Once again we hosted yet another successful Collectors sale which saw some great prices. A signed Prince photograph showed the admiration that is still held for the tragic, innovative 1980’s rock star among fans when making £200 & a signed Fender scratchboard featuring autographs by three of the rock gods Pink Floyd making £500 with all proceeds kindly donated to a Prostate Cancer charity in memory of their previous owner.
Autographed items often do well at our saleroom & a quantity of signed First Day Covers which included pilot Douglas Bader, certainly backed this up when making an astonishing £840 at the hammer. A brass compass with inscription easily surpassed its £60-80 guide when a room bidder defeated internet interest at £440 while a WW2 gold & tortoiseshell cigarette case with a tribute to a French nurse secured interest at £740. A post WW2 Norwegian M40 helmet, inherited from the Germans after the collapse of the Third Reich, proved an interesting find at £140 while a British WW1 death plaque & medal set made £130, a small price for such sacrifice.
Prices were making well above guides throughout & a 19thC. ivory rule proved no exception when attracting bids of £140 with a similar price being achieved for a Swaine & Adeney coachmans knife. A Sampson Mordan compass proved again the popularity of antique objects when making £60 while a 19thC. Liskeard tithe book made the same.
Oriental items are very much one of the specialities at the Liskeard saleroom & some great prices were achieved on some small Chinese items. A silver backed mirror secured bids of £100 & a silver & plate cocktail set made £350. A Tao Kuang era Cantonese enamel snuff bottle made £200 while an early salt glazed one saw a phone bidder defeat the internet at £170 despite despite the whole market being massively undermined with 21stC. copies. Even 20thC. Chinese items attract interest though as proven by a set of silver proof Chinese dollars which made bids of £300, far & above metal prices.
The collection of play worn cars including old favourites Dinky & Corgi were well received despite many condition issues. A quantity of Dinky farm pieces with many faults still made £95 & three Foden trucks in poor condition also secured £80. Other toys did well with a Hornby train making £60 & a modern boxed Avengers figure making £65. Entries are sought for our forthcoming sales.
