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About us...
We may be smaller than many... but we try harder to be better than most...
BARBARA KIRK
AUCTIONS
Contact us...
The independent Cornwall auction house on The Quay
of Penzance Harbour...
THE HARBOUR SALEROOM
PENZANCE CORNWALL
The BKA team...We have known each other & worked together in the auction business for over 25 years...We are a small, friendly, experienced & non-corporate business committed to offering a personal & professional service to every client as a priority...
Barbara Kirk...
Valuer & auctioneer & sole proprietor with over thirty-five years in the antiques business. Began with gaining eight years experience as a dealer, standing at antiques fairs & with a shop in Penzance. Barbara followed this with sixteen years as a valuer & auctioneer for another Penzance auction house. Now in her twelth year of successfully running her own independent auction business.
Barbara is an ISVA/RICS examination qualified valuer & auctioneer with specialist expertise in jewellery, silver, watches & other small valuables. Also has a BA(Ed) degree from Kingston University, Surrey & is s Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary Great Britain & Ireland...
Ann Jones...
Office manager with over 25 years of office management experience including many years in local auction room operation. Often your first contact with Barbara Kirk Auctions...
Anton Barnes...
Over twenty years of experience of saleroom operation & management & since the advent of online auctions, our packing & shipping specialist...
Lesley Gruzelier...
Office assistant with twenty years of auction office experience. An important part of our operation especially during the busy pre-auction & post-auction period...
John Palmer...
Manages & operates the live on-line auctions & assists in the saleroom...
Plus...
Many other invaluable, long-time friends, who over the years generously offer help & support behind the scenes & on viewing & auction days...
Trinity House...
the oldest saleroom in Penzance
Trinity House was built in the mid-19th century on the land aquired by Trinity House to build the Wolf Rock lighthouse which still stands off the southern coast of Cornwall.
Built as a depot for the servicing of the lighthouses, lightships & maritime buoys around the coast of the South West, it became redundant with the automation of lighthouses & the introduction of buoy servicing on board Trinity House vessels.
After a brief period as The Lighthouse Centre Museum, it remained empty before being rescued, restored & preserved by the current owners.
Trinity House in the 20th century...
Barbara Kirk Auctions
The Harbour Saleroom, Trinity House,
The Quay, Penzance,
Cornwall UK TR18 4BN
Telephone... +44 (0)1736 361342
Email...enquiries@barbarakirkauctions.co.uk
Office opening hours...
Monday to Friday 9.30am-12.30pm & 1.30pm-4.30pm.
Parking for visitors, deliveries & valuation appointments is available in the yard at the rear of Trinity House, outside our door.
Auctions held on Tuesdays starting at 10.00am.
(plus Wednesday for a two-day auction)
How to find us...
Submit the form below to receive notice of our future auctions by email...
We will not pass on your details & will only contact you with auction dates & invitations to viewings...
Trinity House in the 19th century...
Trinity House in the 21st century...
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