Mouseman

The rare Mouseman bowl which sold for £9,500 at Tennants

Rare Mouseman oak bowl sells for £9,500 at Yorkshire auction
A rare Mouseman bowl featuring six of Robert Thompson’s iconic mice has sold at auction in Yorkshire for £9,500.

From left, Simon Thompson-Cartwright, Ian Thompson-Cartwright and Giles Thompson-Cartwright.

In pictures: Inside Robert Thompson Kilburn workshop

Ampleforth Abbey

The Yorkshire abbey home to one of the largest known Mouseman collections

The Kilburn White Horse. It measures about 314ft long and 228ft high covering around 1.6 acres.

The historic Yorkshire village watched over by a legend

Yorkshire Oak carvings - Peter Raymond Stout - carved wood model of a seated Beaver eating leafage, on adzed top rectangular plinth, carved in two halves, W19cm D9cm H16cm £200-£400 + auction fees. Picture: James Hardisty. Date: 29th May 2025.

Mouseman: Stan ‘Woodpecker’ Dodds items set to go under the hammer

Auctioneer James Watson of Halifax Mill Auctioneers, with a small collection of Mousey Thompson wood carvings along with a rare Oak Owl worth around 3K and a pair of Oak candlesticks worth around 1K.

Rare Mouseman furniture to go under the hammer in Halifax auction

Duggleby Stephenson's Auctioneers - A Mouseman armchair that was made in the 1930s by a young trainee who went on to become a legendary World War Two commando hero sold for 10,500 . . . more than five times top pre-sale expectations . . . when it went under the hammer at Duggleby Stephenson's York saleroom. Pictured Duggleby Stephenson's Tom Howard tries out the chair..

Record price for Mouseman chair made by war hero

Rare Mouseman piece could bring £12,000 at auction

Diane Sinnott, 20th Century Design Specialist at Tennants Auctioneers, is pictured with a Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson (1876-1955) Two English Oak Carved Mice .

Mouseman hutch cupboard expected to bring £8,000 at Tennants Auction

Ryedal Auctioneers' Charlotte Durston is pictured with items made by Robert Mouseman Thompson of Kilburn at the auction.

Mouseman item expected to fetch up to £10,000 in Yorkshire auction

David Tite is the new society manager at the Yorkshire Agricultural Society

New Yorkshire Agricultural Society boss and his links to Mouseman furniture

Ian McMillan

How I'm following in the footsteps of Arthur Miller, sort of - Ian McMillan

The Pickwick Bar in Helmsley

The Yorkshire pub with great beer and Mouseman furniture

The 1930s Mouseman chest could sell for £6,000

Mouseman: One of Robert Thompson's earliest pieces from 1930s to be auctioned

A penny farthing hangs from the ceiling

The small Yorkshire museum that punches above its weight

Charm: South View in Kilburn, North Yorkshire, boasts pieces of ‘Mouseman’ furniture carved by Robert Thompson’s Craftsmen.

Yorkshire home filled with Mouseman furniture is up for sale

Pictured Lot:181 A Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson English oak fruit bowl with carved mouse to the interior 29cm d. Picture By Yorkshire Post Photographer, James Hardisty. Date: 18th May 2023.

'Proliferation' of Mouseman furniture to go under the hammer this weekend

Angus Ashworth

Angus Ashworth talks life and the new series of the Yorkshire Auction House

The Mouseman cat carving could fetch up to £2,000

Mouseman pieces including £2,000 cat carving, ash trays and stool up for auction

The damage to the thatched roof can be seen beneath the protective shell erected by the builders

The Star Inn at Harome: See inside fire-damaged pub as restoration work begins

A carved oak bowl with a tortoise trademark used by Robert 'Wrenman' Hunter before he switched to a wren

Yorkshire Critter Carvers: Exhibition celebrates work inspired by 'Mouseman'
Tennants of Leyburn are to hold a month-long exhibition on the work of the 'Yorkshire critters' group of wood carvers.
Grace Newton

Lots from the Yorkshire oak sale

Angus Ashworth previews Yorkshire oak sale at Ryedale Auctioneers

Charlotte Craig, museum and collections assistant with a Mouseman framed photograph taken in 1953 of Robert Thompson with Kenneth Hodgson who bequeathed his Mouseman collection to the Craven Museum in Skipton where some items are on display.

Mouseman furniture on display after being donated by friend the craftsman

Caroline Hawley of Hawleys Auctioneers with a Mouse man table and chairs, Lots: 1266, 1261, circa, 1995, £4-6000, part of this weekends Auction at Beverley Race Course. Picture Bruce Rollison

Mouseman furniture and Victorian ginger beer bottle among antiques at auction

Andrew Pern

Andrew Pern interview: Staff rescued rare Mouseman furniture from Star Inn fire

A Mouseman oak carving

Rare Mouseman furniture sold for high prices by Ryedale Auctioneers

The Mouseman oak stool

'Mouseman' and 'Rabbitman' items to be auctioned at sale of Yorkshire furniture

Diane Sinnott with the Mouseman owl carving

'Biggest ever' Mouseman sale to be held after surge in popularity of pieces

David Elstob with an early Mouseman cheese board

Rare Mouseman pieces spark bidding war in eBay-style sale by Ripon auction house

The Mouseman workshop in Kilburn

World record price paid for Mouseman carving at auction of private collection

There are over 15,000 Beswick figurines to auction off

Rare Mouseman furniture and 15,000 antique Beswick figurines up for auction

Diane Sinnott at Tennants Auctioneers in Leyburn with a Mouseman carving. Picture: Tony Johnson

Rare ‘mouseman’ carvings go under hammer in Dales
A private collection of furniture and rare carvings by the Kilburn craftsman Robert Thompson, whose “mouseman” trademark is a design classic, will go under the hammer in the Yorkshire Dales in March.
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The Mouseman boardroom in the old Horlicks factory

'˜Mouseman' collection brings in three times expected value

Andy Wadkins, an apprentice worker, carving the mouse on a barometer at Robert Thompson's in Kilburn

The mouse that roared

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Urgent appeal launched to save historic Dales ‘Mouseman’ church from closure

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Museum puts out Royal chairs 70 years after wartime visit

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Museum puts out Royal chairs70 years after wartime visit

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Farewell to Mouseman collection

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Bless this mouse...it makes home a sure seller

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