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Auction date Wednesday 15 February 2023 10:30 - 17:30 GMT

Auction

Wednesday 15th February at 10.30am

Including the collections of

The Richard Pratley collection of Taxidermy,

The Christopher Bent Cockfighting collection, 

A single owner sporting collection, part II.

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Catalogue: 

£20 by post 


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Head of Sale: Julian Smith

Page:

of 22

Lots per page:

Total lots: 511

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
198 A.J. SIMPSON A racing pigeon
with inscription "Silver Don, Antwerp", watercolour, framed and glazed, 15cm x 19cm

Provenance: The Richard Pratley Collection.
£100 - £200 £120 View
199 A.J. SIMPSON A racing pigeon
with inscription "The Blue Chequered Dragon", watercolour, framed and glazed, 20cm x 26cm

Provenance: The Richard Pratley Collection.
£100 - £200 £100 View
200 A.J. SIMPSON A racing pigeon
with inscription "Blackball Tumbler", watercolour, framed and glazed, 20cm x 13cm

Provenance: The Richard Pratley Collection.
£100 - £200 £100 View
201 VARIOUS COLOURED PRINTS OF RACING PIGEONS
some from the Cassells Pigeon book.

Provenance: The Richard Pratley Collection.
£50 - £100 £60 View
202 ABERDARE VALLEY FLYING CLUB PIGEON RACING CERTIFICATE 1897
"This is to certify that the following prize has been awarded to M. Bartlett for his racing pigeon", framed and glazed, 24cm x 36cm; together with two other pigeon racing prints and a chicken print,…
£50 - £100 £30 View
203 ANDREW BEER A racing pigeon
with inscription "The following positions were won in Barton Hill, H.S. 1920 by Mr E. Carter Young Bird Racers, 3rd Tamworth, Second The Derby , 4th The Chesterfield, 2nd Normanton and 2nd Average,…
£300 - £500 £320 View
204 ENGLISH SCHOOL,19th century A border collie
oil on board, oval, in mahogany frame and glazed, 8cm diam.

Provenance: The Richard Pratley Collection.
£50 - £100 £130 View
205 TOM NUTBEEM
A huntsman with his hounds, oil on board, in a decorative painted frame, 23cm x 17cm
£50 - £100 £180 View
206 COLIN GRAHAM Two Hounds
signed lower left, oil on canvas, in a birdseye maple frame, 23cm x 29cm
£80 - £150 £850 View
207 EARLY 19TH CENTURY ENGLISH SCHOOL, HUNTING SCENE
oil painting, canvas 36cm x 62cm, in gilt moulded frame and glazed; and nine hunting theme colour prints, framed
£100 - £200 £80 View
208 T ILVERSTER LLOYD A SET FOUR BEAGLING PRINTS
signed in pencil and blind stamped, framed and glazed, 25cm x 17cm (4)
£50 - £100 £30 View
209 A COLOURED BOXING PRINT OF TOM SAYERS
Champion of England, framed and glazed in a birds-eye maple frame, printed by Hall, Mandel and Walton; and another coloured boxing print of John C. Heenan, framed and glazed, 36cm x 48cm (2)
£50 - £100 £190 View
210 A PRINT OF A HARE COURSING SCENE
with pencil inscription "Ceritos Thomas Agnew 1856", framed and glazed, 48cm x 40cm; and a coloured print of pointers in a shooting scene over a cornfield, framed and glazed, 30cm x 35cm (2)
£50 - £100 £50 View
211 EMMA TAYLOR: A HARE COURSING SAMPLER
from 1829, with verse "Timed hare in afteride and dismay runs swift through for brushwood and grass. She turns and she winds to get out of their way but the cruel dogs won't let her pass". Emma…
£200 - £400 £260 View
212 A COLOURED PRINT OF A VICTORIAN RATTING SCENE
with inscription "Billy, The Celebrated Rat Killing Dog performing his wonderful feat killing 100 rats in five minutes and a half on 22nd April 1823 being his ninth match", framed and glazed, 53cm x…
£50 - £100 £120 View
213 A. ROWLAND KNIGHT A perch being hooked,
and another of a perch after minnows, oils on board, both framed and glazed, 25cm x 17cm (2)

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
£500 - £1,000 £550 View
214 A. ROWLAND KNIGHT A rudd being hooked,
oil on board, framed and glazed, 23cm x 16cm

Provenance: A single owner collection part II
£300 - £500 £400 View
215 FIVE EDWARDIAN WATERCOLOURS UNDER GLASS OF TROPICAL FISH
various sizes, all framed and glazed (5)

Provenance: The Richard Pratley Collection
£50 - £100 £150 View
216 A VICTORIAN EMBROIDERY OF A MACKEREL FISH
framed and glazed in a gilt frame, 32cm x 20cm
£80 - £150 £120 View
217 A J PROBIN: A FLINTLOCK PISTOL
with Damascus octagonal barrel, full walnut stock, steel trigger guard with floral decoration and a wooden ramrod with horn terminal, 36cm long

Provenance: The Lampard Collection
£300 - £500 £900 View
218 A FLINTLOCK PISTOL
with full walnut stock, brass floral engraved trigger guard and wooden ramrod with bone top, floral engraved decoration to the hammer, 23cm long

Provenance: The Lampard Collection
£100 - £200 £200 View
219 A WALLIS FLINTLOCK DUELLING PISTOL
with full walnut stock, brass trigger guard and brass butt end, with brass ramrod, 50cm long

Provenance: The Lampard Collection
£200 - £400 £480 View
220 C. MOORE: A PATENT PERCUSSION PISTOL
the action and trigger guard with floral engraved decoration, 36cm long

Provenance: The Lampard Collection
£200 - £400 £440 View
221 G.GOODWIN & CO.: A FLINTLOCK POCKET PISTOL
with walnut butt, fast action steel barrel, with proof marks and steel trigger guard, 15cm long.
£80 - £150 £300 View

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