Sale Report

 

AGAINST THE ODDS

 

Despite the now obvious slow down in property sales you would assume the chattels i.e. house contents being sent forward for sale would also decrease, this however does not seem to be the case at Wotton Under Edge where a full saleroom met with enthusiastic bidding.  Fuel prices too seem to be playing a role, buyers are happy to travel a long distance to a saleroom that can provide a large and regular supply of quality items and disregarding those that can not.

 

It was an early 18th century London longcase clock in a floral marquetry case that made the running, the movement and dial were in good order, the case however had been subject to restoration, none the less it doubled expectations to sell for £5,200 and is destined to return to the descendants of the original maker by the name of Marwick.

Shortly behind was a very pretty Edwardian satin wood display cabinet with finely painted floral and character panels, it sold for £4,300.

 

A good Edwardian mahogany bedroom suite by Maples comprising of a large breakfront wardrobe, tallboy and two corner chests sold for £1,060.

 

 

 

Elsewhere a good collection of Beswick huntsmen, hounds and foxes attracted spirited competition especially for the rarer models, condition is crucial in this area and they subsequently all sold for a total of £3,300.

 

Gold continues to sell well despite having slipped back over the past few weeks, a collection of sovereigns and half-sovereigns totalling six sovereigns, together with an 1887 £5 gold coin realised £1,235.

 

A collection of mid 20th century Japanese woodcuts sold in 17 lots and totalling around 80 images sold to various collectors for a total of £1,889.

 

The best of the pictures saw £1,100 paid for a gouache painting on linen by G D Armour of a salmon fishing scene.

 

A good book section totalled around £13,000 and included early editions of works by JRR Tolkien £1,510. £560 was paid for a limited edition of 750 copies of TE Lawrence’s Seven Pillars Of Wisdom. A good collection of hunting and sporting books illustrated by the likes of Snaffles, Cecil Aldin, FA Stewart and Munnings found their way into various other collections and totalled £2,792.

 

A further specialist book section will be included in the early autumn, in the meanwhile entries are arriving for the forthcoming sale on July 22nd/23rd

 

 

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