John Nicholson's Auctions

As the premier specialists in the south of England since 1980, John Nicholson's holds regular specialist and general sales focusing on paintings, sculpture, Islamic, Chinese and Asian art, jewellery, clocks, ceramics, furniture, glass, books, coins, medals and vintage collectables.

We have a global audience of buyers, bidding regularly from many countries, including Australia, China and the United States. We also set the record price for anything ever sold outside London in the UK at auction, when we sold Francis Hayman’s portrait of the Samuel Richardson family for £540,000.

You can bid online, on the telephone, by commission or in person at our Fernhurst saleroom on the border of Surrey and Sussex, where we provide ample free parking.