17th & 18th February 2026 at 10:00 am
This auction consists of over 200 lots of a Single Owner collection of Button Hooks and Penknives, a fine selection of Decorative and Fine Arts, Sculptures, Furniture, Oriental & Middle Eastern Ornaments, Tribal Artifacts, Fashion and Accessories.
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Order of Auction
Day One – 17th February 2026 at 10:00
Lots 001 to 082 - Oriental & Middle Eastern
Lots 083 to 105 - Sculptures & Bronzes
Lots 106 to 174 - Decorative Arts
Lots 175 to 190 - Furniture
Lots 191 to 241 - Paintings & Prints
Lots 242 to 301 - Books & Manuscripts
Lots 302 to 372 - Etchings & Engravings
Lots 373 to 386 - Taxidermy
Lots 387 to 413 - Tribal & Ethnographic
Lots 414 to 433 - African & Middle Eastern Weaponry
Day Two – 18th February 2026 at 10:00
Lots 434 to 521 - Single Owner Collection of Button Hooks Part One
Lots 522 to 621 - Compacts
Lots 622 to 638 - Fashion – Accessories
Lots 639 to 650 - Fashion – Clothing
Lots 651 to 691 - Fashion – Ephemera and Related Items
Lots 692 to 813 - Single Owner Collection of Penknives
End of Auction
Lot 481
A collection of 19th and 20th Century Whitby jet handled button and glove hooks
Sold for £180
Estimated at £50 - £100
Lot 482
A collection of 19th and 20th Century Whitby jet handled button and glove hooks
Sold for £380
Estimated at £50 - £100
Lot 486
A collection of trench art converted shell button hooks and accessories
Sold for £80
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 487
A collection of 19th Century steel and brass flattened souvenir button hooks
Sold for £25
Estimated at £30 - £50
Lot 488
A collection of 19th Century steel and brass flattened souvenir button hooks
Sold for £40
Estimated at £40 - £60
Lot 489
A collection of steel and brass 19th Century folding commemorative or souvenir button hooks
Sold for £25
Estimated at £50 - £100
Lot 494
A collection of coloured enamel terminal souvenir button hooks and loops
Sold for £150
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 495
A collection of advertising steel combination button hook and shoehorns
Unsold
Estimated at £50 - £80
Lot 496
A collection of advertising steel combination button hook or loop and shoehorns
Unsold
Estimated at £20 - £30
Lot 498
Four sets of matching guilloche enamel silver handled button hooks and shoehorns
Sold for £60
Estimated at £50 - £100
Lot 499
Four sets of matching enamel handled shoehorn and button hooks
Sold for £80
Estimated at £50 - £100
Lot 506
A collection of plastic combination swivel hinged button hooks
Unsold
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 507
A collection of hinged swivel plastic combination shoehorn and button hooks
Sold for £25
Estimated at £20 - £30
Lot 508
A collection of plastic loop attached button hooks and shoehorns
Sold for £30
Estimated at £30 - £50
Lot 509
A collection of chromed and steel combination button hooks and loops and shoehorns
Unsold
Estimated at £20 - £30
Lot 512
Four cased silver handled button hook and shoehorn sets
Sold for £100
Estimated at £100 - £200
Lot 516
Three cased silver handled four piece dressing table sets
Sold for £260
Estimated at £100 - £150
Lot 519
Eight cased Victorian and later bone and resin dressing table sets
Unsold
Estimated at £150 - £250
Lot 522
Five gilt metal and coloured enamel decorated 1970s circular Stratton powder compacts
Sold for £25
Estimated at £20 - £40
Lot 524
Six 1960s circular gilt metal and coloured enamel decorated Stratton compacts
Sold for £40
Estimated at £20 - £40
Lot 525
Six 1960s circular gilt metal and coloured enamel decorated Stratton compacts
Sold for £50
Estimated at £30 - £50
Lot 526
Five gilt metal and coloured enamel decorated 1970s circular Stratton powder compacts
Sold for £25
Estimated at £20 - £40
Lot 527
Five gilt metal and coloured enamel decorated 1970s circular Stratton powder compacts
Sold for £40
Estimated at £30 - £50
Lot 530
Six 1960s circular gilt metal and coloured enamel decorated Stratton compacts
Sold for £45
Estimated at £30 - £50
Lot 531
Eight 1960s circular gilt metal, chromed and coloured enamel decorated Stratton compacts
Sold for £80
Estimated at £40 - £60
Lot 534
Six 1960s circular gilt metal, chromed and coloured enamel decorated Stratton compacts
Sold for £30
Estimated at £30 - £50
Lot 535
Eight 1960s circular gilt metal, chromed and coloured enamel decorated Stratton compacts
Sold for £30
Estimated at £30 - £50
Lot 542
Six 1960s circular gilt metal and coloured enamel decorated Stratton compacts
Sold for £40
Estimated at £40 - £60
Lot 543
Five 1960s circular gilt metal and coloured enamel decorated Stratton compacts
Sold for £60
Estimated at £40 - £60
Lot 545
Six 1960s circular gilt metal and chromed coloured enamel decorated Stratton compacts
Sold for £15
Estimated at £30 - £50
Lot 549
A collection of boxed 1950s and later Stratton accessories
Sold for £35
Estimated at £50 - £80
Lot 550
A collection of eight 1970s and later Stratton gilt metal circular compacts
Sold for £35
Estimated at £40 - £60
Lot 552
Seven gilt metal and chromed coloured enamel decorated 1950s and later Stratton compacts
Sold for £30
Estimated at £30 - £50
Lot 553
A collection of eight 1970s and later Kigu gilt metal circular compacts
Sold for £20
Estimated at £40 - £60
Lot 554
A collection of nine 1950s and later Kigu gilt metal circular compacts
Sold for £35
Estimated at £50 - £80
Lot 560
Eight square Kigu 1950s and later gilt metal and chromed compacts
Sold for £30
Estimated at £50 - £100
Lot 564
A collection of four circular 1950s gilt metal Kigu compacts
Sold for £20
Estimated at £40 - £60
Lot 565
A collection of 1950s and later gilt metal Kigu accessories
Sold for £80
Estimated at £40 - £60
Lot 566
Two boxed 1950s Kigu matching convertible compacts and lipsticks
Sold for £10
Estimated at £20 - £40
Lot 567
Nine 1950s and later British Made circular gilt metal compacts
Sold for £20
Estimated at £40 - £60
Lot 568
Eight 1950s and later circular British Made gilt metal compacts
Sold for £60
Estimated at £40 - £60
Lot 570
Nine 1950s and later Melissa circular gilt metal compacts
Sold for £25
Estimated at £50 - £80
Lot 573
A pink enamelled Stratton Blushing Bride compact mirror 7cm diameter c1970s with matched comb
Sold for £15
Estimated at £50 - £100
Lot 576
Four rectangular gilt metal Art Deco style Zenette compacts
Sold for £25
Estimated at £30 - £50