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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 QUANTITY OF VARIOUS GOLF BALLS
Lot 357 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £80
Estimate: £50 - £100
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
A BUSSEYS' CROQUET SET
Lot 358 Sold
A BUSSEYS' CROQUET SET
in the original pine carrying box for four players, with four mallets hoops and balls
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £400
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10 October 2024
WARNER, P.F. - 'MY CRICKETING LIFE'
Lot 359 Unsold
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)
Estimate: £150 - £250
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
MORRIS, REVEREND F.O. - ‘A HISTORY OF BRITISH BIRDS’
Lot 360 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
WITHERBY ET AL - ‘THE HANDBOOK OF BRITISH BIRDS’
Lot 361 Sold
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)
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £100 - £200
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
ALDER, JAMES (Illus.) - TWO ORNITHOLOGICAL VOLUMES: 'BIRDS AND FLOWERS OF THE CASTLE OF MEY' AND 'BIRDS OF BALMORAL'
Lot 362 Unsold
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 original buckram and plush lined solander boxes, sold together with purchase receipts and invitation to a private view of the original paintings illustrated in 'Birds of Balmoral', held at The Hancock Museum, Newcastle, Monday June 3rd 1996
Provenance: Direct family descent from original purchaser
Estimate: £500 - £700
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
AN 1885 ALBUM OF PRESSED FLOWERS
Lot 363 Sold
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 total, 46cm x 37cm
Hammer price: £150
Estimate: £30 - £50
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
A SET OF FOUR EDWARDIAN GLASS EYES
Lot 364 Unsold
A SET OF FOUR EDWARDIAN GLASS EYES
(old optician stock)
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
A BRONZE BULLDOG HEAD INKWELL
Lot 365 Sold
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.
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
AN EDWARDIAN BLACK FOREST WALL BRACKET
Lot 366 Sold
AN EDWARDIAN BLACK FOREST WALL BRACKET
with carved stags head and floral decoration, 25cm x 31cm
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
A VICTORIAN BLACK FOREST WALL BRACKET
Lot 367 Unsold
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)
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
A VICTORIAN BLACK FOREST WALL PLAQUE
Lot 368 Unsold
A VICTORIAN BLACK FOREST WALL PLAQUE
carved with an ibex, cartridges, shotgun and shot flask within floral decoration, hanging scene, 102cm x 64cm
Estimate: £1,000 - £2,000
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
A BLACK FOREST CARVING OF A CHAMOIS NECK MOUNT
Lot 369 Sold
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.
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £60 - £120
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
A BLACK FOREST CARVING OF A GOAT NECK MOUNT
Lot 370 Sold
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.
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
A VICTORIAN ANTLER COAT AND HAT RACK
Lot 371 Unsold
A VICTORIAN ANTLER COAT AND HAT RACK
65cm long
Estimate: £80 - £150
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
A COW HORN HAT AND COAT RACK
Lot 372 Unsold
A COW HORN HAT AND COAT RACK
late 19th century, mounted on an oak shield, 16cm x 106cm

Provenance: From The Egerton Place Collection.
Estimate: £100 - £200
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
A VICTORIAN COW HORN COAT RACK
Lot 373 Unsold
A VICTORIAN COW HORN COAT RACK
with five cow horn "hooks" mounted on horn with a wooden back, 100cm long
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
A VICTORIAN OCCASIONAL TABLE
Lot 374 Sold
A VICTORIAN OCCASIONAL TABLE
with a circular brass top and horn-mounted pedestal, with brass fittings, 51cm high x 36cm diam.
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
AN EDWARDIAN SCOTTISH HUNTING LODGE BRASS WALL MOUNTED STICK RACK
Lot 375 Unsold
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
Estimate: £400 - £600
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
A FOCHABERS CARVED HALF-BLOCK AND PAINTED SALMON
Lot 376 Sold
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
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
A FOCHABERS HAND-PAINTED CARVED WOODEN HALF-BLOCK SALMON
Lot 377 Unsold
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 26lbs. Length 41.5". Girth 23", mounted salmon fly which caught the fish, 223cm x 390cm
Estimate: £6,000 - £8,000
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
TAXIDERMY: A CAPE BUFFALO NECK MOUNT
Lot 378 Unsold
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.
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
TAXIDERMY: A BLACK WILDEBEEST NECK MOUNT
Lot 379 Sold
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.
Hammer price: £175
Estimate: £200 - £400
10 October 2024
10 October 2024
TAXIDERMY: A CAPE BUFFALO NECK MOUNT
Lot 380 Sold
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" (114cm [horns widest span] x 104cm x 106cm x 98.5cm)

Provenance: The Michael Callender Big Trophy Game Head Collection.
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £300 - £500
10 October 2024
10 October 2024

Total lots: 428

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