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Auction date Tuesday, 26 March 2024 13:00 - 16:00 GMT

The first auctions of the year at Summers Place Auctions take place live on 26th March 2024 followed by the sealed bid sale on the 27th March.

They include an eclectic mix of lots that we have become well-known for - ranging from dinosaur footprints to Modern British sculptures with a wide range of garden statuary and even an historic barn frame in between.

Printout of the 26th March LIVE Home and Garden Auction

Printout of 26th March hammer results

Visit the 27th March Sealed Bid auction tab for further lots

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Lot 1 Unsold

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

Garden ornament, Column

Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000

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26 March 2024

Lot 2 Unsold

A corner lead cistern of triangular form

18th century
91cm high by 65cm wide

Water feature, planter

Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000

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26 March 2024

Lot 3 Sold

A rare lead cistern

Dutch or German, mid 18th century
106cm high

Garden ornament

Hammer price: £6,000

Estimate: £6,000 - £10,000

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26 March 2024

Lot 4 Sold

A large pair of fireclay urns on pedestals

J & M Craig, Kilmarnock
late 19th century
140cm high by 99cm diameter

Planters, Garden ornaments

Hammer price: £8,000

Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000

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26 March 2024

Lot 5 Unsold

† A monumental carved sandstone bowl on stand

modern
100cm high, bowl 200cm diameter

Water feature, planter, garden ornament

Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000

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26 March 2024

Lot 6 Sold

After the Antique: A pair of lead Townley vases

early 20th century
75cm high

Garden ornament, finials

Hammer price: £1,500

Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500

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26 March 2024

Lot 8 Sold

▲A carved bathstone fountain mask probably by Andrew Swinley

51cm high

Garden ornament, water feature

Hammer price: £400

Estimate: £400 - £600

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26 March 2024

Lot 9 Sold

▲A carved bathstone greenman mask probably by Andrew Swinley

44cm high

Green Man, Sculpture, Garden Ornament, Water feature

Hammer price: £520

Estimate: £400 - £600

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26 March 2024

Lot 10 Unsold

▲A carved bathstone corbel probably by Andrew Swinley

recent
56cm high

Green Man, Sculpture, Garden Ornament

Estimate: £400 - £600

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26 March 2024

Lot 11 Sold

A carved stone lion fountain mask

20th century
40cm high

Water feature, garden ornament,

Hammer price: £340

Estimate: £300 - £500

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26 March 2024

Lot 12 Sold

Charles Sargeant Jagger (1885-1934) A pair of rare Portland stone groups of a nymph and satyr

each in the form of a satyr carved with curly hair and cloven hooves squatting on a tapering square pedestal and leaning over a naked nymph, one with the nymph with flowing hair facing towards him and raising herself on tiptoe to offer a kiss, the other with the nymph leaning backwards the satyr grasping her arms and pulling her up towards his embrace, 350cm high

*** This lot is being sold insitu - appointments can be made to view***

Provenance: Melchett Court, Hampshire, 1927Alfred 1st Lord Melchett Colworth, Bedfordshire 1936,…

Hammer price: £140,000

Estimate: £140,000 - £220,000

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26 March 2024

Lot 13 Sold

After Luigi Bienaimea: (1795-1878) A white marble figure of Reclining Bacchante

19th century
apparently unsigned, carved from white marble elegantly resting on a wine sack, a pitcher in her right hand, the glass missing from her left hand
73cm high by 135cm wide

Sculpture; garden ornament, female

Hammer price: £4,000

Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000

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Lot 14 Sold

A pair of Coalbrookdale Nasturtium pattern cast iron seats

late 19th century
186cm wide

This design, number 1958629 was registered and patented at the Public Records Office by Coalbrookdale on 1st March 1866 and is seat no.44 in 1875 Coalbrookdale Castings Catalogue, Section III, page 259 (see engraving)

Garden seating, garden furniture, bench

Hammer price: £6,200

Estimate: £6,000 - £10,000

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26 March 2024

Lot 15 Sold

A Compton pottery helio chronometer

early 20th century
129cm overall

Garden ornament, timepiece

Hammer price: £1,000

Estimate: £1,200 - £1,800

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Lot 16 Unsold

Isaac Kahn

Pas De Deux
Bronze
Signed
Edition 3 of 6
117cm high by 50cm wide by 37cm deep

Sculpture, Figure

Estimate: £15,000 - £25,000

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26 March 2024

Lot 17 Unsold

Isaac Kahn

Dancer
Bronze on Granite base
Signed, Edition of 3
197cm high by 70cm wide by 50cm deep

Sculpture, female figure

Estimate: £15,000 - £25,000

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26 March 2024

Lot 18 Sold

▲Jean Phillipe Richard

Draped female
bronze
signed Richard and dated ’02 and numbered III/IV together with indistinct foundry stamp
on stone base 190cm high overall, the bronze 172cm high

Jean-Philippe Richard is a French sculptor, born in Paris in 1947 and has been working as a…

Hammer price: £4,000

Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000

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26 March 2024

Lot 19 Unsold

▲Enzo Plazotta (1912-1981)

Lady with a Smile
Bronze
Edition of 9
166cm high by 45cm wide by 60cm deep

Sculpture, female figure

Estimate: £12,000 - £18,000

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26 March 2024

Lot 20 Sold

Milton Hebald (1917-2015): Neptune's Party

Bronze
1961
Signed and numbered 2/2
91cm high

Milton Hebald has produced many sculptures on display throughout the US notably at JFK airport, Central Park New York and for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics

Water feature, fountain, American sculptor

Hammer price: £4,500

Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000

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26 March 2024

Lot 21 Sold

Gill Parker

Heron
Bronze
Signed
Edition 1 of 7
79cm high by 115cm wide by 36cm deep

Bird Sculpture, garden ornament

Hammer price: £8,000

Estimate: £8,000 - £12,000

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26 March 2024

Lot 22 Sold

Dylan Lewis: Running Cheetah Pair II

Bronze
Signed (on base); inscribed S235 and 4/12 (on base)
4 of an edition of 12
66cm by 160cm by 259cm

Garden Statue, sculpture, big cats

Hammer price: £60,000

Estimate: £60,000 - £80,000

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26 March 2024

Lot 23 Unsold

Alfred Horace (Gerry) Gerard

Wall
Bronze
Unique
60cm high by 270cm wide by 47cm deep

Sculpture, plaque

Estimate: £20,000 - £30,000

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26 March 2024

Lot 24 Unsold

Sean Crampton

Judge
Bronze
Signed Edition 3 of 9
47cm high by 30cm wide by 24cm deep

Sculpture

Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000

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26 March 2024

Lot 25 Sold

▲Evert den Hartog (ARR)

Chouette (Owl)
Bronze
Signed
Edition 4 of 9
94cm high by 46cm wide by 32cm deep

Bird Sculpture

Hammer price: £2,200

Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000

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