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

Julian Smith


Auction: 

Thursday 2nd October at 10.30am


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Lots per page:

Total lots: 376

MANNER OF HENRY BARNARD CHALON (1770-1849) An English Pointer spots a rabbit
Lot 145 Unsold
MANNER OF HENRY BARNARD CHALON (1770-1849) An English Pointer spots a rabbit
within a countryside scene, oil on panel, 35cm x 42cm
Estimate: £300 - £500
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
CHARLES WHYMPER (1853-1941) A pheasant shoot
Lot 146 Sold
CHARLES WHYMPER (1853-1941) A pheasant shoot
signed lower right, watercolour, 16cm x 25cm
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
JOHN HASSALL (1868-1948) 'Here's Luck to Me' and 'A Blank Outlook'
Lot 147 Sold
JOHN HASSALL (1868-1948) 'Here's Luck to Me' and 'A Blank Outlook'
each signed and dated '99, gouache, 36cm x 52cm each (2)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £200 - £400
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
*NICK MACE (B.1949) Rural landscape with pheasant shooting
Lot 148 Sold
*NICK MACE (B.1949) Rural landscape with pheasant shooting
signed lower right, oil on board, 24cm x 37cm
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
ATTRIBUTED TO BENJAMIN DAVIS (1869-1946) Pair of sporting scenes
Lot 149 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO BENJAMIN DAVIS (1869-1946) Pair of sporting scenes
depicting dogs chasing pheasants, bearing signatures, oils on canvas, 34cm x 23cm each (2)
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
*BERNARD VENABLES (1907-2001) A scene of the Fish Inn
Lot 150 Unsold
*BERNARD VENABLES (1907-2001) A scene of the Fish Inn
with figures to foreground, signed lower left, watercolour, 45cm x 63cm

Provenance: A private Midlands sporting collection.
Estimate: £300 - £500
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
*DENIS ALDRIDGE (1898-1985) Flying red grouse in a landscape
Lot 151 Sold
*DENIS ALDRIDGE (1898-1985) Flying red grouse in a landscape
1951, signed and dated lower right, watercolour, 27cm x 35cm
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
*BEN HOSKYN (B.1963) 'Teal'
Lot 152 Unsold
*BEN HOSKYN (B.1963) 'Teal'
1993, signed and dated lower left, watercolour and pencil, 28.5cm x 38.5cm
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
*NORMAN ARLOTT (1947-2022) Game birds in flight
Lot 153 Unsold
*NORMAN ARLOTT (1947-2022) Game birds in flight
(19)73, signed lower left, gouache, 36cm x 29cm (2)
Estimate: £150 - £250
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
*RALSTON GUDGEON (1910-1984) A pheasant in a landscape
Lot 154 Sold
*RALSTON GUDGEON (1910-1984) A pheasant in a landscape
signed lower right, gouache, 45cm x 59cm
Hammer price: £160
Estimate: £100 - £200
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
AFTER HENRY THOMAS ALKEN (1785-1851) 'Ideas' and 'The Remains of a Stanhope'
Lot 155 Unsold
AFTER HENRY THOMAS ALKEN (1785-1851) 'Ideas' and 'The Remains of a Stanhope'
etchings with hand colouring, 17cm x 24cm and 23cm x 20cm (2)
Estimate: £40 - £80
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
JOHN GOULD (1804-1881) Studies of ducks
Lot 156 Sold
JOHN GOULD (1804-1881) Studies of ducks
comprising 'Long Tailed Duck', 'Smew' and 'Tadorna Valpanser'; together with 'Spatula Clypeata' by J Wolf, etchings in colours, typically 35cm x 52cm (4)
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £80 - £150
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
AFTER EDWIN LANDSEER (1802-1873) 'Deer Stalkers Returning'
Lot 157 Sold
AFTER EDWIN LANDSEER (1802-1873) 'Deer Stalkers Returning'
engraved by H. T. Ryall, engraving in colours, 55cm x 70cm
Hammer price: £20
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
PRIDEAUX JOHN SELBY (1788-1867) 'Golden Eagle, Young (Plate II)'
Lot 158 Sold
PRIDEAUX JOHN SELBY (1788-1867) 'Golden Eagle, Young (Plate II)'
etching with hand colouring, 54cm x 39cm
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £100 - £200
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
CHARLES HUNT (1803-1877) 'Patridge Shooting' and 'Pheasant Shooting'
Lot 159 Sold
CHARLES HUNT (1803-1877) 'Patridge Shooting' and 'Pheasant Shooting'
engraving in colours, 37cm x 49.5cm (2)
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
AFTER ARCHIBALD THORBURN (1860-1935) Pheasants in a landscape
Lot 160 Unsold
AFTER ARCHIBALD THORBURN (1860-1935) Pheasants in a landscape
ed. 385/850, offset lithograph in colours, 31cm x 49cm
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Seven studies of working dogs
Lot 161 Unsold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Seven studies of working dogs
after artists including Chalon, Gilpin et al, etchings, typically 14cm x 21cm (7)
Estimate: £100 - £200
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
THE MORNING FLIGHT: A BOOK OF WILDFOWL
Lot 162 Sold
THE MORNING FLIGHT: A BOOK OF WILDFOWL
written and illustrated by Peter Scott; together with London Country Life Limited, Wild Chorus by Peter Scott; The British and American Game Birds by Philip Richman; Gun Dogs by Patrick R. Chalmers, with illustrations by R. Ward Binks, published by Eyre and Spottiswoode Publishers Ltd (4)
Hammer price: £35
Estimate: £50 - £100
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
SNAFFLES (CHARLES JOHNSON PAYNE): 'THE ROE DEER. A MONOGRAPH'
Lot 163 Unsold
SNAFFLES (CHARLES JOHNSON PAYNE): 'THE ROE DEER. A MONOGRAPH'
with new introduction by Colin Lourie McKelvie, signed limited edition no. 169/1500, published by Ashford Press Publishing, Southampton 1987, three-quarter green leather bound with gilt tooled front cover and slip case
Estimate: £100 - £200
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
A QUANTITY OF BOUND ANNUAL EDITIONS OF GAME AND GUN AND ANGLERS MONTHLY
Lot 164 Sold
A QUANTITY OF BOUND ANNUAL EDITIONS OF GAME AND GUN AND ANGLERS MONTHLY
from 1928, 1929, 1935, 1936, 1944, 1946; together with various other books on wild fowling by Peter Scott, J. Wentworth, and Noel. M. Sedgwick, amongst others (a lot)

Provenance: A private Worcester sporting collection.
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS ON SMITH & WESSON AND WINCHESTER GUNS
Lot 165 Sold
A QUANTITY OF BOOKS ON SMITH & WESSON AND WINCHESTER GUNS
by Robert J. Neal and Roy J. Jinks, Erbart Wilson, and K.D Kirkland (a lot)
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
WILSON, R. L.: STEEL CANVAS: ART OF AMERICAN ARMS
Lot 166 Sold
WILSON, R. L.: STEEL CANVAS: ART OF AMERICAN ARMS
together with a quantity of other books on American guns and gun making (a lot)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
ARNOLD, RICHARD: AUTOMATIC AND REPEATING SHOTGUNS
Lot 167 Sold
ARNOLD, RICHARD: AUTOMATIC AND REPEATING SHOTGUNS
together with various other books on guns including by Arnold, Richard: 'Pigeon Shooting'; Marshall-Ball, Robin: 'The Sporting Shotgun'; Wilson, R. L.: 'The Buffalo Bills Wild West: An American Legend', amongst others (a lot)
Hammer price: £10
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 October 2025
2 October 2025
FORD, H. A.: ARCHERY - ITS THEORY AND PRACTICE
Lot 168 Sold
FORD, H. A.: ARCHERY - ITS THEORY AND PRACTICE
published by S. R. Publishers Ltd; together with a quantity of various other archery books including Soar, Hugh D. H.: 'The Secrets of the English War Bow'; 'The Traditional Bowyer's Bible, Volume 1: Longbow a Social Military History', edited by Jim Hamm, amongst others (a lot)
Hammer price: £15
Estimate: £30 - £50
2 October 2025
2 October 2025

Total lots: 376

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