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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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Lots per page:

Total lots: 402

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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

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