Norfolk, UK - Amongst a plethora of old farm and garden tools, enamel signs, ploughs and agricultural ephemera, most of which sold for a few pounds a lot, there were some striking results at the auction of rural and domestic bygones at Gaze's held on 23 July 2011 at Diss.

A Sankey rhubarb forcer without lid sold for £220 (plus 15 per cent Buyer's Premium), apple boxes sold in batches of fifteen made £38 or £40 a batch, batches of twenty wooden chitting trays made £38. Top trap was a rare egg trap marked 'Gamekeeper' which sold for £460, just beating a 5 3/4ins round jaw pole trap by J Williams & Son, Wednesfield, which sold for £440 while the lesser traps sold from £5 upwards. Top enamel signs were Komo paste and Thackers ink tablets which sold for £290 and £380 respectively.

Blake & McKenzie's reliance seed pocket filler, Liverpool Grice's Patent, which was on display in all its magnificence on Carl Willows' table at the Salvo Fair, sold for £400. Joint top lots were a seed bin signwritten for Gillet's Seed & Corn Chandlers & Potato Merchants, and a hand built coal fired steam car both of which sold for £550.

The next sale will be the Architectural Salvage & Statuary auction on Saturday 3 September 2011.

T W Gaze Llp

T W Gaze: Rural & Domestic Bygones 23 July 2011

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