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Britannica Auctions Ltd

Britannica Auctions Ltd

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Founded in 2021 by Garry Prior we are based in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales National Park, North Yorkshire, UK. Britannica Auctions is an independent auction house specialising in antique prints and we offer a friendly and professional service to buyers and sellers worldwide.
 
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2 Yore Mill
Aysgarth
Leyburn, DL8 3SR
UK
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Bidder Reviews for Britannica Auctions Ltd (9)

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Stephen
Paddington, AU

Jun 19, 2025
A professional service
Our experience with this auction house was excellent. They responded knowledgeably to questions and were efficient and helpful in every other way.
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JW Lewin - Rare engraving of Australian Magpie, early 19th C

Helen
Ballyclare, GB

Mar 22, 2025
Great auction house
I purchased some egyptian prints and I love them. They are even better in real life than I thought they would be. The auction house was really quick and friendly in answering a question I had. Overall it was a great experience and would definitely purchase again from them.
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Baron Dominique Vivant Denon -  Tombs in Upper Egypt 1807

Sean
West Palm Beach, FL

Feb 01, 2025
Very proactive.
Super responsive and professional …
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Shaw & Nodder - Engraving of Imbricated Tortoise 1790

Rick
Los Angeles, CA

May 07, 2024
Great Auction House-fantastic communications and easy over-seas accommodations!
Bidding for the first time with a foreign auction house, comes with certain amount of trepidation. However, Britannica was great with quick responses to inquiries and gave detailed information when required. It helped that their photo displays were excellent as was their Lot descriptions. Payment was simple with direct wire-transfer and shipping was surprising quick by Royal Mail. Highly recommend-look forward to their future auctions.
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The Papyrus of Hunefer from the Book of the Dead 1899

ANDREA
Siracusa, IT

May 04, 2024
TOP! NUMBER ONE SELLERS
An amazing experience with this auction house, I buy from all over the world from auction houses, and they has been NUMBER ONE! Fast and cheaper than usual posting, perfect comunication, they helped me in MANY ways and in the BEST way!! I had some problems for the parcel and they helped me and solved them all. I could only raccomend to everybody this seller, and thanks them again and again!! THANKS so so much. you are the BEST
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Gould Birds of GB - Long-Tailed Skua

Georgy
Leamington Spa, GB

Jun 08, 2025
Not a reliable vendor
I have purchased many prints over the year. This clearly was the worst experience I had on online auctions. They have nice prints on offer, but the entire process of shipping them timely, communicating with buyers after fast payment was poor, delayed, full of false promises, leading all the way to poor packaging which led to folds in the print that I had to fix myself. First I had to threaten them with action as it took them several weeks to even send the package. After I send them (via this channel) photos of the damaged item they first prevaricated and denied, then stated that it was an exception, then in the end offered to take it back in case that my own repair was not successful. While the latter is ok, it was all an unnecessary waste of my time. I will never go back to them and do not recommend this auction house to anybody, however nice their items might be.
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Temminck & Huet - Rare engraving of Black-billed Kingfisher 1820

greg
Valbom, PT

Sep 23, 2024
More items paid for but never received from Britannica!
I am a regular bidder at auction houses all over Europe and the United States and I've never had such a terrible experience. I won multiple items from two separate auctions by Britannica Auctions Ltd. and nothing was ever shipped to me. items were won on April 16, 2024 and as of today (Sept 23, '24) Britannica has stopped communicating with me. I have been asking for MONTHS with DOZENS of emails to please send tracking information so that I might be able to locate my missing items and they have never provided me with any tracking information, nor can they give me any indication as to the location of my items. I have been in communication with Liveauctioneers to no avail. Back in August I was told by Britannica that they would "either send me tracking information or they would refund the purchase price for my articles" nothing, nearly a month later and no reply, no tracking info, no items received and no refund. This is the second auction with Britannica that has not arrived. BUYER BEWARE!!!
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Tricolour-crested Cockatoo by Edward Lear 1836

greg
Valbom, PT

Sep 23, 2024
absolutely a miserable experience and apparently quite dishonest auction house.
I am a regular bidder at auction houses all over Europe and the United States and I've never had such a terrible experience. I won multiple items from two separate auctions by Britannica Auctions Ltd. and nothing was ever shipped to me. items were won on April 16, 2024 and as of today (Sept 23, '24) Britannica has stopped communicating with me. I have been asking for MONTHS with DOZENS of emails to please send tracking information so that I might be able to locate my missing items and they have never provided me with any tracking information, nor can they give me any indication as to the location of my items. I have been in communication with Liveauctioneers to no avail. Back in August I was told by Britannica that they would "either send me tracking information or they would refund the purchase price for my articles" nothing, nearly a month later and no reply, no tracking info, no items received and no refund. BUYER BEWARE!!!
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Ancienne Eglise de St. Jean by Dauzats c1840

Past Auctions from Britannica Auctions Ltd

A Desgodetz - 2 engravings of the Coliseum at Rome  1771
Audubon - Rare Imperial Folio of Mexican Marmot Squirrel 1846Sir William Hamilton - Folio aquatint engraving 1791

Antique Prints and Engravings

United KingdomLeyburn, North Yorkshire, UK
Auction Ended
John Gould - Original lithograph of Indian Courser 1849-83
G Gray - Genera of Birds: Pink-bellied Imperial Pigeon  1844Lemaire & van Houtte - 3 prints from Flore des Serres 1867

Natural History prints with no reserve

United KingdomLeyburn, North Yorkshire, UK
Auction Ended
Georg Winter - Rare Bellerophon engraving of dressage training 1678
Sir William Hamilton - Folio aquatint engraving 1791Paul Decker - Rare engraving Pl 29 Another side of Parade Chamber 1711

Antique prints and engravings

United KingdomLeyburn, North Yorkshire, UK
Auction Ended
John Gould - Satyrs Tragopan 1830
Ehret & Trew - Acer from Plantae Selectae 1750Audubon - Rare Imperial Folio of Pine Marten 1846

Antique prints with no reserve

United KingdomLeyburn, North Yorkshire, UK
Auction Ended
Gould  original lithograph of Lemon-rumped Toucan 1833
Pine Marten - Rare Imperial Folio by Audubon 1846Pl 73 Esne, Latopolis from Desc. de l'Egypte 1829

Antique prints and engravings

United KingdomLeyburn, North Yorkshire, UK
Auction Ended
Rare Gould Birds of Aust. - One-carunculated Cassowary
Pine Marten - Rare Imperial Folio by JW Audubon 1846Dragonflies - Libellulae by Moses Harris 1776

Antique prints - Natural History

United KingdomLeyburn, North Yorkshire, UK
Auction Ended