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The Graham Snow Collection

Auction date Wednesday 24 September 2025 10:30 - 17:30 BST
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Head of Sale: 

Garry Batt


Auction: 

Wednesday 24th September at 10.30am

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Total lots: 391

A COLLECTION OF FORTY-EIGHT CULTURAL ‘ART’ TIES
Lot 252 Sold
A COLLECTION OF FORTY-EIGHT CULTURAL ‘ART’ TIES
including one after a design by Craigie Aitchison, embroidered with a Bedlington terrier beside a tree on a white ground (a lot)
Hammer price: £120
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
TWO ROYAL ACADEMY OF ART SILK TIES
Lot 253 Sold
TWO ROYAL ACADEMY OF ART SILK TIES
each printed with canary and butterfly design, after Craigie Aitchison, on pale blue and green ground respectively; together with a Prada pale blue tie; and a collection of art and other ties (a lot)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A 9CT GOLD WRISTWATCH
Lot 254 Sold
A 9CT GOLD WRISTWATCH
early 20th century, the champagne dial with gilt Arabic numerals, 32mm diameter, with later leather strap; together with a similar watch in a square case, 30mm diameter, with brown leather strap; a gold-coloured metal St. Christopher circular pendant; a gold-coloured metal jadeite tigers claw style pendant; a quantity of decorative costume jewellery and watches, contained in a 19th century red leather covered case; and an Edwardian green velvet-coloured jewellery box (a lot)
Hammer price: £280
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
AN AMMONITE (HILDOCERAS) FOSSIL IN LIMESTONE
Lot 255 Sold
AN AMMONITE (HILDOCERAS) FOSSIL IN LIMESTONE
8cm high x 10cm wide; a collection of sea shells and other items; and an early 19th century peg doll wearing original clothes, all contained in a brown Morocco leather covered box, retailed by Mappin & Webb (a lot)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £150 - £250
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
TAXIDERMY: A CASED BARBEL
Lot 256 Sold
TAXIDERMY: A CASED BARBEL
in a naturalistic surround, contained in a glazed case, 24cm high x 49cm wide x 10cm deep, inscription to the rear 'A barbel, caught in the playing fields, Eton, on April 27th 1888'
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
AN OAK DOUBLE SIDED RECTANGULAR SIGN
Lot 257 Sold
AN OAK DOUBLE SIDED RECTANGULAR SIGN
early 20th century, painted in yellow - 'Dressing Gowns' within an ebonised slip, 15cm high x 52cm wide; together with a 19th century elm rectangular stool with turned angled legs, 46cm high; and a Regency mahogany dining chair, the curved bar back with brass inlay and pierced splat, the seat upholstered in a pale blue loose cover, on turned front legs (3)
Hammer price: £65
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A BLACK FINISH ANGLEPOISE MODEL 90 LAMP
Lot 258 Sold
A BLACK FINISH ANGLEPOISE MODEL 90 LAMP
the shade and base later papered in Chinese calligraphy rice paper, 67cm high; together with a lacquered lidded box of shaped outline, similarly decorated, 4.5cm high x 24cm wide x 17cm deep; a composition marble effect urn form electric table lamp with shade, 55cm high; a scumbled pine chest of drawers fitted with two short and two long drawers, with plinth support, 85cm high x 80cm wide x 45cm deep; a similar pine trunk, 35cm high, enclosing an assortment of English ceramics (12)
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A 19TH CENTURY CREAM-PAINTED ARCH TOP OVERMANTEL MIRROR
Lot 259 Sold
A 19TH CENTURY CREAM-PAINTED ARCH TOP OVERMANTEL MIRROR
51cm high x 85cm wide; together with a decorative collection of objects comprising a pair of Greek crack glazed cream pottery bottle shaped vases with associated wooden stands, each 19cm high, a pair of cast metal candlesticks, a pair of late 19th century alabaster marble and slate obelisks, each 20cm high, a grey painted wood mantel clock and a circular mirror plate (9)
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A MODERN PALE BLUE WALL CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Lot 260 Sold
A MODERN PALE BLUE WALL CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
fitted with three shelves and enclosed by a single glazed door, 70cm high x 38cm wide x 9cm deep, the contents including a Victorian silver-plated mounted porcelain birds egg scent, ovoid painted body, 7cm overall, registration no. 20772, a 19th century Kashmiri enamelled and gilded copper egg cup, 5.5cm high, a 19th century Crystal Palace shell-mounted lozenge pin cushion, the front with chromolithographed vignette 'A Present from the Crystal Palace'
and a 19th century French mahogany clockwork automaton of two black dancers, 27cm high x 15cm wide…
Hammer price: £180
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
AN EDWARDIAN CREAM-PAINTED CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
Lot 261 Sold
AN EDWARDIAN CREAM-PAINTED CABINET OF CURIOSITIES
fitted with two shelves and enclosed by a pair of glazed doors, 64cm high x 50cm wide x 33cm deep, the contents comprising a mixed selection of Asian and European items, including a Chinese bronze square gu vase of archaistic style, 10cm high and a Chinese veined turquoise kneeling figure, on original pique inlaid hardwood stand, 6cm high (a lot)
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A PAINTED AND MIRRORED DRESSING TABLE
Lot 262 Sold
A PAINTED AND MIRRORED DRESSING TABLE
the serpentine fronted dressing table of French design, with faux Sienna marble top, the mirrored frieze fitted with two side opening drawers, on slender pale blue painted cabriole legs, 69cm high x 92cm wide x 47cm deep; together with a late Victorian cream-painted arch top overmantel mirror with plain mirror plate, 138cm high x 121cm wide; a 19th century pine domed top trunk, 35cm high x 50cm wide x 33cm deep;
 a 19th century alabaster campana form urn converted to an electric table lamp, 40cm high; a late…
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A GILT WOOD RECTANGULAR MIRROR
Lot 263 Sold
A GILT WOOD RECTANGULAR MIRROR
of rococo design, with scrolled leaf cresting and floral border, plain mirror plate, 84cm high x 58cm wide
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD CIRCULAR OCCASIONAL TABLE
Lot 264 Sold
A CARVED AND PAINTED WOOD CIRCULAR OCCASIONAL TABLE
of Venetian baroque style, the top inset with red-veined marble slab, with ebonised and gilded lappet rim, on triple mermaid caryatid supports with dolphin toes, on flattened ball feet, 62cm high x 60cm diameter; together with a faux marble painted wood baluster-shaped electric table lamp, with shade, 49cm high; a papier-mâché circular tray; a needlework spectacle case;
a pair of French painted beechwood bedroom chairs, the rectangular shaped backs carved with leaves,…
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A GEORGE III OAK BUREAU
Lot 265 Sold
A GEORGE III OAK BUREAU
the fall front enclosing four small drawers and pigeonholes, three long graduated drawers below with swan-neck handles, on bracket feet, 96cm high x 91cm wide x 50cm deep; together with a carved alabaster figure of a standing man, thought to be Christ, 40cm high; and a carved stone torso of Mughal Indian design, 27cm high, the metal stand with label under for 'Arcade Art Ltd', the torso hung with jade necklace (3)
Hammer price: £380
Estimate: £150 - £250
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A FAUX MARBLE PAINTED WOOD FOUR POSTER BED
Lot 266 Sold
A FAUX MARBLE PAINTED WOOD FOUR POSTER BED
with ovoid coronet capitals, plain turned head and foot posts, the arched headboard carved with lions mask, 201cm high x 94cm wide x 188cm long, with a Kashmiri paisley drape
Hammer price: £320
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A STUDDED LEATHER RECTANGULAR TRUNK
Lot 267 Sold
A STUDDED LEATHER RECTANGULAR TRUNK
19th century, with wallpaper lined interior, 28cm high x 55cm wide x 32cm deep
Hammer price: £60
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
AN OAK CHEST ON STAND
Lot 268 Sold
AN OAK CHEST ON STAND
early 18th century, fitted with two short and one long drawer, the stand on five turned legs with in-curved stretcher and ball feet, 87cm high x 86cm wide x 50cm deep
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £300 - £500
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
AN EMBOSSED AND STUDDED LEATHER THREE-FOLD DRAUGHT SCREEN OF ART NOUVEAU DESIGN
Lot 269 Sold
AN EMBOSSED AND STUDDED LEATHER THREE-FOLD DRAUGHT SCREEN OF ART NOUVEAU DESIGN
decorated in gold and blue with repeating leaf scrolls on a green ground, each fold 186cm high x 59cm wide
Hammer price: £190
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ELIOT, T. S.: ‘MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL’
Lot 270 Unsold
ELIOT, T. S.: ‘MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL’
first edition, published by Harcourt, Brace and Company, New York, 1935, black cloth bound with dustwrapper
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
GARNETT, DAVID: ‘THE OLD DOVECOTE’
Lot 271 Unsold
GARNETT, DAVID: ‘THE OLD DOVECOTE’
Woburn Series No. 363/500, signed by the author, published by Elkin Mathews & Marrot, London 1928; together with eight first edition David Garnett volumes including ‘The Sailor’s Return’, variously published by Chatto and Windus/Alfred A. Knopf; and one Book Society edition (10)
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
HUXLEY, ALDOUS: ‘EYELESS IN GAZA’
Lot 272 Unsold
HUXLEY, ALDOUS: ‘EYELESS IN GAZA’
first edition, published by Harper & Brothers, New York, 1936, green cloth bound
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
NICHOLS, BEVERLEY: ‘MERRY HALL’
Lot 273 Sold
NICHOLS, BEVERLEY: ‘MERRY HALL’
first edition, published by Jonathan Cape, London 1951, red cloth bound with dustwrapper; together with four other Beverley Nichols volumes including a third impression copy of ‘The Sweet and Twenties’ signed ‘Ashby de Gray, Paris 1959’; and Butcher, Cyril: ‘In Extremis’ with foreword by Beverley Nichols (6)
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
SITWELL, OSBERT: SIX FIRST EDITION VOLUMES
Lot 274 Unsold
SITWELL, OSBERT: SIX FIRST EDITION VOLUMES
comprising volumes 1-4 of the ‘Left Hand, Right Hand’ series, ‘Death of a God’ and ‘Tales my Father Taught Me’, published respectively by Macmillan 1945-9 and Hutchinson 1962, red and green cloth bound, Sitwell, Obsert: ‘The Four Continents’ published by Readers Union, 1955 and Sitwell and Barton: ‘Sober Truth’, published by Macdonald & Co, 1944 (8)
Estimate: £30 - £50
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
STEINBECK, JOHN: ‘CANNERY ROW’
Lot 275 Unsold
STEINBECK, JOHN: ‘CANNERY ROW’
first edition, published by William Heinemann, London 1945, orange cloth bound
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025

Total lots: 391

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