Tag: Auctions

Morning coffee Al Fresco and a day spent imaging auction lots.

Even though my outside seating area was still in the shade this morning I could not resist sitting outside for my second cup of coffee of the day, and I got a couple of decent pictures while doing so.

My entire working day today was spent imaging for the dress rehearsal auction at Raynham Hall (aka James and Sons July sale), although tomorrow will be more varied, with some press releases to go out. Most of the imaging was of course done with the camera, but some items do genuinely work better done with the scanner, and there are couple of these among the pictures the accompany this post. I am going to start posting on the Great Auction facebook and twitter pages with some of these images and the suggestion that if anyone has similar items that they would like to donate to a really good cause, please get in contact with us.

I have just had an email from Phil Pell at the Autism Research Centre in Cambridge confirming that we have a session booked for August 27th. The new feature (for me) of this particular research project as that it will entail spending time in an MRI scanner. As group leader of the King’s Lynn Asperger Support Society (KLASS) and as someone who wants Asperger’s Syndrome to be better understood by the world at large I always accept invitations to take part in research projects of this nature.

Now for the photos…

?????????? ??????????

As both sides of this item were interesting I decided to take two pictures and produce a composite image.
As both sides of this item were interesting I decided to take two pictures and produce a composite image.
I went for the secondary image for the purposes of this blog.
I went for the secondary image for the purposes of this blog.

?????????? ?????????? ??????????

I always use the scanner for small stamp lots.
I always use the scanner for small stamp lots.

355 359 361 384 385 ??????????

This flagpole, atop the Clifton House Tower is a popular perching place
This flagpole, atop the Clifton House Tower is a popular perching place
I had not previously seen a bird perching on this wall.
I had not previously seen a bird perching on this wall.

A successful auction and some cracking new pics!

The James and Sons June auction went swimmingly yesterday, and I used the opportunity of travelling to and from Norwich to bag some fine new photos. I am about to add a photo to the Great Centenary Auction facebook and twitter pages

0584

This one, assembled from the previous two, will be going on facebook and twitter shortly
This one, assembled from the previous two, will be going on facebook and twitter shortly

Cavell Memorial

??????????

DSCN0583

Taken through the upstairs front window of an X1 bus in Dereham
Taken through the upstairs front window of an X1 bus in Dereham

DSCN0587

DSCN0588

DSCN0599

DSCN0603

DSCN0605

Auction Imaging and advance notice of a press release

A bus day today, largely taken up with imaging for the July sale. I will be back in Fakenham tomorrow morning to do an important press release for the Great Centenary Auction which will also of course go on the facebook and twitter pages.

As usual I have plenty of good pictures for you…

Small items of jewellery such as this and lot no 11 would have been a real challenge with the old camera.
Small items of jewellery such as this and lot no 11 would have been a real challenge with the old camera.

?????????? ?????????? ?????????? ?????????? ?????????? ?????????? ?????????? ?????????? ?????????? ?????????? watch back

These front and back images of this watch (lot 161 in the June sale which is on Saturday) were produced in response to an email request.
These front and back images of this watch (lot 161 in the June sale which is on Saturday) were produced in response to an email request.

 

A Hectic Day at James and Sons

Today has been a busy day at James and Sons, with lots coming in for the July sale, and needing imaging. I have some cracking photos, including one which I have used as a marketing ploy on the Great Centenary Auction facebook and twitter pages, giving people a link to follow to find out how to donate if they are so minded, which I now repeat here: http://bit.ly/1l53uOh. As usual I have some pictures for you…

?????????? ?????????? ?????????? ?????????? ??????????

Summer in King’s Lynn

I had little expectation of a bumper weekend’s photography on Saturday morning, when it was bucketing down with rain and there was no sign of a let up by lunch time (standard British summer day in other words!). But when the weather improved it do so with a vengeance, and Sunday morning was perfect for a long walk in the sun.

With the new camera being so powerful, the tough decisions were over which of my as yet undisplayed pictures I was going to give publicity to. One of these pictures was taken in Norwich on Thursday, but otherwise they are all locations that are within walking distance of central King’s Lynn.

I will have some auction items to show you before too long, and if you have yet to do so please like http://www.facebook.com/GreatAuction and or follow http://www.twitter.com/great_auction

Here are the photos…

Gibbous Moon ?????????? ?????????? ?????????? ?????????? ?????????? ?????????? ?????????? ?????????? ??????????

A busy day at James and Sons

The process of imaging lots for the June sale continues. The catalogue has gone to the printers (proof read and corrected by me first), and should be available for distribution by Wednesday at latest. I did a very varied lot of imaging of today, using both scanner and camera. One of my images shows two sheets of stamps of different sizes, which were imaged by different methods. The scanned sheet of stamps were penny rose reds, while the larger photographed sheet were penny red browns.

At this auction I will be running the auction side of my database live for the first time, thus moving a step closer to the time when my system does everything.

Things are starting to move on the social media side of the Great Centenary Auction, with http://www.facebook.com/GreatAuction having over doubled its tally of likes in the last week, and http://www.twitter.com/great_auction steadily increasing its number of followers.

Enjoy some high quality images of stuff that will be going under the hammer at the Maids Head Hotel, Norwich on June 21st…

296 305 313 328 340 415 ?????????? 475 477 478 479 480 ?????????? Juxtaposition.

A busy day at James and Sons

I have just spent the entire day imaging at James and Sons, having attended to a large number of lots, including all the coins and all the stamps for the June auction. As a result I have a large number of quality images to share, to the extent that I am holding some of them over until tomorrow.

I have had confirmation that my new camera has arrived, and I will be picking it up from my aunt’s house this evening.

The day began with some very intriguing stuff – three large exhibiting boxes full of ribbons and rosettes, before moving to the slightly more workaday.

Don’t forget – if you are reading this and have not already done so please like http://www.facebook.com/GreatAuction and/ or follow http://www.twitter.com/great_auction.

51 56 59 61 63 72 73

This style of 2d piece stopped being produced after the discovery that the value of the copper was actually more than the face value of the piece!
This style of 2d piece stopped being produced after the discovery that the value of the copper was actually more than the face value of the piece!

82 84 85

These date from the reign of Edward I
These date from the reign of Edward I

386

This is definitively the last photo I will take with my old Camera.
This is definitively the last photo I will take with my old Camera.

413 422 425 426 427 437 438 456 Ribbons

A variation on the “Picnic in the park” and the last non-work photos with my old camera

Yesterday being the first Monday of the month saw a group meeting of the King’s Lynn Asperger Support Society, at which among other things arrangements were made for next month. Every summer we try to hold one group meeting in the open air, and previously it has always been as a “Picnic in the Park”, meeting at the Bandstand near the Broadwalk. The only issue with this spot is that it is rather too far for comfort from decent cover should the weather turn bad very quickly (not unknown in King’s Lynn). Thus at my suggestion we have decided to meet up on the quayside instead and have our meeting overlooking the Great Ouse. There are various outside seating areas along the quayside near the Purfleet, and for the cost of a drink apiece we can take shelter in Marriott’s Warehouse should the weather decline to cooperate.

I came up with this idea for an alfresco meeting at a location where cover was available while taking a long and scenic route to the Lattice House where we had this month’s meeting. I refused to allow the fact that it was spotting with rain when I set off to deflect me, although I did defer to the weather to the extent of donning my bush hat, which has a very broad brim offering almost as good protection against rain as an umbrella without the danger of it being blown inside out. As a result of this little excursion I have some photos, which are the last non-work related photos I will take with this camera. Almost certainly, my work at James and Sons Auctioneers today will require the use of the camera, hence the caveat.

If you are reading this post and have not already done so, please like http://www.facebook.com/GreatAuction and/ or follow http://www.twitter.com/great_auction.

????????????????????????

This picture of a moorhen only just made the cut - it was actually raining when I took it, so getting a really clear image out of it was difficult.
This picture of a moorhen only just made the cut – it was actually raining when I took it, so getting a really clear image out of it was difficult.

???????????????????????? ????????????????????????

A confusion over swords and more imaging

Today started with the discovery that the sword which will be a subject of press releases in the near future was not the one I imaged yesterday for the June sale, but one which I imaged today and which will be going under the hammer in the Great Centenary Auction on September 21st and Raynham Hall. There are signs that Archant having become a sponsor are really getting into gear, with an article, reproduced here, that appeared in yesterday’s Fakenham and Dereham Times. I have already as Great Auction publicly thanked both the publication and the journalist, Chris Hill. If you have not already liked http://www.fgacebook.com/GreatAuction and/or followed http://www.twitter.com/great_auction please do so.

Having taken many images of this old and very ornate sword, and kept those that were good enough to be usable I then finished the stamp imaging from yesterday and did most of the postal history, leaving fifteen lots of that, plus whatever new comes up for Tuesday.

As usual I have a highlights package of images from today for you….

Just to whet your appetite for later.
Just to whet your appetite for later.

357 383 591 592 Fakenham + Dereham Times