simon chorley art & antiques ltd. type private industry auctioneering and valuation genre art and antiques predecessor formerly bruton knowles fine art & antiques founded gloucester england 1862 headquarters prinknash abbey park gloucestershire england key people directors h.bailey simon r chorley thomas jenner fust catrin hampton website 1 simon chorley art & antiques trading as chorley s is an art auctioneer and art valuation company based in gloucester england . the company was founded in 1862 and conducts auction sales and carries out valuation services for private clients for insurance purposes probate family division and sale . 1 simon chorley has for 15 years been bbc radio gloucester antiques broadcaster the firm provides expert witnesses to police investigations and to the crown prosecution service as well as valuation work for identifying and quantifying fine art and antiques seized under the proceeds of crime act . this work is carried out in conjunction with specialist fraud teams and the serious organised crime agency . 1 the company is a member of the society of fine art and antique auctioneers and valuers 2 and the association of accredited auctioneers and observes these societies codes of due diligence for antique valuation as well as sale of chattels . 1 contents 1 history 2 notable auctions 3 community work 4 references 5 external links history edit the company was formerly the art and antiques division of bruton knowles . 3 in 2006 this became simon chorley art & antiques ltd 4 when the entire division moved to its current saleroom and offices at prinknash abbey park . entrance drive prinknash abbey prinknash abbey park is owned by the benedictine community who have their monastery at st peter s grange a 17th century country home previously owned by the bridgeman family . 5 the saleroom and offices are converted from the monks old pottery . 6 and were refurbished for the new firm s first sale in january 2007 . 7 notable auctions edit as bruton knowles art & antiques the summerfield sale 1995 the largest fine art and antique sale ever conducted rous lench sale john parry sale 8 kenulf gallery sale spetchley park sale highnam court sale as chorley s shambles museum sale 2009 9 sale including 17th century flemish cabinet 2008 sale including 19th century irish bench seat 2008 10 sale including francis frith book of original photographs 2007 sale including items from the prinknash abbey collection 2008 community work edit auctioneers from simon chorley art & antiques regularly attend careers events in local schools and colleges and offer work experience and student placements . the firm is involved in the charity cultural tourism and educational fields in the local cotswold and wider three counties communities . for example in 2007 simon chorley art & antiques with stroud valleys craftsmen organized and hosted an exhibition of local arts and crafts made from 1894 onwards ; all proceeds went to charity . 11 references edit a b c chorley s . about chorley s. simonchorley.com . 2011 . retrieved january 2 2012 . society of fine art & antique auctioneers & valuers members . about us . bruton knowles . external link in publisher help art and antique business to be transferred to simon chorley art and antiques ltd . bruton knowles . external link in publisher help prinknash abbey prinknash pottery . http www.simonchorley.com newsarticle.aspx articleid 8 dead link a lifelong passion for antiques . the times . london . 17 may 2003 . sale iona of simon chorley art & antiques 2009 . press releases . 4 day auction of the shambles . antiques tv . retrieved january 2 2012 . business and finance news . bench makes it s mark at simon chorley art & antiques . cotswold news . 28 june 2008 . retrieved january 2 2012 . gloucestershire art and culture . cotswold craftsmen exhibition . soglos.com . 9 september 2007 . retrieved january 2 2012 . external links edit official website retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title simon chorley art % 26 antiques & oldid 744004370 categories british auction housescompanies established in 1862companies based in gloucesterantiques1862 establishments in englandhidden categories cs1 errors external linksall articles with dead external linksarticles with dead external links from march 2015 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 12 october 2016 at 14 41 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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