the sale is valued at up to £30,000.
It is a rare English Queen Anne walnut and mahogany long case clock produced in 1710 for the Dutch Market by Clay of London.
Another clock valued at up to £30,000 is an important late 17th century walnut and marquetry inlaid long case clock by John Clowes of London.
He was made a Freeman in 1672 and is recorded as working at Russel Court in London.
A second John Clowes clock is in the sale, valued at up to £18,000.
Lot 116 is a late 17th century walnut and marquetry inlaid long case clock.
It has an eight day movement striking hourly on a bell with five pillars, and its slender trunk is heavily inlaid with oval sections of detailed birds and flowers.
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NOTES TO EDITORS
• A Fellows spokesman is available for interview. Call Mary-Ann Long on 0121 212 5500. Or email mary@fellows.co.uk
• Pictures are available on request
• Fellows & Sons is one of the UK’s oldest auctioneers, and is based in the Jewellery Quarter of Birmingham, UK. It was established in 1876 and remains a family business. It is rapidly becoming known as one of the UK’s most technologically advanced auctioneers, using the latest digital marketing techniques and internet bidding technology to open up real life auctions to buyers across the world
