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SOLD TO THE LADY IN SOUTH KOREA – AGAIN
Another month and once again the
Auction Rooms at Wotton-under-Edge are packed to capacity and with
increasing interest worldwide attracted to these eclectic sales.
For instance, dominant amongst the ceramic section was a South
Korean buyer bidding online, who continually outbid all other
buyers to secure good percentage of those lots. Although no one
lot achieved more than £500, the section saw a virtual clear out.
Silver too was hotly contested with
almost every lot selling, the fifty lots totalled £4,995.
Jewellery attracted strong interest throughout, and prices were
consistently above estimate, this section totalled £17,570.
A collection of fourteen sovereigns,
three half sovereigns and two five pound gold coins totalled
£5,200.
The best of the watches, an 18 carat
gold top wind half hunter pocket watch together with an 18 carat
gold chain sold at £2,050.
The highest price of the sale was
taken for a bronze after Jean Auguste Barre 1811-96, being a
silvered sculpture of a winged ballerina, coming from the estate
of Dame Alicia Markova and selling to an eager American on the
telephone at £4,200. This was followed by a bronze bust of a
Grecian soldier at £940.
Saved from a bonfire, three antique
boomerangs and two tribal oars were sold at £1,700.
The second day’s sale commenced with
the outdoor effects and with the sun beating down, prices too
soared; virtually every lot in this department sold totalling
£8,081.
Furniture prices remain stable, but
with few lots unsold, and included a good quality walnut display
cabinet with well carved detail at £1,020 and a substantial 19th
century Sheridan revival mahogany bedroom suite at £1,100. A 19th
century four door breakfront bookcase with original painted finish
in a mid green and gilt line colourway sold for £3,200.
A collection of 20th
century design effects again found favour and the 26 lots
totalled £2,930.
The next sale on June 20th & 21st
will contain interesting consignments from Bath, Beverston and
elsewhere and are already on the saleroom floor awaiting
cataloguing.
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