Chiswick Auctions (25/12% buyer’s premium) has held its first dedicated Old Masters sale, capitalising on the void left by Christie’s South Kensington’s closure last year.
The statistics available for the sale on January 31 looked encouraging (although the auction house does not release sale totals), with 87% of the select 78-lot sale finding new homes.
Melissa van Vliet, who joined Chiswick’s picture department from CSK towards the end of last year, said: “We are seeing a lot of former CSK clients coming through our doors, particularly our new South Kensington branch, looking for a new place to buy and sell things.”