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The Graham Snow Collection

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

Head of Sale: 

Garry Batt


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Wednesday 24th September at 10.30am

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 391

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
276 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…
£100 - £200 £100 View
277 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…
£300 - £500 - View
278 A 19TH CENTURY ‘MR PUNCH’ HAND PUPPET
with painted papier-mâché head and multi-coloured costume, 47cm long
£300 - £500 - View
279 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)
£300 - £500 £850 View
280 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
£500 - £1,000 £600 View
281 A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ‘BUTLER’ AUTOMATON
modelled wearing fez, long robes and holding tray, on plinth base, 63cm high
£800 - £1,200 - View
282 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
£1,500 - £2,500 £1,200 View
283 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
£1,500 - £2,500 £1,200 View
284 A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ‘MONKEY BRIDE HARPIST’ AUTOMATON
modelled seated under a rose arbor, all contained under glass dome with ebonised base, 40cm high
£300 - £500 £420 View
285 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
£800 - £1,200 £3,000 View
286 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…
£800 - £1,200 £800 View
287 A 19TH CENTURY FRENCH ‘DRUMMER BOY’ AUTOMATON
modelled standing wearing pink satin clothes, on plinth base, 56cm high
£300 - £500 £300 View
288 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
£300 - £500 £1,500 View
289 ATTRIBUTED TO CORNELIUS PRONK (1691-1759) Study of a snake
1726, bears signature, pencil, 23cm x 40cm

Provenance: with Abbott & Holder (label verso).
£200 - £400 £700 View
290 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)
£50 - £100 £300 View
291 MANNER OF GÉZAH VASTAGH (1866-1919) Lion and lioness
unsigned, oil on canvas, 52cm x 67cm

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

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