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£10,000-15,000 estimate, it was offered here at £4000-6000 and was knocked down at £7500. Making slight less was the Ouless
painting The Brig Homely of Jersey Unloading off Le Banc de Paspebiac, Quebec. The 18 x 11½in (46 x 30cm) oil on
canvas had as its main focus a ship flying the Merchant Marine’s Red Ensign, and in the background was the Le Boutillier Brothers’ shed on the wharf and the Catholic Church on the hill beyond. Again, having failed to sell in
September against a £20,000-30,000 estimate, it sold here to a private buyer from the Channel Islands at £6500 against a £7000-10,000 estimate. Assuming it will be re-exported to the Channel Islands, it will escape the extra import VAT charge. One of the strongest bidding
competitions in the sale came for a Channel Islands view by William Arthur Toplis (1875-1914). The Sheffield-born artist who moved
to Sark after being captivated by the island and its coastline when he first went there on holiday in 1883, is said, only partially in jest, to have painted every square-inch of the island. In 1908, he published a lavish picture
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“One of the strongest bidding competitions in the sale came for a Channel Islands view by William Toplis”
book illustrating 21 engravings of Sark based on his paintings, some of which had been exhibited at the Royal Academy. Most of his works were small and
highly detailed records of the island, but this 2ft 2in x 3ft (66 x 92cm) oil on canvas, entitled Gouliet Channel, Sark, was somewhat larger and broader in its approach than most of his output. Signed and dated 1895, it was in good
condition and, against a £800-1200 estimate, it drew considerable interest before it was knocked down to the Guernsey Museum and Art Gallery at £6000. This was the second highest auction
price for the artist, only just behind the £6500 seen for Creux Harbor, Sark, which was also part of the Appleby collection and sold at the single-owner sale back in November. Overall, the 238 Appleby lots at the
Interiors sale saw 187 get away for a hammer total of £206,510.
Above:Walls of Fiesole, a pencil and watercolour sketch attributed to John Ruskin – £11,000 at Lawrences of Bletchingley.
‘£500 Ruskin’ is £11,000 star
FROM the Stones of Venice to the lakes of Switzerland – few Victorian draughtsmen were as prolific on their travels as John Ruskin (1819-1900). As such, there is an ample supply of Ruskin drawings around and, since buyers can
be choosy, price is highly sensitive to both condition and quality. This view, above, from Fiesole in the hills above Florence had the Ruskin signature
in the bottom left and came to Lawrences (16% buyer’s premium) of Bletchingley, Surrey from a local consignor looking to sell a number of small items. The 6 x 12in (15 x 30cm) pencil and watercolour sketch was a typically naturalistic
landscape and, while it was in good condition and the auctioneers felt it was likely a fully attributable work, they were cautious with their estimate and offered it with a £300-500 pitch. At the sale on February 1-3, the market reacted positively and it easily surpassed
these levels. Coming down to a battle between two bidders on the phone, both thought to be London dealers, it was finally knocked down at £11,000.
Auction of Paintings, Drawings,
108. Stanley Royle, study for ‘October Morning Church Warsop, Nottinghamshire’, oil on canvas board, 30.5 x 40.6cm Estimate £1,000- 2,000
Prints and Sculptures to be held at
Cavendish Hall, Edensor, Chatsworth Estate, Derbyshire
Saturday 26th March at 11am Viewing Friday 25th March 11am-7pm Saturday 26th March 9am-11am
217. J.Gould/H.C.Richter/J.Wolf Stercorarius Pomatorhinus, Oidemia Fusca, Hydrochelidon Leucopareia, from Birds of Great Britain
Vol 5 1862-73, hand coloured lithographs Estimate £100-200 One of seven similar lots
102. Andrew Macara, Two Figures on Bicycles, acrylic on canvas, 63 x 76cm, signed lower right Estimate £800-1,200
34. Louis Icart, The Tame Deer (La Biche Apprivoisé) (Four Dears) 1929, etching and aquatint with touches of handcolouring, on wove paper, copyright and date in plate with blindstamp, published by L’Estampe Moderne, Paris, 54 x 38cm, signed lower right Estimate £650-850
199. Hsiao Chin, Untitled 1966, etching with aquatint 29 x 47cm,
signed lower right, also red seal mark, lower left, ‘4/40’ and ‘giallo 4/20’. Provenance Ex Carr Doughty Collection Estimate £150-250
51. Patrick Heron, Small Red, 1973, screenprint, 42.5 x 52cm, 70/72, signed lower right Estimate £1,500-1,800
55. Sir Terry Frost, Bull Black, etching with hand colouring, gouache and crayon, 38 x 55cm, signed and inscribed ‘Stage Proof’ Estimate £700-900
Derwent-Wye Fine Art Auctions Ltd Bakewell Road, Rowsley, Derbyshire DE4 2EB Tel: 01629 733310 Email:
derwentwye@btconnect.com Website:
www.derwent-wyefineart.co.uk and
www.the-saleroom.com
197. Tadeusz Was, Figure, oil on board 62 x 49cm, initialled and dated ’90’? lower right Estimate £700-900
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