Our Antiques & Furniture sale on the 4th of October will feature on Channel 5’s new show, The Great Auction Showdown with Paul Martin. Highlights include a rare Killarney box inlaid with a geographical map of Great Britain, lot 418, £1,000-1,500; a group of Minton ‘Bengal Tiger’ or ‘Crazy Cow’ pattern porcelain, lot 77, £2,000-3,000; a scarce pair of Bow ‘Birds in Branches’ candlestick groups, c.1762, lot 74, £2,000-3,000 and a 19th Century Chinese Sang De Boeuf Yuhuchunping, lot 168, £1,000-1,500.
Particular highlights of the sale are lot 1478 and 1504. Lot 1478, an Art Deco enamel and diamond compact, by Laloche Freres, circa 1810, is estimated at £10,000-15,000. With a double cover filled with royal blue enamel, opening with a diamond-set chinoiserie button clasp, the inner surface enamelled in tones of green and black depicting a chinoiserie landscape, lifting to reveal a mirror and a powder compartment.
Lot 1504, a platinum and diamond three-stone ring, is estimated at £10,000-15,000. The graduated round brilliant-cut diamonds in claw settings, estimated total diamond weight 3.40ct, hallmarked Sheffield. The sale includes a gentleman’s collection of silver cream jugs, mustard pots, and a fine array of sporting and novelty jewellery. Jewellery by Cartier, Tiffany, Liberty, Vourakis, Marina B, Boucheron and Chaumet all feature heavily.
Particular highlights of the sale are lots 1387 and 1673. Lot 1387, a substantial Rococo Revival silver tea kettle on stand by Paul Storr, hallmarked London 1832, estimated at £6,000-8,000. Lot 1673, a 19th Century baroque pearl chain necklace by Castellani, is estimated at £4,000-6,000. The chain measures 123cm long and is signed with the maker’s mark. The auction also benefits from a single-owner collection of Arts and Crafts silver, including work by the luminaries Omar Ramsden and Alwyn Carr.
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We are very pleased to be able to offer an in-house shipping service on lots of jewellery and small objects. All packages are dispatched via DHL, fully trackable and insured. For a specific quote, please contact us: info@elstobandelstob.co.uk.
The 13th May Jewellery, Watches & Silver auction comprises over 700 lots. Particular highlights include lot 1490, a limited edition IWC watch, estimated at £5,000-7,000. The watch is one of thirty-four lots of watches sold in the auction, including 'Dirty Dozen' examples. For jewellery buyers, lot 1628 is a fabulous Hermes rope chain necklace, estimated at £8,000-12,000. Leading the way in the silver category is lot 1133, a fine George II silver waiter by the revered Paul de Lamerie, estimated at £4,000-6,000.
We are very pleased to be able to offer an in-house shipping service on lots of jewellery and small objects. All packages are dispatched via DHL, fully trackable and insured. For a specific quote, please contact us: info@elstobandelstob.co.uk.
Viewing of specific lots available by appointment.
No telephone, commission or in-person bidding. This sale is online only and all bidding is through the online catalogue.
Viewing of specific lots available by appointment.
No telephone, commission or in-person bidding. This sale is online only and all bidding is through the online catalogue.
A superb offering of coins, tokens and banknotes ranging from Celtic Britain and the Roman Empire through medieval hammered coinage and early and modern British milled and World coins to German World War II forgeries of Bank of England banknotes.
One collection pays a particular interest to Matthew Boulton and his Soho Mint (Birmingham) with an outstanding selection of coins from Boulton and James Watt’s steam press. These include highgrade circulation type copper coinage, 18th century Conder tokens and medals celebrating the life of Matthew Boulton.
Viewing of specific lots available by appointment.
No telephone, commission or in-person bidding. This sale is online only and all bidding is through the online catalogue.
