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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All bids must be received by 16.00 BST Wednesday 28th September

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Lots per page:

Total lots: 334

Lot 218 Sold
A pair of composition stone pedestals
2nd half 20th century
94cm high
Garden Ornament
Hammer price: £600
Estimate: £700 - £900
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 219 Sold
A rare and early carved sandstone polyheaded sundial
Scottish
17th century
62cm high by 65cm wide
This sundial is probably a seventeenth century or earlier stone polyhedron with an octagonal plan…
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 220 Unsold
A staddlestone with sundial top
83cm high by 33cm wide by 30cm deep
Garden ornament
Estimate: £200 - £300
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 221 Unsold
An unusual carved stone base
possibly a boundary marker
dated 1843
now mounted with later lead arrow
160cm high overall
Provenance: removed from Tugg Hall Grange, near Alnwick, Northumberland
Garden Ornament
Estimate: £500 - £800
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 222 Unsold
An unusual Gothic style carved stone sundial pedestal
with associated armillary sphere
165cm high
Garden Ornament
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 223 Unsold
A lead bird bath
1st half 20th century
75cm high
Garden Ornament
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 224 Unsold
▲ Tom Greenshields (1915-1994)
A bronze, resin and composition stone bird bath
modern
103cm high
Garden StatueGarden Ornament
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 225 Sold
A Coalbrookdale cast iron fountain base
circa 1870
70cm high by 67cm diameter
This fountain is illustrated in the 1875 Coalbrookdale catalogue, Section III, no 18Garden Ornament
Hammer price: £1,750
Estimate: £1,000 - £1,500
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 226 Sold
A lead and stone bird bath
early 20th century
69cm wide by 45cm deep
Garden Ornament
Hammer price: £601
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 227 Sold
A composition stone two tier fountain and surround
late 20th century
208cm high by 300cm diameter
Garden ornament
Hammer price: £7,000
Estimate: £5,000 - £8,000
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 228 Sold
A composition stone fountain with surround
2nd half 20th century
164cm high by 256cm diameter
182cm internal diameter
Garden Ornament
Hammer price: £5,100
Estimate: £2,500 - £4,000
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 229 Sold
An unusual wrought iron and copper fountain panel
20th century
175cm high by 82cm wide by 10cm deep
Garden Ornament
Hammer price: £350
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 230 Sold
A lead bird bath
1st half 20th century, with later bronze crab
31cm high by 40cm wide by 40cm deep
Garden Ornament
Hammer price: £420
Estimate: £400 - £600
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 231 Unsold
A cast iron wall fountain modern
123cm high
Garden Ornament
Estimate: £100 - £200
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 232 Unsold
A cast iron fountain
French, late 19th century
230cm high by 102cm diameter
Garden Ornament
Estimate: £2,500 - £4,000
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 233 Sold
A Georgian style lead cistern
20th century.
74cm high by 120cm long by 68cm deep
bearing the date 1767
Garden Ornament
Hammer price: £2,400
Estimate: £2,500 - £4,000
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 234 Unsold
† A carved sandstone table
modern
with black slate top
88cm high by 156cm long
Garden furniture
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,500
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 235 Sold
A rare Regency reeded three tier wrought iron plant stand
early 20th century
122cm long
Garden OrnamentGarden Furniture
Hammer price: £875
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 236 Unsold
An Edwardian rope twist wire work plant stand
early 20th century
101cm high by 110cm long
Garden OrnamentGarden Furniture
Estimate: £400 - £600
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 237 Unsold
A wrought iron seat
late 19th/early 20th century
186cm long
Garden Furniture
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 238 Unsold
A wrought iron console table
French, 1st half of the 20th century
89cm high by 150cm long by 48cm deep
Garden FurnitureInterior Design
Estimate: £200 - £300
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 239 Unsold
A cast iron table with marble top
late 19th century
107cm wide
Garden Furniture
Estimate: £400 - £600
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 240 Unsold
A cast iron table with marble top
late 19th century
107cm wide
Garden Furniture
Estimate: £200 - £400
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 241 Sold
A similar wrought iron pergola seat
late 20th century
240cm high by 107cm wide
Garden Furniture
Hammer price: £1,500
Estimate: £500 - £800
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST

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