Buckland Auction House

Buckland Auction House is an auction house that Prue worked for a year and half.

Prue worked as a specialist in identifying and authenticating auction pieces. She got her job from Rex Buckland (I've Got You Under My Skin), the son of the house's founder. Almost a month and half working at Buckland's, Prue found out Rex and Hannah Webster (her co-boss and Rex's lover) were warlocks working for the Source. They first tried to eliminate the Charmed Ones by tricking Prue into freeing Matthew Tate, a warlock cursed into a locket by the Charmed Ones' ancestor, Melinda Warren. However, the Charmed Ones, with Melinda's help, were able to curse Matthew back into the locket for eternity.

Rex and Hannah then hatched a new plan--framing Prue for stealing a tiara, and then blackmailing the sisters into giving up their powers in return for clearing Prue's name. However, Prue, with the help of Piper and Phoebe, was able to to trick Hannah into killing Rex. Prue, Piper and Phoebe were going to vanquish Hannah, but the Source vanquished Hannah instead for her failure (Wicca Envy).

Rex and Hannah's deaths revealed that they had skimmed millions of dollars in auction proceeds from Buckland's. With the house on the verge of collapse, a bank took over and sent Claire Pryce to run it. While Claire credited Prue with helping move over a million dollars in merchandise in one day, she nearly fired her when magical emergencies resulted in numerous unexcused absences.

Toward the end of the first season, Buckland's was sold to new owners, who installed a new vice president for the West Coast, Mr. Cauldwell. Also around this time, Internet auctioneer Jack Sheridan joins Buckland's. Prue was very annoyed at first, but he grew on her and they started dating. In the epsiode P3 H2O Prue says to Jack "I have worked at Bucklands for a year and half now and in that time I have survived takeovers, near bankruptcy and superiors from hell that have tried to kill me."

Four episodes later (Awakened) Prue quits her job at Buckland's because Jack and Mr. Cauldwell wanted to pass off a painting as a Monet when they knew it really was a fake. The episode made her realize that life was something worth exploring. She broke off her relationship with Jack as well. She then pursued a career in photography.

In Morality Bites, Prue owned Buckland's and used it to store the Book of Shadows. It was kept in Prue's locked wall safe; presumably to protect herself and Piper from the witch hunters.

Staff members

 * Prue Halliwell
 * Jack Sheridan
 * Mr. Cauldwell
 * Claire Pryce
 * Rex Buckland
 * Hannah Webster
 * Tanya Parker
 * Jaime

Trivia



 * The name Buckland comes from Raymond Buckland, an English American writer on the subject of Wicca and the occult, and a significant figure in the history of Wicca, of which he is a High Priest in both the Gardnerian and Seax traditions.