Auction alert: Sporting Art, Wildlife and Dogs

The Sporting Art, Wildlife and Dogs auction may not be to everyone’s taste. Many people are averse to the hunting, shooting, fishing and horse racing pastimes. Saying that though, many of the items coming under the hammer are only indirectly linked to those pursuits. So, if you’re a dog owner or bird watcher, there may be things that appeal.

The sale – of 352 lots – takes place on Tuesday 31st May 2022 from 1pm.

• Items of jewellery delivered to UK addresses are typically sent via Royal Mail Special Delivery, and other smaller items are couriered via DPD
• Larger items will be shipped via Bradleys Antique Packing Services by their experienced, capable and friendly staff
• International deliveries are professionally packed by Bradleys and shipped by recognised, trusted couriers who deliver on their behalf

The auctioneers also have a web page of recommended delivery companies.

All purchases are subject to a buyers premium of 25% plus VAT except for our Fine Wine & Spirits auctions when the buyers premium is 15% (VAT is not applicable to Books). When you successfully bid on any lot, the price you pay will be the hammer price (the value you bid at the auction), plus the buyers premium.

Also known as the Droit de suite…

Artist’s Resale Right was introduced by a European Directive in 2006 to ensure that artists receive a royalty when their work is resold by an auction house or gallery. This Right applies to living artists and to those who have died within the last 70 years. This royalty is paid by the purchaser on top of the hammer price if the sale price reaches or exceeds 1000 euros. The amount payable is on a sliding scale – e.g. up to 50,000 euros, the royalty rate is 4% of the sale price. The maximum royalty a work can earn is capped at 12,500 euros.

Bid live via Sworder’s own website or Invaluable.

Lot 85: An oak and leather cartridge magazine
By C S Rosson & Co., Norwich, with presentation plaque ‘To GRR Colman Esq. 1913’. 47.5cm wide, 33.5 deep, 15cm high.
Estimate £100 – £200

Lot 139A: An unusual Victorian silver dog collar
Mid-19th century, to either side with a reeded rim, inscribed to the side ‘AGNES FOWLER BUTLER / PENDEFORD HALL’,
diameter 6cm.
The Fowler family, later Fowler-Butler, passed down Pendeford Hall, Wolverhampton, throughout almost five centuries, with the majority of the men going into military service. Agnes Fowler-Butler was married to Robert Henry Fowler-Butler, who inherited the estate in 1865, his army career culminating with the rank of Major-General. The estate began its partial demolition in 1953, before being completely demolished fifteen years later.
Estimate £300 – £400

Lot 147A: Sally Arnup (1930-2015) ‘A Bloodhound Following the Scent’
Bronze on marble base, numbered VI of X. 46cm wide, 23cm high. Artist’s Resale Right may apply to this lot.
Estimate £1,200 – £1,800

Lot 163: Arthur Wardle (1864-1949) – ‘Sealyham Terrier by the Hearth’
Signed ‘Arthur Wardle’ l.l., oil on canvas. 46 x 36cm
Estimate £3,000 – £5,000

Lot 194: John Trickett (b.1952) – ‘Spaniels Flushing Woodcock’
Signed ‘John Trickett’, oil on canvas. 51 x 60.5cm. Artist’s Resale Right may apply to this lot.
Estimate £800 – £1,000

Lot 225: Taxidermy: Ptarmigan (Lagopus muta)
full mount on a rocky plinth, in a five-sided glass display case. 30.5cm wide, 23cm deep, 32.5cm high.
Estimate £200 – £300

Lot 231: Andrew Beer (1862-1954) ‘”Charles”‘, Portrait of a Racing Pigeon’
Signed ‘Andrew Beer’ l.r., inscribed with title and further inscribed ‘Cheq Badge Cock. NU24. B.P.C. 277. Winner of 1st Ashchurch & 1st Tamworth. 1926. Also 1st Tamworth and this Oil Painting given by Andrew Beer. 5th Rippon & 4th Berwick. also Best Combined Average. 1927. Bristol Premier F.C. Owners. Messrs Dando & Cox.’, oil on canvas. 30.5 x 40.5cm
Estimate £600 – £800

Lot 240: Robert Gillmor (b.1936) – ‘August Afternoon in Titchwell’
Inscribed with title, dated and signed 19.8.’92, ‘Robert Gillmor’, pencil and watercolour. 27.7 x 38cm. Artist’s Resale Right may apply to this lot.
Estimate £200 – £300

Lot 246: Pintail decoy duck
Wood. 15cm wide, 35cm deep, 20cm high
Estimate £100 – £150

Lot 248: Guy Taplin (b.1939) – ‘Egret’
Painted driftwood, signed ‘Guy Taplin’ and inscribed with title ‘Egret’ on base. 21cm wide, 34cm deep, 62cm high. Artist’s Resale Right may apply to this lot.
Estimate £2,000 – £3,000

Lot 315: Jessica Perry (contemporary) – ‘Gloucester Old Spot Pigs’
Signed and dated ‘S Perry 1990’ l.r., oil on canvas. 45 x 60cm. Artist’s Resale Right may apply to this lot.
Estimate £200 – £300

Lot 321: John Cox (1952-2014) – ‘Lying Hare’
Bronze with brown patina, foundry stamped. 75cm wide, 36cm high. Artist’s Resale Right may apply to this lot.
Estimate £600 – £800

Lot 326: European School, 20^th century – ‘Still Life of a Fish and Bowl’
Indistinctly signed and dated ‘1903’ u.r., oil on canvas. 53 x 92cm
Estimate £300 – £500

Price Points: Rustic artworks

I’m on the look out for something very, very particular to hang on a wall in our dining room – rustic artworks. It’s probably the most niche thing I’ve ever featured here on our blog.

We have lots of paintings, prints and other wall hangings that we brought with us from our old house. Unfortunately, very few of them suit the décor of this cottage. They’re either too modern, too colourful or the subject matter doesn’t sit well in this setting.

I want one or more rustic home fare, still life artworks. To explain, the subject matter needs to be rustic food in the home; either eating it, preparing & cooking it or simply just set out as a vignette. It can’t show a lavish spread or feast, that would be out of keeping with our humble cottage.

Secondly, I’d like the scene to appear as though it could be located in rural Wales (I told you it was niche!). It can’t look like it’s in the Mediterranean with olives and vine tomatoes or somewhere even more tropical with a bowl of mangoes, bananas and pineapples in a fruit bowl. Similarly, something obviously in a town or city wouldn’t look right.

Thirdly, I want it to appear as though it’s set in the early 19^th century or earlier. No electric lights, kitchen appliances or other modern trappings.

One of the three (I’m sure you can work out which it is) on my shortlist ticks every one of my boxes. But I think it would look really twee and obvious – what do you think?

La Soupière Blanche (The White Soup Tureen) by Anne Vallayer-Coster (1744-1818): £5.95 – £62.95, PosterLounge
The original oil painting is held in a private collection in Paris.
Market Day in Old Wales by Sydney Curnow Vosper (1866-1942): £10 – £90
The original watercolour is in the permanent collection of National Museum Wales
Two Peasants Feasting by Adriaen van Ostade (1610-1685): $219 – $1,797.00
The original oil painting is in the permanent collection of Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister – Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden.

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