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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Total lots: 334

Lot 290 Sold
A faux stone patinated fibreglass resin caryatid figure
late 20th century
180cm high
Garden statuary
Hammer price: £315
Estimate: £200 - £400
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 291 Unsold
A pair of composition stone sphinxes
late 20th century
74cm long
Garden statuary
Estimate: £200 - £400
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 292 Unsold
A pair of carved wooden sphinxes
20th century
77cm high by 120cm long
Garden StatuarySculpture
Estimate: £200 - £400
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 293 Sold
A bronze stag
2nd half 20th century
126cm high by 170cm long
Garden Statuary
Hammer price: £3,029
Estimate: £3,000 - £5,000
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 294 Sold
A bronze Japanese style crane
late 20th century
64cm high
Garden Ornament
Hammer price: £300
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 295 Unsold
Two composition stone eagles
20th century
80cm high
Garden StatuaryGarden Ornament
Estimate: £500 - £800
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 296 Unsold
A composition stone group of two greyhound head's
modern
30cm high by 47cm long
Garden StatuarySculpture
Estimate: £200 - £400
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 297 Sold
After Giambologna: A lead figure of Mercury
1st half 20th century
112cm high
Garden StatuarySculpture
Hammer price: £2,250
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 298 Unsold
A Durenne foundry cast iron torchere figure of an Egyptian boy
the base stamped
127cm high
Antoine Durenne set up in 1847 at Sommervoire Haute-Marne. He held a number of official posts most…
Estimate: £400 - £600
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 299 Unsold
After the Antique: A bronze resin figure of the Esquiline Venus
20th century
160cm high
Garden StatuarySculpture
Estimate: £600 - £1,000
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 300 Unsold
After the Antique: A plaster cast of the Esquiline Venus
20th century
on painted wooden plinth
160cm high overall

For more information on the Esqualine Venus, please see our website
Garden StatuarySculpture
Estimate: £500 - £800
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 301 Unsold
A pair of composition stone terms representing Summer and Winter
2nd half 20th century
144cm high
Garden StatuarySculpture
Estimate: £600 - £800
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 302 Unsold
A composition stone figure of a putto representing autumn on pedestal
late 20th century
155cm high
Garden Statuary
Estimate: £400 - £600
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 303 Unsold
A composition stone figure of two cherubs holding a shell bowl
2nd half 20th century
100cm high
together with a composition stone trough
70cm long
Garden Ornament
Estimate: £400 - £600
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 304 Unsold
A composition stone bust of a girl, Princess Frederike of Prussia, 1797
after John Gottfried Schadow, Berlin
on associated composition stone column pedestal
2nd half 20th century
145cm high
Garden StatuaryGarden OrnamentSculpture
Estimate: £150 - £250
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 305 Sold
James Sherwood Westmacott: A carved white marble portrait bust of a gentleman
signed James Sherwood Westmacott and dated 1855
76cm high
James Sherwood Westmacott, 1823-1900, came from a family of renowned sculptors, studying with Sir…
Hammer price: £753
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 306 Unsold
A composition stone bust of a man
2nd half 20th century
85cm high
Garden Statuary
Estimate: £700 - £800
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 307 Unsold
A carved alabaster group of mother and child on garden seat
Italian c.1900
46cm high by 58cm long
on associated carved serpentine rotating column pedestal with D-shaped top, 123cm high
overall 169cm high
Sculpture
Estimate: £2,000 - £4,000
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 308 Sold
Peter Pan
After Frampton
bronze
late 20th century
88cm high
Garden OrnamentGarden StatuarySculpture
Hammer price: £3,100
Estimate: £800 - £1,200
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 309 Unsold
A composition stone figure of a diver
on associated round pedestal
2nd half 20th century
149cm high
Garden StatuarySculpture
Estimate: £800 - £1,000
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 310 Unsold
A composition stone figure of the Venus de Milo
late 20th century
84cm high
together with a composition stone figure of spring
78cms high
and a composition stone figure of a putto representing autumn on pedestal
late 20th century
155cm high
Garden Statuary
Estimate: £300 - £500
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 311 Sold
† An over-life-size carved stone torso
Indian, 2nd half 20th century
on associated base
120cm high
Garden Statue
Hammer price: £2,100
Estimate: £200 - £400
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 312 Unsold
▲ Jonathan Sells
Embracing Family
carved Purbeck stone
152cm high overall
Jonathan is based in Corfe Castle, Dorset and a lot of his work is created in the local Purbeck and…
Estimate: £400 - £600
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
Lot 313 Unsold
Patricia Peeters
Born 1964
Wavering
Bronze
Edition of 75
20cm high, 61cm wide, 35cm deep
Garden OrnamentGarden StatuarySculpture
Estimate: £3,000 - £4,000
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST
28 September 2022 , 16:00 BST

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