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Auction date Thursday 15 February 2024
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Head of Sale:

Julian Smith


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Thursday 15th February at 10.30am


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Total lots: 370

JAMES BUCHANAN & COY: "Buchanan's Black & White Leads", A Polo Scene
Lot 289 Unsold
JAMES BUCHANAN & COY: "Buchanan's Black & White Leads", A Polo Scene
with inscription "Black & White Brand Distillery Glentauchers, Mulben, Glenlivet. N.B. Head Offices. The Black Swan Distillery. Holborn. London.", coloured print by C. Orbould, 1989, glazed and framed, 70cm x 48cm
Estimate: £400 - £600
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
A BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF POLO HORSES
Lot 290 Sold
A BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF POLO HORSES
in India with their grooms, with handwritten inscription to the reverse "Polo Ponies. The property of the Late Major General R.G.P. Clements, 1909", framed and glazed, 23cm x 30cm
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
AN UNSIGNED OIL ON CANVAS OF TWO SPORTING DOGS
Lot 291 Sold
AN UNSIGNED OIL ON CANVAS OF TWO SPORTING DOGS
set in a forest glade, working in tandem to flush out a rabbit in undergrowth; whilst the master directs from the background 39cm x 52cm (excluding frame)
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
JOHN GREGORY KING (b.1929) A study of hounds
Lot 292 Sold
JOHN GREGORY KING (b.1929) A study of hounds
signed lower left, drawing in pencil with watercolour, 24.5cm x 33cm
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £40 - £80
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
J. ENTWISTLE AFTER WRIGHT BARKER (1864-1941) 'By the Kennels'
Lot 293 Sold
J. ENTWISTLE AFTER WRIGHT BARKER (1864-1941) 'By the Kennels'
A study of hounds and a terrier in a kennel scene with a huntsman's jacket and crop hanging, signed lower left, oil on canvas, 115cm x 95cm
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
ALBERT EDWARD D. G. STIRLING-BROWN (fl. 1896-1929) 'Muffle'
Lot 294 Sold
ALBERT EDWARD D. G. STIRLING-BROWN (fl. 1896-1929) 'Muffle'
portrait of a racing greyhound, signed "G. Stirling-Brown" and dated 1923 lower right, oil on canvas board, framed and glazed, 34cm x 44cm
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £600 - £1,200
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
RAB EMBERLEY Buzzards in a landscape
Lot 295 Sold
RAB EMBERLEY Buzzards in a landscape
one perched on a rocky outcrop with heather, and the other in flight, signed lower right, with stamp of 'Harbour Gallery, 6 Trinity Road, Weymouth' to the verso, acrylic, 46cm x 36cm
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
ROLAND KNIGHT: A SET OF SIX COLOURED PRINTS
Lot 296 Unsold
ROLAND KNIGHT: A SET OF SIX COLOURED PRINTS
framed and glazed, with inscriptions "Trout of the First Leap", "Perch", "The Roach", "Salmon and Trout", "Eye Catching the Minnows" and "Barbel & Chubb", 25cm x 60cm (6)
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
J. POLLARD A pair of coloured fishing prints
Lot 297 Sold
J. POLLARD A pair of coloured fishing prints
"Fly fishing for trout", and "Live bait fishing for Jack", engraved by R. G. Reeve, framed and glazed, 28cm x 33cm; and five other fishing prints (7)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
TIM HOARES A set of five coloured fishing prints
Lot 298 Sold
TIM HOARES A set of five coloured fishing prints
limited edition of 10/250, framed and glazed, 15cm x 23cm; together with a set of four coloured prints of fish, framed and glazed, 23cm x 34cm (9)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
FRED CARR & SON, CHAPELTOWN, PUDSEY, YORKSHIRE: A MIRRORED ADVERTISING SIGN FOR KYNOCH LTD
Lot 299 Sold
FRED CARR & SON, CHAPELTOWN, PUDSEY, YORKSHIRE: A MIRRORED ADVERTISING SIGN FOR KYNOCH LTD
second half 20th century, decorated with various types of shells and stencilled lettering, 80cm x 54.5cm
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
THORBURN, ARCHIBALD, 'British Mammals'
Lot 300 Sold
THORBURN, ARCHIBALD, 'British Mammals'
volumes I & II, published by Longmans, Green and Co, London, 1920, red cloth bound (2)
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
THE COURSING CALENDAR: Stonehenge
Lot 301 Unsold
THE COURSING CALENDAR: Stonehenge
for the seasons 1880, 1902, 1903,1904 x4, edited by Stonehenge, all of the public courses run in Great Britain and Ireland (7)
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
JOHN DREWETT: "Hardy Bros. The Masters, The Men and Their Reels"
Lot 302 Sold
JOHN DREWETT: "Hardy Bros. The Masters, The Men and Their Reels"
(1873-1939) limited edition copy of no. 60/350, signed by John Drewett

Provenance: From a private Midlands vintage fishing tackle collection.
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
FARLOWS SALMON FLIES. An Illustrated Catalogue of Farlows' Pattern Salmon Flies 1870 to 1964
Lot 303 Sold
FARLOWS SALMON FLIES. An Illustrated Catalogue of Farlows' Pattern Salmon Flies 1870 to 1964
compiled by Martin Lanigan-O'Keeffe, signed by the author; and Mikael Frödin "Classic Salmon Flies History of Patterns" (2)

Provenance: From a private Midlands vintage fishing tackle collection.
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
ANNESLEY, PATRICK: "Hardy's Book of Fishing"
Lot 304 Sold
ANNESLEY, PATRICK: "Hardy's Book of Fishing"
Graham Turner "Fishing Tackle. A Collector's Guide"; Arlan Carter "19th century Fishing Lures. A Collector's Guide to US Lures Manufactures prior to 1901"; M. Kessler "Great Fishing Tackle Catalogs of the Golden Age", and various other books on vintage fishing tackle (a lot)

Provenance: From a private Midlands vintage fishing tackle collection.
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
PARKER RWA, MAUDE: "Fisherman's Map of the River Wye Showing Salmon Catches and other features"
Lot 305 Sold
PARKER RWA, MAUDE: "Fisherman's Map of the River Wye Showing Salmon Catches and other features"
published by John Bartholomew & Son Ltd, 12 Duncan Street, Edinburgh; Bernard Venables "Freshwater Fishing"; The Journal of the Malayan Angling Association; and Andrew Heard "The Fly" (4)

Provenance: From a private Midlands vintage fishing tackle collection.
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
CARROLL, W., ‘The Angler's Vade-Mecum"
Lot 306 Sold
CARROLL, W., ‘The Angler's Vade-Mecum"
printed for Archibald Constable & Co, Edinburgh, 1818, later full blue leather binding

Provenance: A private Dorset fishing tackle collection.
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
BAINBRIDGE, GEORGE C., ‘The Fly Fisher's Guide’
Lot 307 Sold
BAINBRIDGE, GEORGE C., ‘The Fly Fisher's Guide’
1st edition, printed for the author by G.F. Harris’s Widow and Brothers, Liverpool 1816, green three quarter leather binding

Provenance: A private Dorset fishing tackle collection.
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
PRITT, T.E. ‘North Country Flies’
Lot 308 Sold
PRITT, T.E. ‘North Country Flies’
2nd edition, published by Sampson Low, 1886, brown cloth binding

Provenance: A private Dorset fishing tackle collection.
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
RONALDS, ALFRED, ‘The Fly-Fisher's Entomology’
Lot 309 Sold
RONALDS, ALFRED, ‘The Fly-Fisher's Entomology’
volumes 1 & 2, limited edition 72 of 250 with Henry Young & Sons presentation signature, published by Henry Young & Sons, Liverpool 1913, green cloth bound

Provenance: A private Dorset fishing tackle collection.
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
SKUES, G.E.M - ‘Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream’
Lot 310 Sold
SKUES, G.E.M - ‘Minor Tactics of the Chalk Stream’
‘The Way of a Trout with a Fly’, ‘Side-lines, Side-lights and Reflections’ and ‘Nymph Fishing for Chalk Stream Trout’, published 1910, 1921, 1932 and 1939 by A&C Black and Seeley Service respectively, brown cloth binding (Nymph Fishing in later half brown leather binding); together with Walker, C.F. (Ed), ‘Angling Letters of G.E.M. Skues’, 1st edition, published by A&C Black, 1956 with dust wrapper (4)

Provenance: A private Dorset fishing tackle collection.
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
OVERFIELD, T. DONALD, ‘G.E.M. SKUES - The Way of a Man with a Trout"
Lot 311 Sold
OVERFIELD, T. DONALD, ‘G.E.M. SKUES - The Way of a Man with a Trout"
volumes I & II, deluxe edition set no. 45, with signed by author and fly dresser Jim Nice, published by Ernest Benn 1977, gilt tooled green leather binding, with slip case

Provenance: A private Dorset fishing tackle collection.
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £200 - £300
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
VENIARD, JOHN - ‘Reservoir and Lake Flies’
Lot 312 Sold
VENIARD, JOHN - ‘Reservoir and Lake Flies’
first edition 1970, signed to flyleaf by author and Donald Downs, with dust wrapper, a 1973 reprint of the same title, with slip case, ‘Fly Dresser’s Guide’ fourth impression 1960, with dust wrapper and ‘Further Guide to Fly Dressing’ second edition 1972, with slip case, all published by A&C Black; together with four Veniard pamphlets (a lot)

Provenance: A private Dorset fishing tackle collection.
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
SCOTCHER, GEORGE, ‘The Fly Fisher's Legacy"
Lot 313 Sold
SCOTCHER, GEORGE, ‘The Fly Fisher's Legacy"
published by the Honey Dun Press, 1974, limited edition no. 142, with companion volume by Jack Heddon, 1975, limited edition no. 142, signed by Jack Heddon and John Simpson, both bound in gilt tooled green leather by A.F. Sismore, with presentation boxes

Provenance: A private Dorset fishing tackle collection.
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
VENABLES, BERNARD: "The Angler's Companion"
Lot 314 Sold
VENABLES, BERNARD: "The Angler's Companion"
designed and illustrated by the author, published by George Allen & Unwin Ltd, London 1959; "A Shooting Man's Bedside Book" complied by BB, illustrated by Watkins Pritchard; Jock Scott and DGF Rudd "Spinning Up To Date - Trout Salmon & Pike", 2nd edition; Maurice Genevoix "The Fishing Box" illustrated by John Richardson; John Harrington Keene "Fishing Tackle, Its Materials and Manufacture: A Practical Guide" (5)

Provenance: From a private Midlands vintage fishing tackle collection.
Hammer price: £25
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
HALFORD, FREDERIC M. ‘The Dry-Fly Man’s Handbook’
Lot 315 Sold
HALFORD, FREDERIC M. ‘The Dry-Fly Man’s Handbook’
and ‘Modern Development of the Dry Fly’ and ‘The Dry-Fly Man’s Handbook’, first editions, both published by George Routledge, 1910 and 1913 respectively, the former in blue cloth binding, the latter in rebound three quarter blue leather, together with seven books on fly fishing (9)

Provenance: A private Dorset fishing tackle collection.
Hammer price: £130
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
WHEATLEY, HEWETT, ‘The Rod and Line’
Lot 316 Unsold
WHEATLEY, HEWETT, ‘The Rod and Line’
published by Longman, Brown et al, London 1849, later green half leather binding and Foster, David, ‘The Scientific Angler’, published by Bemrose and Sons, London, later three quarter brown leather binding (2)

Provenance: A private Dorset fishing tackle collection.
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
FRANCIS FRANCIS, ‘A Book on Angling’
Lot 317 Sold
FRANCIS FRANCIS, ‘A Book on Angling’
editions 1-4 and 6, the first published 1867, all by Longmans, Green and Co, all in later three quarter brown leather binding (5)

Provenance: A private Dorset fishing tackle collection.
Hammer price: £170
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
FALKUS, HUGH, ‘Nature Detective’
Lot 318 Unsold
FALKUS, HUGH, ‘Nature Detective’
first edition 1978 limited edition 74 of 100 signed by the author, published by Gollancz, blue cloth binding with slip case, ‘Salmon Fishing’, first edition 1984 and ‘Sea Trout Fishing’ second edition 1975, both published by Witherby with dust wrappers (3)

Provenance: A private Dorset fishing tackle collection.
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
GRIMBLE, AUGUSTUS, ‘The Salmon Rivers of England and Wales’
Lot 319 Unsold
GRIMBLE, AUGUSTUS, ‘The Salmon Rivers of England and Wales’
second edition, published by Keegan, Paul et al, London 1913, green cloth binding, Menzies, W.J.M., ‘The Salmon’, first edition, published by Blackwood, London 1925, blue cloth binding and three other books on salmon (5)

Provenance: A private Dorset fishing tackle collection.
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
STODDART, THOMAS TOD, ‘The Angler's Companion’
Lot 320 Sold
STODDART, THOMAS TOD, ‘The Angler's Companion’
published by William Blackwood, Edinburgh 1842, green cloth bound, two volumes from the Lonsdale Library - ‘Fine Angling’ and ‘Trout Fishing’, both blue leather bound and three other books on fishing (6)

Provenance: A private Dorset fishing tackle collection.
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
TAVERNER, ERIC, ‘Salmon Fishing'
Lot 321 Sold
TAVERNER, ERIC, ‘Salmon Fishing'
published by Seeley, Service & Co, London 1931, volume ten from the Lonsdale Library, brown cloth binding with dust wrapper, with companion set of seven Hardy flies, all contained in brown cloth folding box

Provenance: A private Dorset fishing tackle collection.
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
ALDAM, W.H. (ED), ‘A Quaint Treatise On Flees And The Art A Artyfichall Flee Making’
Lot 322 Sold
ALDAM, W.H. (ED), ‘A Quaint Treatise On Flees And The Art A Artyfichall Flee Making’
published by John B. Day, London 1876, green cloth bound, the front flyleaf pasted with charming ink dedication and sketch

Provenance: A private Dorset fishing tackle collection.
Hammer price: £500
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
HOUGHTON, REV. W., 'British Fresh-Water Fishes’
Lot 323 Sold
HOUGHTON, REV. W., 'British Fresh-Water Fishes’
two copies, each apparently first edition but collated in different ways, published by William Mackenzie, London, gilt tooled red cloth binding each with bookplates for John Staker, Stagshaw House (2)

Provenance: A private Dorset fishing tackle collection.
Hammer price: £650
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
THE FISHING GAZETTE, MAY 18th 1912
Lot 324 Unsold
THE FISHING GAZETTE
dated May 18th 1912; and one other Fishing Gazette dated January 22nd 1921; a Apollo Tubular Steel Fishing Rods catalogue; and a 1956 calendar by Locke Official Fly and Fishing Tackle Manufacturers, Plymouth Road, Redditch (4)

Provenance: From a private Midlands vintage fishing tackle collection.
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
A HAND WRITTEN SPORTING POEM
Lot 325 Unsold
A HAND WRITTEN SPORTING POEM
The Carterhaugh Ba' game "The Fir and the Heather or The Souter and Shepherd", dated December 17th 1815, 7 line prose introduction and 61 lines of poetry, signed 'A Water', commencing "The following verses were suggested by hearing of certain animosities which had taken place between the parties concerned in the late grand Football Match, played at Carterhaugh; and concluding by proposing a reconciliation.
The title of the song alludes to the marks of distinction assumed by the Champions of the Day - The…
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
CHELTENHAM GOLD CUP 2008: TWO PAIRS OF SIGNED JOCKEY PANTS
Lot 326 Unsold
CHELTENHAM GOLD CUP 2008: TWO PAIRS OF SIGNED JOCKEY PANTS
one worn by Gold Cup winner Sam Thomas riding Denman, the other worn by Paul Carberry, both signed by jockeys, trainers and owners of horses in the event, both in black box frames, 105cm x 88cm and 95cm square overall (2)
Estimate: £200 - £400
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
1936 BERLIN ‘HITLER’ OLYMPICS: THE EDWARD "TED" CLAYTON ARCHIVE
Lot 327 Unsold
1936 BERLIN ‘HITLER’ OLYMPICS & 1934 WEMBLEY EMPIRE GAMES : THE EDWARD "TED" CLAYTON ARCHIVE
A unique collection of sporting items formerly belonging to South African cyclist Edward “Ted” Clayton, including his original Springbok cycling jersey worn at the 1936 Olympics, his silver medal and three bronze medals from the 1934 Empire Games, his Olympic competitor badge No. 3545 plus a commemorative Olympic badge, a Czech Berlin Olympic badge and three cloth pocket badges from both games

Provenance: Consigned to auction by Edward Clayton's son.
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
OLYMPIC GAMES, WEMBLEY, GREAT BRITAIN 1948: A COLLECTION
Lot 328 Unsold
OLYMPIC GAMES, WEMBLEY, GREAT BRITAIN 1948: A COLLECTION
comprising first day cover bearing four stamps, two matching enamelled white metal badges (one lapel and one pin), 3.2cm high, and one other enamelled white metal badge, 2.3cm high (4)
Estimate: £100 - £200
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
A VICTORIAN CROQUET SET
Lot 329 Sold
A VICTORIAN CROQUET SET
by Original Croquet, London, retailed by F. H. Ayrs, including mallets, hoops and balls, in the original stained pine trunk, 60cm x 106cm
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
A PAIR OF BROWN LEATHER BOXING GLOVES
Lot 330 Sold
A PAIR OF BROWN LEATHER BOXING GLOVES
made by Dolffs and Helle
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
A VINTAGE BARBOUR GAMEFAIR JACKET
Lot 331 Sold
A VINTAGE BARBOUR GAMEFAIR JACKET
brown with brown corduroy collar, chest 40 or 102cm, together with a Barbour thornproof dressing (opened)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £20 - £40
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
A VICTORIAN LEATHER AND BRASS STUDDED DOG COLLAR
Lot 332 Sold
A VICTORIAN LEATHER AND BRASS STUDDED DOG COLLAR
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
WOODROW OF LONDON: A BLACK SILK TOP HAT
Lot 333 Sold
WOODROW OF LONDON: A BLACK SILK TOP HAT
in the original leather bucket shaped hat box, size 7
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £80 - £150
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
BEST OF LONDON: A BLACK SILK TOP HAT
Lot 334 Sold
BEST OF LONDON: A BLACK SILK TOP HAT
in a cardboard French hat box, size 6 1/2
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
A.J. WHITE, JERMYN STREET LONDON: A BLACK SILK TOP HAT
Lot 335 Sold
A.J. WHITE, JERMYN STREET LONDON: A BLACK SILK TOP HAT
size 6 3/4, in its original bucket shaped hat box
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
15 February 2024
15 February 2024
LOCK & CO OF ST. JAMES STREET, LONDON: A BOWLER HAT
Lot 336 Sold
LOCK & CO OF ST. JAMES STREET, LONDON: A BOWLER HAT
size 6 3/8, in original cardboard box; together with a riding hat by Charles Owen, size 6 3/4 (2)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
15 February 2024
15 February 2024

Total lots: 370

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