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Auction date Wednesday 4 October 2023 10:30 - 17:30 BST

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Wednesday 4th October at 10.30am


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Head of Sale:

Julian Smith

Page:

of 14

Lots per page:

Total lots: 323

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
120 A FRENCH WICKER TROUT CREEL
with contents including a metal bait box, a red leather fly wallet, a cast fly wallet and various flies, in a vintage brown leather reel bag

Provenance: A private Hampshire fishing tackle collection.
£50 - £100 £30 View
121 A BRADY CANVAS & LEATHER FISHING BAG
containing a vintage leather fly wallet, brass and Bakelite trout reel and two wooden fishing reels (5)

Provenance: A private Hampshire fishing tackle collection.
£50 - £100 £50 View
122 A CANVAS FISHING BAG
containing fishing priests, brass scales, a hunting knife, a Hardy fishing vest and a landing net
£50 - £100 £40 View
123 A 19TH CENTURY OAK FISHING CREEL
with brass hinges and escutcheon, leather shoulder strap, 28cm x 24cm; and a silver pen knife, hallmarked, with various tools, engraved "G.H. Jennings", 8cm long

Provenance: From a private East…
£50 - £100 £70 View
124 AN 18TH CENTURY POT BELLY LEATHER TROUT CREEL
the front with a brass plaque in the form of a trout, 15cm x 25cm

Provenance: A Single Owner Collection Part III.
£1,500 - £2,500 - View
125 A SILVER NOVELTY "FISHING BASKET" MATCH STRIKER
the internal lid with a watercolour scene of two brown trout on a river bank, by Frederick Emmens, London 1890, 4cm x 6cm

Provenance: From The John Reckless Collection.
£500 - £1,000 £550 View
126 AN ANGLER'S KNIFE
one side with hook measurements, the other side with a ruler and various gadgets; one other angler's knife; a fly greaser in the form of a pocket watch with various flies; and a silver-plated dry fly…
£50 - £100 £180 View
127 A PUMA FISHERMAN'S STAINLESS STEEL KNIFE / PRIEST
with a leather carrying strap, in the original Puma box, 15cm long; together with a wooden and brass "frog back" sea reel, size 5" (2)
£80 - £150 £140 View
128 A VICTORIAN BOXWOOD FISHING PRIEST
with reeded turned decoration and turned finial head; a quantity of various trout and salmon flies, various hooks to gut mackerel, by Hardy and others; and various fishing reels

Provenance: From a…
£50 - £100 £30 View
129 A VICTORIAN WROUGHT IRON EEL SPEAR
with a wooden shaft (Severn Estuary spear), 175cm long

Provenance: A Single Owner Collection Part III.
£60 - £100 £100 View
130 A VICTORIAN WROUGHT IRON EEL SPEAR
with a wooden shaft (Severn Estuary spear), 175cm long

Provenance: A Single Owner Collection Part III.
£80 - £150 £100 View
131 A VICTORIAN WROUGHT IRON EEL SPEAR
with a wooden shaft (Norfolk eel spear), 283cm long

Provenance: A Single Owner Collection Part III.
£80 - £150 - View
132 A VICTORIAN WROUGHT IRON FISH GRABBER
with a wooden shaft, 262cm long

Provenance: A Single Owner Collection Part III.
£80 - £150 £260 View
133 AN OAK GLAZED TOP DISPLAY CABINET
20th century, with green baize-lined interior, 89cm x 45cm

Provenance: From a private Midlands vintage fishing tackle collection.
£50 - £100 £90 View
134 HARDY BROS: THE "SPORTSMAN'S" CABINET
mahogany with green felt interior, glazed, 80cm x 170cm

The Hardy "Sportsman's" cabinet was a practical sportsman's cabinet for either eight fishing rods, or six rods and a pair of guns, with fitted…
£100 - £200 - View
135 AN EDWARDIAN GOLD-PLATED SALMON FLY BROOCH
within a fitted leather case, 5cm long
£50 - £100 £160 View
136 TWO LEATHER-BOUND FISHING RECORD BOOKS
belonging to H.W.-T, dating from 1898-1943, comprising records for salmon and sea trout fishing on the River Test, Avon, the Axe and various other Devon streams, Irish and Scottish rivers, stamped …
£200 - £400 - View
137 FRED BULLER: "THE DOMESDAY BOOK OF GIANT SALMON"
A Record of the Largest Atlantic Salmon Ever Caught; Fred Buller: "The Domesday Book of Giant Salmon Vol.II. More records of the largest Atlantic Salmon Ever Caught"; Ronald S. Swanton "The Grand…
£50 - £100 £100 View
138 JOHN DREWETT: "HARDY BROTHERS - THE MASTERS, THE MEN AND THEIR REELS 1873-1939"
foreword by Jim Hardy; Jess Miller "Antique Fishing Tackle - Hardy Reels" foreword by James Booth, Director of Sotheby's Sporting Guns and Fishing Tackle, with the original receipt of purchase from…
£50 - £100 £70 View
139 MAUDE PARKER, R.W.A: "FISHERMAN'S MAP OF SALMON POOLS ON THE RIVER DEE"
1931; J. Bernard & Sons, Jermyn Street, London 1909-1910 Fishing Tackle Catalogue; and The Army & Navy Stores Ltd, London general price list 1935-1936, a J. Bernard & Son of German St…
£50 - £100 £160 View
140 J.A. RIDDELL: "ALL ABOUT TROUT FISHING"
"Border Rod"; H.E. Towner Coston "The Swift Trout"; Frederick Hill "Salmon Fishing - The Greased Line on the Dee, Don and Earn"; Hugh Falkus "Sea Trout Fishing", 2nd edition; R. Waddington "Salmon…
£50 - £100 £20 View
141 FRANK BUCKLAND: "THE NATURAL HISTORY OF BRITISH FISHES"
1883; G.W. Maunsell "The Fisherman's Vade Mecum"; Anthony Bridges "Modern Salmon Fishing"; Patrick Chalmers "The Angler's England"; P.M. Smythe "The Diary of an All-Round Angler"; and Douglas…
£50 - £100 £20 View
142 HARDY'S ANGLER'S GUIDE
Hardy Bros. Ltd, Alnwick, 54th edition, 1934

Provenance: From a private Gloucestershire sporting collection.
£50 - £100 £50 View
143 HARDY'S ANGLER'S GUIDE - CORONATION NUMBER
55th edition, 1937

Provenance: From a private Gloucestershire sporting collection.
£50 - £100 - View

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