Graham Geddes The Grand Tour
Revered connoisseur, collector and dealer, Graham Geddes has been trading in antiquities, antique furniture, fine and decorative art for over fifty years, gathering a loyal and high-profile clientele along the way. Passionate in his pursuit of beauty and knowledge, Graham is esteemed as one of the world-leading experts in the trade, maintaining his unparalleled reputation via a thorough research programme for the select pieces that he deals in. It is with great pleasure that Gibson’s announces The Graham Geddes Sale, an auction of elegance and eclecticism. The impressive sale will be held over the course of three days, Saturday 14 – Monday 16 October and will include examples of Graham’s trademark tastes in furniture, decorative arts, Greek and Roman antiquities, Chinese and Asian art and garden statuary.
Revered connoisseur, collector and dealer, Graham Geddes has been trading in antiquities, antique furniture, fine and decorative art for over fifty years, gathering a loyal and high-profile clientele along the way.
Passionate in his pursuit of beauty and knowledge, Graham is esteemed as one of the world-leading experts in the trade, maintaining his unparalleled reputation via a thorough research programme for the select pieces that he deals in.
It is with great pleasure that Gibson’s announces The Graham Geddes Sale, an auction of elegance and eclecticism. The impressive sale will be held over the course of three days, Saturday 14 – Monday 16 October and will include examples of Graham’s trademark tastes in furniture, decorative arts, Greek and Roman antiquities, Chinese and Asian art and garden statuary.
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A monumental polychrome<br />
wood Black Forest bear and<br />
tree trunk hallstand, German,<br />
late 19th century<br />
featuring a large standing bear at the<br />
base of the hallstand, an oval branch<br />
framed mirror and two further bears<br />
clambering through upper branches,<br />
with a metal lined umbrella drip tray,<br />
engraved mark of Ruef to the base<br />
235cm high, 89cm wide, 57cm deep<br />
$5,000–7,000<br />
572<br />
A pair of light oak Louis XV style<br />
side tables<br />
with a single drawer, shaped skirt and<br />
raised on cabriole legs with whorl feet<br />
70cm high, 64cm wide, 54cm deep<br />
$1,400–2,000<br />
573<br />
A painted chinoiserie desk in<br />
the 18th century manner<br />
with a tooled leather writing<br />
surface within a relief carved<br />
border, five drawers with pierced<br />
Georgian style hardware with swing<br />
handles and raised on cabriole<br />
legs with ball and claw feet<br />
77cm high, 137cm wide, 71.5cm deep<br />
$3,000–4,000<br />
574<br />
A figural cast iron umbrella<br />
stand depicting a child<br />
grappling a serpent,<br />
19th century<br />
83cm high, 46cm wide, 23cm deep<br />
$500–800<br />
575<br />
A French Regence style cherry<br />
wood bookcase<br />
with an extended pediment above<br />
twin shaped doors inset with wire<br />
mesh, two drawers and conforming<br />
cupboards to the lower register and<br />
raised on a plinth base<br />
242cm high, 159cm wide, 66cm deep<br />
$3,000–5,000<br />
571
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