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A GOOD RESULT FOR ALL
With much of the sale being made up of
the summer probate instructions this was always going to be an
interesting auction. The highest price of the sale was taken for
a 19th century bronze Grand Tour model of Trajan’s
column, this one complete with the figure finial that is so often
missing. It was found by the auctioneers standing in the corner
of a hallway of a local property. The owners had lived with the
column for many years and had really ceased to take any notice of
it, having no real knowledge of the object. They were as
surprised as anyone when the hammer finally fell to a Los Angeles
telephone bidder at £6,800.
From an apartment in Cheltenham a
rather dishevelled 19th century automaton piano playing
monkey in need of extensive restoration sold at £2,000.
Furniture prices seem to be rising, a
Regency marble chimney piece in grey and white colourway sold at
£1,250, while a 1920’s figured walnut bedroom suite in the Queen
Anne style comprising a linen press, a matching dressing table and
a mirror sold for a total figure of £1,140. A 19th
century mahogany sectional wardrobe did well at £1,250. A late 19th
century Louis XV Vernis Martin vitrine with shaped outline and
painted panels made £3,000.
Other random prices from throughout
the sale included a pair of Hancock & Sons Morris ware vases at
£560, a Royal Doulton figure – In The Stocks £400, a burr walnut
writing slope £360, a cello £750.
A 19th century oil on
canvas study of a tabby kitten by Wilson Hepple made £580 and a 19th
century pine counter of drawers £680. A library bookcase in the
Georgian style made £640, while a pair of 19th century
Regency hall benches totalled £640. A serpentine inlaid wardrobe
made £850 and a large gilt framed mirror made £850 and another
£720.
Over ninety per cent of the auction
sold.
The next sale on November 11th
& 12th will include amongst other collections a large
volume of clocks, about fifty or so in total, with estimates from
£300 to around £5,000. The saleroom will be full to capacity as
usual.
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