Sealed Bid

Home, Garden and Natural History (Sealed Bids) featuring the Rod Vass Collection

Start date Monday, 5 September 2022 End date Wednesday, 28 September 2022

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Among the highlights is a collection of monumental sculptures based on TV and film props created by Rod and Louis Vass, who set up Armordillo Ltd, a company specialising in designing and creating sculptural props for films, shows and events. During his long career Rod worked for the BBC (on such classics as Doctor Who and Black Adder) and for Warner Bros, Disney, Marvel and DC. Over the last decade he has been joined by his son Louis, who has added his sophisticated digital sculpting skills to Armordillo's portfolio. Among them are three monumental polyurethane resin heads, which were made for the TV series Beowulf. They are each almost two and a half metres high and are estimated at £3,000 - £5,000 each, one of the heads has been designed to fit around a tree.

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Rod Vass


This is a sealed bid auction and all bids must be received by 16.00 BST Wednesday 28th September

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This sale is now closed
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All bids must be received by 16.00 BST Wednesday 28th September

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Viewing by appointment only

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 334

Lot Title Estimate Hammer price
386 An amethyst section
on metal stand
36cm high
£450 - £550 - View
387 An apophyllite freeform
India
45cm wide
£400 - £600 - View
388 A pair of agate slices
mounted as wings
50cm high
£500 - £800 - View
389 An amethyst ‘cathedral‘ slice
on metal stand
58cm high overall
£300 - £500 - View
390 A massive polished quartz freeform
Madagascar
83cm, 240kg
£3,500 - £4,500 - View
391 An apophyllite specimen
India
23cm high
£400 - £600 - View
392 A collection of marble, onyx and mineral eggs
the largest 7cm
in an alabaster bowl
£100 - £150 £227 View
393 A large blue agate freeform
Madagascar
52cm high by 38cm wide
£500 - £800 - View
394 A collection of 25 mineral spheres
the largest 11cm diameter
£100 - £200 £125 View
395 A collection of mineral specimens
including a nephrite bowl, 10cm diameter
£100 - £150 £85 View
396 A 'pineapple' amethyst
Brazil
20cm by 13m by 19cm
£400 - £500 - View
397 A malachite freeform
Zaire
30cm by 25cm by 12cm
£700 - £800 - View
398 A large quartz and haematoid geode
45cm high by 48cm wide
£700 - £1,000 - View
399 An unusual Druzy amethyst hollow
Brazil
50cm by 44cm by 15cm
£1,200 - £1,600 - View
400 An amethyst freeform
on metal stand
Indonesia
28cm diameter
£1,000 - £1,500 - View
401 A septarian nodule
30cm high
20kg
£250 - £350 - View
402 An amethyst with calcite crystals
23cm by 22cm by 14cm
£600 - £800 £975 View
403 A rose quartz and pink calcite freeform
56cm high by 31cm wide, 37.5kg
£500 - £700 - View
404 A large lapis lazuli veneered circular table top
100cm diameter
£2,500 - £3,500 £3,600 View
405 A dog tooth spar calcite
Missouri
36cm by 28cm by 13cm
£400 - £600 - View
406 A framed copper 'splash'
modern
76cm by 66cm

Made from glacial copper from Michigan, said to be the purest form of copper in the earth
£1,000 - £1,500 - View
407 A cobra jasper bowl
India
34cm wide
£700 - £1,000 £700 View
408 A rectangular fossil wood table top
95cm by 55cm
£700 - £1,000 - View
409 A fractured onyx bowl
Mexican
64cm wide
£2,000 - £3,000 - View

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