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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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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Lot	Title	Estimate	Hammer price
218	A pair of composition stone pedestals 2nd half 20th century 94cm high	£700 - £900	£600	View
219	A rare and early carved sandstone polyheaded sundial Scottish 17th century 62cm high by 65cm wide	£600 - £1,000	£1,500	View
220	A staddlestone with sundial top 83cm high by 33cm wide by 30cm deep	£200 - £300	-	View
221	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	£500 - £800	-	View
222	An unusual Gothic style carved stone sundial pedestal with associated armillary sphere 165cm high	£600 - £1,000	-	View
223	A lead bird bath 1st half 20th century 75cm high	£300 - £500	-	View
224	▲ Tom Greenshields (1915-1994) A bronze, resin and composition stone bird bath modern 103cm high	£800 - £1,200	-	View
225	A Coalbrookdale cast iron fountain base circa 1870 70cm high by 67cm diameter	£1,000 - £1,500	£1,750	View
226	A lead and stone bird bath early 20th century 69cm wide by 45cm deep	£600 - £1,000	£601	View
227	A composition stone two tier fountain and surround late 20th century 208cm high by 300cm diameter	£5,000 - £8,000	£7,000	View
228	A composition stone fountain with surround 2nd half 20th century 164cm high by 256cm diameter 182cm internal diameter	£2,500 - £4,000	£5,100	View
229	An unusual wrought iron and copper fountain panel 20th century 175cm high by 82cm wide by 10cm deep	£300 - £500	£350	View
230	A lead bird bath 1st half 20th century, with later bronze crab 31cm high by 40cm wide by 40cm deep	£400 - £600	£420	View
231	A cast iron wall fountain modern 123cm high	£100 - £200	-	View
232	A cast iron fountain French, late 19th century 230cm high by 102cm diameter	£2,500 - £4,000	-	View
233	A Georgian style lead cistern 20th century. 74cm high by 120cm long by 68cm deep bearing the date 1767	£2,500 - £4,000	£2,400	View
234	† A carved sandstone table modern with black slate top 88cm high by 156cm long	£1,500 - £2,500	-	View
235	A rare Regency reeded three tier wrought iron plant stand early 20th century 122cm long	£600 - £1,000	£875	View
236	An Edwardian rope twist wire work plant stand early 20th century 101cm high by 110cm long	£400 - £600	-	View
237	A wrought iron seat late 19th/early 20th century 186cm long	£300 - £500	-	View
238	A wrought iron console table French, 1st half of the 20th century 89cm high by 150cm long by 48cm deep	£200 - £300	-	View
239	A cast iron table with marble top late 19th century 107cm wide	£400 - £600	-	View
240	A cast iron table with marble top late 19th century 107cm wide	£200 - £400	-	View
241	A similar wrought iron pergola seat late 20th century 240cm high by 107cm wide	£500 - £800	£1,500	View

Total lots: 334

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