Fine Art, Antique and General Sale Report - Thursday 17th December 2015

Thu 17 December 2015

Our pre-christmas auction attracted the usual high quality entry of 530 lots. A large attendance of buyers assembled for the auction which included McCartneys final charity auction for the County Air Ambulance. The three lots which had been kindly donated (pictured above) came to a total of £128 for this worthy cause.

Top price in the sale was £1900 for a 17th Century Oak Chest (lot 395), which was in excellent order and created lots of interest.
The general sale attracted the usual amount of misc. boxed items which sold up to £80 and generally from £20 - £80.
Within the sale were several lots of Chinese origin which included the following;
Seven Chinese plates (lot 104) @ £200
Chinese bowl @ £260
Eleven Imari Plates (lot 125) @ £65
Chinese Jade Pendant (lot 174) @ £220
A large amount of silverware and trinkets sold regularly from £75-£255
Several lots of gold coins sold with up to £400 for four coins (lot 147).
Furniture as always was a more selective trade but several Oak and Mahogany pieces sold from £250-£480.

Our first auction of 2016 will be on Thursday 21st January @ 3.00pm.
PRE-ENTRY OF ALL LOTS IS NOW A REQUIREMENT - PLEASE CALL THE OFFICE.on 01584 878822.

Phillip Blackman-Howard ANAVA