Golden Summer

Our regular Interiors auction is an ever popular sale featuring an eclectic range of items, including jewellery & watches, silver, coins, stamps & ephemera, clocks, ceramics & glass, paintings, and of course furniture and other decorative items.

With gold prices seemingly approaching an all time high there were some impressive results in the Jewellery section. Amongst a glittering array, stand-out prices included a three-colour metal oval snap bangle which weighed in at an impressive 52g approx. and sold for an equally impressive £1,200. A large oval 9ct gold St Christopher medallion pendant of 50.5g approx sold for £1,150, the same price as a 9ct gold curb link charm bracelet, attached various 9ct gold charms, including a Bible, barrel and a cat. An Edward VII sovereign 1909, mint mark for Perth, in a 9ct gold pendant mount, on a 9ct gold belcher link chain sold for £1,100.

The unpredictable nature of auctions can occasionally see items unsold in one auction, but then outperform their original estimate second time round. This was very much the case with a Chinese porcelain dark monochrome blue glaze bowl, of ten-lobed form, pseudo six character Xuande mark and double ring mark beneath. It had been unsold at a £200-300 estimate back in November, purchased this time by a determined online bidder at £1,200 outpacing its estimate many times over. Clevedon’s Interiors sales are known the world over as a treasure trove of the covetable and the curious. Falling firmly into the latter category was an ebonised police truncheon and shield-shaped wall plaque presented as a retirement present in 1959. But this was no ordinary constabulary but the Hong Kong Police, no less. This revered constabulary, so emblematic of British Imperialism always attracts considerable attention always causes a stir when artefacts come to auction and this was no exception as, following a spirited battle, the gavel finally fell in favour of an online bidder for a very arresting £1,000.