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# Bidders fork out to get their hands on antique cutlery at auction
- URL: https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/bidders-fork-out-to-get-their-hands-on-antique-cutlery-at-auction/
- Published: 2025-04-08T06:05:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-04-07T14:55:12.000Z
- Description: Bidders have forked out thousands of pounds to buy antique silver cutlery at a local auction.
- Author: Lichfield Live
- Tags: #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-07-22 18:49, News

BIDDERS have forked out thousands of pounds to buy antique silver cutlery at a local auction.

The collection was sold across 68 lots at Richard Winterton Auctioneers, with the total price topping £9,160.

Highlights included a set of six Hester Bateman Old English feather patterned spoons, each hallmarked London 1777, eight Old English pattern dessert spoons and six matching forks hallmarked James Dixon & Sons Ltd Sheffield 1913, and six silver rat tail pattern soup spoons and six rat tail pattern dessert spoons hallmarked Josiah Williams & Co London 1923, 1926 and 1927.

Auctioneer Richard Winterton said:

> “The client initially popped into The Auction Café in Lichfield to discuss this wonderful collection.  
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> “As it was such a large amount of items, we advised them to come to see us at our headquarters in Fradley where the team could unpack everything and provide a comprehensive valuation.  
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> “We were delighted to be trusted to bring this super collection to auction, where it attracted a lot of interest and fetched a well-deserved total hammer price of £9,160.”

Silver valuations are offered twice-weekly at The Auction Cafe in Market Street – between 10am and 3pm on Tuesdays and Thursdays.