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Our History

Chalkwell Auctions is an antique auction house established in the Southend area for almost 30 years, and as a result of our re-location in 2010 has grown to be an important saleroom in the South of England.

All our auction sales are live on-line via the-saleroom.com and our own bidding platform with recent catalogues being viewed by an amazing 250.000 people, over 3,500 of whom were only viewing our sale. We have gained an excellent reputation for the quality of our service both from sellers and buyers.

A major part of our work is dealing with deceased estates. This involves giving accurate advice on both the Probate and Selling aspects of the contents of properties at a sensitive time. From clearance of small flats to large houses with contents comprising antiques, jewellery, fine art and the inevitable leftovers which need to be disposed of, we can help.

We offer a full house clearance service and do not just cherry pick the best items and leave families to deal with the rest. Often there are items among the contents of a property which can be grouped together to form suitable lots for auction sale instead of being discarded and in some cases this can make a significant difference to the value of the proceeds.

The end result of this is that the bulk of our work comes from recommendation from satisfied individuals and solicitors.

From humble beginnings we are now the first UK provincial auction house to offer you direct access for viewing sales, bidding and keeping up to date via our own Chalkwell Auctions app.

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Our Team

Trevor Cornforth

Auctioneer

Our Auctioneer and expert valuer Trevor has been in the business for over 50 years,…

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Andrea Giner Serra

Saleroom Manager

Our Saleroom Manager, Andrea Giner Serra, is responsible for the day to day running of the…

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Boris Cornforth

Marketing Director

Boris Cornforth is the Marketing Director of Chalkwell Auctions and is particularly involved in the  internet…

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Bryn Gillard

Saleroom & Marketing Assistant

Bryn started with us as an apprentice in 2017 where his knowledge of the business…

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Amy Halley

Apprentice

Amy. Apprentice. Expert in all things BTS related. Genius. Enjoys discovering new things. Currently learning…

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Maisie Mackenzie

Apprentice

Maisie is our newest member of staff who has recently started with us as an…

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Jasmine Markham

Saleroom Assistant

Hi, I’m Jaz (insert jazz hands). I started here at chalkwell straight after finishing my…

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Vladelina Balakireva

Marketing Assistant

Vladelina Balakireva joined us back in July 2014 as part of her work experience but…

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Raymond Broadell

Collection Assistant

Raymond is the final member of the out and about team. He has worked with…

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Grant Ive

Porter & Collection Assistant

Grant Ive is one of the members of the collection team and is very experienced…

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