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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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Lots per page:

Total lots: 376

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
145 MANNER OF HENRY BARNARD CHALON (1770-1849) An English Pointer spots a rabbit
within a countryside scene, oil on panel, 35cm x 42cm
£300 - £500 - View
146 CHARLES WHYMPER (1853-1941) A pheasant shoot
signed lower right, watercolour, 16cm x 25cm
£100 - £200 £60 View
147 JOHN HASSALL (1868-1948) 'Here's Luck to Me' and 'A Blank Outlook'
each signed and dated '99, gouache, 36cm x 52cm each (2)
£200 - £400 £100 View
148 *NICK MACE (B.1949) Rural landscape with pheasant shooting
signed lower right, oil on board, 24cm x 37cm
£100 - £200 £100 View
149 ATTRIBUTED TO BENJAMIN DAVIS (1869-1946) Pair of sporting scenes
depicting dogs chasing pheasants, bearing signatures, oils on canvas, 34cm x 23cm each (2)
£50 - £100 £160 View
150 *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.
£300 - £500 - View
151 *DENIS ALDRIDGE (1898-1985) Flying red grouse in a landscape
1951, signed and dated lower right, watercolour, 27cm x 35cm
£50 - £100 £20 View
152 *BEN HOSKYN (B.1963) 'Teal'
1993, signed and dated lower left, watercolour and pencil, 28.5cm x 38.5cm
£50 - £100 - View
153 *NORMAN ARLOTT (1947-2022) Game birds in flight
(19)73, signed lower left, gouache, 36cm x 29cm (2)
£150 - £250 - View
154 *RALSTON GUDGEON (1910-1984) A pheasant in a landscape
signed lower right, gouache, 45cm x 59cm
£100 - £200 £160 View
155 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)
£40 - £80 - View
156 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)
£80 - £150 £50 View
157 AFTER EDWIN LANDSEER (1802-1873) 'Deer Stalkers Returning'
engraved by H. T. Ryall, engraving in colours, 55cm x 70cm
£50 - £100 £20 View
158 PRIDEAUX JOHN SELBY (1788-1867) 'Golden Eagle, Young (Plate II)'
etching with hand colouring, 54cm x 39cm
£100 - £200 £180 View
159 CHARLES HUNT (1803-1877) 'Patridge Shooting' and 'Pheasant Shooting'
engraving in colours, 37cm x 49.5cm (2)
£30 - £50 £15 View
160 AFTER ARCHIBALD THORBURN (1860-1935) Pheasants in a landscape
ed. 385/850, offset lithograph in colours, 31cm x 49cm
£30 - £50 - View
161 ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Seven studies of working dogs
after artists including Chalon, Gilpin et al, etchings, typically 14cm x 21cm (7)
£100 - £200 - View
162 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,…
£50 - £100 £35 View
163 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…
£100 - £200 - View
164 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…
£30 - £50 £10 View
165 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)
£30 - £50 £15 View
166 WILSON, R. L.: STEEL CANVAS: ART OF AMERICAN ARMS
together with a quantity of other books on American guns and gun making (a lot)
£30 - £50 £10 View
167 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…
£30 - £50 £10 View
168 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:…
£30 - £50 £15 View

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