Exceptional Architectural Antiques
Sunday 27th September 2009 11.00am
"Lofty Vineyard"
125 Mount Lofty Road
Nashdale, near Orange
NSW
An excellent selection of very fine English, French & Australian architectural antiques, furniture, vintage building materials and equipment, the result of 30 years collecting and now surplus.
This sale attracted over 300 registered bidders and around 500 at the sale and viewing. Buyers came from as far afield as Sydney, Eden, Bendigo and Canberra to compete for a spectacular collection of antiques ranging from antique architectural items to English, French & Australian , antique furniture, cast and wrought iron, brass, marble, and stained & etched glass.
All of the 650 odd lots were sold.
ANTIQUES
Biedermeier sofa & writing desk, French dining chairs, Cedar railway chairs, boardroom & table ex Customs House, huge cedar clerks cabinet ex Dubbo Court House, Various French armoires, Secretaire a' Abbatant, Gigantic French oak linen press 3.5 m long, Mahogany and cedar wardrobes, pine chest of drawers, telescope, spatter-work side table, collection of 1850s English pub and office chairs, large octagonal display cabinet, 18th c pine cupboard, part of rare Horricks American patent roll top desk, French hall tables, parquetry top dining table,19th c upholstered chairs, desks, butlers tray, kitchenalia, wicker & baskets, iron & wooden French beds, rare circus piano, enormous fitted silky oak clerks cupboard, Edwardian travelling wardrobes, several very fine butchers blocks, Tiger Moth prop, selection vintage 1950s designer furniture, numerous items of high quality antique furniture restored & unrestored. Upholstered furniture includes various Victorian armchairs, massive overstuffed settee, modern leather sofas, bar stools, outdoor settings.
ARCHITECTURAL
Stunning vintage beams, mouldings, architraves, including over 50 sets of solid moulded oak door surrounds with turned roundels at corners, Set three very fine Indian 18th c stone & carved wood columns, large qty antique doors of all sizes including French entry doors, antique glazed and panelled doors, oak barn doors, oversized modern glass sliding doors in wooden frames, pair spectacular 3m high unrestored opera house doors in solid oak with plaster detail, oversized cedar 9 panel door, huge pair of French front doors, French glazed doors with fitted iron and shutters, quantity of very fine large modern veneered doors, fine antique marquetry floor panels, oak and fruitwood building timbers, antique metal window frames, leadlight panels, gates, curved cedar wainscot panels, Oak Champagne riddling racks, iron wine storage shelves, fire grate, cast iron table ends, selection of brass bar rails, 13 huge painted canvas theatre backdrops, urns,Set of English hallway columns carved with leafy capitals and supporting a mounded and pedimented archway, brass handles, light fittings, castors
SURPLUS EQUIPMENT
Large collection of top quality power & air tools, tyres, garden machinery, Singer H2BL-AE industrial sewing machine, large portble compressor, fans, shelving, office furniture, filing cabinets, wooden wine crates, straps, fire hose, building materials, set of near new scaffold with mesh curtains, much more.
