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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An antique six panel Chinoiserie<br />
wallpaper screen<br />
the separate panels enclosed within<br />
a trompe l'oeil frame<br />
236cm high, each panel 56.6cm wide<br />
$2,000–3,000<br />
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A walnut framed Louis XV style<br />
chair<br />
the showframe with floral carved<br />
motifs in relief, and tapestry style<br />
upholstery<br />
94cm high, 56cm wide, 57cm deep<br />
PROVENANCE<br />
Christie's<br />
$800–1,000<br />
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A bronze figure of Classical<br />
figure playing a flute,<br />
19th century<br />
the semi-draped male figure in a<br />
serpentine pose supported against<br />
a tree trunk and raised on an integral<br />
base and a marble plinth<br />
27cm high<br />
$1,000–1,500<br />
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A Victorian papier-mâché<br />
teapoy, 19th century<br />
of circular form with a crimped edge,<br />
decorated to the surface with an<br />
inlaid rosette and a running chevron<br />
border to the lower body, raised on a<br />
slender pedestal to a tripod base<br />
77cm high, 44cm diameter<br />
$900–1,200
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