Artworks, furniture, porcelain, silver and collectors effects all feature at the annual James Adam Country House Collections sale at Townley Hall on October 10 at 11 a.m. Lot 479, for example, is a pair of enormous mid 19th century Sevres vases estimated at around 7,000. Viewing gets underway on October 7. The catalogue is online. Here is a small selection:
An Irish Victorian Carlton House desk (10,000-15,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 8,500 AT HAMMER
Irish George II card table (4,000-6,000) UPDATE: THIS MADE 3,600 AT HAMMER
A Brussels style wall hanging, The Baptism of Clovis (10,000-15,000) UPDATE:THIS MADE 8,000 AT HAMMER
A skull and antlers of a great Irish deer (10,000-15,000) UPDATE: THIS SOLD FOR 9,500 AT HAMMER
A Georgian door lock (1,500-2,500) UPDATE: THIS MADE 1,600 AT HAMMER