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Auction: Sunday 27th March 2011 at 12.00
On View: Saturday 26th March 9.00am to 4.00pm and Sunday 27th March from 9.00am
Sale Venue: Dransfield's Mill, Millpond Farm, 660 Majors Creek Road, Jembaicumbene near Braidwood, NSW 2622
Enquiries: Antony Davies tel 0438 126 987 or email antony.davies@millpond.com.au

The first of our regular Millpond Farm sales at Jembaicumbene, comprising a selection of 380 lots of privately consigned equine collectables, many without reserve. The sale was very successful with all the major carriages and smaller items sold. Strong interest was shown in the 1860s Barker double suspension Coach which sold for $34,500 inc. commissions, and the Eight Light Coach which sold for $17,825 inc. commissions. Bidders attended from Queensland, Victoria and South Australia as well as many far flung NSW centres, the weather held up well and fortunately the mud of the previous week had subsided to allow good access to our Mill and Wagon barn. The next carriage sale is intended for late 2011, and entries are invited. In the meantime several carriages are available in our showroom and will be listed on the website over the next few days.

IMPORTANT SALE NOTES:
NO DOGS PLEASE. Millpond Farm is an operating rural property and whilst we love dogs, please do not bring any to the farm as we have Alpaca crias and numerous other animals near the sale location.
RAIN: The unusually wet year has left all our paddocks muddy. If the driveway becomes impassable parking will be about 300m from the auction site, please be prepared to bring boots and an umbrella. Obviously we will help however we can.
PAYMENT TERMS: Payment is by cash or cheque with ID. Other terms by arrangement before the sale day.
Full Terms & Conditions are posted in the saleroom.
DIRECTIONS to the Sale: Please see the map on our Contact page. NOTE: Council Signage as you leave Braidwood states that the Majors Creek Bridge is closed. The Majors Creek Road is however OPEN to our property.

Vehicles Include: Barker double suspension Coach, Large Five light elliptic spring Coach, Turn out seat Buggy, Rare Swivel side four seat Buggy, several Sidebar and End-spring Buggies, Pony Governess Cart, Fullsize Governess Cart, Four seat Buckboard, American coachbuilt Phaeton, Single seat Training Sulkies, Two seater Touring Sulkies, Abbott Buggy, Four seater End Spring Buggy with hood, Work Wagon, Pony Carts, Pony Sulkies, English Tabletop Wagon, Exercise Jogger, Four wheeled Spring Lorry, Sefton Canoe Landau unrestored, others still arriving.....
Other Lots include: Small anvil, Hub Boring Machine, a small & a large Stage Coach Travelling Safe, Ploughs, Antique wagon & sulky jacks, Buggy Hood Frames, Buggy Shafts & Poles, Wheels, numerous sets of Buggy, Sulky, Carriage and Coach lamps, Carriage Building & Driving Reference Books, Edwardian Coachbuilder & Wheelwright magazines, Britains Farm die cast horse carts, pictures, bellows, Several Tim Peel Heavy Horse Collars, Draft Horse work harness, Draft horse winkers, halters, Cob leather show pair harness, Edwardian Hot Air Ballooning Basket, Antique Crops, Goat bells, Three sets Sunbeam Electric Shearing Gear, Vintage Pedal Car, French Handcart, all kinds of vehicle accessories, too many to list....

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Millpond Farm 2009

A spectacular 1860s Double Suspension Coach by Barker of London,
originally an open Landau, and later converted with a seven light superstructure to form a closed carriage. The vehicle is of impressive proportions and would suit a pair of large horses or a team. The beautifully shaped coachwork is original below the waistline; the upper closed section was added in the early 1960s in London so that the vehicle could be used in a four-in-hand club. This could easily be removed to recover the elegant open canoe landau shape. The coachwork is suspended on leather thoroughbraces on Cee springs, and the axles have further elliptic suspension, giving a truly memorable ride. A pole is provided. Estimate $30,000/35,000

The magnificent lamps displayed in the illustration were made for the Maharajah of Mysore and will be offered as a separate Lot, estimate $5,000/$8,000

There are forty vehicles in this auction and around 250 Lots of equine collectables. Many items have just arrived so we strongly recommend that you make time to view the sale on Saturday or on Sunday morning. If you cannot attend and are interested in particular items please email or call us and we will be happy to assist however we can.

A beautiful eight light formal coach by Lohner, seating four comfortably in the cabin, with a well detailed carved coachwork and unders, recently repaired with freshly cut and shut wheels, new tyres and new perches. Ideal for an impressive wedding vehicle to be drawn by a large single horse , or a pair.
Estimate $15,000/20,000

The Maddrell family Sefton Canoe Landau
ex "Braidwood Farm", Braidwood NSW
This important Edwardian canoe landau, circa 1903, uses a Sefton pattern and was the pride of the pioneering Maddrell family of "Braidwood Farm", a pivotal 1820s property in the Southern Tablelands which adjoins the historic Braidwood village. The Maddrell family and their relatives the Coghill's at nearby "Bedervale" competed for grand luxury accessories at the turn of the century and this magnificent canoe landau was so extravagent a purchase that the beautiful coach house behind it was built especially for its arrival in 1903.

When a motor car was acquired in 1907 the carriage was sold to Craig & Sons Undertakers in Goulburn where it served to the 1940s before being deposited in a gully from which it was recovered in 1962. It then spent time at Cooma and Moss Vale awaiting restoration, never started, although a new set of wheels have been sourced and are included. Languishing in storage ever since it awaits a sensitive hand and several months work to recover its former grandeur. This historically significant carriage requires major restoration but most parts are present and the finished carriage will be of great historical significance. Estimate $4,000/6,000

1880s Piano box Sidebar Buggy

Estimate $5,000/5,400

Double click images to enlarge. Highlights Include:

Victorian Shell Sleigh
Estimate $3,000/4,000

1860s Canoe Front Wagonette on later undercarriage, unrestored
Estimate $1,000/2,000

Turn-out seat Buggy
Estimate $4,000/5,000

Full size Governess Cart with brakes, Auburn Carriage Company, Melbourne
Estimate $1,800/2,200

Houghton Pony Single Seat Skeleton Gig

Double Seat End Spring Buggy with Hood
Estimate $5,500/6,500

Four Seater Swing Seat Buggy with turn-out dickey seat & lamps
Estimate $8,000/8,500

Delightful French Hand Cart, ideal for conversion as a mini horse Cart
Estimate $1,500/1,800

Restored Abbott Tray Buggy
Estimate $6,000/7,000

Rare Wicker Seat Pony Buggy

Edwardian Hot Air Balloon Basket
Estimate $1,200/1,400

Pony Size Governess Cart
Estimate $1,200/1,500

Stunning Coachbuilt American Four Seat Park Phaeton by Kimball, Boston USA

Vintage Pedal Car

English Tabletop Wagon with seat and brakes
Estimate $6,000/8,000

South Australian spring Trolley with new wheels
Estimate $4,000/6,000

Three sets Sunbeam Electric Shearing Gear in working order
Estimate $800/1,200 each

Quality American Pony Buggy by Stivers of New York

New York Pony cart with wire wheels

Single Seat Spyder with new shafts

Houghton Pony Skeleton Gig

Houghton Cob Sized Show Cart

Work Sulky with new shafts and steel wheels
Estimate $900/1,200

Unrestored Spindle Seat Tray Sulky
Estimate $800/1,000

Unrestored Motorback Sulky
Estimate $400/500

Beautiful Angus Carriage Lamps
Estimate $1,600/1,800

Spectacular Nickel Lamps ex Maharajah of Mysore
Estimate $5,000/8,000

Light Work Jogger

Mouldboard Plough & Scarifier

Heavy Horse Work Wagon
Estimate $1,000/1,500

23" Tim Peel Draught Horse Collar with brass mounts
Estimate $500/700

Marsden Parramatta Draught Horse decorations
Estimate $150/250

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American Buckboard

A large collection of wheels, ironwork, accessories and carriage parts. Many very rare components ideal to complete your restoration.

Plenty of harness to suit Draught, full size, Cob and mini horses. Stunning Nickel Hames and many rare iron hames, quick release Fire Dept hames, quality brass mounted pair harness, mainly unreserved.