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SPRING IS HERE

With a strong smell of Spring in the air gardeners become restless - anxious to begin planting and cultivating and sometimes completely rearranging their gardens. With this in mind the auctioneers were able to offer a number of good garden items, principally a near pair of 19th century limestone urns which had been consigned for sale by executors in January but agreed with the auctioneers that these were to be held back until the Spring when the gardeners interest would be at its peak. They were heavily contested before selling at £2,800, and several stone troughs of varying sizes totalled £820.

Within the sale room a Regency rosewood dining table set on a central square pedestal realised £1,550, a Victorian Gothic oak revival bookcase with four glazed doors sold for £1,000 and a Victorian mahogany piano top Davenport also realised £1,000. Amongst the small objects during the first days auction a remarkable £920 was taken for an outsized cut and ribbed glass vesta strike with a simple silver band, while £760 secured a collection of bright 19th century Maori beadwork - three pieces comprising a sheath, a bag and a panel. An oil painting by W.V. Tippet showing sheep in a moorland landscape realised £740.

Other prices included a Victorian oak extending dining table £850, another at £680, an early oak joint stool £720, and old English oak court cupboard £700, and an inlaid Edwardian ladies cylinder top desk £700.

The auctioneers next sale will be held on 21st/22nd May and already contains a quantity of interesting probate instructions.