{{Short description|Auction house of fine art, jewellery and antiques}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox company | name = David Duggleby | logo = David_Duggleby_Auctioneers_%26_Valuers_Logo_-_Stacked_Logo_White_on_Blue.jpg | foundation = c. 1996 | location = Scarborough, England | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = | type = Private | industry = Auctions, Valuations, Antiques, Art, Jewellery | products = Fine arts, Jewellery, Antique Furniture, Mouseman & Yorkshire Oak, Rare coins, Stamps, Toys & Model Railways, Militaria | homepage = {{URL|davidduggleby.com}} }} '''David Duggleby Auctioneers & Valuers''' is a British auction house incorporated in 2002<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=David Duggleby Auctioneers & Valuers |url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/04434386 |access-date=10 July 2024 |publisher=Companies House}}</ref> with headquarters in Scarborough, North Yorkshire. The business was founded by Jane and David Duggleby and is currently run by MD William Duggleby.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Matthew Pells |date=5 October 2023 |title=Scarborough Firm to Support Yorkshire Air Ambulance |url=https://www.thisisthecoast.co.uk/news/local-news/scarborough-firm-to-support-yorkshire-air-ambulance/ |access-date=7 January 2025 |publisher=This is the Coast Limited}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Meet Our Experts |url=https://www.davidduggleby.com/about/meet-the-experts.aspx |access-date=7 January 2025 |publisher=David Duggleby}}</ref> The company is one of Yorkshire's largest brokers of antiques, fine and decorative art, jewellery, and collectibles and has five locations: Scarborough, Beverley, Harrogate,<ref>{{Cite news |date=4 November 2023 |title=Art auctioneer, David Duggleby, opens a new branch office in Harrogate |url=https://www.harrogate-news.co.uk/2023/11/04/art-auctioneer-david-duggleby-opens-a-new-branch-office-in-harrogate/ |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=Harrogate Informer}}</ref> Whitby<ref>{{Cite web |title=Duggleby buys Whitby rooms |url=https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2002/duggleby-buys-whitby-rooms/ |access-date=10 July 2024 |publisher=Antiques Trade Gazette}}</ref> and York.<ref>{{Cite news |date=10 September 2018 |title=New Duggleby Stephenson saleroom set to open in York soon |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/16832000.new-duggleby-stephenson-saleroom-set-open-york-soon/ |access-date=9 August 2024 |work=York Press}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Contact Us |url=https://www.davidduggleby.com/about/contact.aspx |access-date=29 October 2024 |publisher=David Duggleby}}</ref> It is part of the Duggleby Group, which has roots in the removals and storage industry.
== History == David Duggleby Auctioneers & Valuers was established in 1996 in Scarborough by David and Jane Duggleby.<ref>{{Cite web |date=16 January 2016 |title=Meet the Team here at David Duggleby auctioneers and valuers |url=https://www.davidduggleby.com/about/meet-the-experts.aspx |access-date=10 July 2024 |publisher=David Duggleby}}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |title=The auction house that moves with the times |date=16 January 2016 |url=https://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/lifestyle/homes-and-gardens/the-auction-house-that-moves-with-the-times-1806073 |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=The Yorkshire Post}}</ref> Under William Duggleby, the auction house extended its activities online using the Saleroom and more recently DD live to reach an international audience.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}}
In 2020, David Duggleby Auctioneers & Valuers introduced its own proprietary online system, which allows bidders to bid real-time online while watching the broadcast auctions.{{Citation needed|date=December 2024}} It holds valuations days across the UK for people in rural areas, and those not active online.<ref>{{Cite web |title=David Duggleby Auctioneers - Helmsley Valuation Day |url=https://www.helmsleyarts.co.uk/whats-on/david-duggleby-auctioneers-helmsley-valuation-day |access-date=10 July 2024 |publisher=Helmsley Arts Centre}}</ref>
== Locations and Facilities == David Duggleby Auctioneers & Valuers is headquartered in Scarborough, North Yorkshire<ref name=":0" />, where its main office and Vine Street Salerooms serve as the central hub for its operations. The Scarborough salerooms encompass 10,000 square feet, providing dedicated viewing areas for catalogued auctions and secure facilities for item storage, consignment drop-off, pre-sale viewing, and in-person bidding.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Duggleby |first=David |title=About Us |url=https://www.davidduggleby.com/about/about-us.aspx |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=David Duggleby |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Duggleby |first=David |title=Frequently Asked Questions & Help |url=https://www.davidduggleby.com/about/faqs.aspx |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=David Duggleby |language=en}}</ref>
The company has opened additional valuation offices. The Beverley Valuation Office, established in 2018, is situated at Wednesday Market. It offers free appraisals, advice, and hosts previews for forthcoming fine art sales. In 2023, David Duggleby expanded into Harrogate, launching a second valuation office in the town centre to provide further regional coverage.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" />
To expand into York the company formed Duggleby Stephenson in partnership with Stephensons. This venture operates out of a purpose-built showroom at the York Auction Centre in Murton. The York site includes exhibition and viewing areas, providing space for regular auctions of fine art, antiques, and specialist collections.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2018-09-10 |title=New antiques saleroom set to open in York soon |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/16832000.new-duggleby-stephenson-saleroom-set-open-york-soon/ |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=York Press |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Stephenson |first=Duggleby |title=Duggleby Stephenson York Auction Centre |url=https://www.dugglebystephenson.com/about/offices/york-auction-house.aspx |access-date=2025-12-04 |website=Duggleby Stephenson |language=en}}</ref>
Alongside its auction operations, the broader Duggleby Group manages Movers & Storers branches located in Scarborough, Hornsea, and Wetherby, which support logistics for house clearances, national item collection and delivery, and secure storage.<ref name=":1" />
== Notable auctions == The following monetary values are given in Great British Pounds (£). * On 28 July 2024, Jack Rigg, a 20th century marine artist artwork sold for £20,000.<ref>{{cite news |last=Charis Scott-Holm |date=31 July 2024 |title=Marine artist's works 'smash' expectations at sale |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cpv3gn54e5qo |access-date=29 October 2024 |work=BBC News}}</ref> * On 12 July 2024, an original piece dated 1959 by 20th century British abstract artist Patrick Heron CBE of Leeds was priced for £10,000.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 July 2024 |title=Painting bought on flea market to sell in York for £10,000 |url=https://www.yorkpress.co.uk/news/24443902.painting-bought-flea-market-sell-york-10-000/ |access-date=9 August 2024 |work=York Press}}</ref> * On 10 May 2024, The picture, called 'White and Naked', painted by the great American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis of Alton, Illinois was priced for £12,000.<ref>{{Cite news |date=8 May 2024 |title=Miles Davis White and Naked for sale in York auction |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68100320 |access-date=9 August 2024 |work=York Press}}</ref> * On 26 January 2024, a rare firearm made by George Wallis of Hull was sold for £1,800.<ref>{{Cite web |date=26 January 2024 |title=Scarborough: Rare 200-year-old rifle produced in Hull sells for £1,800 |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68100320 |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=BBC News}}</ref> * On 15 September 2023, L. S. Lowry's painting of a Salford square was sold for £7,400.<ref>{{Cite news |date=11 September 2023 |title=Constable sketch and Lowry drawing to go under hammer in Scarborough auctioneers' autumn sale |url=https://www.thescarboroughnews.co.uk/news/people/constable-sketch-and-lowry-drawing-to-go-under-hammer-in-scarborough-auctioneers-autumn-sale-4288514 |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=The Scarborough News}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=13 September 2023 |title=Constable sketch discovered in a suitcase heads for auction (again) |url=https://www.theartnewspaper.com/2023/09/13/constable-sketch-discovered-in-a-suitcase-heads-for-auction-again |access-date=10 July 2024 |publisher=The Art Newspaper}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=15 September 2023 |title=Attrib. Laurence Stephen Lowry RBA RA (Northern British 1887–1976): 'Salford', pencil sketch signed titled and dated 1959, 25cm x 31.5cm - The Autumn Art Sale |url=https://www.davidduggleby.com/auctions/150920232191/3/199/AttribLaurenceStephenLowryRBARANorthernBritish18871976Salfor.aspx?search=&auction_no= |access-date=10 July 2024 |publisher=David Duggleby}}</ref> * On 17 March 2023, Harold Sutton Palmer's watercolour painting titled 'Richmond from the East' of dimensions 17 cm x 27 cm was sold for £1,300.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Deborah Hall |date=28 March 2023 |title=The £2 charity shop find that sold for hundreds of times its price tag at auction |url=https://www.hulldailymail.co.uk/news/hull-east-yorkshire-news/2-charity-shop-find-sold-8292832 |access-date=29 October 2024 |publisher=Hull Live}}</ref> * On 17 March 2023, Júlio Pomar's painting 'Don Quixote', oil on canvas signed and dated 1961, titled on typed label verso 64 cm x 49 cm was sold for £23,000.<ref>{{Cite news |date=26 March 2023 |title=Don Quixote painting in Whitby sold at Scarborough auction |url=https://www.darlingtonandstocktontimes.co.uk/news/23409855.don-quixote-painting-whitby-sold-scarborough-auction/ |access-date=17 July 2024 |work=Darlington & Stockton Times}}</ref> * On 17 September 2022, The Country House Sale, a bronze horse upon a stone plinth, 'Arab Horse Aslan' (1985) was sold for £23,000. * On 17 September 2022, in the manner of a Thomas Chippendale - mahogany tripod wine table was sold for £5,600. * On 26 August 2022, a 19th century Purdey 12-bore side-by-side double barrel black powder hammer gun made by the London gunmaker James Purdey for Thomas Powys, 4th Baron Lilford, a Victorian aristocrat, was sold for £1,500.<ref>{{Cite web |date=22 August 2022 |title=Rare shotgun sale at David Duggleby Auctioneers Scarborough |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/20682921.rare-shotgun-sale-david-duggleby-auctioneers-scarborough/ |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=The Northern Echo}}</ref> * On 7 November 2020, a set of 12 George III's silver dinner plates by Thomas Heming, London 1769, was sold for £7,000.<ref>{{Cite web |date=7 November 2020 |title=Set of twelve George III silver dinner plates by Thomas Heming, London 1769, each circular shaped with gadrooned rim and engraved with the Lowther coat of arms, approx 210oz |url=https://www.davidduggleby.com/auctions/07112020902/0/1038/SetoftwelveGeorgeIIIsilverdinnerplatesbyThomasHemingLondon17.aspx?search=&auction_no= |access-date=10 July 2024 |publisher=David Duggleby}}</ref> * On 6 November 2020, Dorothea Sharp's oil painting called 'On the Beach' Square was sold for £16,500.<ref>{{Cite news |date=22 November 2022 |title=Whitby painting takes off at Scarborough auction |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/18887592.whitby-painting-takes-off-scarborough-auction/ |access-date=10 July 2024 |work=The Northern Echo}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=6 November 2020 |title=Dorothea Sharp (Newlyn School 1874–1955): 'On the Beach', oil on board signed, with a similar scene verso 30cm x 40cm |url=https://www.davidduggleby.com/auctions/06112020901/2/187/DorotheaSharpNewlynSchool18741955OntheBeachoilonboardsignedw.aspx?search=&auction_no= |access-date=10 July 2024 |publisher=David Duggleby}}</ref> * On 5 February 2005, a Victorian corkscrew with brass stem and turned bone handle by Robert Jones and Son, Birmingham, dated 8 October 1840 was sold for £1,000.<ref>{{Cite web |date=9 March 2005 |title=The £1000 corkscrew |url=https://www.antiquestradegazette.com/news/2005/the-1000-corkscrew/ |access-date=10 July 2024 |publisher=Antiques Trade Gazette}}</ref> * On 10 April 2000, a collection of 42 holiday snaps by David Hockney OM, were sold for £8,000.<ref>{{Cite news |date=6 April 2000 |title=Hockney's snaps 'may spark a row' |url=https://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/8056568.hockneys-snaps-may-spark-a-row/ |access-date=9 August 2024 |work=Telegraph & Argus}}</ref>
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== External links == {{Commons}} * {{official website|https://www.davidduggleby.com/}}
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