It’s a long time since we had any amusements from our local auction house. There have been fewer auctions and the pickings have been rather thin for the last year. But here is what I’ve collected – as always it is the strange things people sell and the odd combinations that make up a lot. (Images where they seem to add something. Text & images direct from the auction catalogues.)
Enamelled items, comprising: a pair of Korean enamelled duck sauceboats with covers and spoons on a stand, brightly coloured, and a small octagonal canister, all stamped 98%; an Indian condiment stamped 925; and a Soviet Russian part egg stamped 925
A Georg Jensen silver pendant comprising three abstract triangles, design 138 by Ibe Dahlquist, marked and stamped 925 S Denmark, with associated chain.
A box of military badges presented on cards, a Harrow School bronze medallion, a small quantity of omnibus tickets, a motor car ration book, and an interesting solicitor’s letter dated 1898 and, on behalf of a client, offering an owner £1,450 for the 11 houses numbers 40-60 Avenue Street, Fulham
A saucy Naples figurine of figures at a waterfall.
A mixed lot including a silver plated photograph frame, a pair of silver plated salad servers, art deco style figurines, a vintage oil can, a Chanel book, a Radley’s ladies handbag, a silver and amber brooch, a Russian Zorki-6 cased camera, a small quantity of motor magazines etc.
A fine old Mobile Oil Pump early 20th century of tapering ovoid form.
A Simplex No. 6 Coffee Grinder with two large wheels painted red with a silver-coloured funnel.
A table of architectural items, including a large quantity of metalwork, knobs, furniture handles, a workshop lamp, five old locks, a pair of 19th century carriage lamps in brass and metal, a Georgian oak wall-mounted cutlery and candle box, another oak box, a fine Victorian set of clothes pegs with porcelain knobs on a mahogany back, an old oil can, a tea canister-style table lamp and others, and a Follows & Bate Ltd, New Universale Marmalade Machine from Manchester, with table bracket, etc.
A table and … a quantity of curiosities, including pottery, metalwares, cutlery, tools, teddy bears, old cameras, early 20th century photograph albums, handbags, Victorian boxes, a Supersonic hi-fi, a folder of early 20th century love letters, CDs, a Chinon projector, telephones, old Quink ink bottles, jewel boxes, etc.
An extensive lot, including a four-piece Teac hi-fi with a JVC amp, a Toshiba amp, a pair of JVC speaker, a Toshiba portable computer, two HP printers, a filing box of CDs, a quantity of china, an iron, a shredder, Sennheiser earphones, model cats, old telephones, etc., and three suitcases on wheels
A large pair of decorative floor-standing metal vases decorated with sunflowers and birds
A late 19th century Swiss Black Forest wooden musical coat hook, carved as an anthropomorphic dog with glass eyes, and with gun and powder flask bearing the Swiss cross, with chamois horn feet, fitted with a musical movement with 6 cm cylinder numbered 12 223, with applied circular metal label inscribed ‘C. Spiess Schloss Laufen Patent 16870’ and remains of paper label, 39 cm high
A large quantity of astrological [sic] accessories and spares across three and a half shelves including lenses by Meade and Parks plus others, many labelled with sizes and magnification, a monochrome camera by Starlight Xpress Mx716, a large mirrored refractor, possibly the base for a telescope, two Celestron Star Diagonal 1’s, a Cullmann clamp, a Revelation 2 in dielectric mirror diagonal, a Meade Plossl 5 element 9 mm, a Sirius Plossl 25 mm lens, an AC power supply unit No.110 etc., a large quantity for the keen amateur or professional (telescopes have not been checked for their completeness)
A Cuisinart 1.5L ice cream maker and a small quantity of Folio Society books
A carved wooden owl garden seat
A rare pair of early 20th century decorator’s easels, and a smaller single easel
A four-fold hardwood screen, each leaf with a panel of six glass panes above upholstered lower section covered in floral fabric, and an early 20th century folding wooden stepladder of seven steps
Four old wooden folding garden chairs and an old set of wooden step-ladders.
Eleven vintage bike lights including ‘Lucas Silver king, Birmingham’
A mixed lot comprising an oak Art Nouveau smoker’s companion, a quantity of brassware including goblets, candlesticks and vases, a vintage pencil sharpener, electrical testing equipment, a small quantity of records, flatware etc.
Electronic projector, a Rollei Projector P350A, a metal handle, a cased General Electric Company electrical implement, a large metal microscope on wooden base, two Victorian children’s nightdresses, an oval mirror etc.
A bag of golf clubs including John Letters and Daiwa, plus a Tryglider Gold Trolley, a McLaren foldable pushchair, garden seats in bags and a pair of Speedo flippers.
A nautical lot comprising a bronze porthole frame, a bronze pump, a large metal anchor and ropes.
A Dyson hot and cool fan, a Cuprinol fence sprayer, a Karcher K2 compact pressure washer, a folding music stand, an empty guitar case, a gold coloured adjustable reading light, two large silver Trider exercise balls and a collapsible circular garden table.
A musical instrument lot comprising a mandolin by G. Grandini, a mandolin in case, a violin with label inside, possibly Mapp, a Zither and a lacrosse racket.
A mixed lot including a pair of brass shell cases, a pair of Brevette French bike pedals, a small box of coins, a metal Tilley lamp, flat iron, a small collection of men’s magazines, a set of three large metal frying pans, a large flower holder, a quantity of frames, old metal cooking pots and a quantity of vintage tools including hammers, etc.
A large wooden church candlestick, two verdigris candlesticks, three lightshades and a quantity of glassware mainly wineglasses, tumblers, sherry glasses, etc., one golf club, three books on London, etc.
A quantity of long farming implements and walking sticks.
Two boxes of mid-20th century mainly children’s books including Richmal Crompton, a microscope, ephemera, puzzles, and a small collection of antique lace nightdresses, undergarments, wedding accessories, etc.