Sale Report

 

NORMAL BUSINESS RESUMES

 

The saleroom once again bounced back to full capacity for this months auction and was greeted enthusiastically by trade buyers, collectors and private clients keen to invest money in good quality items.

 

Lot 92 - £2,500

 Top price of the sale was taken for a late 19th century Goldscheider Austrian terracotta group of three African American boys in ragged clothes and bare feet seated on a brick wall, it sold for £2,500.

 

Beswick continues to sell well, indeed better than some examples of 18th century porcelains, and the total of 23 lots comprising garden birds, foxes, whisky decanters, camels, ponies, huntsman, cattle, etc totalled almost £2,500.

 

Amongst the miscellaneous items a good bronze rosewood smoothing plane sold for £420 and two Rolex watches, sold upon instructions of the Official Receiver – an Oyster Perpetual Air-King and a bi-metal Datejust with jubilee dial, made a total of £1,700.

 

A collection of medals were well received, a Crimea Medal with bars for Sebastopol, Inkermann and Balaklava and two other medals sold for £850, with a WWI group awarded to Sergeant Creer including a Distinguished Conduct In The Field Medal, a George V Medal For Bravery In The Field sold at £1,800, other groups sold at £500, £480, etc. 

        

The best of the jewellery was an 18ct white gold necklace set with 7 sapphires and 14 diamonds, together with a matching bracelet (probably 20 years old or so) it sold for £1,460.

 

Gold, silver, pocket watches and jewellery continues to sell well with buyers continuing to gather together small items of value in these uncertain times.        

 

Amongst the pictures an early 20th century watercolour by Noel Harry Leaver showing York Minster made £1,000 while it seems there is an increasing interest once again in early postage stamps, an album of Victorian stamps containing 7 x Penny Blacks, 2 x Penny Blues, etc sold at £610.

          

Best of the furniture prices including a Georgian oak Welsh pot board dresser at £2,150, while three pairs of early English carvings about 2’ in length and 4” wide showing characters and geometric detail sold for a total of £1,360, while the best of the longcase clocks, an 18th century oak example by John Taylor of Manchester, made £1,300.

 

The next sale is to be held on April 21st & 22nd and already includes several good probate instructions from the district, further entries are invited.

 

 

Home Page      |     Current Catalogues   |  Sale Calendar