Auction alert: Garden furniture & statuary

Back when my parents owned an antique shop in Kemptown in Brighton, they’d go weekly to Watsons Auctions in Heathfield, East Sussex. Watsons, as well as Gorringe’s in Lewes, were my mum & dad’s main channels for acquiring fresh stock for their shop. I seem to remember Justin and me going a few times, too, when we lived down there.

With spring finally springing and lots of us itching to get outside and get our hands dirty, it’s a great time to highlight the upcoming garden furniture & statuary auction taking place at Watsons on Friday 3^rd May, from 9:30am. There are 232 lots in the sale, to include plant pots and planters, troughs, water features, garden ornaments and much more besides.

Buy live or leave bids online at EasyLiveAuction or The Saleroom (fees apply).

Buyers Premium for our General Auction is 19% plus VAT making a total of 22.8% on the hammer price. Buyers Premium for our Online Collectables & Furniture Auctions and Specialist Auctions is 20% plus VAT making a total of 24% on the hammer price.

Lot 1: Late 20^th century painted resin figure of a stag

87.5cm tall
Estimate: £20 – £40

Lot 35: Iron black painted Warners, London well pump

74cm tall
Estimate: £40 – £60

Lot 43: Approx. ninety small terracotta plant pots

Approx 7cm tall each
Estimate: £50 – £70

Lot 67: Metal hose reel, two galvanised buckets and two watering cans

Estimate: £20 – £30

Lot 71: Pair of tall square terracotta style plant pots, potted with roses

37cm x 71cm tall
Estimate: £50 – £80

Lot 105: Pair of terracotta rhubarb forcers

70cm tall
Estimate: £60 – £100

Lot 124: Painted boot scraper mounted on stone base

59cm wide
Estimate: £30 – £50

Lot 130: Metal Singer sewing machine base with marble top

107cm wide x 74cm tall
Estimate: £30 – £50

Lot 146: Terracotta strawberry pot

40cm dia x 40cm tall together with a terracotta orb and wall pocket
Estimate: £30 – £50

Lot 149: Metal scrolled arm garden bench

128cm x 89cm tall
Estimate: £20 – £40

Lot 169: Oval two tier wire work plant stand

70cm x 74cm tall
Estimate: £100 – £150

Lot 194: Set of four garden urns decorated with lion masks and swags

58cm dia x 73cm tall
Estimate: £400 – £600

Auction alert: The Autumn Garden Auction

Bamfords‘ Autumn Garden Auction takes place on Tuesday coming, the 18^th of October 2022 from 10am.

193 lots will be coming up for sale – including garden furniture, statuary, ironmongery and all manner of planters. We’ve chosen to highlight the items below because we’d happily give them all a new home in our own garden.

Perhaps our favourite lot is the terracotta rhubarb forcers – we have one already, but want a couple of other ones. Just look at their patina! They may be missing their lids, but it would be simple enough to find some terracotta plant pot saucers that would fit.

Bamfords charge 24.75% buyers’ premium plus VAT on the hammer price of each lot. Please be aware that for Fine Art, Single Owner and Specialist auctions there is a minimum charge of £10 + VAT per lot.
Live online bidding is available for all our auctions via www.easyliveauction.com or www.the-saleroom.com. The charge for using these services is 3.6% of the hammer price or a flat fee of £3 with no further premium being charged for EasyLiveAuction and 5.5% of the hammer price (plus VAT where chargeable) for The Saleroom. This will be added to the total invoice.

Lot 3010: A conservatory cast iron planter stand
With with three tiers of five circular stands supported on cast iron scroll stand, 170cm high, 162cm wide
Estimate: £300 – £500

Lot 3021: An early 20th century three seat wire work garden bench
Scroll back and legs, solid seat, 113cm wide
Estimate: £250 – £350

Lot 3027: A heavy cast iron and wooden slatted garden table, bench, two chairs and stool
155cm wide, 68.5cm deep, 66cm high
Estimate: £60 – £100

Lot 3031: A rectangular wrought iron garden path gate
Quite plain, centred by five spiral bars; a quantity of terracotta plant pots; etc (qty)
Estimate: No estimate

Lot 3040: Two terracotta rhubarb forcers
Of circular form, 60cm high, 37cm diam
Estimate: £100 – £150

Lot 3071: A galvanised rounded rectangular tin trough
42cm high, 147cm wide, 64cm deep
Estimate: £30 – £50

Lot 3074: A two tier work bench
85cm high, 65cm wide; a cast iron circular plate, 53cm diam (2)
Estimate: No estimate

Lot 3076: A plaster of Paris clam shell, 65cm wide
Estimate: No estimate

Lot 3160: Two pedestal garden vases
Terracotta plant pots; etc.
Estimate: No estimate

Price Points: House plant stands

I’m sure I’ve said on here before that I think plants really bring an extra dimension to an interior. There are so many ways of introducing them into your home; strings of pearls in a macramé hanging basket, mini-cacti in odd, vintage cups & mugs. A growing trend is statement foliage in plant stands.

The three I’ve chosen are all up there in the plant fashion stakes. Copper is a metal and colour that’s everywhere in interiors mags and homeware shops at the moment. Olive green is a really in vogue colour – but we would say that though, wouldn’t we? Probably the hottest home trend that’s come around again since its 1970s heyday is furniture made of rattan, cane, wicker and bamboo.

Copper wrought iron and cement footed planter: £21.59, Maisons du Monde
AM.PM. Florian ceramic planter: £89, La Redoute
Donna plant stand: £158 – £178, Anthropologie

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Copper wrought iron and cement footed planter
£21.59