Sale:
FS11 (13 Jul 2011)
Auction Lot:
0334
Estimate: £4,000-£6,000
Realised: £8,800
Mary Fedden (b 1915). Pink and Orange, signed and dated 1966.
Sale:
FS11 (13 Jul 2011)
Auction Lot:
0662
Estimate: £6,000-£8,000
Realised: £21,000
A George III mahogany serpentine-fronted serving table.
Sale:
FS10 (20 Apr 2011)
Auction Lot:
0191
Estimate: £5,000-£6,000
Realised: £5,000
A sapphire and diamond five stone half hoop ring.
Review of July 2011 Fine Sale (Exeter, Devon)
Ngombe Tribal Stool (FS11/534). Hammer Price £16,500.
Having flagged up the usual suspects before the sale it comes as little surprise
to realise that the Mary Fedden Pink and Orange (Lot 334) achieved £8,800;
Archibald Thorburn's Cock and Hen Pheasant in a Landscape (Lot 405) £26,000;
and David Shepherd's A Cheetah Cub (Lot 407) £6,600; although perhaps a little
surprising was Doris Zinkeissen's Tiger, Tiger (Lot 404) achieving £5,500
and the stylish collection of James Emile Laboureur prints netting around £16,000
with perhaps the choice of these being The Shooting Gallery (Lot 310).
All things Chinese seem to be continuing their relentless upward curve with a pale
celadon jade 'mountain' (Lot 572) making £40,000 and two smaller lots of jade animals(Lots
554 and 568) bringing in £6,000 and £4,000 respectively, a silver and enamel model
of a junk (Lot 565) £5,600 and a pair of porcelain vases converted as lamps outstripping
their estimate to make £26,000. Also from far flung Continents, but with a fantastic
provenance to Robert Hottot was the Ngombe tribal stool (Lot 534) which bought £16,500.
Other highlight included a silver model of an Arabian horseman (Lot 138) at £16,000;
a Breguet et Fils enamelled gold pocket watch for the Turkish market (Lot 165) £9,200;
a Rolex Prince wristwatch (Lot 173) £7,000; a yellow enamel Faberge cane handle
(Lot 248) £8,500; and a Martin Brothers grotesque spoon warmer £14,500.
The Shooting Gallery from a Collection of Prints by James Emile Laboureur (FS11/310).
If proof was needed that the furniture market is still strong for the right pieces
then look no further than the George III mahogany serpentine fronted serving table
(Lot 662) at £21,000, a rather tired, but genuine early 19th century mahogany bookcase
(Lot 661) at £5,200 and a Victorian burr walnut veneered example (Lot 709) at £5,600.
For more information about future fine sales, please contact
Nic Saintey
on (01392) 413100.
- Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood
- Fine Sale
- Mary Fedden
- Archibald Thorburn
- David Shepherd
- Oriental Ceramics
- Chinese Jade
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