Ewbank Clarke Gammon Wellers are Surrey's Premier Antique and Fine Art Auction Rooms. We are Members of the Society of Fine Art Auctioneers and Valuers and Chris Ewbank is also a Chartered Arts and Antiques Surveyor. We hold regular Antiques and Fine Art Auctions and provide valuations for sale, probate and insurance.

We hold 4 Antique and Fine Art auction sales each year and 15 sales of Victorian and later furnishings.

Auction Services

We hold quarterly Antique and Fine Art auctions including a complete range of antiques and collector's items. We have benefitted from the trend in recent years for more important items to be sold outside London, where the costs of sale have rocketed. Catalogues are produced and circulated to prospective purchasers by post and E-mail and full details, including digital illustrations, are included on the auctioneer's website and on the two other major UK auction web sites. Buyers are attracted from all over the world.

All auctions are normally held on a Wednesday commencing at 10.30, with public viewing on the previous Monday from 10am-5pm and Tuesday from 10am-8pm. We are not open for viewings on Bank Holiday Mondays.

Dates are published annually. The calendar, from the auctioneer's website is shown below, and is not normally changed, but buyers are always advised to check before making a long journey.

We hope that you will come to a sale; buying at auction can be rewarding and fun and many become addicted to the excitement of the auction sale.

Auction Schedule

Auction Catalogues

Catalogues for antique and fine art sales are normally posted about 6 days before the auction and for other sales on the Monday morning before a Wednesday sale.

Categories on the auction catalogue include Antique Furniture, Books, Ceramics, Clocks, Coins, Dec Arts, Fishing, Garden Statuary, General Miscellanea, Glass, Jewellery, Maps, Militaria & Medals, Musical Instruments & Musical Objects, Oil Paintings, Watercolours & Prints, Persian Rugs, Objects & Works of Art, Portrait Miniatures, Silver, Silver Plate, Toys & Dolls, Tribal, Rare Wines

To search current the auction catalogues and make bids in current auctions visit the website:  Ewbank Clarke Gammon Wellers

Buying - Can Anyone Attend View Or Bid At Auctions?

Yes, the auctions are public events; you have no obligation to buy and can come along just to view if you wish. If you decide to bid in the sale room you will have to go through a simple registration process and will be issued with your buyer's number. You can register to place commision bids on the ECGW website. Once you have registered your registration will cover you for buying at future sales.

When I Buy A Lot Are There Any Charges Other Than The Hammer Price?

Yes all major auctioneers levy a Buyer's Premium on the hammer price and ours including VAT is 23.0% (20% + VAT). You will have to pay for transport if you cannot take the item away yourself, and we can put you in touch with carriers if you want a quote or with shippers, if appropriate.

Buying At Auctions - More Info

You can also see the terms & conditions on the ECGW website.

Selling At Auctions

We hold quarterly Antique and Fine Art auctions at the Burnt Common Auction Rooms and regular sales of Edwardian and later furnishings every two or three weeks. We are well known in Surrey because we have been in business as Ewbank Auctioneers since 1990, occupying prominent high profile premises in probably the best location in the South of England, close to the A3 and M25. Our roots as Clarke Gammon and Wellers provide a provenance of well over 100 years of auctions in Surrey. The present auction rooms are 4 miles from Guildford and the same distance from Woking main line station (London Waterloo 25 minutes).

The building has recently been refurbished with additional floor space being created by a new mezzanine floor. The new modern interior provides over 3000 sq feet on the ground floor and is an intimate and sympathetic setting for the display of antiques and fine art.

Chris Ewbank heads our probate department which deals with probate valuations and sales. In addition we advise executors on security and provide safe-keeping facilities for valuable items. Clients usually come to us because we have acted for them before or we have been recommended by friends or professional advisers.

Insurance Valuations

We prepare detailed insurance schedules to enable clients to ensure that they are maintaining adequate insurance cover for their antiques, fine art and collections.  These schedules can be backed up with digital images.

We have access to specialist advice including Oil paintings and Water-colours, Silver, Jewellery, Oriental Works of Art, Antique Furniture and Ceramics.

Probate Valuations

We specialise in providing a valuation service for executors, including detailed discussions on valuations, security, family division and sale by auction.

Valuable items can be removed to our premises for safekeeping. It is important for executors to be able to show that they have used due diligence in making returns to the Capital Taxes Office.

The basis of valuations is an assessment of market value and as auctioneers who are constantly in the market place we are ideally equipped to carry out probate valuations.

We are open for valuations without appointment on Monday mornings between 10am and 1pm

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