Garden Furniture and Statuary Auction
Next auction to take place on Wednesday 25th February 2009

2009

View Catalogue Search Catalogue February 25h May 27th September 2nd

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Toby Service
toby.service@brightwells.com
01568 611122

Sale Report on our last auction.

There was so much interest in Brightwells first Garden sale, originally intended as an annual event, that a second was held on July 9^th and a third is planned for 1^st October.  With a selection ranging from groups of stone slabs to antique statuary, garden lovers were tempted into the saleroom and seemed undeterred by the weight of many of the items.

A white marble figure of a lady reclining on a lion’s back, just 2ft 2ins high, attracted a lot of interest, despite slight damage and sold for £850. An antique stone font with a ram’s head spout reached £520, while a large painted cast iron cannon on spoked metal wheels achieved £600. An unusually large stone trough with chamfered corners realised £880 while a 10ft example made £520. A terra cotta pair of urns with a relief design of Grecian figures achieved £400.

A heavy, but small, cast iron garden seat with pierced scrollwork to the back would have suited any garden and made £190. A cast iron campagna vase on a terra cotta stand reached £170 with a nineteenth century sundial on a granite stand making the same price. Decorative chimney pots have attracted gardeners for many years and sold between £40 and £80. For eating al fresco, there was a reconstituted stone circular table with three matching benches at £100 or a wrought iron gazebo complete with three chairs at £440.

The sale included a number of architectural pieces, such as a wrought iron spiral staircase at £520 or fourteen Cuban mahogany stair treads at £260. An antique iron gate with a domed top sold for £380 with a small cast iron horseshoe gate making £80. A quantity of stone flagstones, approximately 10ft square made £220.

Old pub tables seem to keep their appeal for garden use, an example with a wooden top selling for £120. A garden seat with scrolled arms and legs made £60, despite some damage, with a sundial on a baluster column base selling for £110. A large terra cotta two handled olive jar sold for £420 with another with incised geometric friezes reaching £340.

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