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TimeLine Auctions

Harwich, United Kingdom · founded 2009

Specialist antiquities auctioneer in Harwich, Essex, launched by Brett Hammond in 2009 with a first sale in 2010, holding large sales in Essex and London.

About

TimeLine Auctions grew out of an online dealing business, TimeLine Originals, which Brett Hammond started in the 1990s after collecting coins and antiquities as a young man; in late 2009 he launched the auction house as its chief executive, according to the house4. Companies House records the company as incorporated on 8 April 2009 in Harwich, Essex, with Brett Hammond as sole director3. The first sale took place in March 20104.

Brett Hammond runs the house with Aaron Hammond, its chief operating officer and a member of the Antiquities Dealers' Association. A sister gallery, Timeline Exclusive Ltd, appears on the association's members' page2,5,6. Tim Wonnacott, a chartered auctioneer, gives video commentaries on the sales8. The house moved from Brentwood to Harwich and has sold in Bloomsbury and Mayfair in London2.

In April 2016 it joined with Gregory, Bottley & Lloyd, a dealership it dates to 18581. acsearch lists between 2,200 and 4,800 lots per sale from 2015 to 20237. Timeline Exclusive's own listings include a Cypriot bichrome jug5.

History

  1. 1990s
    Brett Hammond launched TimeLine Originals, an online dealing business for coins and artefacts, according to the house.

    TimeLine Auctions: about us… 2026

  2. 8 April 2009
    TimeLine Auctions Ltd incorporated (Companies House 06873501) with Brett Martin Hammond as director.

    TIMELINE AUCTIONS LTD, company… 2026

  3. March 2010
    First TimeLine Auctions sale, preceded by online viewing and a printed catalogue, according to the house.

    TimeLine Auctions: about us… 2026

  4. 6 February 2014
    February 2014 sale with Cypriot lots including a two-handled poppy flask (lot 945, GBP 420) and a Cypro-Geometric gold and agate necklace (lot 643, GBP 1,100).
  5. 2022–2023
    acsearch lists TimeLine sales of 2,200 to 4,800 lots each between 2015 and September 2023 (e.g. May 2022, 3,679 lots; September 2022, 3,172 lots; February 2023, 2,701 lots; September 2023, 2,968 lots).

    TimeLine Auctions: auction list 2026

  6. 4 March 2024 – 6 March 2024
    March 2024 antiquities sale with a large Cypriot offering: Red Polished groups, Bichrome amphorae (a very large Cypro-Geometric bichrome amphora made GBP 4,800), a Base Ring juglet and a Black-on-Red vessel collection.
  7. 3 September 2024
    September 2024 sale including a very large Red Polished bowl (lot 35, GBP 1,000) and flagon (lot 32, GBP 1,400).
  8. 3 June 2025
    June 2025 sale with Cypriot gold bull-headed pendants (lot 116, GBP 5,000) and a terracotta bull rhyton (lot 87, GBP 4,800).
  9. 3 December 2025
    December 2025 sale; Cypriot lots continue into 2026 (March 2026 sale: horse-and-rider figure, lot 590, GBP 1,200).

People

3 people

Objects

Sources

  1. 1. (2026). “Acquisition of Gregory, Bottley and Lloyd, est. 1858”. TimeLine Auctions news. TimeLine Auctions. Online
  2. 2. (2026). “Our staff / about our premises”. TimeLine Auctions. TimeLine Auctions. Online
  3. 3. (2026). “TIMELINE AUCTIONS LTD, company 06873501, overview and officers”. Companies House. Companies House. Online
  4. 4. (2026). “TimeLine Auctions: about us (as quoted in search results; page itself returned 403)”. TimeLine Auctions. TimeLine Auctions. Online
  5. 5. (2026). “About Timeline Exclusive”. Timeline Exclusive. Timeline Exclusive. Online
  6. 6. (2026). “Members' Galleries”. Antiquities Dealers' Association. Antiquities Dealers' Association. Online
  7. 7. (2026). “TimeLine Auctions: auction list”. acsearch.info. Online
  8. 8. (2026). “TimeLine Auctions Limited”. Auction Daily. Online