sporting sale

8th April 2017

Lot 369

39 books on fishing, to include "Presenting The Fly to The Trout" by Frederick E. Mold.

Sold for £18

Lot 370

Box of 44 books on fishing, hound trailing, shooting. etc.

Sold for £35

Lot 371

8 books, "Fly & Minnow" by W.F.R. Reynolds, "Where to Fish" by R.C. Eaton, "Salmon & Sea Trout" by Sir Herbert Maxwell, "Angling in New Zealand" by F. Carr Rollett, "The Fly Fishers Flies" by Roger Woolley, "Modern Trout Fly Dressing" by Roger Woolley, "Wet Fly Fishing" by E.M. Todd and "The Life of The Sea Trout" by G.H. Nall.

Sold for £65

Lot 372

2 books, "Lake District Fisheries" by John Watson and "Dry Fly Fishing in Border Waters" by F. Fernie.

Sold for £20

Lot 373

2 books, "Mr Crabtree Goes Fishing" by Bernard Venables and "Mr Crabtree's Guide to Good Fishing Tackle".

Sold for £20

Lot 374

7 books, "The Fly Makers Handbook by an Angler" printed by The Liverpool Printing & Stationery Company Limited, "Minor Tactics of The Chalk Stream" by G.E.M. Skues, "Taking Larger Trout" by Lawrence R. Koller, "Brook & River Trouting" by Harfield H. Edmonds and Norman N. Lee, "Wade The River, Drift The Loch" by R. McDonald Robertson. "Where The Bright Waters Meet" by Harry Plunket Greene, The Fly Fishers Classic Library 1992, "River Angling for Salmon & Trout" by John Younger, The Fly Fishers Classic Library 1995 with slip.

Sold for £65

Lot 375

William Powell & Son Ltd. Shooting Catalogue Season 1974-1975.

Sold for £5

Lot 376

"Fishing Tackle A Collector's Guide" by Graham Turner.

Sold for £25

Lot 377

"Some Records of The Annual Grasmere Sports" published by Charles Thurnam & Sons, Carlisle, 1911.

Sold for £18

Lot 378

"The Amateur Taxidermist" by Jean Labrie.

Sold for £8

Lot 379

Box of books, auction catalogues and fishing tackle catalogues, to include Alcocks, Albert Smith of Redditch, Ryobi, Abu, Alex Martin, Farlows, Fosters Bros., Shakespeare, McHardy's of Carlisle, etc.

Sold for £22

Lot 380

"Fly Reels of The House of Hardy" by Glenn Stockwell.

Sold for £32

Lot 381

"Hardys Anglers Guide" 58th Edition 1951.

Sold for £20

Lot 382

"Hardys Anglers Guide & Catalogue" 61st Edition 1954.

Sold for £20

Lot 383

"Hardys Catalogue of Big Game Fish & Sea Fishing Tackle", 2nd Edition 1937.

Sold for £25

Lot 384

"The House of Hardy Anglers Catalogue" 1967, "Hardy Tackle Guide" circa 1980 and part Anglers Guide.

Sold for £12

Lot 385

2 books, "Hardys Book of Fishing" and "Hardys Aid to Angling Salmon & Trout".

Sold for £20

Lot 386

10 books on hunting, to include "Whyte-Melville's Hunting Poems" and a fox print, 23 cm x 28 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £5

Lot 387

4 pamphlets, "The Blackmoor Vale Hunt" by Ralph Greaves, "The East Kent Hunt Official Handbook" by Sonech, "Hunters Songs - Sold for The Benefit of The Holme Valley Beagles Hunt" and "Songs of The Hunt - Dedicated to The Memory of The Late Michael Dunn of Almondbury" Part 2.

Sold for £25

Lot 388

6 books, pamphlets, etc., to include "John Peel's Centenary 1954", "Fox Hunting in Cumberland, Durham & Westmorland", "Lake Scene Guide to Hunting in Lakeland 76-77 Season", "Looking at Cumbria", "Cumbrian Songs & Ballards" by Keith Gregson, and "Hunting in The Lake District" by Sean Frain.

Sold for £28

Lot 389

5 books, "The Eskdale & Ennerdale Foxhounds - A Portrait by Mary Fair", "The Mardale Hunt - A History" by Ron Black, "Songs of The Scarlet & Green" by Simon Shaw & Ken Green, "The Flying Whip - The Story of Braithwaite (Brait) Wilson" & The Ullswater Foxhounds" by Ron Black and "Hunt with Me - Collection of Hunting Photographs" by Steve Wallace, signed and numbered 36/1000.

Sold for £50

Lot 390

2 Lunesdale Foxhounds badges 1974-75 season and 1989-90.

Sold for £40

Lot 391

2 hunt badges, Bewcastle Foxhounds badge and a Brays of Derwent Hunt Supporters Hunt badge.

Sold for £48

Lot 392

4 hunt badges, Cumbria Terrier Club, Blackcombe Beagles 50th Anniversary, Barry Todhunter 40 Years of Blencathra and Blackcombe Beage 50 Years Stan Ellwood.

Sold for £35

Lot 393

4 hunt badges, Ullswater, Eskdale & Ennerdale, Barrie Todhunter 40 Years The Blencathra and Lamplugh Hunters Club.

Sold for £40

Lot 394

Modern Bowie knife, the blade marked "The Siege of The Alamo 1836 Colonel Jim Bowie's Final Stand". Blade length 27 cm, overall length 41 cm with leather sheath.

Sold for £25

Lot 395

Victorian bayonet, the blade stamped "VR" and "LFD". Blade length 30 cm, overall length 42 cm, with part sheath.

Sold for £28

Lot 396

4 hunt buttons from Mary Lawson's Beagles, marked to the front "Mrs M Lawson's Beagles" with a hares head and verso "Firmin & Sons, 108 St. Martin's Lane, London", circa 1880-1900. Mary Lawson was in residence at Brayton Hall, Aspatria which burned down in 1918. 2.5 cm.

Sold for £200

Lot 397

Mary Lawson's Beagles, 8 hunt buttons marked to the front "Mrs M Lawson's Beagles" with hares head and verso "Firmins, London", circa 1880-1900 (see previous lot). 1.5 cm.

Sold for £260

Lot 398

Car mascot in the form of a cockerel. 9 cm.

Sold for £42

Lot 399

Riding crop with antler handle and silver collar engraved "RSR", maker JS&S, London date letter "N" for 1908, with bamboo shaft and leather thong. Length excluding thong 52 cm.

Sold for £30

Lot 400

Riding crop/whip with antler handle and silver collar marked "JCA", makers mark WE, London date letter "S" 1913, with malacca shaft leading to thong and whip section. Length excluding thong 47 cm.

Sold for £35

Lot 401

Hunting crop with antler handle with silver coloured collar, malacca shaft leading to leather thong, length excluding thong 20 cm, and a hunting whip with string wrapped pommel, leather handle, silver coloured collar, wrapped shaft, overall length 84 cm.

Sold for £38

Lot 402

Ben Hoskyns (b.1963), grouse in moorland landscape. 26 cm x 38 cm, signed, framed and mounted.

Sold for £240

Lot 403

Ben Hoskyns (b.1963), watercolour, red grouse covey. 47 cm x 30 cm, signed, framed and mounted.

Sold for £250

Lot 404

Late 19th/early 20th century carved wooden duck decoy, glass eyes. Length 33 cm.

Sold for £60

Lot 405

3 sporting prints, fishing plate and barn owl plaque.

Sold for £8

Lot 406

John Naylor signed Limited Edition print, mallards, 32/295. 14 cm x 29 cm, mounted.

Sold for £20

Lot 407

17 books, auction catalogues, etc., predominantly fishing.

Sold for £15

Lot 408

2 copper and brass powder flasks, one stamped "Sykes Patent", 21 cm, one stamped "Sykes", 11.5 cm.

Sold for £45

Lot 409

2 vintage traps, pole trap stamped to underside "S. Griffiths, Dwarf 1XL", 6.5 cm, and gin trap.

Sold for £170

Lot 410

3 framed salmon flies.

Sold for £15

Lot 411

G.P. Graham & Son Cockermouth framed paper bag. 12 cm x 8 cm.

Sold for £8

Lot 412

Hardy Alnwick No. 3 wooden packing case with shipping labels. Height 27 cm, width 51 cm, depth 37 cm.

Sold for £48

Lot 413

Maysons of Keswick, handcoloured photograph of the Eskdale & Ennerdale Foxhounds. 17 cm x 28 cm, framed.

Sold for £32

Lot 414

Maysons of Keswick, handcoloured photograph of The Melbreak Foxhounds above Crummock. 17 cm x 27 cm, framed.

Sold for £38

Lot 415

13 books foxhunting, Lakeland life, etc., to include "Jorrocks Country" signed by the author.

Sold for £55

Lot 416

The British Field Sports Society map "The Foxhunts of England, Wales & Scotland". 62 cm x 45 cm.

Sold for £25

Lot 417

4 19th century handcoloured shooting prints, "Partridge Shooting", "The Flushing of The Woodcock", "Pheasant Shooting" and "the Pointers & Pheasants", 3 with the inscription "London, Published May 1st 1878 by Robert Sayer, 53 Fleet Street", "The Flushing of The Woodcock" with the inscription "London, Printed for Robert Sayer, 52 Fleet Street". 24 cm x 35 cm, framed.

Sold for £450

Lot 421

Daniel Crane, signed Limited Edition print, with vignette to bottom right corner, 23/250. 36 cm x 51 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £210

Lot 422

Racehorse print "Bayarda" Winner of The Royal Hunt cup 1885, Champion of The Doncaster Cup and Goodwood Stakes 1888. 34 cm x 50 cm, framed.

Sold for £10

Lot 423

Stephen Smith signed Limited Edition print, "Out On Their Own, Best Mate & Jim Culloty" signed by the artist, the jockey and the trainer Henrietta Knight, 448/500. 38 cm x 53 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £18

Lot 425

Michael J. Paskin R.I.B.A. pastel drawing, group of foxhounds. 31 cm x 42 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £30

Lot 426

Michael J. Paskin R.I.B.A. pastel drawing, foxhound and pups. 22 cm x 32 cm.

Sold for £42

Lot 427

Book "Coaching Days of England" printed for Paul Elek in All Saints Street, Islington, MCLXVI, with protective outer cardboard box.

Sold for £40

Lot 428

Original watercolour of "The Hunstman who Fell off His Horse and Lost His Top Hat which The Dog Found Useful", signed to mount. 16 cm x 21 cm, framed.

Sold for £15

Lot 434

5 mid 20th century wine glasses with etched running fox motifs. Height 26 cm.

Sold for £70

Lot 435

Brass door knocker in the form of a red stag. Length 15 cm.

Sold for £18

Lot 436

A Denby hunting tankard with blue ground body and hunting scene. Height 13 cm.

Sold for £10

Lot 438

Decoy style oyster catcher made by Red Rush and 2 DCUK duck figurines.

Sold for £15

Lot 439

Roland Ward silk scarf decorated with roe and fallow deer, made by Richard Allen. 63 cm x 72 cm.

Sold for £18

Lot 440

2 cushions with fox and pheasant decoration. 39 cm square.

Sold for £5

Lot 441

Coffee table with foxhunt tiled top. Height 46 cm, width 33 cm x 33 cm.

Sold for £20

Lot 442

Book "Lunesdale Memories" containing pictures of The Lunesdale Foxhounds, paper clippings, etc., hardback.

Sold for £28

Lot 443

"The Taxidermist's Manual" by Captain Thomas Brown FLS, 5th Edition 1840.

Sold for £25

Lot 444

Winston Megoran (1871-1913), watercolour, pintails over a marsh by moonlight. 27 cm x 41 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £50

Lot 445

Dinner gong in the form of a horses head with copper coloured yoke, mounted on mahogany shield. Shield 36 cm, gong 25 cm.

Sold for £60

Lot 446

2 powder flasks. 21 cm and 19 cm.

Sold for £32

Lot 447

Cecil Aldin, signed print, huntsmen on horseback, printed by Lawrence & Jellicoe Ltd., London. Image 38 cm x 30 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £30

Lot 448

6 humorous foxhunting prints in two frames, "A Meet", "A View" " A Run", "A Check", "A Holloa" and "A Finish". Image size 16 cm x 23 cm, frame size 40 cm x 102 cm.

Sold for £30

Lot 449

9 bookplates, birds of prey, orange legged hobby, hen harrier, goshawk, etc. 19 cm x 13 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £30

Lot 450

Kevin Hunt, signed Limited Edition print, lanner falcon. 56 cm x 41 cm, frame and mounted.

Sold for £20

Lot 451

Moorcroft pin dish with trout decoration, impressed "Moorcroft Made in Stoke-on-Trent". Diameter 11.5 cm.

Sold for £65

Lot 452

Pair of Edwardian prints, red stags in woodland. 70 cm x 27 cm, in ebonised frames.

Sold for £45

Lot 453

Wall mounting gun rack with cupboard. Height 56 cm, width 51 cm.

Sold for £25

Lot 454

1940's dressing table stool upholstered in foxhunting patterned material. Height 43 cm.

Sold for £30

Lot 455

Frank Herd, watercolour, widgeon in flight. 27 cm x 37 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £22

Lot 456

Stick pin in the form of a riding crop with fox head, stamped "Sterling", brooch with stags head decoration and two pairs of foxhunting cufflinks.

Sold for £40

Lot 457

After Moignier, pair of bronze stags, standing pose on naturalistic bases with marble plinths. Height 72 cm.

Sold for £480

Lot 458

Near life size cast metal stag with 12 point antlers, facing right. Height 144 cm.

Sold for £1250

Lot 459

Near life size cast metal stag with 12 point antlers, facing left. Height 144 cm.

Sold for £1250

Lot 460

6 vintage buttons, circa 1950, foxhunting scenes.

Sold for £32

Lot 461

Swaine, riding crop/whip with antler handle and metal collar stamped "Swaine, Made in England", with leather wrapped shaft, thong and whip (?unused). Length excluding thong 48 cm.

Sold for £85

Lot 462

Swaine, riding crop/whip with antler handle and metal collar stamped "Swaine, Made in England", with leather wrapped shaft, thong and whip (?unused). Length excluding thong 48 cm.

Sold for £80

Lot 463

Riding crop/whip with antler handle, silver coloured collar with fox and horn motif, malacca shaft, thong and whip section, length excluding thong 68 cm, and a leather wrapped riding crop with thong, length excluding thong 56 cm.

Sold for £48

Lot 464

R. & J. Beck Ltd. 2 draw telescope, military stamped with broad arrow also marked "TEL SIG Mark 1V" and "GS 1915". Serial No. 3985.

Sold for £90

Lot 465

"The Birds of The British Isles" Series 1, 2 and 3 by T.A. Coward M.B.O.U., Frederick Warne & Co. Ltd., London and New York.

Sold for £22

Lot 466

Brooch in the form of a hunting horn, stamped "375", hallmark rubbed, 1.4 grams. Length 4 cm.

Sold for £32

Lot 467

Markover by Chad Valley shooting game, complete with flying birds and harmless repeater guns, part instructions to underside of lid, one gun, 2 mallard, pheasant and partridge targets.

Sold for £20

Lot 469

Bartrum & Co. brass and copper powder flask, copper body embossed with stag, oak leaves, fox, etc. Overall length 21 cm.

Sold for £42

Lot 470

French T-Back sword bayonet for use on 11 mm Gras rifle, spine marked "St. Etienne 1876". Blade length 52 cm, overall length 64 cm.

Sold for £42

Lot 471

French Yataghan sabre sword bayonet of the type used by The Confederate Army. Blade length 57 cm, overall length 70 cm.

Sold for £65

Lot 472

Raging Pigeon Interest - Silver National Homing Pigeon Shield of Merit, Birmingham date letter "O" 1938, makers mark possibly D.&M.D., mounted on oak shield. Overall length 39.5 cm.

Sold for £100

Lot 473

20-60 x 60 spotting scope with tripod and cases.

Sold for £45

Lot 474

Pair of Aigle riding boots (4).

Sold for £15

Lot 475

Shepherds Guide, 2 agricultural catalogues, Shepherds Guide from National Farmers Union (Westmorland South) 1967, Cockermouth Agricultural Society programme 18th August 1882, and Cumberland & Westmorland Agricultural Society Agricultural Show to be held at Cockermouth 22nd August 1879.

Sold for £30

Lot 476

4 foxhunting prints, early 20th century. 19 cm x 30 cm, framed and mounted.

Sold for £10

Lot 477

Victorian silver coloured horseshoe stick pin. Length 8 cm.

Sold for £8

Lot 478

Silver dog head whistle, stamped to side "925 Sterling". 4.5 cm including loop.

Sold for £48

Lot 479

Early 20th century cartoon, foxhunt, horse and carriage. 14 cm x 22 cm

Sold for £22