A 19th century oil lamp at Victor Mee’s timed online sale. UPDATE: THE CLOSING BID WAS €26
With €400 or even much less it will be possible to pick up a prized piece at Victor Mee’s timed auction of ceramics, glass and collectibles which ends from 5.30 pm tomorrow on August 10. A 19th century brass and ruby glass Corinthian column oil lamp has a starting bid of just €120, a ruby glass epergne starts at €80 and a figure of Scarlett from Coalport’s Literary Heroines series at just €100.
The auction offers figures by Royal Doulton, Lladro, Royal Worcester, Coalport, Franklin, Royal Minton, Staffordshire, Capodimonte and Hummel, there is spongeware and Belleek, Galway, Cavan and Waterford Crystal, Swarovski, ruby and cherry glass, various tea and part dinner services, Oriental zodiac cups, a Chinese lidded jar, vases, ornaments and even a Japanese lacquered wall plaque. Maybe fine dining at home will make a comeback. Until then pieces like many of the lots in this sale offer huge value.
A Coalport figurine of Scarlett UPDATE: THE CLOSING BID WAS €9