AUGUST SALE REPORT 2009

REPORT ON TWO DAY SALE OF ANTIQUES AND SELECTED ITEMS: OUTSIDE EFFECTS, FURNITURE, CLOCKS, BAROMETERS, MISCELLANEA, COLLECTABLES, CHINA, GLASS, METALWORK, RUGS, BOOKS, TOYS, PICTURES AND PAINTINGS. HELD ON THURSDAY

 13^th AND FRIDAY 14^th AUGUST 2009.

Rendells monthly two day sale of antiques and selected items was held on Thursday 13^th and Friday 14^th August 2009. Top price over the two day sale was achieved by two lots. These were Lot 375, a nice 19^th Century walnut inlaid credenza and Lot 1879, an 18^th Century oil on canvas oval portrait of a lady within a good gilt swept frame. Both of these lots sold well as expected selling for £1,300 each. Shortly following this was Lot 344, a fine Georgian mahogany chest on chest which sold for £1,250. Lot 1458, pair of oriental pictorial rugs decorated with flowers and animals made £800, and Lot 306, an antique mixed wood drugs and seed run of thirty five drawers sold to the phone for over twice its reserve price reaching £740.

DOWNSTAIRS FURNITURE: 

The August antiques auction started well with the downstairs furniture on Thursday morning. The third highest price achieved was for Lot 335, a 19^th century carved ornate gilt framed mirror which sold to an Italian buyer for £520. Lots selling  for over £200 were Lots 340 and 345 which both made £260, these being a reproduction walnut chest on chest and a nice Victorian button backed chaise longué. Lot 258, an oak four section Wernicke style bookcase by Gunn of the USA sold for £230.  Finally two lots sold for £200 each, these were Lot 279, a 19^th Century enclosed pine dresser selling to the Cornish trade and Lot 308, a large lacquered oriental cabinet which was purchased by the same buyer

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UPSTAIRS FURNITURE: 

The sale continued its momentum upstairs with Lot 445 achieving the second highest price of £400.   This was for a mahogany extending dining table and was purchased by a private buyer. To follow this were two lots selling for the same price of £380. These were Lot 446, a set of eight 19^th Century mahogany bar backed dining chairs and Lot 430, a French style inlaid mahogany work table.  Lot 423 a French Louis style knee hole dressing/writing table sold to a new buyer for £330.   Lot 374 a 19^th Century walnut inlaid Davenport enclosing a maple interior made £300.Lot 415, an upholstered chaise longué  made £270 and Lot 352, an inlaid mahogany demi-lune glazed display cabinet  sold to the local trade for £230.

CLOCKS: 

A slightly smaller selection than usual of clocks went up for sale on Thursday afternoon. Lot 542, a 19^th Century oak cased thirty hour long case clock sold for just over its reserve price making £320.   Lot 530, a gilded repeating carriage clock sold to a Plymouth dealer for £250.

MISCELLANEA AND COLLECTABLES: 

The miscellanea and collectables section consisted of over 300 lots. Top price in this section was for Lot 559. A very nice Corinthian column oil lamp going for £250. Lots 634 and 895 sold for £200 each, being a bronzed sun dial and a good rosewood and brass bound travelling case having silver topped accessories. Lot 899 a box of coins sold for £150. Lot 737, a wooden boxed Jacques croquet set sold well as usual reaching £140.

CHINA AND GLASS: 

A fast start with selective bidding on Friday morning. Top price here was for Lot 1295, a Moorcroft pottery Hibiscus vase which sold for £200. Further lots which sold for over £100 in this section included Lot 1126, a Maiolica wet drug jar and one other which sold to a Dartmoor dealer for £150.   Lot 1166, a Belleek porcelain teapot sold for £125, Lot 1329, a pair of pink glass lustres £110, finally lots 1194 and 1217 fetched £100 each. These were a Wemyss jam pot and a Rene Lalique glass dish although at fault.

METALWORK: 

Friday morning saw Lot 1442 a tall bronzed model of a Pixie with a shell sell for £160 and Lot 1431, a bronzed model of a dancing lady on a marble base sell for £100.

PICTURES AND PAINTINGS: 

Nearly 200 lots of pictures and paintings went up for sale on Friday afternoon with some good prices being achieved. The second highest price achieved  was for Lot 1839, a Frederick J. Widgery watercolour of a moorland landscape with distant tors. This lot sold for £500. Lot 1889, a R.O. Lenkiewicz Ltd Ed Lithiograph of Fiorella sold for just over its reserve price making £360. Lot 1878, a John McGregor oil on canvas of sheep by a highland stream made £340. Lot 1820, a M. House watercolour of a girl with scroll reached £220. Lot 1843, an R.H. Moore ink and watercolour study of a cow and goats sold for £260. Another ink and watercolour picture by him of dogs in an interior sold for £150.  Finally Lot 1877, a pair of oils on canvas by Hicks of Highland Loch scenes made £140. Top price was £1,300 for the oval picture of a lady sold on behalf of an American client.

OUR NEXT SALE ON THE 17^th AND 18^th SEPTEMBER 2009 will include OUTSIDE EFFECTS, FURNITURE, CLOCKS, BAROMETERS, MISCELLANEA, COLLECTABLES, CHINA, GLASS, METALWORK, RUGS, BOOKS, TOYS, SILVER PLATE, SILVER, JEWELLERY, PICTURES AND PAINTINGS.

Entries accepted until Saturday 22^nd August 2009.

Lot 373 = £1,300

Lot 344 = £1,250

Lot 430 = £380

Lot 895 = £200

Lot 1458 = £800

Lot 1870 = £1,300