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Auction date Thursday 10 October 2024 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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Head of Sale: 

Julian Smith


Auction: 

Thursday 10th October at 10.30am


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Total lots: 428

A LONDON GUN CO. SHOP DISPLAY BOARD
Lot 216 Sold
A LONDON GUN CO. SHOP DISPLAY BOARD
with various gun labels, including James Purdy & Sons gun label, 1881, Holland & Holland gun label, 1995, William & Evans gun label 1934, Swan Harrison gun label 1882 and others, in a glazed mahogany frame, 125cm x 105cm

Provenance: From The Egerton Place Collection.
Hammer price: £240
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
A SHOP DISPLAY BOARD OF GUN LABELS
Lot 217 Unsold
A SHOP DISPLAY BOARD OF GUN LABELS
including Holland & Holland, New Bond Street, London, James Purdy & Sons, Oxford Street, London, and Boss & Co. Gun and Rifle Breech Loader Manufacturer, St. James's Street, London, in a glazed oak frame, 68cm x 38cm

Provenance: From The Egerton Place Collection.
Estimate: £100 - £200
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
ELEY BROTHERS OF LONDON: A SHOP CARTRIDGE DISPLAY BOARD
Lot 218 Sold
ELEY BROTHERS OF LONDON: A SHOP CARTRIDGE DISPLAY BOARD
with cartridges and ammunition decoratively displayed in an oak framed display case, 33cm x 36cm
Hammer price: £2,200
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
A ELEY CARTRIDGES ADVERTISEMENT
Lot 219 Sold
A ELEY CARTRIDGES ADVERTISEMENT
depicting a Victorian shooting scene, 'worth their weight in gold, 1828 - 1928, un-surpassed to-day' in a birds eye maple effect frame, 44cm x 31cm
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
A SHOOTING LEDGER
Lot 220 Sold
A SHOOTING LEDGER
from 1870-1903, of various species including red grouse, black grouse, grey partridge, pheasant, woodcock, snipe, rabbit and others, with number shot and pictures of the species, framed and glazed, 32cm x 38cm

Provenance: From The Egerton Place Collection.
Hammer price: £460
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
A VINTAGE HUNTING TARGET PRINT
Lot 221 Sold
A VINTAGE HUNTING TARGET PRINT
of a bear, chamois, wild boar, roe deer, hare and red stag, in a glazed frame, 58cm x 69cm

Provenance: From The Egerton Place Collection.
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £80 - £150
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
THE CENTRAL ZINC WORKS R.C SHOOTING TROPHY
Lot 222 Sold
THE CENTRAL ZINC WORKS R.C SHOOTING TROPHY
in a glazed mahogany display case, 21cm x 43cm, with a model of a field shot gun, and hallmarked silver winners plaques from 1908 - 1917

Provenance: From The Egerton Place Collection.
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
J. HALL'S PATENTED CLOCK GUN
Lot 223 Sold
J. HALL'S PATENTED CLOCK GUN
"Station road Wigton, Cumberland" in a free-standing metal case, 48cm high x 30cm wide
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
A "W. J. GEORGE SMITH, DOVER" CATALOGUE
Lot 224 Unsold
A "W. J. GEORGE SMITH, DOVER" CATALOGUE
with various illustrations of guns and gun tools, rifles and others
Estimate: £50 - £100
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
A COLLECTION OF SHOOTING AND FISHING DIARIES BELONGING TO C.L.GORDON - STEWARD
Lot 225 Sold
A COLLECTION OF SHOOTING AND FISHING DIARIES BELONGING TO C.L.GORDON - STEWARD
from 1860-1930s, shooting records of game, destinations, and notes of the day, fishing records with weights, destinations, and some black and white photographs of shooting in Scotland
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £100 - £200
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
ABEL CHAPMAN & WALTER J. BUCK: "WILD SPAIN"
Lot 226 Sold
ABEL CHAPMAN & WALTER J. BUCK: "WILD SPAIN"
published in 1893; alongside various hunting and shooting books, including 'Experts on Guns & Shooting', 'The Roe Deer of Cranborne Chase', 'Hunting the Whitetail Deer', 'Automatic and Repeating Shotguns', 'Instructions to Young Sportsmen in All that Relates to Guns and Shooting', 'Shooting Days', 'British Game', 'Letters to Young Shooters (I,II,III)', 'Fifty Years a Gamekeeper', 'English Pistols and Revolvers', and 'English Country Life 1780-1830' (a lot)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
STANLEY DUNCAN: A RARE 1948 CHRISTMAS CARD
Lot 227 Sold
STANLEY DUNCAN: A RARE 1948 CHRISTMAS CARD
"Danger of the Punt" gun and geese on The Humber, inscribed "Merry and Hearty Xmas 1948 from Mr and Mrs Stanley Duncan, Lone Pine, Anlaby, East Yorks"
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
WILLIAM CRUICKSHANK (1848-1922) A brace of partridges hanging from a nail
Lot 228 Sold
WILLIAM CRUICKSHANK (1848-1922) A brace of partridges hanging from a nail
watercolour on paper, 43cm x 32cm

Provenance: The McDonald Booth Gallery, London SW3
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
J.E .WALLACE (1841-1905)
Lot 229 Unsold
J.E .WALLACE (1841-1905)
A Scottish lodge in a landscape, dated 1917, watercolour, framed and glazed, 22cm x 48cm; and a black and white photograph of a polo player on horseback, framed and glazed, 33cm x 36cm (2)

Provenance: From The Egerton Place Collection.
Estimate: £50 - £100
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
CECIL ALDIN (1870-1935)
Lot 230 Unsold
CECIL ALDIN (1870-1935)
Shooting "The Twelfth", colour print, framed and glazed, 31cm x 35cm

Provenance: From The Egerton Place Collection.
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
ARCHIBALD THORBURN - 'Driven Grouse'
Lot 231 Sold
ARCHIBALD THORBURN - 'Driven Grouse'
Grouse Shooting, pair of coloured prints, framed and glazed, 35cm x 59cm (2)

Provenance: From The Egerton Place Collection.
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £50 - £100
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
J. SCOTT (19th Century) A still life study of dead game
Lot 232 Sold
J. SCOTT (19th Century) A still life study of dead game
including a woodcock, a snipe and a black grouse, signed and dated 1841 lower left, oil on canvas, 45cm x 31cm
Hammer price: £110
Estimate: £100 - £200
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
TANJA MODERSHEIM, Grey partridge
Lot 233 Unsold
TANJA MODERSHEIM, Grey partridge
painted on a polar panel with the technique and pigments of 17th century Holland, framed in a traditional black polished frame by 'P.R. Elleston & Co', 27.5cm x 40.5cm
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
TANJA MODERSCHEIM, Wood cock
Lot 234 Unsold
TANJA MODERSCHEIM, Wood cock
painted on poplar wood using traditional techniques and pigments of 17th century Holland, 28cm x 43cm

Provenance: The frame replicates the profile of a 1650's Dutch frame, no. A3558 in the Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam.
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
*HAROLD FRANK WALLACE (1881-1962) A herd of red deer descending a mountainside in a snowstorm
Lot 235 Sold
*HAROLD FRANK WALLACE (1881-1962) A herd of red deer descending a mountainside in a snowstorm
signed lower left, watercolour heightened with white, 52.5cm x 73cm
Hammer price: £550
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
CHARLES HUNT (18031877) AFTER FRANCIS CALCRAFT TURNER (1782-1846) 'Pheasant Shooting'
Lot 236 Sold
CHARLES HUNT (18031877) AFTER FRANCIS CALCRAFT TURNER (1782-1846) 'Pheasant Shooting'
coloured engraving, published by Laird, Leadenhall Street, London 1841, the image 37cm x 50cm; together with the companion study 'Partridge Shooting' (2)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £50 - £100
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
*HAROLD FRANK WALLACE (1881-1962) Stags by a burn in a snowstorm
Lot 237 Sold
*HAROLD FRANK WALLACE (1881-1962) Stags by a burn in a snowstorm
signed lower left, watercolour heightened with white, 34cm x 49cm
Hammer price: £460
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
*HAROLD FRANK WALLACE (1881-1962) Four stags standing on the flats, with hills beyond
Lot 238 Sold
*HAROLD FRANK WALLACE (1881-1962) Four stags standing on the flats, with hills beyond
signed lower right, watercolour, 34cm x 49cm
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
FRIEDR LANGE - 'WILDBUCK S.W. AFRICA'
Lot 239 Unsold
FRIEDR LANGE - 'WILDBUCK S.W. AFRICA'
oil on canvas, in a birdseye maple frame

Provenance: From The Egerton Place Collection.
Estimate: £100 - £200
10 October 2024
10 October 2024

Total lots: 428

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