Exciting Changes Ahead

Henry Aldridge and Son are company born and bred in Devizes, and we are proud to announce in Autumn 2025 we will be relocating our auction rooms to The Old Emporium, a Grade II listed property that backs onto the iconic 16th Century St John’s Alley.  

In 2024 the company sold the two highest-priced items at auction outside of London.

Andrew Aldridge, Managing Director commented, ‘We feel moving to the centre of Devizes shows our commitment to the community and hope that our international reputation will bring a number of new visitors to the town’

We have a global reputation for selling iconic historical memorabilia from a watch from the Titanic for $2m to the World’s First Christmas Card, and in moving to the Old Emporium, we will be selling history within a unique setting which we believe will be one of if not the oldest Auction Room in the UK.

We’ve been looking for the right property for two years, and The Old Emporium is perfect. Its location dates from the early 16th Century, before Henry VIII came to the throne and over 150 years before the English Civil War. The opportunity to move to this unique location in the centre of Devizes, a town described by Poet Laureate John Betjeman as having the ‘Perfect Market Place’, was one we had to grab with both hands.  We will remain at our present Bath Road site until later this year, and the first auction in our new premises will be Titanic and Iconic Memorabilia in the autumn of 2025. Once our renovation is complete we will be running free jewellery and collectibles valuation days on Market Day at The Old Emporium giving clients access to our specialist valuers.