Now then day two has some good stuff on offer. Try to be patient and read through carefully and you just might like to google a few of the items.
Here they are:
second day’s sale
oil paintings ans other pictures
“The Madonna” by Cigoli, £5 ; “Saint Anne and the Infant Christ” by V. Schedone, £8 10s. ; “Mary Magdalene” by Guido Reni, £6 ; Antique Sampler, “Horse,” 10s ; “Justice and Mercy” by P. Bartoni, £11 ; “Joseph and the Holy Child”, £5 ; “The Crucifixion”, £2 ; “Farm Buildings, Figures, and Pigstye Interior” by G. Morland, £25 ; “The Grand Canal, Venice” by Canaletto, £12 ; “Scene in Venice” by Canaletto, £5 ; “Moonlight Scene with River, Cattle and Boat” by Aart Vander Neer, £7 ; “St. Anthony and Infant Christ” by Carlo Dolci, £6 ; “The Nativity”, £6 ; “The Adoration of the Magi” by Pietro Da Cortona, Barritini, £6 10s. ; “Landscape with Cattle, Sheep Dog and Shepherd” by Rosa da Tivoli, £3 10s. ; “Full Length Portrait of a Cavalier” by Caravaggio, £150 to Mr Ball, of Stalybridge ; “Pope Gregory” £100, to Mrs Scott ; “A Lady with Ruff”, £400, to Mr Gaskell, of Ingersley Hall ; (this picture was brought by an ancestor of the late Mrs Gosselyn, from Spain. It was cut from its frame, wrapped up, and smuggled into England, where it was re-framed) ; “Castle and Harbour Scene” by Vander Velde, £18 ; “Portrait of a Gentleman in Wig” £4 10s. ; “Return of the Huntsman” by “Il Basano” (Jacopo da Ponte), £8 ; “The Holy Family”, £4 10s. ; “Saint with Infant Christ” by Contierra, £2 10s. ; “Figures and Sheep”, £14 ; “Dutch Scene with Church and Numerous Figures” by Van Ostade, £37 to Mr Percy Wright ; “Portrait” by Charles Hallé, R.A., £6 ; “The Crucifixion”, £4 ; “Lady at the Spinet”, £23 ; “Picture of a Farm” by Teniers, £9 ; “The Virgin and Child” by Albert Durer, £16.
Sheraton mahogany card table, £5 5s.; mahogany pedestal writing desk, £7 ; rare old oak settle, £11 ; antique burr walnut miniature spice chest, £5 10s.; antique oak hall chair, £5 ; old oak hall chair on turned supports, £2 2s. 6d.; pair dark oak heavily carved hall chairs, £9 ; very fine old oak armchair, £5 ; antique plain old oak armchair, £10 ; genuine old oak armchair, £5 ; fine old black lacquer table, £10 10s.; antique enclosed cabinet, £15 10s.; fine old oak rug chest, £15 ; old oak hall table, £8 5s.; chippendale mahogany single chair, £3 ; set 4 antique mahogany single chairs, £7 ; antique mahogany circular table, £7 ; antique walnut hall seat, £5 ; very rare and genuine antique Buhl table, £15 ; original Buhl inkstand, £3 2s. 6d.; genuine William and Mary card table, £10 ; massive brass semi-circular trivet, £5 5s.; Heppelwhite armchair, £18 ; very fine old mahogany extending dining table, £19 10s.; Georgian design mahogany sideboard, £13 ; very rare Chippendale mahogany sideboard, £70 to Colonel Preston, of Southampton ; fine old walnut kneehole writing desk, £40 to Mr Welsh.
Brass and ormolu time piece, £15 ; pair of ormolu rose leaf stands, £15 ; Louis XV brass ormolu timepiece, £20 ; Oil painting, “Queen of Cyprus,” by Il Moretto, £11 10s.; Oil painting, “The Pope,” £24 ; antique needlework panel, “St Francis of Assisi,” £21 ; upright grand pianoforte, £30, to Mr Ashworth of Timperley ; antique 8-days grandfather clock, £14 ; old 8-days grandfather clock, £15 10s.; Wilton pile stair carpet, £8 5s.; carved figure, “The Blessed Virgin,” £83 to Mr Needham, of Stockport ; heavily carved gilt console table, £12 ; circular Italian marble mosiac table, £8 10s.; large girandole in heavy gilt frame with eaglemount, £8.
A couple of nice Canaletto’s; one made twelve quid and the other a fiver.
The one for 12 quid was not a bad investment, well better than my premium bonds anyway.
If it is the same painting and to be honest I don’t know how many Canaletto did of The Grand Canal in Venice but this is what Christie’s auction house said about it:
“We are also pleased with the result of Canaletto’s view of the Grand Canal which was offered for sale for the first time having passed by family descent since it was commissioned in 1738, and which realised $5.75 million.”
I might be barking up the wrong tree here but it would seem some very valuable stuff slipped through the fingers of the Misses Preston.
Any art experts out there I would very much appreciate your comments on the above but please let me do the final day’s sale later this evening.
R. S-S
