Auction: Country House Sale, 13th Sep, 2025

A Fossil Stingray dating from the Eocene period (56-33.9 million years ago) is to go under the hammer in Tennants Auctioneers’ Country House Sale on 13^th September. Embedded in a matrix of sedimentary stone, the 25-inch stingray (Heliobatis radians) sits alongside a smaller Diplomystus, an extinct freshwater and marine fish distantly related to the modern anchovy and herring. The fossil was found in Green River, Wyoming.

The Country House Sale also offers a good range of interesting and eclectic antiques and furnishing pieces, such as two modern Orkney Chairs, handmade in the Orkneys by craftsman Fraser Anderson, a large and varied selection of over 150 pictures from contemporary sporting art by the likes of John Trickett and Malcolm Coward to Dutch landscapes and 18^th century portraits. There are several private collections of pictures on offer, too, including a selection of works by Brian Irving (1931-2013) and the second tranche of a private collection of works by Staithes School artist Florence Adelina Hess (1891-1974). 

Further highlights include 17th century glass, 18th century plumbago portrait miniatures, a selection of bronzes including 'Le Bucheron' after Louis Leopold Chambard, longcase, table and wall clocks and a broad range of rugs and carpets. 

Viewing

Wednesday 10th and Thursday 11th September 10am-4pm, Friday 12th September 10am-5pm and the morning of the sale from 8am. 

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