A hall table, dating to the early part of the 18th century, sold for a massive £29,000 at the Charterhouse auction in Sherborne on 15th February.
“The table had been in a well known Dorset country house for many decades and it is a property which I must have driven past thousands of times.” Commented Richard Bromell. “More recently, the table was in the vendor’s kitchen where it carried on its purpose as a table in daily use! It was a somewhat difficult table to value, as the marble top was later in date and one of the legs had been pretty much replaced. However, on the day, a bank of telephone bidders from London and Ireland battled away against a Cotswold dealer, with the hammer eventually falling to the Cotswold dealer for ten times more than the estimate.”
Elsewhere, in this successful auction which totalled over £150,000, a set of ten Hepplewhite style dining chairs from a client near Taunton sold for £3,300 to an Irish dealer bidding against a private buyer, an Italian gold bangle, decorated a rams head, £3,000, a fine cameo brooch, which attracted the attention of an Italian buyer so much that he flew over just to see this one lot, £2,200, a carved giltwood base, decorated cherubs and originally the base of a cabinet £2,800, a Cartier wristwatch £1,800, and a silver tea tray £1,200. Highlights in the specialist section of wine, port & spirits, nine gallons of ex-forces rum totalled £5,200, and a case of Chateau Gruaud Larose 1982 £1,150.
The next Charterhouse auction in Sherborne is on Friday 14th March which includes clocks, collectors’ items, militaria and antiques. Viewing for the sale is on 12th 10-4 & 13th 10-7. Catalogues are available from the auctioneers or on their web site www.charterhouse-auctions.co.uk. This is followed by their April auctions of classic car, motorbikes and automobilia on Saturday 12th April and pictures, books, decorative arts & a special hunting, shooting and fishing sporting section on Friday 18th and they are now accepting further entries for these auctions.
