Bonhams & Goodman has acquired the goodwill of Sydney-based auction house Stanley & Co., which was founded by the respected auctioneer Dalia Stanley in 1990. Dalia Stanley will join the firm as a Senior Specialist on 1st November. This is being seen as the beginning of a rationalisation of the Australian auction industry; in June, Bonhams & Goodman announced its merger with Theodore Bruce of Adelaide, Australia’s oldest auction house, which was established in 1878.

Bonhams & Goodman was established in September 2003 when Australian auctioneers Goodmans joined the Bonhams group of companies.

Shropshire auction house Hall’s Fine Art of Shrewsbury is changing its weekly sales of general household effects from Friday mornings to Thursday evenings. The change is designed to make it easier for working people to attend. The first sale at the new time will be at 6pm on Thursday, November 3rd. The saleroom will be open for public viewing all day on that date.

A collection of Formula One cars and memorabilia spanning the entire history of one of the world’s top teams is to go under the hammer in December. The hand-picked selection from the WilliamsF1’s reserve collection is to be sold by Bonhams at the WilliamsF1 HQ in Grove, Oxfordshire on December 14th. It is home to one of the world’s foremost private collections of Formula One cars, tracing the seminal moments in the team’s history over the last 28 years. The collection is housed in a purpose-built interactive museum, which opened three years ago. There are now plans to consolidate the museum displays, so the reserve collection is now for sale.

Highlights will include the Williams Honda FW10B in which Nigel Mansell won his first Grand Prix at Brands Hatch in 1985, and the FW14B in which he won six Grands Prix on his way to the World Championship in 1992.

WilliamsF1’s Team Principal, Frank Williams, said: “I am delighted our long-standing policy of retaining our race cars allows us to both maintain a world-class museum collection and release some race cars with impeccable provenance from our Reserve collection to private collectors. In addition to the 20 race cars, there are some interesting additional items such as Renault Clio Williams chassis no 0001 and around one hundred other items which I hope will make the sale of great interest”

Pictured above is Chassis FW14B 08 - 1992 - the car that broke all records for the Williams team, FW14B was raced to victory by Nigel Mansell in the first five Grands Prix that year. Its estimate is $80,000-$120,000.

Forced from their old location by the construction of the new football stadium for Arsenal, Dome Antiques move into new premises at the end of this month. From Monday 31st October, they can be found at a smart new Warehouse where they will continue to offer high quality 19th century furniture, restored by specialists in their own workshops to both the trade and retail markets. The new address is Dome Antiques, Unit1, Hanover Trading Estate, London N7 9HA and they can be contacted on tel: 0207 700 6266 and mobile 07831 805888. loans, debt

Shropshire auctioneers Brettells of Newport have launched a new website, where potential customers around the world can view online catalogues. The saleroom, which opened just four years ago, is now producing online catalogues for every weekly General Sale as well as for their specialist Antique & Fine Art sales. The new weekly catalogues will be posted on the site every Saturday/Sunday prior to the Tuesday sale. They will include lot number and a brief description of every item, along with images of the more collectable lots.

‘We are now living a 24/7 society and it was important to us to keep up with the times and provide this service for our customers who maybe cannot attend viewing days or who live too far away’, said David Brettell (pictured) who owns the saleroom. He is hoping the new website, which can be found at www.brettells.com, will attract more commission and telephone bids.

Vendors are asked to submit their lots as soon as possible after each Tuesday’s sale ready for the following week, to allow enough time for photography and cataloguing before the weekend deadline.