Sale Report

 

IT REMAINS CONSISTENT

 

Despite the slow down in house sales the auction rooms are again at capacity with surplus furnishings from the district and the keen company of buyers attending from a much wider area indeed from afar a field as New Zealand.

 

Perhaps the strangest object in the sale was an early 20th century vase/spill holder designed by Louis Wain modelled in the cubist style, the cat with a raised paw and protruding tongue painted in most un-cat like colours principally green, red and yellow, it was just 13cm tall and produced in a relatively low quality pottery, it however attracted wide interest selling for £1,150 to join other models by the same designer in the same collection.

 

The Beswick market continues strongly particularly for farm animals, horse mounted huntsmen and Royalty, the best 10 figures totalled £2,500.

 

An early 20th century Zsolnay Pecs vase of flattened globular form with lustred finish sold at £560.

 

The best of the jewellery included a solitaire diamond ring of around ¾ of a carat at £1,100.

 

A small teddy handed into the Break Charity Shop in the town found its way to the saleroom, with the usual yellow plush finish the difference ended here however, for the little character had a bright red body – a most unusual colour way for this type of bear. Interest including that from America and resulted in a hammer price of £620, the total proceeds of which will be forwarded to the charity shop and the Auction Rooms were pleased to handle this without charge.

 

A smaller book section than usual was toped by a First and Deluxe edition of Beatrix Potter’s The Tale Of Mrs Tiggywinkle published in 1905 despite some damage to the bindings it still achieved £580.  The best of the postcard albums this month realised £360.

 

Good quality outside lots continue to sell well and a group of five staddle stones and nine stone troughs totalled £2,112

 

Amongst the furniture a small Regency rosewood ladies sewing table on lyre shaped supports sold at £1,150 and a Regency mahogany dining table with an oval top raised on a turned pillar and tripod sold at £1,300 and a mid 19th century mahogany Wellington chest with the additional bonus of a secretaire made £1,200.

 

The August sale will be held directly after the Bank Holiday with viewing on Tuesday 26th followed by sales on Wednesday 27th and Thursday 28th, the auctioneers confidently expect the sale room to be full and will include a number of the early summer probate instructions.

 

 

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