Let’s dive right back into our adventure – the auction viewing at Lawrences Auctioneers:
Antique ship painting
In this post I wanted to focus on paintings, posters and mirrors – everything that helps us make a home more interesting. Decorating a house is a great opportunity to express your individual taste and I for one try to go for things that make me happy and that I love looking at, so when I came to the auction viewing I was so excited to see all the gorgeous, unique pieces that would make the most wonderful additions to a house!
I like mixing contemporary art with antique paintings as it gives such a lovely personal touch to the house
A room with antique paintings filling the walls from floor to ceiling – heaven for the decorator!
I love the painting of these two hounds. Old paintings are such treasures as they give us snapshots of times gone by and a glimpse into a world which would otherwise be lost for us
Of course it might seem intimidating to attend an auction, if your knowledge of antiques is limited, but when it comes to paintings I don’t think we need to worry. The first and most important thing is that you like the piece of art. Once you have found your favourite you can easily check that the painting is in good shape (so no tears, cuts, or otherwise broken).
Now, whether your painting will increase in value and be a great investment you might need to wait a while to find out, but art in general is all about person taste – and you don’t want to hang anything on your wall that you don’t like the look of anyway, so just buy what you love and enjoy it!
Mirror, mirror on the wall… an auction is the place to go if you are looking to add unique pieces to your house.
This wall offered such a wide range of mirrors – in all sizes, shapes and colours
A whole room had its walls filled with the most beautiful antique paintings…
Judge by my surprise when I walked into this room:
I suddenly stumbled into a room with the most fascinating old movie posters – I sure didn’t see that coming among all the antiques!
Great old posters of Jack Nicholson in the Shining – I was getting the chills from just looking at this one..!
Atom Man vs. Superman-poster (1950)
Old posters at Lawrences Auctioneers
So that is a small preview of what Lawrences offered us in terms of wall art. We still have many more rooms left to explore at this auction viewing – and one of the things coming up in the next post is an antique opium pipe… hmm…!!!
Decades of Elegance 