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Auction date Thursday 2 October 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST

Head of Sale: 

Julian Smith


Auction

Thursday 2nd October at 10.30am


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of 16

Lots per page:

Total lots: 376

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
73 A MAYBUG LURE
in the form of a winged insect with six legs, 7cm long

Provenance: A private Gloucester sporting collection.
£200 - £400 £180 View
74 HAYNES OF CORK: AN IRISH LURE
with leather body and double triple hooks, 12cm long

Provenance: A private Gloucester sporting collection.
£200 - £400 - View
75 A QUANTITY OF LARGE SHARK FISHING HOOKS
for long line fishing, approximately 100 hooks

Provenance: A private Worcester sporting collection.
£30 - £50 - View
76 A COLLECTION OF SEVEN VARIOUS FISHING SCALES
by Slater, Savage Arms Corp USA, The Flexible Metal Ltd, etc. (7)
£50 - £100 £20 View
77 HARDY: A BRASS CYLINDRICAL ANGLERS THERMOMETER
14cm long; together with a Puma anglers knife with balance and weighted priest, in its original leather sheath, 15cm long (2)
£50 - £100 £70 View
78 OGDEN SMITH: A BRASS TWO DRAWER FISHING GAFF
with oak wooden turned handle, 38cm long; together with a Farlows copper circular gut cast box; a summer copper gut cast box; and a black Japan spinning box (4)
£50 - £100 £40 View
79 RICHARD WHEATLEY OF ENGLAND: A WOODEN FLY BOX
together with two metal Wheatley fly boxes; and one other metal fly box, the largest 21cm long x 10cm wide (4)
£30 - £50 £50 View
80 A LARGE WOODEN FLY BOX
containing approximately 100 salmon flies (some mostly unused), 32cm wide x 20cm deep; together with a Wheatley dry fly box with 12 spring link compartments and flies; a similar Hardy Brothers twelve…
£50 - £100 £45 View
81 A FARLOW'S SALMON TUBE FLY BOX
with salmon tube flies; together with a Wheatley foam lined tube fly box with flies; a cantilever box of salmon tube flies; and three Wheatley alloy fly boxes, with a selection of mostly trout flies …
£30 - £50 £45 View
82 A 'W.H. CHORLEY & SONS... GAME FISHING SPECIALISTS' MAHOGANY WALL-MOUNTED CABINET
Edwardian, with stepped pediment above two arched glazed doors advertising the 'angling accoutrements'/wares in gold letters, before two interchangeable shelves, 115cm high x 92cm long x 30cm deep
£200 - £400 £200 View
83 A STAINED PINE GLAZED WALL DISPLAY CABNET
with fitted book bays, green baize backing and fitted shelving, 80cm high x 64cm wide
£30 - £50 £50 View
84 A PAIR OF FRAMED GLAZED DISPLAYS OF SALMON FLIES
mounted in oak frames, approximately 68 flies, 28cm high x 36cm wide (2)
£50 - £100 £30 View
85 A DISPLAY CASE CONTAINING A LARGE COLLECTION OF LURES
by Hardy, Farlow's, Allcocks, etc., 64cm high x 48cm wide

Provenance: A private Gloucester sporting collection.
£600 - £800 - View
86 SIX GUT EYE SALMON FLIES
framed and glazed, with gilt inscription 'Bonaventure river, August 1897', framed by Army & Navy. Co Stores Ltd, London, 30cm high x 40cm wide

Provenance: A private Gloucester sporting…
£200 - £400 £200 View
87 GEORGE COLE (1810-1883) A study of a man fishing at a canal lock
1878, signed and dated lower left, oil on canvas, 36cm x 53cm

Provenance: A private Midlands sporting collection.
£300 - £500 - View
88 CHARLES HUNT (1829-1900) Landscape with two boys fishing
oil on metal, 32cm x 26cm

Provenance: A private Midlands sporting collection.
£200 - £400 £130 View
89 A. ROWLAND KNIGHT (ACT.1810-1840) Netting the fish
signed lower left, oil on board, 16cm x 22cm

Provenance: A private Midlands sporting collection.
£100 - £200 £140 View
90 A. ROWLAND KNIGHT (ACT.1810-1840) Landscape with caught fish
signed lower right, oil on canvas, 35.7cm x 51cm

Provenance: A private Midlands sporting collection.
£300 - £500 £320 View
91 A. ROWLAND KNIGHT (ACT.1810-1840) Netting a fish
signed lower left, oil on board (oval), 17cm x 22.5cm

Provenance: A private Midlands sporting collection.
£100 - £200 £100 View
92 A. ROWLAND KNIGHT (ACT.1810-1840) Trout and hook in a river landscape
signed lower left, oil on panel, 25cm x 31cm

Provenance: A private Midlands sporting collection.
£200 - £400 - View
93 A. ROWLAND KNIGHT (ACT.1810-1840) 'The Chase'
signed lower left, oil on canvas, 30.5cm x 51cm

Provenance: A private Midlands sporting collection.
£300 - £500 £300 View
94 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Caught fish and tackle basket in a landscape
oil on canvas, 63.5cm x 76.5cm

Provenance: A private Midlands sporting collection.
£200 - £400 £300 View
95 JOHN BUCKNELL RUSSELL (1819-1893) The catch
signed lower right, oil on canvas laid to board, 26cm x 34cm

Provenance: A private Midlands sporting collection.
£200 - £400 - View
96 W. W. BUCKLEY (19TH CENTURY) Landscape with man fishing to foreground
1881, signed and dated lower right, oil on canvas, 40.5cm x 51cm
£40 - £80 £20 View

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