Blog :: Gilding's

Antiques & Collectors Auction Sale :: 16th October 2012 :: Sale Review

A sporting lot proved to be the top seller at the latest Antiques & Collectors Auction Sale at Gildings, Roman Way, Market Harborough, Leicestershire.

Viewing sessions and sale day itself were extremely busy. Father-and-son John and Mark Gilding took bids from collectors and dealers in the room, on the internet and on the telephone when they shared the rostrum.

Mark Gilding said: "The top price on this occasion was £2,900 paid for Lot 191 – a large collection of vintage and later fishing reels, with £1,100 paid for Lot 269 – an album of postcards, most of local views."

"Demand continued to be high for gold, silver and jewellery, which has been a feature of our sales for sometime now. But, of course, people have widely varying hobbies and interests and are always looking for items whether paintings, furniture, or something more unusual that will fit in with their own individual lifestyles. This keeps everything fresh and interesting."


Lot 191	Lot 269	Lot 420

A yellow metal square-link keeper chain (Lot 420) came under the gavel for £880 – the clip marked as 9ct; a 9ct hallmarked rose gold pocket watch (Lot 444) £620 – white enamelled dial with subsidiary second dial, keyless lever movement, the back engraved with a monogram, with a 9ct double Albert and a 9ct swivel fob; and Lot 407 £580 – 14ct hallmarked gold bead and open hoop necklet.


Lot 444	Lot 407	Lot 500

Pictures were popular too. After L.S. Lowry (Lot 500) fetched £500 – "St Luke’s Church, London," signed proof limited edition coloured print, 194/850; and after Sir Edwin Landseer (Lot 480) £440 – "The Farrier’s Shop" oil on canvas.


Lot 480	Lot 467	Lot 428

But back to gold and silver. Six American 5oz silver Quarter dollars (Lot 467) made £480 – Glacia x 3 and Gettysburg x 3; a pair of 9ct hallmarked rose gold cufflinks (Lot 428) £460 – two lengths of yellow metal chains, a yellow metal bracelet and stud earrings; a 9ct hallmarked gold half hunter pocket watch (Lot 376) £340 – Swiss keyless lever movement; a George III style silver three-piece tea set (Lot 362) £340 – Birmingham 1916, plain oval form, the teapot with ebonised handle and finial; a 9ct hallmarked gold pocket watch (Lot 411) £320 – white enamelled dial, signed – Beteridge, Dudley, keyless lever movement, the back engraved with the monogram.


Lot 376	Lot 362	Lot 411

A set of six electroplated dessert knives and forks (Lot 440) achieved £300 – with Japanese bronze Kozuka handles; and Lot 328 also £300 – Churchill Centenary Medals, Trustees Presentation Edition No. 731, in an album.


Lot 440	Lot 328	Lot 691

In furniture, a pair of beechwood framed French style deep easy chairs (Lot 691) realised £480 – upholstered in patterned ivory coloured brocade; and a reproduction Dutch marquetry style cabinet (Lot 617) £290 – with scrolled cresting, glazed doors enclosing a brocade lined interior, bombe-shaped base with three drawers.


Lot 617	Lot 97	Lot 237A

Other timepieces were of interest too. So were scientific instruments. A Victorian mahogany bracket clock (Lot 97) realised £420 – white enamelled dial, fusee movement, with a matched bracket (2 in lot); an Olympus microscope (Lot 237A) £400; a barograph (Lot 245) £380 – stained walnut case; and an inlaid mahogany longcase clock (Lot 625) £280 – second quarter of the 19th Century, arched painted dial, with subsidiary dial and date aperture, eight-day movement.


Lot 245	Lot 625	Lot 265

Another album of topographical postcards (Lot 265) ignited demand making £360 and a Collingwood 1960′s dapple grey rocking horse (Lot 682) £380 – with a hair mane, stained wood trestle base.


Lot 682	Lot 589	Lot 656

Musical lots held appeal. A double bass (Lot 589) sold for £340 – light coloured two-piece back, in a soft case, with two Swiss musical boxes £280 each. Lot 656 had inlaid and printed decoration, playing eight airs on a 6" drum, while Lot 624 had inlaid decoration to the case, 13" drum.


	Lot 624

Antiques & Collectors Auction Sale :: 27th March 2012 :: Sale Review

There was great enthusiasm for silver items at the latest Antique & Collectors Auction Sale at Gildings, Roman Way, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, drawing bidding on the internet, in the packed saleroom and on the telephone among collectors and dealers from across the country.

Mark Gilding said afterwards: "It was another busy sale following lively viewing sessions. The beautiful weather did not deter people from coming along either to view or to bid, in fact, it lifted the mood."

Top price on the day was £1,200 for Lot 286 – a part canteen of Edwardian silver Old English pattern cutlery, London 1908, comprising soup ladle, a sauce ladle, eleven table spoons, six dessert spoons, seven table forks, three dessert forks, four tea spoons, sugar tongs, four salt spoons, two mustard spoons and five egg spoons, 74oz in total (in a fitted oak case).


Lot 286	Lot 338	Lot 277

Two more silver lots fetched £680 each – Lot 338 – silver four-piece teaset, Sheffield, 1935, comprising a teapot of oblong form with canted corners, hot water jug, milk jug and sugar bowl, 47oz gross, and Lot 277 – Victorian oval silver presentation tray, Chester 1895, cast handles, engraved foliate band, with inscription, 39oz.


Lot 401	Lot 331	Lot 378

Lot 401 made £440 – part canteen of Old English pattern silver cutlery, Sheffield, 1920, comprising eight table spoons, eight dessert spoons and six tea spoons. engraved monograms, 34oz; Lot 331 £380 – three-piece oval silver teaset, London, 1926, moulded girdles, engraved initial M, 26oz gross and a pair of silver sugar tongs (4 pieces in lot); Lot 378 £370 – part canteen of Old English pattern silver cutlery, Birmingham 1930/31, comprising a table spoon, three table forks, four dessert forks, two dessert spoons and nine tea spoons, engraved initial N, 25oz; Lot 435 £300 – set of six Austro-Hungarian silver table spoons and matching forks, late 19th Century, engraved monograms, 26oz, and Lot 334 £280 – three-piece circular silver teaset, Birmingham 1959, lightly fluted with moulded girdles, 20oz gross.


Lot 435	Lot 334	Lot 626


Lot 610	Lot 562	Lot 664

A large mahogany chest unit (Lot 626) sold for £460 – with three banks of three drawers, plinth base; a stained wood and inlaid three-piece salon suite (Lot 610) £450 – upholstered in patterned and sculptured velour, comprising a sofa and two easy chairs; an Edwardian "Red" mahogany and inlaid bowfront free-standing corner cupboard (Lot 562) £380 – glazed panelled doors to the upper section, cupboard and drawer under; and a reproduction oak country style refectory table (Lot 664) £360 – on bulbous and H-stretcher, together with a matched set of six chairs, with ladder-backs and wicker seats (7 pieces in lot). A Victorian mahogany chest of drawers (Lot 696) came under the hammer for £340, with Lot 656 – Georgian oak chest of drawers making a similar amount – fitted with two short and three long drawers, bracket feet.


Lot 696	Lot 656	Lot 22

In ceramics, a pair of Royal Crown Derby "Old Imari" pattern candlesticks (Lot 22) went for £440 – pattern number 1128; a mother of pearl printed and painted fan (Lot 400) £420 – late 19th Century, together with a Cantonese carved ivory fan, another Cantonese carved ivory item, and Lot 353 an 18ct hallmarked diamond solitaire ring also £420 – approx. 0.60 carat.


Lot 400	Lot 353	Lot 533

A reconstituted stone bust (Lot 533) achieved £320 – on a fluted pedestal, Haddonstone style Lot 125 £320 too – China Trade picture, cock and hen pheasant, in rice paper, five other China Trade pictures (6 in lot); and a pair of continental white metal baluster-shaped vases (Lot 403) £310 – with blossom spring handles, two pairs of Chinese white metal ladles, two eastern white metal napkin rings and two cloisonn é napkin rings.


Lot 125	Lot 403	Lot 361

In other jewellery, a 9ct hallmarked gold hinged bracelet (Lot 361) made £310 – half engraved and a yellow metal pendant on a 9ct chain (2 pieces in lot), and Lot 399 £280 – a Garrard presentation pocket watch, yellow metal case inscribed and dated 1996, cased and boxed.


Lot 399	Lot 346	Lot 310

Among the other items creating attention in this sale was Lot 346 which went for £300 – two Rudyard Kipling letters on Brown’s Hotels headed paper, one with a banking transaction docket attached; a Persian knife (Lot 310) £290 – broad blade, brass mounted horn handle, in an engraved brass sheath, and Lot 194 £290 too – a case of twelve bottles of Sauternes Chateau Brouster Grand Cru 1983.


	Lot 194

Antiques & Collectors Auction Sale :: 28th February 2012 :: Sale Review

BBC television cameras were back at Gildings auctioneers, Roman Way, Market Harborough, Leicestershire, when the latest Antique & Collectors Auction Sale was held. Filming was done for a future edition of Bargain Hunt, hosted by Tim Wonnacott.

The rostrum for this well over 600 lot sale was shared by father-and-son John and Mark Gilding. Interest came from collectors and dealers locally and further afield, in the room, on the telephone and on the internet.

Mark Gilding said: "The viewing sessions for this sale were busier than ever which was excellent, as it always creates such a tremendous atmosphere and this carried over to sale day itself. Top quality items always sell well across all categories, but there is a continuing demand for the unusual and, indeed, the quirky."

Top price was achieved by a timepiece. A mahogany longcase clock (Lot 534) came under the gavel for £1,100 – with swan-neck pediment, the hood with Corinthian column supports, arched door with quarter column pilasters, reduced plinth base, arched brass dial with numbered moon phase, cast scrolled spandrels, engraved birds, silver chapter ring with Roman numerals, inscribed "He appointed the moon for seasons", signed – "Hampson, Warrington", eight-day movement, striking on a bell.

Two lots each fetched £700 – Lot 310 – Wilkinson’s Toby jug "Pro Patria", being a portrait of King George V, designed by Carruthers Gould for Soane & Smith Ltd., London, and Lot 356A – an 18k white gold diamond cluster bracelet.


Lot 534	Lot 310	Lot 356

Indeed, jewellery continued to command attention. Lot 356 made £600 – an 18k white gold diamond cluster bracelet; Lot 346 £560 – a 9ct hallmarked gold bracelet, with a hallmarked padlock clasp, with seven charms; Lot 351A £500 – a pair of white metal diamond and aquamarine cluster earrings; Lot 351 £450 – a pair of white metal diamond and aquamarine cluster earrings; Lot 408 £420 – a 9ct hallmarked gold bar link bracelet, set with an Edwardian sovereign – 1907, padlock clasp; a Victorian sovereign pendant 1893 (Lot 409) £360 – with a carat hallmarked gold open mount on a chain; and Lot 333 £300 – an 18ct white gold diamond cluster half-hoop ring, pave set, marked 750.


Lot 346	Lot 351	Lot 408


Lot 409	Lot 333	Lot 504

In furniture, a Victorian walnut and carved walnut three-piece bedroom suite Lot 504 made £500 – comprising a dressing table with an arched mirror back, a mirror and tile back wash stand, with an arched mirror, with seven Art Nouveau style tiles under, inverted breakfront marble, with three frieze drawers and panelled cupboards, and a triple section combination wardrobe, the recessed centre with a carved mask-head frieze, recessed mirror over two panelled doors, with a configuration of drawers, flanked by mirror door hanging robes and broken swan-neck pediments.


Lot 122	Lot 644	Lot 596

A George III mahogany and inlaid serpentine sideboard (Lot 509A) sold for £360; Lot 122 – an oak cased barograph also £360 – labelled Dolland & Aitchison, London; a walnut chest of drawers (Lot 644) £320 – of small proportions, rectangular top with a moulded edge, fitted with four drawers, brass handles and brass side carrying handles, on bracket feet; a pair of Victorian mahogany hall chairs (Lot 596) £290 – with circular backs, serpentine seats, turned legs; and a Frem Rojle Denmark kitchen table (Lot 513) also £290 – with a circular top, turned legs and four chairs, leatherette upholstery.


Lot 513	Lot 645	Lot 563

Two lots achieved £280 – Lot 645 – an oak collector’s chest, fitted with twelve numbered drawers, on a stand with bracket feet, and Lot 563 – a late 19th Century gilt wood five piece salon suite – acanthus carved and scrolled outlines, comprising canope, pair of armchairs and a pair of single chairs, all with tapestry style rosette upholstery.


Lot 136	Lot 4	Lot 10

A Royal Crown Derby Imari pattern tea set (Lot 136) realised £400 – pattern number 1128; a pair of Victorian green glass lustre vases (Lot 4) a similar amount – gilt decoration, each with prismatic lustre drops; a pair of Chinese powder blue vase-shaped lamp bases (Lot 10) £340; a Persian dagger (Lot 268) £320 – shaped watered steel blade, with inlaid decoration, jadeite handle; an oil on board painting by Jackie Balfe (Lot 460) £300 – "Cowslips", together with six other studies of wild flowers and a small landscape scene (8 items in total); a Hardy Bros. fishing creel (Lot 412) £290 – net, leather and canvas straps, the plaque engraved – Hardy Bros. Ltd., Alnwick; and a celadon vase-shaped lamp-base (Lot 13) £280 – incised decoration of flowering chrysanthemums and scrolling foliage and two other Chinese other porcelain lamp bases (3 in the lot).


Lot 268	Lot 460	Lot 412


	Lot 13

William Burges Brooch

To be offered for sale by auction on Tuesday 2nd August 2011

"one of the most important art historical objects ever to be seen"

A brooch by the Victorian designer and architect William Burges which produced what BBC Antiques Roadshow jewellery expert Geoffrey Munn described as his "Tutankhamun moment" had been uncherished for many years and was close to being sold at a local market for just a few pounds.

Now it has been valued by Mr Munn at up to £10,000 and is to be sold at auction by Gildings of Market Harborough at a Fine Art and Antiques auction in early August. It has been described as "one of the most important art historical objects ever to be seen" on this long-running, popular BBC programme.

The jewel belongs to Jill Cousins of Market Harborough. It had been in her jewellery box for 20 years, before she decided to take it along to a market to see if she could sell it "perhaps for £10." Fortunately, although she had left it out to take, she forgot to put it into her handbag.

For just hours later, she saw Mr Munn on the Antiques Roadshow describing the brooch as his "most wanted" and something for which he had searched for over 20 years. The designs are in the Victoria and Albert Museum and had featured in a book of which Mr Munn was the co-author and he showed a set of 6 watercolour designs on the programme.

Mrs Cousins dashed to compare them with her brooch. There was a perfect match. A few days afterwards, she took the brooch into Gildings for their advice and help.

Mr Mark Gilding contacted the BBC programme to tell them about the find. He and Mrs Cousins were invited to a recording of the Antiques Roadshow a few weeks later in Birmingham, where a surprised and stunned Mr Munn was able to see her brooch and confirm its authenticity.

It had not been known whether any brooches had actually been made from the Burges designs. This brooch, made of silver, was probably for the wedding of his close friend John Pollard Seddon and his wife Margaret. The brooch is engraved with the initials "J.P.M.S." and has four turquoise forget-me-knots with a central red cabochon garnet heart.

Mr Gilding said: "It was all extremely exciting and Geoffrey Munn was overwhelmed to see something for which he had been looking for so long. The brooch had been inherited by Mrs Cousins’ mother from her old primary school teacher 20 years before she gave it to her daughter. Neither of them liked it very much at that time."

"William Burges is such a highly regarded designer and architect, anything by him creates tremendous interest and items of jewellery are extremely rare. Now we hope it will attract great attention when it is offered for sale."

For Further information and images please contact Mark Gilding at: mark.gilding@gildings.co.uk or on 01858 410414