The Bazaar Non-catalogued evening sales at 5pm held two or three times per month including an eclectic mix of period to contemporary furniture, decorative items, collectables, curios and much more. Fine Art And Antique Auctions Quarterly catalogued sales of period furniture, ceramics and glass, oil paintings and watercolours, prints and maps, books and ephemera, silver and objets de vertu, jewellery and watches, clocks, works of art, and collectors items. Decorative Arts 20th Century design Specialist sales of furniture and decorative arts from the Arts & Craft Movement together with 20th Century design ranging from the Modernist Movement to the Post War Years. These sales are held in March and September in conjunction with the Fine Art And Antique Auctions. Fine Wines And Spirits Held in late spring and in time for the Christmas festivities these sales include fine wines and spirits for the discerning buyer from good everyday bottles to investment wines. Vintage Costume And Textile Sales Held in conjunction with The Bazaar these sales are held twice a year in spring and autumn and offer a marketplace for both buyer and seller of vintage costume from haute couture to Carnaby Street. FREE AUCTION VALUATIONS Every Wednesday between 3pm and 6pm, no Appointment Necessary. If your items are too numerous or large to bring to the saleroom please ask for a home visit by a valuer. Morphets' auction rooms and offices are situated in the centre of Harrogate, one of the UK's leading centres for antiques and fine art, with easy access to main road, train and air links.

Morphets' Story

In 1895 Messrs Wood and Mason opened for business as auctioneers and estate agents at 19 Station Square, Harrogate. In 1917 Mr Ward, then the sole owner, advertised for a buyer or partner for the business as he was expecting to be called up for service with the Colours Horatio Morphet left his own practice in Kirkby Lonsdale and purchased the Harrogate business for the princely sum of £450. Two years later his son, Horace Taylor Morphet joined him and in 1923 the firm was renamed Morphet and Morphet. New premises were sought and the following year the business moved to the site of the old Christian Science Church at No 4 Albert Street with a second saleroom at 27 Oxford Street. In the 1940s the business relocated to its present day site with the acquisition of no 6 Albert Street, Harrogate. Such was the growth of Morphets that in 1954 four senior members of staff were invited to become partners and in 1964 Horace ‘Bob’ Morphet retired leaving the firm under the direction of the three remaining partners to continue the success of the business. It was in 1979 that Elizabeth Pepper-Darling joined the business and appointed as assistant to the auctioneers she began her training as a valuer both in-house and in London. The 1980s saw Morphets merge with a nationwide network of estate agencies and auctioneers. In the mid 1990s the opportunity to return Morphets to an independent auction house arose and on January 1st 1995 Elizabeth Pepper-Darling, then senior valuer, along with auctioneer Robert Woods purchased the business. Robert Woods retired in 1997 leaving Elizabeth to direct a team of consultants and salesroom staff to build on the strong traditions of personal and professional service that have long been the foundation stones of Morphets and have made them one of the leading regional auction houses in the country. Today Morphets sell for clients across the North to buyers around the world from their saleroom and offices on Albert Street and is headed up by Elizabeth Pepper-Darling, Managing Director and Valuer.