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Auction date Tuesday 13 May 2025 13:00 - 16:00 BST

Click here for a viewing sheet of the 13th May auction Lots 1-40

This is a LIVE auction with a live auctioneer. Bidding can be arranged through our platform, please register by 12.00 today on our website, or through *the-saleroom.com *(5% additional surcharge applies).

The auction commences at 13.00 BST (1pm British Summer Time)

Buyers Premium payable by the buyer of each lot is at a rate of 25% on the first £250,000, then 20% on the amount by which the hammer price exceeds £250,000, plus an amount in respect of VAT thereon.

Lots with a † (dagger) symbol – These lots will be sold under the normal UK VAT rules and VAT will be charged at 20% on both the hammer price and buyer’s premium.

Lots with ▲ These lots are subject to a payment of the Artist’s Resale Right at a percentage of the hammer price.

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The auction commences at 13.00 BST (1pm British Summer Time)

Artist Resale Right applies to all Lots with a ▲ symbol --
VAT on the hammer price applies to all Lots with a † symbol

Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
25	A massive bronze crane Japanese, Meiji Period (1868-1912) 212cm high	£6,000 - £10,000	£6,200	View
25a	Joseph Gott (1785-1860): A marble group of a whippet suckling pups 1st half 19th century 74cm wide	£800 - £1,200	£1,600	View
26	An unusual pair of sandstone sphinx North Country 18th/19th century 89cm long	£3,000 - £4,000	-	View
27	A pair of carved limestone stone eagles probably mid 18th century 72cm high by 89cm wide	£12,000 - £18,000	£8,000	View
28	A pair of rare and important carved limestone heraldic gate pier lions European, 17th /18th century 94cm high by 65cm wide by 80cm deep	£25,000 - £40,000	£25,000	View
29	A pair of carved stone gargoyles 18th century or earlier 67cm deep	£800 - £1,200	-	View
30	A set of four terracotta chimney stacks circa 1900 60cm high	£300 - £400	£800	View
31	A rare carved limestone cylindrical pedestal 16th/17th century Southern French/Northern Italian carved in relief with papal armorials (top moulding missing) 150cm high by 82cm diameter	£1,000 - £1,500	£2,200	View
32	A Roman style mosaic and marble circular table top on Sienna marble column pedestal made up, possibly using ancient tesserae 133cm diameter	£6,000 - £10,000	£6,000	View
33	A Coalbrookdale Eagle tripod table 19th century 67cm high by 52cm diameter see engraving	£1,000 - £1,500	£1,150	View
34	A large ammonite Moroccan on Devonian marble base 71cm high	£600 - £800	£950	View
35	A large ammonite on bronze base Morocco, Devonian ammonite 54cm wide; 81cm high overall	£1,000 - £1,500	£2,000	View
36	A Red fronted Duiker (small antelope) 56cm high by 49cm wide	£600 - £800	£400	View
37	A rare New Zealand Bush Falcon under antique glass dome 62cm high by 38cm wide	£800 - £1,200	-	View
38	A Snowy Egret in rectangular glass case 56cm high by 41cm wide 20cm deep	£300 - £500	£520	View
39	A Purple Throated Fruit Crow in glass case A rare member of the Cotinga family, native to Central and South America 34cm high by 30cm wide	£600 - £800	-	View
40	A group of colourful tropical birds under glass dome mid 20th century 78cm high	£800 - £1,000	-	View

Total lots: 41

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