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 pair of vintage Murano two<br />
branch wall sconces<br />
in clear, blue and pink colours<br />
issuing flower stems and leaves, and<br />
embellished with floral drops, the<br />
curvaceous arms supporting dishes<br />
with pincered edging<br />
45cm high, 56cm wide<br />
$1,200–1,500<br />
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A large Flemish style brass<br />
chandelier<br />
in the exotic taste with eighteen<br />
curvaceous foliate branches with<br />
pierced plate dishes and sconces<br />
supporting electric candles<br />
120cm drop<br />
$2,500–3,500<br />
117<br />
A pair of bronze and rock crystal<br />
table lamps<br />
with Corinthian capitals above<br />
columns to stepped bases,<br />
with black shades<br />
78cm high to the top of the shade<br />
$2,000–4,000<br />
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A pair of Empire style cast<br />
bronze table lamps<br />
with reeded columns above<br />
stiff leaf motifs and paw<br />
supports to a triangular base<br />
67cm to the top of the shade<br />
$700–900<br />
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A pair of Neoclassical gilt<br />
bronze mounted marble lamps,<br />
19th century<br />
the striated black marble lamps<br />
of urn profile with floral swags<br />
and a cast domed socle to a<br />
marble base, with exaggerated<br />
sheer pagoda form shades<br />
94cm high<br />
$2,800–3,000<br />
120<br />
A brass and cut crystal<br />
chandelier<br />
with pear shaped cut drops and<br />
curvaceous arms supporting<br />
seven electric candles<br />
100cm drop<br />
$1,000–1,500<br />
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An impressive ornate hall<br />
lantern frame, 19th century<br />
with extravagant leafy scrolls and<br />
pendent forms, in gold painted metal,<br />
without glass or workings<br />
149cm high, 52cm diameter approx<br />
$1,000–1,400<br />
122<br />
A Dutch style brass chandelier<br />
with a knopped standard and<br />
scrolling arms supporting broad<br />
dishes and electric candles<br />
82cm drop, 87cm diameter<br />
$1,200–1,500<br />
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A Louis XV style crystal<br />
chandelier<br />
the cage style chandelier with<br />
a knopped standard hung with<br />
shaped drops, tiered towers, with<br />
a globe drop, the serpentine arms<br />
supporting electric candles<br />
98cm high, 68cm diameter<br />
$1,500–2,000<br />
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A metalware wall sconce<br />
in the antique manner<br />
oval with ribbon crossed ribbed<br />
frames, a central cabochon motif<br />
and issuing two curvaceous arms<br />
supporting bowl form dishes<br />
53cm high, 27cm deep<br />
$200–300<br />
125<br />
An impressive cast iron<br />
external wall sconce<br />
a torchère style sconce with a<br />
fluted column supporting an<br />
urn with flame finial and issuing<br />
a scrolling arm and dish<br />
120cm high<br />
$800–1,200
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