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 Italian Neoclassical<br />
style giltwood mirrors,<br />
18th century<br />
of arching profile with urn finials,<br />
trailing oak leaf motifs to crests and<br />
floral garlands centred with portrait<br />
medallions to the mirror plate, laurel<br />
swags to the base<br />
85cm high, 43cm wide<br />
$2,500–3,000<br />
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A pair of walnut pricket sticks<br />
with knopped stems above tripod<br />
bases and standing on independent<br />
triangular wood stands<br />
114cm high, with stand 164cm high<br />
$400–600<br />
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A Louis XV style mirror<br />
and console table<br />
lavishly pierced and carved<br />
in the rocaille manner and<br />
both in a distressed silver<br />
and polychrome finish<br />
the mirror 140 x 101cm<br />
the console 86.5cm high,<br />
120cm wide, 52cm deep<br />
$3,500–4,500<br />
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A Louis XV style giltwood carver<br />
with a channel groove frame and<br />
an elaborate carved crest, scroll<br />
ends to the arms and raised<br />
on carved cabriole legs, with<br />
distressed pink silk upholstery<br />
110cm high, 71cm wide, 57cm deep<br />
$800–1,000<br />
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An impressive Italian<br />
provincial style refectory table<br />
in the 17th century manner<br />
the extended surface above shaped<br />
supports with relief carved addorsed<br />
dolphins and armorial symbols<br />
79cm high, 99cm deep, 298cm wide<br />
$2,500–2,800<br />
195<br />
A pair of Louis XV style<br />
fruitwood elbow chairs<br />
of generous proportions, standing<br />
on cabriole legs and upholstered<br />
in ecru linen with piped trim<br />
each 100cm high, 74cm wide,<br />
68cm deep<br />
$1,200–1,500
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