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Auction date Wednesday 26 February 2025 10:30 - 17:30 GMT

Head of Sale: 

Julian Smith


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Wednesday 26th February at 10.30am

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of 17

Lots per page:

Total lots: 387

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
217 FOURTEEN ELTEX CERAMIC DUMMY OR CROCK EGGS
for bantams and pheasants, 4cm long (14)

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£30 - £50 £80 View
218 THREE YORKSHIRE PATTERN PAINTED WOOD PIGEON DECOYS
30cm long x 20cm high x 8cm wide

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£30 - £50 £150 View
219 AN ENGLISH PAINTED WOOD PIGEON DECOY
made in London style with fanned tail and pronounced wing details, 10cm high x 36cm long x 10cm wide

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£150 - £250 - View
220 AN ENGLISH PAINTED WOOD PIGEON DECOY
made in London, resting style with serrated tail and wing detail, with glass eyes, mounted on a metal stand

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£300 - £500 - View
221 AN ENGLISH PAINTED WOOD PIGEON DECOY
made in London style with fan tail and pronounced wing details, with glass eyes, 15cm high x 30cm long x 10cm wide

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£150 - £250 £140 View
222 AN ENGLISH PAINTED WOOD PIGEON DECOY
with glass eyes and serrated tail, 15cm high x 30cm long x 8cm wide

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£150 - £250 £100 View
223 AN ENGLISH PAINTED WOOD PIGEON DECOY
made by Robert Lange, Yorkshire, with wired legs and typical tear-drop flashes, with wing coverts and glass eyes, circa 1880, 25cm high x 25cm long x 10xm wide

Provenance: A private Shropshire…
£250 - £450 £200 View
224 AN ENGLISH PAINTED WOOD PIGEON DECOY
by William Jaggard, Norfolk, 36cm long x 10cm wide x 10cm tall

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£200 - £400 £160 View
225 AN ENGLISH PAINTED WOOD PIGEON DECOY
by Robert Lange, Yorkshire, with typical tear-drop flashes on the wing coverts, with glass eyes, 10cm high x 32cm long x 10cm wide

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£150 - £250 £120 View
226 AN ENGLISH PAINTED WOOD PIGEON DECOY
made by Harry Earnest Boddy, Walderslade, Kent, the carved body with patent pivoting aluminium peg and glass eyes, 10cm high x 38cm long x 10cm wide

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting…
£150 - £250 - View
227 AN ENGLISH PAINTED WOOD PIGEON DECOY
made in London style, with pronounced wing details and glass eyes, 15cm high x 36cm long x 12cm wide

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£150 - £250 £160 View
228 A LARGE ENGLISH PAINTED WOOD PIGEON DECOY
made in the London style with pronounced wing details and glass eyes, on a metal and wood stand, 40cm high x 30cm long x 10cm wide

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£200 - £400 £160 View
229 AN IRISH STYLE ALLOY SHELL PIGEON DECOY
on a sprung peg, 35cm long x 20cm high x 10cm wide

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£30 - £50 - View
230 A NORFOLK CURVED SHELL ROCKING PIGEON DECOY
40cm high x 35cm long x 12cm wide

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£30 - £50 - View
231 VICTOR BONNET OF PARIS: A CLOCKWORK TINPLATE PIGEON
with makers nameplate 'V.B. & Cie à Paris', circa 1915, 17cm long x 12cm high x 7cm wide

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£30 - £50 £60 View
232 N.B. GLASS WORKS OF PERTH: TWO TARGET BALLS
one clear glass embossed with shooting scene and one blue glass, approximately 8cm diameter (2)
£100 - £200 £120 View
233 J. M. DICKER: A HAND CLAY PIGEON LAUNCHER
two 12-bore cartridge reloading tools by Debose; and a single shot security breech safe with a single key (4)

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£50 - £100 - View
234 A BUSSEY PATENT 'GYRO' PIGEON TARGET LAUNCHER
with thirteen metal targets, in the original wooden box with paper label inside with instructions for use of the launcher (a pre-cursor to modern clay pigeon) invented by the Yorkshireman, George…
£500 - £1,000 - View
235 LE PERSONNE LONDON: A PATENT AUTOMATIC BIRD AND VERMIN SCARER
with trade label for 'Le Personne & Co. Ltd, 7 Old Bailey, London', with string and rope bangers, accompanied by a copy of the notes from S. Young & Sons Ltd

Provenance: A private Shropshire…
£50 - £100 £30 View
236 A '"SMOKELESS DIAMOND" THE LEADING SPORTING GUNPOWDER' PROMOTIONAL GLASS PAPERWEIGHT
measuring 12cm x 10cm, and one other promotional resin paperweight by Rottweil cartridges, measuring 22cm x 9cm (2)

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£50 - £100 - View
237 AN ELEY ADVERTISING PAPERWEIGHT
showing shot and pheasant feathers around an Eley no. 6 Grand Prix cartridge, 12cm x 7cm
£150 - £250 - View
238 PURDEY GUN MAKERS: A GENTLEMAN'S ACCESSORY SET
including a hip flask, measuring 12cm x 5.5cm, Purdey playing cards and handkerchief, in the original Purdey cardboard box
£30 - £50 £60 View
239 WILLIAM POWELL & SON LTD, GUN & RIFLE MAKERS OF BIRMINGHAM: TWENTY BLACK AND GOLD LEATHER GUNCASE LABELS
and ten William Powell & Sons paper gun labels (old stock) (30)

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£50 - £100 £60 View
240 JAMES PURDEY, GUNMAKERS OF LONDON: THREE ORIGINAL DECKS OF SEALED PLAYING CARDS
in their original boxes (3)

Provenance: A private Shropshire sporting collection.
£30 - £50 £25 View

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