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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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Lots per page:

Total lots: 52

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
26 March 2024
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
26 March 2024
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
26 March 2024
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
26 March 2024
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
26 March 2024
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
26 March 2024
26 March 2024
Lot 7 Unsold
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
Estimate: £6,000 - £10,000
26 March 2024
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
26 March 2024
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
26 March 2024
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
26 March 2024
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
26 March 2024
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
26 March 2024
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
26 March 2024
26 March 2024
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
26 March 2024
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
26 March 2024
26 March 2024
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
26 March 2024
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
26 March 2024
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
26 March 2024
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
26 March 2024
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
26 March 2024
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
26 March 2024
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
26 March 2024
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
26 March 2024
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
26 March 2024
26 March 2024

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