About Curated Auctions
Curated Auctions is an exciting new company based in South East London specialising in the sale of fine decorative arts, sculpture, European works of art, clocks and ‘out of the ordinary’.
We specialise in digital marketing to ensure our clients achieve the highest prices possible for their works of art. Owned and managed by Rachael Osborn-Howard, with twenty years’ experience in the auction industry; Curated Auctions offers a bespoke, premium client experience from valuation through to eventual sale.
Our expertise, thorough research and due diligence when handling, valuing and cataloguing every object ensures that each work of art reaches its full potential on the international art market.
As well as specialist auction sales of fine works of art and antiques at our premises in the Royal Borough of Greenwich, we also offer high end private sales for private and trade clients.
Our Saleroom
Please come and visit us at our saleroom in south east London, we are based in the Royal Borough of Greenwich near to Eltham and Chislehurst. There is free parking outside and we are located on the main road from London to Kent, only ten minutes from junction 3 of the M25 and fifteen minutes from the South Circular. We are approximately one hour from central London. Our auctions are on view for the whole time that each catalogue is live, please just contact us to make an appointment to view any items. We would be delighted to see you in person to look at any pieces that you might wish to have valued, please do get in touch. Our address is Curated Auctions, 744 Sidcup Road, London, SE9 3NS.
Rachael Osborn-Howard
Rachael is an auctioneer and international specialist in Decorative Art, European sculpture, works of art and clocks with twenty years of experience in the industry. She set up Curated Auctions in the summer of 2021, to meet the growing demand for bespoke auction services, specialising in fine antiques and offering a premier personal service.
Rachael studied Art History at UCL, before joining a small general auction house based in Kent. She joined Bonhams Auctioneers in New Bond St, London in 2005, working first in the Clock Department and then in the European Works of Art and Sculpture department, and was also very much involved with the Private Collections and House Sales team. As Head of Department for European Works of Art, she was responsible for valuing works of art for the Bonhams offices right across the globe, and travelled extensively; assisting with important collections in both the US and Europe, such as the Rau Collection sold on behalf of UNICEF in 2013. In 2016 Rachael left Bonhams to establish a new specialist sale at Chiswick Auctions, London, where her greatest success was the record-breaking sale of a wax head by Medardo Rosso for £225,000.
