REPORT ON TWO DAY AUCTION OF ANTIQUES AND SELECTED ITEMS, OUTSIDE EFFECTS, FURNITURE, CLOCKS, BAROMETERS, MISCELLANEA, COLLECTABLES, CHINA, GLASS, BOOKS, TOYS, PICTURES AND PAINTINGS

HELD ON  THURSDAY 24^th and FRIDAY 25^th JUNE, 2010

Rendells held their two day auction of antiques and collectables on the 24^th and 25^th June at their Stonepark Salerooms in Ashburton.   Around 1,600 lots were on offer and were well received by the public and trade alike.

The furniture section saw several highlights including £1,000 paid from the Devon Trade for a late 17^th Century walnut chest of drawers and £500 bid for an 18^th Century Georgian mahogany chest of drawers.   A mahogany serving table fetched £390 whilst a pine double pedestal desk fetched £260.   A lady from the South Hams furnished her garden with a wrought iron pogoda seat for £220.

Two clocks stood out from the fifty or so lots:  a carved oak longcase clock sold to the trade for £420 and a brass cased repeating carriage clock made £360.

The miscellanea section saw its usual 300+ lot entry and a full auction room.   A good General Service Medal Group was competed by collectors in the room and on the telephone, finally selling for an expected £400.   A small 18ct. gold fob watch sold for £280, and a rare Devon Regiment Bandsman’s drum sold to a London Museum for £260.   A pair of bronze models of lions sold for £200.

The china section saw its usual large 300+ lots on offer and with a lot of pre-sale interest and a good attendance on the day, a lot of items found new homes.   Amongst the highlights a collection of fourteen Beatrix Potter ornaments sold for £260 and a set of ten Beswick sporting cats sold to the same collector for £150.   A rare Staffordshire treacle glazed model of a cat sold for £200 and two Chinese Export Mugs sold for £190.   Amongst the decorative objects, a pair of Clarice Cliff Bizarre candlesticks sold for £135.

The painting section showed its usual fickle side with traditional watercolours and oils hard to sell, but  high quality and a good name always helps and an oil by Colette Bouvard of a Venetian Scene sold over the telephone to the London Trade for an expected £1,500.   A collector from Manchester travelled a long way to the auction rooms to purchase two signed prints by the Mancunion artist L.S. Lowry for which he paid £260 and £150.

OUR NEXT SALE ON Thursday 22^nd and Friday 23^rd JULY will include OUTSIDE EFFECTS, FURNITURE, CLOCKS, BAROMETERS, MISCELLANEA, COLLECTABLES, CHINA, GLASS, RUGS, BOOKS, TOYS, SILVER, SILVER PLATE AND JEWELLERY, PICTURES & PAINTINGS.

OUR FOLLOWING AUCTION WILL BE ON THE 19^th and 20^th  AUGUST

Entries now being considered.

Lot 421 = £1,000

Lot 476 = £220

Lot 574 = £360

Lot 853 = £400

Lot 1221 = £200