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Home, Garden & Natural History (Live) featuring the Ralfe Whistler Dodo collection

Closed for Absentee bids.

Auction date Tuesday 24 September 2024 13:00 - 16:00 BST

Ralfe Whistler (1930-2023) was a British naturalist whose father Hugh (1889-1943) was an ornithologist and collected 70,000 specimens of Indian birds. Ralfe was brought up surrounded by an extensive collection of stuffed birds, which were later donated to the Natural History Museum. Hugh had been given the first bones of a Dodo by the founder of the Hastings Museum, Thomas Parkin, to encourage his interest in natural history. The Dodo bones were passed on to Ralfe after his father's death and sparked an interest in the "funny looking" bird and resulted in a fascinating collection of all things Dodo! The collection is now coming up for auction at Summers Place Auctions on Tuesday, 24th September.

The Dodo Collection is accompanied by beautiful contemporary bronzes by Simon Gudgeon and Hamish Mackie as well as intriguing modernist pieces, three lots of incredible torcheres and an array of stunning stone items.

Click here for a pdf of the 24th Sept Home and Garden Auction (with comprehensive photos)

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VAT on the hammer price applies to all Lots with a † symbol

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 41

Lot 1 Sold
An Istrian wellhead with wrought iron overthrow
Italian
74cm wide by 64cm high, 76cm diameter

Provenance:
Once owned by the Italian Honorary Vice Consul in Guernsey Marchese Peruzzi, who was from an old Florentine family closely allied with the Medici' family; who held office during the 1960s. Sold at public auction circa 1971, following the death of the owner.
Water feature, Garden ornament
Hammer price: £6,000
Estimate: £6,000 - £10,000
24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Lot 2 Sold
A rare Georgian lead figure of Minerva attributed to John Cheere
circa 1760/70
on a later stone plinth
89cm high by 70cm wide; 184cm high overall
Garden ornament, Garden Statue, Goddess
Hammer price: £5,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Lot 3 Sold
After the Antique: A bronze figure of a fisher boy
53cm high
Garden ornament, Garden statue
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Lot 4 Sold
A Pullham sundial
late 19th century
130cm high
Garden ornament
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800
24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Lot 5 Sold
A pair of Portland stone finials
circa 1900
96cm high
Architectural, Garden ornament, Gatepiers
Hammer price: £5,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Lot 6 Unsold
After Gott: A carved white marble figure
circa 1860
103cm high
Garden ornament, Garden statue
Estimate: £2,500 - £4,000
24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Lot 7 Sold
J Rhind (1828-1892): A marble statue of Robert Burns
signed J. Rhind
104cm high
Statue, Interior design, Scottish poet
Hammer price: £2,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Lot 8 Unsold
† A pair of carved limestone hairy paw benches (daggered lot)
50cm high by 150cm wide by 45cm deep
Architectural, Garden ornament, Garden seating, Garden furniture
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Lot 9 Unsold
† A pair of carved limestone Roundel benches (daggered lot)
60cm high by 160cm wide
Architectural, Garden ornament, Garden seating, garden furniture
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Lot 10 Sold
An unusual wrought iron and wooden seat
early 20th century
186cm wide
Architectural, Garden ornament, Garden seating, Garden furniture
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Lot 11 Unsold
A rare cast iron seat
possibly German, late 19th century
130cm wide
Architectural, Garden ornament, Garden seating, Garden furniture
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Lot 12 Sold
A cast iron circular table with central rose
late 19th century
72cm diameter
Garden ornament, Garden seating, Garden furniture, Occasional table, Conservatory furniture
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Lot 13 Sold
A Coalbrookdale white painted cast iron table
19th century
73cm wide
See engraving
Garden ornament, Garden seating, Garden furniture, Occasional table, Conservatory furniture
Hammer price: £5,200
Estimate: £500 - £800
24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Lot 14 Sold
A carved white marble bust of a female
2nd half 19th century
72cm high
Ornament, Statue, Interior design
Hammer price: £800
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Lot 15 Sold
A stoneware figure of Hebe
probably Blashfield
104cm high
Garden Ornament, Garden Statue, Goddess, Eagle
Hammer price: £1,300
Estimate: £500 - £800
24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Lot 16 Sold
A pair of bronze torchères
180cm high

Once part of the facade or the interior of the Unilever building London
Lighting, Interior design, Foliage decoration, Grape decoration, Decorative
Hammer price: £4,000
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Lot 17 Unsold
A Belgium torchère after a model by Jacques-Louis Gautier
circa 1870
signed Compagnie Anongine dis Bronzes
140cm high
Lighting, Interior design, Decorative
Estimate: £6,000 - £10,000
24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Lot 18 Unsold
A pair of Val D'Osne torchères
with bronzed patination
one with makers brass plaque
173cm high overall
Lighting, Interior design, Decorative, Female bronzes
Estimate: £15,000 - £20,000
24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Lot 19 Unsold
A bronze female nude
French, 20th century
100cm high
Interior design, Sculpture
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Lot 20 Sold
▲ Hamish Mackie: Life size lion (ARR)
Bronze
Signed and numbered Edition 1of 9, dated 2019
135cm by 53cm by 275cm
Garden sculpture, British Sculptor, Wildlife sculpture
Hammer price: £24,000
Estimate: £12,000 - £18,000
24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Lot 21 Sold
▲ Hamish Mackie: Life size lioness (ARR)
Bronze
Signed and numbered
Edition 1 of 9, dated 2019
105cm by 41cm by 245cm
Garden sculpture, Garden sculpture, British Sculptor, Wildlife sculpture
Hammer price: £25,000
Estimate: £12,000 - £18,000
24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Lot 22 Sold
▲ Gill Parker (ARR applies)
A monumental bronze tortoise
7/9
150cm long
Garden sculpture, British Sculptor, Wildlife sculpture
Hammer price: £10,500
Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000
24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Lot 23 Sold
▲ Simon Gudgeon (ARR)
Thoth
Bronze
initialled 2/6 2004
285cm high
Wildlife sculpture, Garden statuary, British Sculptor, Interior design
Hammer price: £25,000
Estimate: £25,000 - £40,000
24 September 2024
24 September 2024
Lot 24 Unsold
▲ Simon Gudgeon (ARR)
Embrace
Bronze
Initialed and dated 2007
224cm high
Garden statuary, British Sculptor, Interior design
Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000
24 September 2024
24 September 2024

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