Forthcoming Auctions
ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES incTraditional Sports & Wine at 10.30am
on Friday 28th of September
FURNISHINGS & INTERIORS AT 10.30AM
on Friday 5th of October
Entries invited please call to book in - catalogue available day prior On view day prior 2pm to 7pm and morning of sale from 9am Buyers premium 19.0% plus VAT at the rate required by law
FURNISHINGS & INTERIORS AT 10.30AM
on Friday 12th of October
Entries invited please call to book in - catalogue available day prior On view day prior 2pm to 7pm and morning of sale from 9am Buyers premium 19.0% plus VAT at the rate required by law
Bigwood Fine Art Auctioneers Ltd
Based in Stratford-upon-Avon, a strategic centre in the heart of England, we are one of the UKs leading Provincial Auction Houses, offering a comprehensive Auction & Valuation Service
Office Hours
Monday to Thursday:- Mornings 9am-1pm. Afternoons 2pm-5.30pm
Fridays (sale days only):- All day from 9am-5.30pm
AUCTIONS EVERY FRIDAY & MONTHLY SALES
WITH LIVE BIDDING VIA THE-SALEROOM.COM
AUTUMN FINE ART AUCTION WITH A TRADITIONAL
SPORTING THEME
& WINES & SPIRITS.
Bigwood’s sale on Friday 28thSeptember at
10.30am features over 900 lots with some
outstanding entries including to date:
The Salmon Collection
of W W QUATREMAIN (1857-1930) watercolours originally commissioned by J.Salmon
Ltd. for their postcard collection in the early 1900s and now to be sold as
part of their Archive Sale. The works include scenes in Stratford upon Avon
such the original Theatre before the fire, the Gower Memorial, the American
Fountain in the market square, views of The Parade in Leamington Spa and many
others.
A private collection
of 19th and 20th century oil paintings by noted artists; ALFRED
DE BREANSKI, SNR. (1852-1928), MARC ALDINE (1873-1956) - (A. Bouvard Snr.),
JOHN FREDERICK HERRING JNR (1815-1907), GEORGE WRIGHT (1860-1942), WILLIAM
MELLOR (1851-1931), JULIUS VON BLAAS (1845-1922), CLAUDE PRATT (1860-1935) and
many others.
A Collection of Hardy
Fishing equipment from the Chairman of the company who owned the Hardy’s of
Alnwick business until some years ago, offers many reels and rods as well as a
Centenary Boxed set and 40 other rods and reels.
WEBLEY SCOTT Air
pistol the last one produced at the Birmingham factory before it closed. Also
interesting ephemera, certificates and microfilms from the companies archive.
OVER 35 Sporting Guns
will be on sale, timely for the 2018 shooting season. There are a number of gun
cases including one bearing the label “JAMES PURDEY & SONS, LONDON”.
TAXIDERMY will also
feature, with part of a private collection including a Wild Boar’s head trophy
shot in the Loire in 1901, a Polar Bear skin with head, VAN INGEN & VAN
INGEN OF MYSORE A Leopard skin with head "Leopard Moon" & many
others.
Silver Pigeon
trophies and ephemera relating to Birmingham Columbarian Society Mitchell
Challenge Cup Carriers, Pouters, Barbs, Short Faced Tumblers', (with
association to the eminent pigeon fancier, Henry Allsop)
Silver including
ALFRED CLARK, 20 Old Bond Street - a late Victorian silver mounted crystal
glass Humidor, Jewellery - collection of
Watches and gold Sovereigns, Porcelain including Royal Worcester Hyde Park
Dinner services, Beswick Hunting figures and hounds, and collector’s items as
well as hunting memorabilia, Royal Mint silver proof coins, stamps, toys, rugs,
The second part of
the sale will continue with a good entry of Wines and Spirits. Over 300 lots.
The auction, to be held at The Old School, Tiddington,
Stratford upon Avon CV37 7AW will be on view Thursday 27th September from
9.30am to 7pm and the morning of sale from 9am.
THE CATALOGUE WITH IMAGES OF ALL LOTS CAN BE VIEWED via www.bigwoodauctioneers.com
and live internet bidding is available on the day of sale. Tel: 01789 269415
for further details or to sell lots in future sales.
Sale & Viewing Times
AUCTION SALE TIMES
All sales commence at 10.30am on Fridays except Wine Sales which commence at 6pm on Thursdays. (as variations can occur please telephone to check)
AUCTION VIEWING TIMES
Furnishings and Interiors 2pm-7pm day prior & morning of sale 9am-10.30am
Collectable Toys & Pastimes with the Monthly Antique Sale
Antiques & Collectables 9.30am-7.00pm day prior & morning of sale 9am-10.30am
Traditional Sports & Pastimes 9.30am-7.00pm day prior morning of sale 9am-10.30am
Fine & Inexpensive Wines Day of sale 4pm-6pm