Auction Results

 

 

March

Antiques & Interiors

Antiques & Interiors

Lot: 1 to 500 - 22nd Mar, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Lot: 1000 to 1500 - 22nd Mar, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Sale number: 220324
Lots: 684

To include 20th and 21st century collectables including Beswick, Royal Doulton, Royal Worcester, a good mix of affordable Modern & Contemporary and Traditional Art, as well as antiques, jewellery, watches, furniture and more. Look out for a private collection of walking sticks, fun acrylics by Cloe Vos of fruit & veg, and landscapes by well known local artist Fred Lawson.


Militaria & Ethnographica

Militaria & Ethnographica

Date: 20th Mar, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Sale number: MI69
Lots: 303

Militaria and Ethnographica Sales encompass items across diverse areas of collecting, from European and Eastern armour to 18th and 19th century firearms, military uniforms and documents, edged weapons, World War I and World War II ephemera, masonic regalia and medals.

Also included are a vast range of objects created in the early 20th century or earlier by indigenous cultures around the world, from early American civilisations to African tribes and Polynesian island cultures, incorporating religious idols, domestic and ritual objects, figurative sculpture, jewellery and weapons of all descriptions.


British, European & Sporting Art

British, European & Sporting Art

Date: 16th Mar, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Sale number: TRADPIC11
Lots: 178
Catalogue: View Page Turner Catalogue

Coming up for auction this Spring are three notable works by Adolphe Valette (1876-1942), a French Impressionist artist who spent the majority of his career in the North of England. Whilst he is best remembered today as being the highly influential tutor to L.S. Lowry, Valette created a significant body of work in oils, watercolours and drawing media. All three works are sold with provenance from The Perera Collection, the largest collection of works by Valette to have been assembled in private hands.

Further notable works in the sale include an exquisitely detailed still life of a peach, black grapes and cobnuts on a marble shelf by Emilie Preyer (1849-1930), and a work by historical genre painter Edward Matthew Ward (1816-1879) that depicts the hero of a popular comic ballad, John Gilpin.

The sale will also see the final part of the Raymond Booth Studio, comprising 19 works. Raymond Booth (1929-2015) was perhaps the greatest botanical artist and illustrator of his generation, and his passion for the natural world shines through in his highly detailed oil studies of flora and fauna.


Fine Jewellery, Watches & Silver

Fine Jewellery, Watches & Silver

Date: 16th Mar, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Sale number: FJW46
Lots: 340
Catalogue: View Page Turner Catalogue

Fine Jewellery, Watches and Silver Sales are held three times a year, coinciding with the Fine Sales. They offer the top tier of consignments, focussing on important diamonds, fine period and designer jewellery, the most desirable vintage and modern luxury watches by top makers and fine pieces of period silver.


Spring Fine Sale

Spring Fine Sale

Lot: 1 to 500 - 16th March, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST

Sale number: LS193
Lots: 365
Catalogue: View Page Turner Catalogue


This Spring, Tennants Auctioneers is delighted to be offering for sale a fine and rare Chinese Celadon Jade Inscribed ‘Luohan’ Boulder from the Qianlong reign with its original hardwood stand. It will be sold as part of a Private Collection of Asian Art and European Antiques in the sale. The boulder, which is offered with an estimate of £70,000-100,000 plus buyer’s premium, depicts Luohan Ańgaja sitting cross-legged in a rocky grotto. View Press Release

Further highlights from the collection include a Set of Four Chinese Pale Celadon Jade Bowls, Qing Dynasty, probably Qianlong (estimate: £8,000-12,000 plus buyer’s premium), and a Pair of Chinese Porcelain ‘Nodding Head’ Figures, Qianlong (estimate: £4,000-6,000 plus buyer’s premium).

The collectors lived in London from the 1950s and acquired the fine collection predominantly from the leading Asian art and antiques dealers in the city. Many of the pieces in the collection will be sold with original purchase receipts. The items in this collection will be denoted throughout the online catalogue with a ~ symbol.

The sale will also include selected contents from Dutton Manor, Lancashire. 

In addition the sale comprises a small family collection of Renaissance bronzes, two good Iznik Faience Dishes from the late 16th/early 17th century, and a Private Collection of 17th and 18th century furniture including Continental and English oak pieces.


Antiques & Interiors, including Designer Fashion

Antiques & Interiors, including Designer Fashion

Lot: 1 to 500 - 8th Mar, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Lot: 1000 to 1500 - 8th Mar, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Sale number: 080324
Lots: 920

The popular fortnightly Antiques and Interiors Sales attract a loyal following of regular buyers and they are a good source of 20th and 21st century collectables. Including a mix of affordable traditional art and antiques, jewellery, watches and more the Antiques and Interiors Sales are a great place for novice buyers to begin their collection.


20th Century Design

20th Century Design

Date: 2nd Mar, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Sale number: INT22
Lots: 295
Catalogue: View Page Turner Catalogue

A selection of good, early pieces of Robert 'Mouseman' Thompson furniture will be coming up in the 20th Century Design Sale on 2nd March, including a circa 1929 Monk's Chair from Ampleforth Abbey, two circa 1930s Monk's Chairs from the Horlicks family, and a circa 1930s Partner's Desk. These will be joined by a strong offering of modern Mouseman. A further good example of Arts and Crafts furniture comes in the form of a very finely made Cotswold School Dressing Mirror. 

Amongst the ceramics in the sale will be the Dr John C. Yule Collection of Linthorpe and Middlesbrough Pottery, a Private Collection of Dennis Chinaworks Pottery, a good example of Pilkington's Royal Lancastrian, and a Private Collection of Studio Pottery including pots by Richard Batterham. 


Modern & Contemporary Art

Modern & Contemporary Art

Date: 2nd Mar, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Sale number: MOD33
Lots: 175
Catalogue: View Page Turner Catalogue

Amongst a strong section of Northern art in the sale is a small family collection of drawings by the great L.S. Lowry (1887-1976); the three works were given by Lowry to Ruth and Neville Blakey of Pendle, Lancashire, longstanding friends of the artist, and will be sold with correspondance with the Lowry. Further Northern artists represented in the sale include Harold Riley, Peter Brook, Brian 'Braaq' Shields, Norman Cornish, and Len Tabner. 

Further highlights include a vivid seascape by Scottish artist Sir William MacTaggart, a harbour scene by Chinese-born Singaporean artist Cheong Soo Pieng who founded the Nanyang style of art, and a striking industrial landscape by Staffordshire artist Maurice Wade. 

An interesting selection of works on paper include greats such as Frank Dobson, Dame Laura Knight, David Bomberg, Sir Matthew Smith, and a good range of prints include those by Pablo Picasso, Joan Miro, Elizabeth Blackadder, Bob Dylan and Victor Pasmore. 

February

Antiques & Interiors, to include Beswick & Border Fine Arts

Antiques & Interiors, to include Beswick & Border Fine Arts

Lot: 1000 to 1500 - 23rd Feb, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Lot: 1 to 600 - 23rd Feb, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Sale number: 230224
Lots: 915

This Antiques & Interiors sale will include a specialist section of Border Fine Arts, with a small quantity of animal groups from other factories such as Beswick.  Most of the section comes from two large private collections, which will be denoted throughout. This section will appear online from Friday 9th February and the remainder of the auction from Friday 16th February. 

The sale will include part of 'A Clock and Watch Maker's Workshop', which will offer good clock and watchmaker's tools by Bergeon, clock bushing tools, staking tools, clock and watch parts and good German watchmaker's lathes by G.Boley and Lorch Schmidt & Co. Also on offer will be the first part of the gentleman's pocket watch and wristwatch collection. The remaining specialist pocket watches from the collection will be sold in the Fine Jewellery, Watches and Silver Sale on 16th March and the Jewellery, Watches and Silver Sale on 18th May.  


Coins & Banknotes

Coins & Banknotes

Date: 14th Feb, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Sale number: CN174
Lots: 456

The upcoming specialist coins, banknotes, and tokens sale at Tennants offers a diverse selection of high-quality lots to appeal to numismatists of all interests. The sale includes ancient, hammered, and milled coins, both British and foreign, as well as an interesting collection of 18th-century tokens, Maundy money, and banknotes. Of particular note is an exceptional collection of coins from the late Michael Whiteley, president of The Yorkshire Numismatic Society in 2000, featuring Roman, hammered, and milled coins, including high-grade Georgian and Victorian silver coinage.

The gold section boasts some excellent 17th and 18th-century British gold coinage, including a Charles I gold unite, a George II, two guineas 1738, and a rare George III guinea 1763, all in highly collectable grades. These coins are in addition to a range of Victorian and modern gold coins.

Maundy sets are also well represented in the sale, with many sets in their original cases, mainly from the 19th and 20th centuries. The earliest set on offer is a Charles II Maundy set 1679. Collectors of tokens will be delighted to find a good number of 18th-century provincial tokens, many in top grades, including a lot of four choice Thomas Spence tokens.

The sale also includes a superb example of a 17th-century marriage medal by renowned medallist Sebastian Dadler, in good very fine or better condition. Finally, the sale boasts a significant number of modern Royal Mint silver proofs and commemorative coinage. Overall, the sale offers a wide variety of quality lots that will surely appeal to collectors of all numismatic fields.


Antiques & Interiors

Antiques & Interiors

Lot: 1 to 500 - 9th Feb, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Lot: 1000 to 1500 - 9th Feb, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Sale number: 090224
Lots: 907

 

This sale will include a good selection of traditional paintings including watercolours, oil paintings and portraits as well as affordable modern and contemporary art. Notable works include several paintings by artist, illustrator and author Mike Wilks (b.1947).

Mike Wilks was born in London and studied at a junior art school before attending Croydon College of Art. After working as a graphic designer for several years he founded his own design company, which flourished and later allowed him to resign and concentrate on painting and drawing. After publishing a number of best-selling books, Wilks became the focus on an award-winning BBC arts documentary 'Mike Wilks - Making His Mark'. Since then, he has continued to write, paint and draw, and his works can be found in public and private collections in the UK, Europe and the USA.

Also on offer in the sale is a good Private Collection of Japanese Cloisonne Vases, over 130 lots of Jewellery and over 100 lots of Silver.


Costume, Accessories & Textiles

Costume, Accessories & Textiles

Date: 9th Feb, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Sale number: TX71
Lots: 255

A host of beautiful 18th and 19th century costume and accessories redolent of the English Country House will go under the hammer in the Costume, Accessories and Textiles Sale on 9th February, including a rare set of 19th century men's livery uniforms, a group of parasols which once belonged to Princess Mary, Countess of Harewood and daughter of George V, 18th century silk shoes and dresses, a 1930s lady's motoring outfit and a carved knitting stick inscribed 'Rudding Park', the fine Georgian manor on the outskirts of Harrogate.

Also of note in the sale is a circa 1911 Steiff teddy bear, and a good collection of Lace from a Private Collection, which includes fine examples of Late 19th Century Irish Youghal Needle Lace, Late 19th Century Swiss Whitework Lace, and Early 20th Century Honiton Lace.

Learn more about the sale highlights.

January

Scientific & Musical Instruments, Cameras & Tools

Scientific & Musical Instruments, Cameras & Tools

Date: 31st Jan, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Sale number: SC57
Lots: 228

The sale will offer a good range of brass, string, woodwind and electronic musical instruments, led by a 1963 Pre-CBS Fender Stratocaster, and two fine Selmer Mark VI Saxophones in outstanding condition.

Also of note are Leica cameras, a Curta Type I calculator, and a host of unusual items such as a collection of glass eyes.


Antiques & Interiors

Antiques & Interiors

Date: 26th Jan, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Sale number: 260124
Lots: 415

This Antiques and Interiors Sale will focus on furniture, as well as rugs, textiles, books and pictures. The next sale to include jewellery, watches, silver and other small items will be 9th February.  Please check the catalogue for specifics.  


Country House Sale

Country House Sale

12th Jan, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
13th Jan, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
13th Jan, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Sale number: CH44
Lots: 1025

This Country House Sale comprises over 1000 lots and includes items from the Terry Family of York (denoted throughout the online catalogue with a '~' symbol); also, selected contents from Dutton Manor, Lancashire, a private collection of English ceramics consigned from the Isle of Man, a single owner collection of Victorian and later garden furniture and statuary, and a private collection of rugs (denoted throughout the online catalogue with a ' ^ ' symbol). 


Friday 12th January, 9.30am: Part I (Lots 1-499) (Glass, Ceramics, Books and Works of Art)
Saturday 13th January, 9.30am: Part II (Lots 501-800) (Pictures, Clocks and Garden Furniture/Statuary) 
Saturday 13th January, 9.30am: Part III (Lots 1000-1350) (Rugs and Furniture)


Jewellery, Watches & Silver

Jewellery, Watches & Silver

Date: 13th Jan, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Sale number: JW45
Lots: 438
Catalogue: View Page Turner Catalogue

Jewellery, Watches & Silver Sales bring together a wide a range of affordable period and modern jewellery, vintage and collectable watches, and silver from the 18th to 21st century.


Stamps, Postcards & Postal History

Stamps, Postcards & Postal History

Date: 10th Jan, 2024 10:30 GMT/BST
Sale number: ST157
Lots: 199
Catalogue: View Page Turner Catalogue

The Stamps, Postcards & Postal History Sales cover the full spectrum of philatelic collecting, and comprise world accumulations, single country or themed lots, single stamps and sets, and specialised collections that can include errors and varieties. British and overseas postal history memorabilia, from pre-stamp to modern times are included, too.


Antiques & Interiors, to include Affordable Modern & Contemporary Art

Antiques & Interiors, to include Affordable Modern & Contemporary Art

Lot: 1 to 500 - 5th Jan, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Lot: 1000 to 1599 - 5th Jan, 2024 9:30 GMT/BST
Sale number: 050124
Lots: 976


The first Antiques & Interiors sale of 2024 comprises over 900 lots and includes a specialist section of Affordable Modern & Contemporary Art, and over 170 lots of Silver, including part of a collection of Regimental Silver, sold by order of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers to benefit the Fusiliers’ Aid Society. The second part of the Regimental Silver Collection will be included in the Jewellery, Watches and Silver Sale on 13th January.