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Ben Rogers Jones BA (Hons)

Auctioneer, Valuer & Partner

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Ben Rogers Jones has been with the company since 2001 and now oversees the triannual Welsh Sale comprising Welsh Art, Welsh Antiques and Welsh ceramics. This includes valuing / appraising Welsh art, Nantgarw & Swansea porcelain, Welsh antiques and items of Welsh interest.

He is also the researcher, appraiser and cataloguer for prestige sporting antiques with a particular interest in rugby union.

Although based at Cardiff he visits clients throughout the UK and overseas.

Second language Welsh speaker.

He is a regular fundraiser for Welsh charities and is an ambassador for City Hospice (Cardiff) while also having raised valuable funds for Breast Cancer Cymru, Forget-me-Not Chorus, Aloud, Shelter Cymru, RNIB (Wales) and Tenovus

Ben has featured or contributed to TV programs including BBC 'Bargain Hunt', 'Flog It!', S4C 'Heno', 'Agor y Clo' and others.

RJ Region Map Mid Wales

Mid & Rural Wales

Counties of (South) Gwynedd, Ceredigion & Powys including Pen Llyn, Porthmadog, Criccieth, Pwllheli, Dolgellau, Gwynedd Coast, Aberystwyth, New Quay, Brecon, Builth Wells, Llandrindod Wells, Llanidloes, Newtown, Machynlleth

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Ben Rogers Jones BA (Hons)
Auctioneer, Valuer & Partner

+447760261023

brj@rjauctions.co.uk

Recent Successes

Researched and auctioned an historical England International Rugby Union Collection from the Birkett Family

£57,000

The Guardian newspaper

Ei J G Birkett England International Rugby cap sold 6000

The Welsh Sale

Secured the sale of 'Salem' by private treaty to the National Library of Wales in 2019

Price undisclosed

BBC News Story

Salem by Sydney Curnow Vosper

Sold the highest auction price for a painting by Sir Kyffin Williams RA

£60,000

Daily Post Article

Sir Kyffin Williams 'Fox Shoot'

Researched and negotiated the auction of a JMW Turner sketch

£30,000

Antique Trade Gazette

J M W Turner

Rugby Antiques

Researched and sold the world record for a rugby antique which also stands as the highest price for any sporting apparel at a UK auction

£180,000

Video of sale

Gallaher

Sold the Cwmtwrch RFC collection of match-worn rugby jerseys

£45,000

Wales Online Article

Danny Blanchflower

Sold a 1905 NZ All Blacks jersey

£39,000

NZ Herald Article

Jum Turtill Caps & Jersey

Sold former Wales captain Norman Gale's collection of International jerseys

£12,540

WRU article

Norman Gale Collection

Sold Victorian England International rugby jersey

£24,500

The Saleroom Lot 350

Hugh Fox England Rugby

Discovered, researched and sold an early rugby laws book

£13,000

BBC News Story

Rugby rules book

Sold Sir Gareth Edwards' 1977 Triple Crown jersey

£6,000

Wales Online Article

Gareth Edwards

Other Notable Sales

L S Lowry Miniature

£65,000

Antique Trade Gazette

L S Lowry

Cinema Posters

£72,000

Guardian Article

Stagecoach with John Wayne

Negotiated the sale of the 'Mumph' cartoon archive to the National Library of Wales in 2018/2019 https://www.library.wales/info...

Price undisclosed

Articles & features written by Ben Rogers Jones BA (Hons)

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