Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend
Boldon Auction Galleries recent Fine Art & Antique Auction held on the 17th March 2010 was another sparkling success; the highlight of the sale being a fine 5.5ct square cut diamond ring flanked by two triangular cut diamonds in a platinum setting which sold for £18,000.
Other highlights included a Marshall Sons & Co 3 inch gauge ‘Pride of the Road’ model traction engine which caused a flurry of bidding before steaming away at £4,800. An interesting Victorian cameo glass vase with flared rim edged in white sold for £880.
An early 19th Century Canton enamel tankard sold for £540.
One of our more unusual lots was a silver plated Australian inkstand surmounted with an egg incised with kookaburra and kangaroo decoration, which sold to an internet bidder for £550.
A Lachenal & Company boxed concertina sold for £600.A 9ct gold gentleman’s curb link bracelet, weight 132.8 grams sold for £840.An Omega Seamaster professional gentleman’s wrist watch sold for £620.
A 14ct gold curb link bracelet sold for £380.
A 9ct gold necklace with 9ct crucifix, weight 92.3 grams sold for £700, “proving that the price of gold is still remarkably high and showing no sign of decreasing at the present time” commented Tom Robson one of our Auctioneers.
A silver three piece tea set of oval form supported on spade shaped feet sold for £320.A Watercolour by Ralph Morley of Lake Buttermere and dated 1932 sold for £350.
Two oils on board by Colin Verity of SS ‘Rhesus’ with tug and another SS ‘Aquitania’ sold for £550 and £420 respectively.An oil on canvas signed E. Jolli? ‘Girl leaning against a wall with a tambourine in her hand’ sold for £320.
One of our local North East Artists Stewart Henry Bell oil on canvas, titled ‘Marsden Rocks looking North, evening after a Gale’ sold in the room for £340.
An unsigned oil on canvas showing a landscape with water mill at Jesmond Dene sold for £180.
Three John Wilson Carmichael pencil and wash aroused plenty of interest depicting ‘Tynemouth’, ‘On the Tyne and Howden’ and ‘Off the Northumberland Coast’ selling to the room at £70, £90 and £110.A Victorian needlework Sampler dated 1838 sold to an internet bidder for £300, with verse ‘when blooming youth is snatched away by deaths resistless hand etc’.
A Regency mahogany four tier what not with turned columns sold for £420 on commission.
A 1970’s Danish teak gateleg dining table with exposed hinge supported on triangular legs and a set of chairs sold for £680 in the room.A Good William IV foot stool with embroidered square top, with moulded edge and lion paw feet found it’s feet at £380.A large rectangular glass advertising mirror for ‘Mitchell’s Cigarettes Gold Medal’ by Forrest & Son, Glasgow sold for £435.
A 19th Century mahogany secretaire bookcase with glazed doors sold for £680.
A 19th Century longcase clock with painted dial, 8 day movement by Swinburn of Durham clocked off at £430.
An Ernest Race of Newcastle Upon Tyne dining table with chrome legs, supported on painted triangular legs sold to a telephone bidder for £300.
A pair of Wedgwood black Jasperware plaques of the ‘Dancing Hours’ sold for £260.A Japanese rectangular bronze box inlaid with gilt and silver, the lid decorated with a bird seated on the branches of a tree sold to an internet bidder for £220.
A Japanese black lacquered ‘Zushi’, the interior opening to reveal a gilded Buddha sold for £180.A 19th Century Sunderland purple lustre jug with a view of the Ironbridge sold locally for £300.
A Sunderland purple lustre ware jug with the Masons Arms to one side showing Masonic regalia and the reverse side with a verse ‘Success to the Tars of Old England’ sold for £300.
A Japanese blue and white circular bowl decorated with panels and flower blossoms sold to an internet bidder for £300.
A very large bronze bell, dated 1921 sold for £200 to a very strong purchaser!A Good Durham quilt with purple to the reverse, the blue ground decorated with colourful pink and red roses sold to a commission bidder for £200.
A rectangular oak Squirrel Man coffee table with turned and octagonal supports and canted stretcher sold for £240.A Victorian slate mantel clock with lion masks to the sides sold for £190.
If you would like to enter items for our next Fine Art & Antique Auction on the 7th July 2010 please call us on 0191 537 2630, email us at boldon@btconnect.com visit us on-line at www.boldonauctions.co.uk or come and see us in person in East Boldon.
We look forward to doing business with you.
With best wishes Boldon Auction Galleries.Next Sale
08/09/2010
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Giles Hodges from Boldon Auction Galleries was interviewed on Friday 20th August on BBC Radio Newcastle in a feature discussing the current Auction Market.To listen again follow the link:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/p009d1k0/Alfie_and_Charlie_at_Breakfast_20_08_2010/
and click on the time 2.18.50.
