2021 Top 20
We say goodbye to our most successful auction year yet. Here are the top 20 lots from 2021. Looking forward to more success in 2022.
Sir Kyffin Williams 'Rhoscolyn'
SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA oil on canvas - Ynys Mon (Anglesey) landscape with farmer and dog walking on a lane from the village of Rhoscolyn, with the village chapel centre to the composition, signed with initials, 50 x 110cms
£62,000
French Gilt Console Table
A FINE GILT CONSOLE TABLE, oblong, having a grained pink marble shaped top and with an extravagantly scrolled gilt and floral base with floor level split scrolled stretchers with centre featuring 'a wild boar being aggravated by two other animals', 200cms overall L, 80cms
£55,000
Sir Kyffin Williams 'Waves at Llangwyfan'
SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA oil on canvas - entitled verso 'Waves at Llangwyfan (No.25)', dated 1982, 74.5 x 74.5cms
£48,000
Sir Kyffin WIlliams 'Storm at Penmon'
SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA large oil on canvas - entitled verso 'Storm at Penmon', dated 1975, 75 x 125cms
£40,000
Sir Kyffin Williams 'Gwastadnant'
SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA oil on canvas - cottages in snow under the shadow of Esgair Felen, Eryri (Snowdonia), entitled verso 'Gwastadnant', signed with initials, 121 x 90cms
£37,000
Sir Kyffin WIlliams 'Bryn Cader Faner'
SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA oil on canvas - dramatic and expansive scene featuring Bryn Cader Faner Harlech, being a bronze age prince's burial cairn, over four thousand years old, 60 x 90cm
£29,000
Sir Kyffin Williams 'Cemaes Bay'
SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA early oil on canvas - Cemaes Bay, Anglesey harbour scene with cottages, boats and two figures on the quay, signed with initials, 50 x 75cms
£28,000
Rolex Calendar Watch
FINE & RARE ROLEX 18K THREE COLOUR GOLD & DIAMOND AUTOMATIC CALENDAR BRACELET WATCH, Oyster Perpetual Day Date, Tridor, Ref. 18948, case no. K552***, circa 2001
£23,500
Sir Kyffin Williams 'Valley in the Dordogne'
SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA oil on canvas - entitled verso on Howard Roberts Gallery, Cardiff label 'Valley in the Dordogne', signed with initials, 50 x 58cms
£23,000
Sir Kyffin WIlliams 'Mrs Money'
SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA oil on canvas - head and shoulders portrait, entitled verso 'Portrait of Mrs Money', 1950s, signed verso, 49 x 39cms
£19,000
J G Birkett's England Rugby Union Jersey
ENGLAND INTERNATIONAL RUGBY UNION JERSEY WORN BY JOHN GUY GILBERNE BIRKETT (1884-1967) believed be his ‘International career jersey’ and worn on the Harlequins player’s England debut, versus Scotland in the Calcutta Cup match of 1906
£18,000
Grana Military Watch
RARE GRANA WWII BRITISH MILITARY ISSUE WRISTWATCH, stainless steel case with manual wind movement, one of the famous 'Dirty Dozen', the circular black dial bearing broad arrow mark, luminous 'pencil' hands and Arabic numerals
£18,000
Sir Kyffin Williams 'Horses in the Snow'
SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA pencil and watercolour - fine example with four standing horses, entitled verso on Thackeray Gallery label 'Horses in the Snow', signed with initials, 34 x 49cms
£18,000
Rex Sander's Medal Group
WING COMMANDER REX SOUTHERN SANDERS OBE (1922-2017) WWII medal group including DFC (Distinguished Flying Cross) engraved with date 1944, AFC (Air Force Cross) engraved with date 1953 & Bar, 1939-45 Star, Air Crew Europe Star, Burma Star, Defence medal, War Medal, GSM (General Service Medal) with Asia 1945-46 bar, with miniatures, Royal Canadian Air Force Observer's and Air Gunner's Flying Log Book commencing 12th August 1942 - 29th July 1954
£16,000
Welsh Gold Nugget
THE 'PRINCE OF WALES' WATERWORN WELSH GOLD NUGGET 30.57gms, discovered in 1979, by the New Zealand born prospectors Kerry Thackwell, and his father Ray
£16,000
Ewenny Wassail Bowl & Cover
A RARE EWENNY POTTERY SLIPWARE WASSAIL BOWL & COVER, DATED 1832-33 glazed in yellow over red with sgraffito decoration, the base with eighteen plain strap handles decorated with circles and zig-zags, repeated interlocking circles below the rim and the inscription 'WIM Clay Pits - 1833' below the handles, the domed cover topped with a figure kneeling before a round table of objects and surrounded by chickens and two foxes, one fox with a mouse in its mouth, inscribed 'William James Tonyrevil Jany 12th 1832', 39cm high
£15,000
J G G Birkett's Photograph Album
A COMPREHENSIVE PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM RELATING TO THE RUGBY UNION CAREER OF JOHN GUY GILBERNE BIRKETT (1884-1967) including official England International Rugby Union team photographs, school and club photographs, 1900 through to 1912
£12,500
Sir Kyffin Williams
SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA pencil and watercolour - fine example with elderly farmer walking and village beyond, entitled verso on Thackeray Gallery label 'Pentrepella', signed with initials, 39 x 49cms
£11,000
John Elwyn 'It Does Not Always Rain in Dyfed'
JOHN ELWYN large oil on canvas - expansive landscape with whitewashed buildings, entitled verso 'It Does Not Always Rain in Dyfed', signed and dated 1998, 122 x 122cms
£11,000
Sir Kyffin Williams 'Hendre Waelod'
SIR KYFFIN WILLIAMS RA inkwash - entitled verso on label for Dillwyn Gallery, Swansea 'Hendre Waelod', circa 1972, signed with initials in pencil, 24 x 34cms
£10,400
