Results: Country House Sale 12th September

Over 600 lots came under the hammer on 12^th September in Tennants Auctioneers’ Country House Sale, offering an array of fine art and antiques, many of which hailed from private collections across the north of England.

One of the most eagerly anticipated sections of the Country House Sale was a selection of works from the estate of much-loved North Yorkshire artist Robin Furness, a distinguished North Yorkshire artist whose work primarily celebrated the landscape, wildlife and sporting traditions of the British countryside. Throughout a career spanning more than half a century, he developed a highly recognisable style that relied on careful understanding and affection of rural life, capturing the beauty of the landscape and its varying weather patterns as well as the character of the people and animals that inhabited it. The section achieved a 100% sold rate and notable lots included “Bedale – Friar Ings”, which sold for £460 (all figures exclude buyer’s premium). Also selling well amongst the pictures in the sale, which achieved a total selling rate of 97%, were Portrait of ‘Chantesley’ Standing in a Stable by Tom Carr (sold for £2,000), and from a collection of Norwegian paintings Milking Time by Anders Monsen Askevold (sold for £1,600).

Good antique furniture in the sale included a 19^th century Ash and Elm Stick-Back Windsor Armchair (sold for £900), and decorative furnishing pieces included a Pair of French Life-Size Terracotta Figures of Seated Boxer Dogs dating from the late 19^th/early 20^th century (sold for £1,100), a Tabriz Carpet made in North West Iran (sold for £1,800), and a Copper Roll Top Bath by William Holland (sold for £2,800). Clocks with unusual movements or that offered different features sold well throughout, with highlights including a Rosewood and Brass Inlaid Chiming Table Clock retailed by Sharman D Neill of Belfast (sold for £1,300), and a 20^th century Brass Atmos Clock by Jaeger LeCoultre (sold for £1,400). Amongst the works of art in the sale a Herbert Minton & Co. Parian Figure of a Highlander well above estimate at £1,700 and a Meissen Porcelain Figure of a Fish Seller from the Cries of London Series, circa 1750 (sold for £1,100). 

The Country House Sale achieved a total hammer price of £200,200 for 615 lots and an 89% sold rate.

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