Antiques & Collectibles

Antiques & Collectibles Future sales to be held over two days

Having held another bumper sale of over 1,000 lots on offer in their April 10th sale Clarke’s Auctions at Semley have decided to hold their future sales over a two-day period. They have been extremely busy during the lockdown period with probate valuations, private client valuations and house clearances and have seen their sales go from an average of 600 lots per sale to over 1,000 lots per sale. Much of the bidding is now taking place online and they have found that selling this way takes longer than when the bidding was mainly to be found in the room. Therefore, in future they will be holding the first part of the sale on the Friday with the remainder to be sold on the Saturday. Richard Clarke, the auctioneer, feels that the antiques business has fundamentally changed during the lockdown period and feels that even when they are able to open their doors once more, the vast majority of buyers will still prefer to bid online in the comfort of their own home but they are looking forward to the relaxation of the covid guidelines and to welcoming their customers back in to the saleroom both for viewing and participating on the sale days. Clarke’s Auctions always launch their colour catalogue at thesaleroom.com and easyliveauction.com at least a week before each sale to enable prospective buyers to have plenty of time to view the sale online. Their next Antiques & Collectables sale will be held on Friday the 7th and Saturday the 8th of May and it is already looking to be another busy sale with the usual array of antique and period furniture, modern design furniture, silver and jewellery, ceramics and glass, paintings, rugs, and collectables. They are still taking entries for this sale so if you are having a clear-out please get in touch with them on the telephone number below. To arrange any home visits or to arrange valuations to value items for consignment into any of their future sales, or for any other queries, please phone either Richard Clarke or Karen Marshall on 01747 855109 at the main offices on Kingsettle Business Park, Station Road, Semley, Shaftesbury. For information regarding consigning items to their upcoming Classic Cars, Motorbikes & Automobilia sale please contact Matt Whitney on the main office number.

FORTHCOMING ONLINE TIMED AUCTIONS

200 Lots of Fine Art, Antique Furniture, Silver, Porcelain and Collectables

Entries for this sale are closed Auction opens Wednesday 21st April and Closes Wednesday 28th April Viewing by appointment on Thursday 22nd April and Friday 23rd April

450 Lots of Carpets, Rugs and Textiles

Entries for this sale are closed Auction opens Wednesday 21st April and closes Wednesday 28th April Viewing by appointment on Wednesday 21st April and Thursday 22nd April

700 Lots of Antique and Modern Household Furniture and Effects, Collectables and General Items

Entries for this sale are closed Auction opens Wednesday 5th May and closes Wednesday 12th May Viewing by appointment on Thursday 6th May and Friday 7th May

Up to 1,000 Lots of Shooting, Fishing, Hunting and Taxidermy Items

Entries for this sale are closed Auction opens Wednesday 12th May and closes Wednesday 19th May Viewing by appointment on Thursday 13th May and Friday 14th May Viewing of online sales and registration to bid on our website in due course:

www.salisburyauctioncentre.co.uk

Sales conducted on the Auctionmarts platform Absentee bids accepted from those who have viewed Netherhampton Salerooms, The Livestock Market, Salisbury SP2 8RH Tel : 01722 321215 An early 19th century school oil on canvas painting of two young girls. Sold for £450

WE BUY RECORDS, COLLECTIONS LARGE and SMALL. Call BILL 07967 816506 or 01747 811100. Email bill@ rebornrecords.co.uk

GOOD CONDITION VINYL RECORDS WANTED Larger collections preferred. No classical please, cash paid 07831266478

Antique & Classic Clock Repairs & Restoration

Longcase Clocks a specialit Antique Clock sales Clocks Unlimite

Tel: (01935) 423233 Mobile: 07974 520545 www.clocksunlimited.co.u clocksunlimited@aol.com

CLARKE’S AUCTIONS

Auctioneers & Valuers

NEXT SALE: Friday 7th May and Saturday 8th May Antiques & Collectables Online, commission and telephone bidding only Colour catalogue Joseph Farquharson RA available the week (Scottish 1846-1935). The Flower Borders of before the Artist's Garden at Finzean, Aberdeenshire the.saleroom.com & – oil on canvas. Sold for easyliveauction.com An Art Nouveau Arts & Crafts £6,000 enamel plaque depicting a

Please contact Richard Clarke or lady. Sold for £1,350

Karen Marshall on 01747 855109 Station Road, Semley, Shaftesbury, SP7 9BU enquiries@clarkesauctions.co.uk clarkesauctions.co.uk

Antiques & Collectibles Ups and downs of Stalbridge Park’s former manor house

By Hilary Townsend, president of Stalbridge History Society. The Stone Lions Have you ever wondered why stone lion-head crests can be seen above two stout ashlar piers on either side of the 17th century entrance to Stalbridge Park? Once the fifth largest manor house in Dorset, stood there. Built around 1618, in 1636 it was bought by the immensely wealthy Earl of Cork. The new owner supported the Royalists and when the Civil War broke out King Charles I stayed at the house on 8th October, 1644 on his way to a battle. The Earl’s youngest son Robert and his brother Francis, on a grand tour were marooned in Geneva by the Civil War. When they returned, they found the Stalbridge house greatly neglected. The house passed to Robert Boyle, who conducted many of his early scientific experiments there, becoming famous as the ‘Father of English Chemistry’. His father had loved building impressive fireplaces and the house was assessed for 30 hearths in the Dorset Hearth Tax Returns l662 to 1664. By the early 18th century the house belonged to Peter Walter, an avaricious, greedy former steward who became very rich and enlarged the park. His grandson Edward Walter made the park bigger still. He had no male heir so the estate passed to the Paget family (Uxbridge and Anglesey). This family did not need to live at Stalbridge Park so the house was not maintained well. In 1804 there was one last royal visit, King George the third staying at Weymouth was invited to visit the house and ‘partake of refreshment’. The house was asset stripped and pulled down in the 1820s. In 2018 the present owner gave permission for the site to be researched and Dorset Diggers, a community group led by a professional archaeologist, began this work. Sadly, the pandemic has greatly hindered it since then. Just beyond the Stone Lions inside the park there used to be a beautiful pond, deep, mysterious, fed by springs and edged with handsome stone. It is gone now but, aged nine and armed only with a jam jar, I caught the biggest sturdiest newts I have ever seen.

Great prices achieved

At Acreman St Antiques Auction our March online only sale was a great success, with 90% of items sold and achieving great prices, including the wonderful collection of Japanese woodblock prints the best seeing £1,000 along with the Oriental carpets and rugs, the best selling for £1,000 and a small antique carpet saddlebag selling for £600. With over 200 lots of jewellery up for grabs and thanks to your generous donations, 64 lots sold on behalf of the Breast Cancer Unit Appeal at Yeovil Hospital, raising over £4,500. For our 30th April online sale we are looking forward to being able to allow physical viewing by appointment following new guidelines. Items have been pouring in and we have on offer a wide selection of entries including jewellery, silver, furniture to include an oak Arts & Crafts blanket box dated 1905 with carved decoration depicting Griffins Est. £100-200, a wonderful Aesthetic Movement glazed top mahogany cabinet in the manner of Bruce Talbot Est. £300-500 and a pair of Oriental hardwood inlaid side tables Est. £150-250. Also on offer is a large selection of paintings and pictures, oriental, garden items and general antiques and collectables. We are inviting entries for our May 28th online auction (by appointment) and also entries for our upcoming specialist Textiles, fashion & apparel auction to include designer and vintage clothing, antique lace and linen, tapestries and needlepoint, sewing related items, soft furnishings and fabrics. We are happy to give free valuations and appraisals on any items you may be considering for auction and home visits can be arranged. We will take in from single items up to complete house clearances. For any enquiries please contact Gill Norman on 07908 333577/ 01935 508764 or auction@acremanstreet antiques.co.uk

ACREMAN ST. ANTIQUES AUCTION

SHERBORNE General Antiques & Collectables Auction Friday 30th April 10am

ONLINE ONLY through easyliveauction.com VIEWING BY APPOINTMENT THURSDAY 29th APRIL

We are now taking in for our 30th April Auction For all enquiries please contact Gill Norman on 07908 333577 or 01935 508764 auction@acremanstreetantiques.co.uk

Antiques & Collectibles Would you pay £30k for a Ford Escort?

A rusty old two door Ford Escort is estimated to sell for up to £30,000 in an auction of classic cars on Wednesday, July, 14. While the Ford Escort provided the nation with affordable and reliable transportation, the car discovered by Charterhouse Auctioneers buried in a Dorset garage is a very rare RS2000 model. The first Ford Escort Mk I rolled off the production line in 1968. Over the next 32 years more than four million Escorts were made. And the Escort Mk I RS200 is the holy grail to lovers of the Ford blue oval badge. The RS2000 was produced by Ford at their Advanced Vehicle Operations (AVO) facility at Aveley, Essex. Back in the early 1970s, the RS2000 offered everything you could want in a sports saloon with great handling, performance, practicality, easy maintenance and affordability. On sale between 1973 and 1975, this model was popular and it is estimated of the 5,334 RS2000s built only 3,759 were for the UK market. It remained much in demand, even after production ceased, until the MKII versions arrived in the summer of 1975. The RS2000 being sold by Charterhouse is an extremely very rare survivor. First registered in 1975 the car was finished in diamond white, rolling off the production line with a cigarette lighter, reversing lights, and a heated rear window. Over the past 46 years this RS2000 has had only seven owners. The current owner bought the car from a retired gentleman in Bournemouth over three years ago who in turn bought it from his brother. It is thought the car was last on the road nearly 25 years ago, having been stored in garages since then. With so many RS2000 MkIs having been raced and rallied and others succumbing to rust and being scrapped when they were of little value or interest, this is quite probably one of the last genuine Ford Escort MKI RS2000’s in original condition to be offered for sale. Needing full restoration, it is nevertheless estimated at £20,000-30,000 when it goes under the Charterhouse hammer in their classic car auction being held at The Haynes International Motor Museum at Sparkford, Somerset on Wednesday, July 14. Charterhouse are now accepting further entries for this specialist auction of classic and vintage cars. Richard Bromell and the team at Charterhouse can be contacted for entries at The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne 01935 812277 or at charterhouseauction.com

ONE OF THE LAST SURVIVORS: The 1975 Ford Escort MKI RS2000 above, and right, buried under a pile of stuff

Auction salerooms reopen

John Jeffery (Auctioneers) Ltd has reopened its Netherhampton salerooms. There are a number of sales now lined up, all of which will be timed online sales through the firm’s own website with viewing available by appointment. Director Iain Soutar says it will be lovely to see a lot of friends back in the saleroom if only for viewings. He said: “We have sales for fine art, carpets, sporting goods and general furniture and effects scheduled. We did a 1,100-lot sporting sale in this fashion last autumn and it proved very successful, so now seems the right time to try it with other sales. We do however hope to be able to get back to our regular Friday general sales in the room as soon as it is practical. Many vendors have had items here in storage for a very long time and we thank them for their patience and feel there will be a lot of pent up demand for their goods.”

30th June Sold for £12,000 14th July

Had A Lockdown Sort Out?

Specialist Free April Valuation Days

Royal Doulton & Border Fine Arts 19th Silver, Jewellery & Watches 20th Coins, Medals & Stamps 21st Model Cars, Trains, Dolls & Toys 22nd Picture, Books & Postcards 23rd June Classic & Vintage Motorcycles July Classic & Vintage Cars

Further entries now being accepted The Long Street Salerooms Sherborne DT9 3BS 01935 812277 • www.charterhouse-auction.com