ROYAL BROMPTON & HAREFIELD HOSPITALS
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Bourne End Auction Rooms are a friendly provincial sale room and pride ourselves on providing an efficient and amicable service to sellers and buyers alike. Competitively priced and our buyer’s premium and commission rates remain amongst the lowest in the country.
We hold regular weekly general home furnishing auctions, monthly specialist auctions & monthly antique auctions, fine art auctions & collector’s auctions. Free pre-auction valuations are undertaken on our valuation days, currently by appointment only. If the items are too large to bring to us, we will be happy to provide valuations from photographs.
We are conveniently situated on the Buckinghamshire & Berkshire border, midway between the M4 and M40 motorways and offer a unique selection of antiques and collectibles from around the world. Our knowledgeable staff can help you find the perfect item to add to your collection. Our auctions are held regularly so come and join us for an exciting and rewarding experience.
Stanislawa de Karlowska (1876-1952) Polish 'A road in the Black Down Hills', signed lower right, oil on canvas, titled to the reverse and dated 1917, within a gilt wooden frame, 50.5 cm high x 60.5 cm wide
about Lot 46
A gents stainless steel Omega Railmaster, circa 1963, Ref 2914-1 SC, with a black dial having baton hour markers and quarterly applied Arabic numerals, with rare dagger hands and white central seconds hand. A 17 jewel 286 cal movement signed Omega with mu-metal dust cover on a later expandable bracelet, 38mm excluding crown. The Railmaster was debuted in 1957 alongside the Seamaster 300 and Speedmaster. The Railmaster was designed as a professional timepiece that was anti-magnetic for those working close to magnetic fields. Condition: light scratches to lugs, bezel and case back, one deep scratch to crystal. Currently ticking
about Lot 29
A 20th century Chinese carved, red coloured coral figure of a Goddess standing on a branch, by a bird and two children, 10 1/2"h, 8 1/2"w on a wooden base
about Lot 102
A solitaire diamond ring in a white metal setting with scrolled ornament approximately 3.48 ct
about Lot 39
A pair of late 19th century Howard & Son armchairs of low proportions having mahogany turned supports and front legs, the castors stamped 'Howard & Sons London' 85.5cm h x 73cm w x 82cm d
about Lot 158
A Georgian serpentine front chest of drawers, possibly Irish, with gadrooned moulded border, above a graduated set of four long drawers, on lion paw feet, 84 cm high x 98 cm wide x 52 cm deep
about Lot 130
Alfred De Breanski - 'On Loch Lomond', a man fishing, figures in a rowing boat and sheep on the bank, oil on canvas signed lower right corner, 24" x 36", in a glazed ornate gilt frame Location: LWM
about Lot 331
United Kingdom - George II (1727-1760) Five Guineas, dated 1738, young laureate portrait of King George II, left, ./. crowned shield of arms, having date above
about Lot 21
An Omega premoon, Speedmaster Ed White, manual wind, stainless steel gents wristwatch. The black dial with luminous baton markers, hands and centre chronograph counter with three subsidiary dials and outer tachymetre bezel. The signed 17 jewel calibre 321 movement numbered 25445002, the case back numbered ST105 003-65 to the inside and with inscription to the outside, with original Omega crown, box and paperwork, the paperwork has reference number ST 145003 and dated 1/5/69, fitted on a later Omega bracelet with spare links but original bracelet is present, 39mm
about Lot 8
Titanic Interest - The Carpathia Medal, 14 k yellow gold named to E G F Brown, Purser, with suspension ring, on a red ribbon, the medal depicting Carpathia heading towards the Titanic survivors in lifeboats, with icebergs behind, above the head of Neptune with dolphins emerging from his beard, curving down to a crossed anchor and broken spar, the reverse reading 'Presented to the Captain Officers & Crew of RMS Carpathia in recognition of Gallant and Heroic Services from the Survivors of the SS Titanic - April 15th 1912, 14k Dieges L Clust NY', in original Dieges & Clust black leatherette pasteboard box with cream satin lining, as issued, 39mm long (medal), total weight 16.4g The medal was awarded by the Titanic Survivors Committee, only 14 medals in gold were given to the Captain and Senior Officers of the Carpathia, the Junior Officers receiving silver and the rest of the crew bronze Catalogue Note: - Ernest G F Brown was born in 1885 in Liverpool and was 27 years old when the Titanic sank. He signed on to the crew of the Carpathia on 7th Feb 1912 from the Ship SS Ivernia, In recognition for his outstanding contribution to the survivors of the Titanic, he not only received the gold medal from the committee, he also received fifty guineas from the White Star Line (with Cunard's permission) and from the Liverpool shipwreck and Humane Society, a coloured lithograph presentation certificate and bronze medal
about Lot 140