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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


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Wednesday 24th September at 10.30am

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Total lots: 391

VAN VECHTEN, CARL: NINE FIRST EDITION VOLUMES
Lot 276 Sold
VAN VECHTEN, CARL: NINE FIRST EDITION VOLUMES
including ‘The Tattooed Countess’, published by A.L. Burt, New York 1924, red cloth bound with dustwrapper, two copies of ‘Spider Boy’ and two copies of ‘Peter Whiffle’; together with seven other related volumes including Kellner, Bruce: ‘A Bibliography of the Work of Carl Van Vechten’ first edition 1980 (enclosing two notes from Kellner addressed to Graham Snow); and ‘Letters of Carl Van Vechten’ first edition 1987, both signed by the Kellner (16)
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
WOOLF, VIRGINIA: ‘THE DEATH OF THE MOTH’
Lot 277 Unsold
WOOLF, VIRGINIA: ‘THE DEATH OF THE MOTH’
published by Readers Union, London, 1943, grey cloth bound; together with a large collection of early 20th century Bloomsbury Set, Victorian and other art and literature books, mostly Readers Union or Book Society issues (a lot)
Estimate: £300 - £500
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A 19TH CENTURY ‘MR PUNCH’ HAND PUPPET
Lot 278 Unsold
A 19TH CENTURY ‘MR PUNCH’ HAND PUPPET
with painted papier-mâché head and multi-coloured costume, 47cm long
Estimate: £300 - £500
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ‘SEATED LADY’ AUTOMATON
Lot 279 Sold
A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ‘SEATED LADY’ AUTOMATON
modelled as a lady attending the theatre, holding lorgnettes and fan, seated on a painted chair, 59cm high (partially restored and lacking clothes)
Hammer price: £850
Estimate: £300 - £500
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A 19TH CENTURY GERMAN ‘YOUNG PIERROT’ AUTOMATON
Lot 280 Sold
A 19TH CENTURY GERMAN ‘YOUNG PIERROT’ AUTOMATON
in the manner of Zinner & Sohne, the standing boy wearing red conical hat and bright clothes, holding a goose under his arm, on cloth covered base, 42cm high
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £500 - £1,000
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ‘BUTLER’ AUTOMATON
Lot 281 Unsold
A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ‘BUTLER’ AUTOMATON
modelled wearing fez, long robes and holding tray, on plinth base, 63cm high
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ‘BANJO PLAYER’ AUTOMATON
Lot 282 Sold
A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ‘BANJO PLAYER’ AUTOMATON
in the manner of Gustave Vichy, modelled seated on the back of a chair, wearing neck tie and striped clothes, 57cm high
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ‘THE MARQUIS MONKEY HARPIST’ AUTOMATON
Lot 283 Sold
A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ‘THE MARQUIS MONKEY HARPIST’ AUTOMATON
in the manner of Gustave Vichy, modelled seated on maroon upholstered chair mid performance, wearing 18th century style gilt trimmed morning coat, the harp with gilded mounts, 49cm high
Hammer price: £1,200
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ‘MONKEY BRIDE HARPIST’ AUTOMATON
Lot 284 Sold
A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ‘MONKEY BRIDE HARPIST’ AUTOMATON
modelled seated under a rose arbor, all contained under glass dome with ebonised base, 40cm high
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £300 - £500
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH 'TEA DRINKER' AUTOMATON
Lot 285 Sold
A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH 'TEA DRINKER' AUTOMATON
probably by Gustave Vichy, modelled as an Oriental man emerging from an Imari palette ginger jar, the figure wearing green robes and holding a tea cup, the ginger jar 32cm high
Hammer price: £3,000
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A 19TH CENTURY SWISS QUALITE EXCELSIOR ‘PIERROT MANDOLIN PLAYER’ AUTOMATON
Lot 286 Sold
A 19TH CENTURY SWISS QUALITE EXCELSIOR ‘PIERROT MANDOLIN PLAYER’ AUTOMATON
in the manner of Gustave Vichy or Leopold Lambert, the figure with coloured hair, face painted with card suits and wearing bright clothes, modelled seated on a painted stool, on carpet covered plinth base, the plinth with label worded ‘Estudiantina Valse / Tout a le joie, Polka’, 57cm high
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ‘DRUMMER BOY’ AUTOMATON
Lot 287 Sold
A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ‘DRUMMER BOY’ AUTOMATON
modelled standing wearing pink satin clothes, on plinth base, 56cm high
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY ‘THE FREMLINS ALE ELEPHANT’ ADVERTISING AUTOMATON
Lot 288 Sold
AN EARLY 20TH CENTURY ‘THE FREMLINS ALE ELEPHANT’ ADVERTISING AUTOMATON
with nodding head action, standing on a rectangular plinth, 47cm high x 72cm wide, patent number 410223
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £300 - £500
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ATTRIBUTED TO CORNELIUS PRONK (1691-1759) Study of a snake
Lot 289 Sold
ATTRIBUTED TO CORNELIUS PRONK (1691-1759) Study of a snake
1726, bears signature, pencil, 23cm x 40cm

Provenance: with Abbott & Holder (label verso).
Hammer price: £700
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY An Italian riverside townscape
Lot 290 Sold
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 18TH CENTURY An Italian riverside townscape
ink and grey washes on paper, 34cm x 46cm; together with three similar landscapes possibly by the same hand (4)
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
MANNER OF GÉZAH VASTAGH (1866-1919) Lion and lioness
Lot 291 Sold
MANNER OF GÉZAH VASTAGH (1866-1919) Lion and lioness
unsigned, oil on canvas, 52cm x 67cm

Provenance: Dore & Rees, 25th January 2023, lot 409.
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Alpine townscape
Lot 292 Sold
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Alpine townscape
oil on panel, 28cm x 40cm
Hammer price: £40
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
AFTER TITIAN (1485-1576) The Penitent Magdalane
Lot 293 Sold
AFTER TITIAN (1485-1576) The Penitent Magdalane
1840, unsigned, label verso, oil on canvas, 36cm x 30cm
Hammer price: £200
Estimate: £200 - £400
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
MANNER OF SAMUEL PALMER (1805-1881) A woodland landscape
Lot 294 Sold
MANNER OF SAMUEL PALMER (1805-1881) A woodland landscape
unsigned, gouache on paper, 34cm x 58cm
Hammer price: £70
Estimate: £40 - £80
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
AFTER SAMUEL PALMER (1805-1881) Eclogues of Virgil
Lot 295 Sold
AFTER SAMUEL PALMER (1805-1881) Eclogues of Virgil
etching, 13cm x 19cm
Hammer price: £90
Estimate: £100 - £200
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait of a lady
Lot 296 Sold
ENGLISH SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY Portrait of a lady
three-quarter length, a landscape beyond, oil on canvas, 47cm x 36cm
Hammer price: £50
Estimate: £30 - £60
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY The Virgin Mary
Lot 297 Sold
CONTINENTAL SCHOOL, 19TH CENTURY The Virgin Mary
oil on canvas, 34cm x 23cm
Hammer price: £140
Estimate: £50 - £100
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
MANNER OF JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE (1725-1805) Portrait of a young woman
Lot 298 Sold
MANNER OF JEAN-BAPTISTE GREUZE (1725-1805) Portrait of a young woman
oil on canvas, 42cm x 31.5cm
Hammer price: £100
Estimate: £80 - £150
24 September 2025
24 September 2025
MANNER OF THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH (1727-1788) Conversation piece
Lot 299 Sold
MANNER OF THOMAS GAINSBOROUGH (1727-1788) Conversation piece
watercolour, 21.5cm x 27cm
Hammer price: £30
Estimate: £40 - £80
24 September 2025
24 September 2025

Total lots: 391

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