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Auction date Thursday 10 October 2024 10:30 - 17:30 BST

Head of Sale: 

Julian Smith


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Lots per page:

Total lots: 428

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
333 COLLIER SMITHERS (c.1867-1943) A portrait of William Henry Jenner Hogg (1851-1900)
1901, the sitter depicted three-quarter length wearing hunting garb, signed and dated lower left, oil on canvas, 132cm x 89cm
£500 - £1,000 £600 View
334 A LARGE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPH OF THE WYE VALLEY OTTER HOUNDS CROSSING THE WYE
51cm x 76cm, with presentation inscription reading "W.V.O.H. - Crossing the Wye at the Islands between Bigsweir Bridge and Tintern. Ranter leading August 19 1932. Enlarged from quarter plate to 4ft x…
£200 - £400 £200 View
335 *HELEN BACKHOUSE (Contemporary) Lakeland Terrier
head study, signed and dated Jul 87 lower centre, watercolour/gouache on paper, 29cm x 31.5cm
£50 - £100 - View
336 PATEY OF LONDON: A BLUE VELVET LADY'S RIDING HAT
size 6 3/4, in its original cardboard box, with Patey Hats hat stretcher; together with a Gieves Ltd pith helmet (3)
£30 - £50 £120 View
337 LOCK & CO, LONDON: TWO BLACK BOWLER HATS
measuring 6 7/8" and 6 3/4", and a silk cap measuring 7 5/8"; and two top hat cardboard boxes by Christy, London (5)
£50 - £100 £50 View
338 A BLACK SILK TOP HAT
by "Lock & Co Hatter of St. James Street London", with original cardboard box, size 7 1/8"
£80 - £150 £340 View
339 A GREY TOP HAT BY "LOCK & CO HATTERS ST. JAMES LONDON"
23" circumference, in its original box; together with a ladies black silk top hat/dressage hat of "Christy's London", 23" circumference; and a black bowler hat also by "Lock and Co London", 21"…
£50 - £100 £160 View
340 TWO 'LOCK & CO' TOP HATS
in grey and black, with boxes; together with a 'Herbert & Johnson' felt fedora and two panama hats, one labelled 'genuine panama' (5)

Internal Measurements:
black top hat, 6 1/2" circumference,…
£40 - £80 £120 View
341 A BLACK SILK TOP HAT BY 'WEST & CO. HATTERS 29 CHEAPSIDE LONDON, E,C. ALSO FOREIGN AGENCIES'
measuring 6 7/8", with later box with 'BATES GENTLEMAN HATTER ...' label
£100 - £200 - View
342 JOHNSON & CO. LONDON: A VICTORIAN TRIPLE LEATHER HAT BUCKET
39cm high
£250 - £450 £250 View
343 AN EDWARDIAN BRASS AND OAK TOP HAT MEASURER
and an Edwardian oak bowler hat measurer (2)
£100 - £200 £220 View
344 AN EDWARDIAN METAL SHOPS HAT STAND
108cm high
£50 - £100 £190 View
345 FOUR VICTORIAN SCOTTISH HORN SNUFF MULLS
of typical curved shape with hinged lids, one lid with applied white metal thistle and another with hallmarks, the largest 10cm long
£400 - £600 - View
346 AN EDWARDIAN SILVER BUCKLE HANDLED UMBRELLA
the realistic buckle engraved and stamped, the silk pleating torn in places, with base metal ferrule, 92cm long
£150 - £250 - View
347 A PAIR OF TUCKERS DARK BLUE SUEDE SLIPPERS
with embroidery fox marks emblem, size 8.5
£30 - £50 £50 View
348 A SINGLE LEATHER COURSING SLIP
embossed with lurchers chasing rabbits, with metal 'clothes peg' attachment, a slip lead, 51cm long
£30 - £50 £40 View
349 TWO BRASS AND ENAMEL KENDAL AND DISTRICT OTTERHOUND BADGES
together with one Kendall and District Otterhound cuff button (3)
£100 - £200 £120 View
350 AN EDWARDIAN LEATHER FERRET BAG WITH BRASS FRAME AND BREATHING HOLES
with detachable strap inside, 23cm long
£50 - £100 £180 View
351 A SIEBE GORMAN & CO. STYLE COPPER DIVING HELMET AND CORSELET
with twelve bolts, 45cm high x 34cm long x 40cm deep approx.
£500 - £1,000 £700 View
352 1936 BERLIN ‘HITLER’ OLYMPICS: 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 Olympic…
£300 - £500 - View
353 1934 EMPIRE GAMES: MEDALS AWARDED TO SOUTH AFRICAN CYCLIST EDWARD ‘TED’ CLAYTON
comprising two silver and a bronze (3)

Provenance: Consigned to auction by Edward Clayton's son.
£100 - £200 £140 View
354 A PAIR OF CEREMONIAL MILITARY LANCES
with bamboo shafts and metal lance heads, leather strap handles, stamped with military crows foot, one dated 1915 and the other dated 1916, 275cm long (2)

Provenance: From The Egerton Place…
£100 - £200 £650 View
355 A RARE FRAMED AND SIGNED DISPLAY OF THE RYDER CUP MATCH
'for the sixth international golf match, Great Britian vs The United States of America' 'played on Southport and Ainsdale Golf Course, Southport, Tuesday & Wednesday, 29th & 30th June 1937';…
£1,000 - £2,000 - View
356 TEN VINTAGE OLD GOLF BALLS
of various makers (unnamed)
£30 - £50 - View
357 A QUANTITY OF VARIOUS GOLF BALLS
including a 4 Dunlop 65, Spalding Silver King 5, Twinsdot S, Slazenger, 55 Recess Supercharged, etc. (mostly within original packaging)
£50 - £100 £80 View
358 A BUSSEYS' CROQUET SET
in the original pine carrying box for four players, with four mallets hoops and balls
£200 - £400 £180 View
359 WARNER, P.F. - 'MY CRICKETING LIFE'
limited edition no. 108/200 signed by author, published by Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1921, tan cloth bound; together with five other signed sporting books incl. 'Bestie' and 'Champion Times' (6)
£150 - £250 - View
360 MORRIS, REVEREND F.O. - ‘A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS’
volumes I-VI, published by Groombridge and Sons, London, 1851, green three quarter leather binding with marbled boards, red and black half titles, bears James David Lumsden bookplates (6)
£200 - £400 £280 View
361 WITHERBY ET AL - ‘THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS’
second impression, volumes I-V, published by H. F. & G. Witherby, London 1943, blue cloth bindings with paper dustwrappers (5)
£100 - £200 £70 View
362 ALDER, JAMES (Illus.) - TWO ORNITHOLOGICAL VOLUMES: 'BIRDS AND FLOWERS OF THE CASTLE OF MEY' AND 'BIRDS OF BALMORAL'
limited editions, both number 65 of 1200 and signed by James Alder, text by Jennifer and Paddy Woods, published 1993 and 1997 respectively, folio size, half brown goatskin and buckram binding, with…
£500 - £700 - View
363 AN 1885 ALBUM OF PRESSED FLOWERS
G.A. Haynes "Flowers Of The Field", collected between 1885 and 1938 at the location of the Battle of the Boyne, includes the cuckoo-pint, spotted orchid, datura stramonium, tansy, etc., 302 pages in…
£30 - £50 £150 View
364 A SET OF FOUR EDWARDIAN GLASS EYES
(old optician stock)
£200 - £400 - View
365 A BRONZE BULLDOG HEAD INKWELL
with a bronze collar and chain and glass eyes, on a circular white marble base, circa 1930's, 24cm high x 33cm diam.

Provenance: From The Egerton Place Collection.
£800 - £1,200 £800 View
366 AN EDWARDIAN BLACK FOREST WALL BRACKET
with carved stags head and floral decoration, 25cm x 31cm
£200 - £400 £180 View
367 A VICTORIAN BLACK FOREST WALL BRACKET
with carved goat and roe deer head with glass eyes and floral decoration; and another Black Forest wall bracket (2)
£200 - £400 - View
368 A VICTORIAN BLACK FOREST WALL PLAQUE
carved with an ibex, cartridges, shotgun and shot flask within floral decoration, hanging scene, 102cm x 64cm
£1,000 - £2,000 - View
369 A BLACK FOREST CARVING OF A CHAMOIS NECK MOUNT
19th century, mounted on a carved plaque, 21cm tall x 24cm wide x 15cm deep

Provenance: From The Egerton Place Collection.
£60 - £120 £140 View
370 A BLACK FOREST CARVING OF A GOAT NECK MOUNT
late 19th century, mounted on an oak shield, 60cm wide

Provenance: From The Egerton Place Collection.
£300 - £500 £300 View
371 A VICTORIAN ANTLER COAT AND HAT RACK
65cm long
£80 - £150 - View
372 A COW HORN HAT AND COAT RACK
late 19th century, mounted on an oak shield, 16cm x 106cm

Provenance: From The Egerton Place Collection.
£100 - £200 - View
373 A VICTORIAN COW HORN COAT RACK
with five cow horn "hooks" mounted on horn with a wooden back, 100cm long
£300 - £500 - View
374 A VICTORIAN OCCASIONAL TABLE
with a circular brass top and horn-mounted pedestal, with brass fittings, 51cm high x 36cm diam.
£300 - £500 £280 View
375 AN EDWARDIAN SCOTTISH HUNTING LODGE BRASS WALL MOUNTED STICK RACK
with seven graduating hooks, surmounted by a red stag brass mask centrepiece, 22cm high x 66cm wide
£400 - £600 - View
376 A FOCHABERS CARVED HALF-BLOCK AND PAINTED SALMON
the stained backboard with a bevelled edge and stencilled "Farlow", also with inscribed brass plaque "River Gaula 9lbs July 30th 1906 with 9' trout rod W.H.B", 92cm x 30cm
£1,500 - £2,500 £1,500 View
377 A FOCHABERS HAND-PAINTED CARVED WOODEN HALF-BLOCK SALMON
on a mahogany backboard with bevelled edge, stencilled "Farlow of London", with a gilt inscription "Killed by Christian H.J. Head July 8th 1909 Vigeland, Fosse Pool, Torrisdal River, Norway. Weight…
£6,000 - £8,000 - View
378 TAXIDERMY: A CAPE BUFFALO NECK MOUNT
from Chizarira, Zimbabwe, horn length: 63cm, horn width: 116cm, total height: 77cm, total depth: 106cm

Provenance: The Michael Callender Big Trophy Game Head Collection.
£300 - £500 - View
379 TAXIDERMY: A BLACK WILDEBEEST NECK MOUNT
as per the accompanying Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game Certificate of Publication, 24" x 11" x 12" (61cm x 28cm x 30.5cm)

Provenance: The Michael Callender Big Trophy Game Head Collection.
£200 - £400 £175 View
380 TAXIDERMY: A CAPE BUFFALO NECK MOUNT
from Chizarira, Zimbabwe, by The Trans African Taxidermists, as per the accompanying Rowland Ward's Records of Big Game Certificate of Publication, 45.75" (horns widest span) x 41" x 41.38" x 38.75" …
£300 - £500 £280 View

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