REVIEW Selections

1 April 2023

Lots: 55 Sold: 87% Total: £82,750

The Selections auction in April was a terrier of a sale – small but powerful and determined. There were some very pleasant surprises for vendors especially the Pembrokeshire client who brought to us the 18th Century mourning ring with little expectation. The unusual ring featured a sinister skull appearing through rock-crystal. It was rare as well as being morbidly fascinating. It realised £4,200 which compares very well with similar rings which have appeared on the market.

Two other rings contributed nicely to the sale and pleased the vendors; an Art Deco cocktail ring took the highest price of the sale whilst doubling the pre-auction estimate. Then a three stone diamond ring also tripled expectations.

We were privileged to be offering a collection of David Hockney works in the April auction, the most sought after being a limited-edition etching ‘French Shop’ which said Au Revoir at £5,500

Other auctions so far in 2023

18TH

533, April 2023)

The Stag Hunt, with figures and quarry to the fore and in the mid distance, town with church steeples in the far distance sold for £4,000. The painting had been in the same family ownership since the 19th Century

By July 22nd we will have held thirty-five auctions including the regular Jewellery & Collectables auctions and Fine Art & Interiors auctions held in north and south Wales. As well as an Asian Art auction, The Club House auction, and a charity art auction for the Josef Herman Foundation. And then of course there was the auction for Sir Gareth Edwards, an historic recordbreaking affair.

ADOLYGIAD Dewisiadau 1 Ebrill 2023

Eitemau: 55

Gwerthwyd: 87%

Cyfanswm: £82,750

Cafwyd chwip o Arwerthiant Dewisiadau ym mis Ebrill – fel daeargi medd rhai - un byr, ond pwerus a phenderfynol. Cafodd ein gwerthwyr ambell syrpréis dymunol dros ben, yn enwedig cleient o Sir Benfro a gyflwynodd fodrwy alar o’r ddeunawfed ganrif i’w gwerthu, gan ddisgwyl fawr ddim amdani. Ar y fodrwy anarferol hon, deuai penglog sinistr i’r golwg trwy’r creigrisial. Yn ogystal â bod o ddiddordeb morbid, roedd hefyd yn brin. Gwerthodd am £4,200 – swm sy’n cymharu’n dda iawn â modrwyau tebyg a welwyd ar y farchnad.

Cyfrannodd dwy fodrwy arall yn daclus at yr arwerthiant, gan blesio’r gwerthwyr. Y fodrwy a werthodd am y pris uchaf oedd modrwy goctel

Art Deco, gan ddyblu’r amcangyfrif. Hefyd, llwyddodd modrwy ddiemwnt â thair carreg i gyrraedd pris a oedd deirgwaith yn fwy na’r disgwyliadau.

Braint oedd cael cynnig casgliad o weithiau David Hockney yn arwerthiant mis Ebrill. Y gwaith â’r galw mwyaf amdano o blith y gweithiau hyn oedd ysgythriad argraffiad cyfyngedig, ‘French Shop’, a ddywedodd Au Revoir ar ôl cyrraedd £5,500.

Arwerthiannau eraill hyd yn hyn yn 2023