J’AIME DECEMBER 2021

F E AT U R E
Going out with a bang
LICHFIELD AUCTIONEER RICHARD WINTERTON BROUGHT THE HAMMER DOWN ON 2021 WITH A SUCCESSFUL
FINE ART SALE WHICH SAW PLENTIFUL BIDDING FROM BUYERS WORLDWIDE ON AN ARRAY OF EXCITING LOTS
Lichfield’s auctioneer has finished the year on a high
with a Winter Fine Arts sale packed with luxury items.
From antique oil paintings and modern works of art
to fine ceramics and a cellarful of wine and whisky,
bidders from all over the world joined The Lichfield
Auction Centre online and over the telephone.
Appropriately enough for a sale of such high calibre,
one of the highlights was a handsome antique Tranter
revolver.
The 54 bore percussion pistol, a rare third model
from around 1860, was in fine condition retaining
virtually all its original finish and came in its original
mahogany case with a full set of accessories.
After an intense bidding battle, the revolver finally
sold to a bidder on the internet for £4,000.
Also in the antique guns section, Colt and Remington
models from the 1850s each sold for £1,100 and
a Harvey’s patent 1st model revolver – very few of
which are known to exist – made £950.
Lots of energy conveyed in the Royal Doulton
prototype by Stanley Thorogood of Joan Of Arc on
horseback, signed and dated 1919, was marvellously
mirrored as bids flew in online, in the room and
on the phone, charging to a final hammer price of
£3,200.
A Della Robbia Pottery slender bottle vase made
£1,400, two handbuilt live steam models totalled
£2,700 and a 1950s Heuer chronograph sold at
£1,200.
It was a great day for paintings too, with ‘Native Air’,
a 91cm-square colourful abstract landscape by David
THE THIRD MODEL TRANTER
REVOLVER CIRCA 1860 WHICH
SOLD FOR £4,000
Prentice selling
for £2,000 to
a telephone
bidder and
‘The Gateway,
Tunis’ by Sir
Hubert von
Herkomer
taking £2,300.
There was
also a flurry
of bids for an
early Victorian
‘NATIVE AIR’ BY
DAVID PRENTICE
WENT UNDER THE
HAMMER FOR
£2,000
painting by George Jackson, finally knocked down for
£1,350.
Furnishings under the hammer included a pair of
Regency window seats, selling at £1,500, a tree of life
silk rug, sold for £1,300, and a Victorian breakfront
credenza, which made £1,000.
With international interest from America and
Ireland, an eclectic archive of Dublin’s Abbey
Theatre achieved a total hammer price of £1,080
and everyone said a special ‘cheers’ to the wines and
whisky section, which served up a record 100 per cent
selling rate!
Free quotations for house clearances, probate services
and in-person valuations of any item at The Lichfield
Auction Centre, Wood End Lane, Fradley Park, can
be booked on 01543 251081 or by email to
office@richardwinterton.co.uk.
Free valuations for pictures, ceramics, watches,
jewellery and collectables of all types can also be
booked at the new Tamworth saleroom at 34-35
Church Street – telephone 01827 217746 or email
tamworth@richardwinterton.co.uk.
Home visits for bulky items or large collections
and appointments to view pre-sale are available to
arrange, too.
Online catalogues can be viewed via
www.richardwinterton.co.uk/auction-dates.
The family firm breaks up for Christmas on
December 22, returning on Tuesday, January 4, 2022.
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