BARROWCLOUGH & SON — AUCTIONEERS AND VALUERS

AS IS, WHERE IS

On-site sale of the entire contents of 14 Ashgrove Terrace, by direction of the executors. Thirty-two lots. No reserve. Goods sold as is, where is; purchasers inspect at their own risk. Payment on the fall of the hammer.

IN THE ROOM

filling…

Nobody here knew her. Two of them have done four sales this week.

YOUR POSITION

CLEARED FUNDS$300

LOTS YOU WANT21 of 32

THOSE LOTS AT ESTIMATE$1,308

The second column on the right of the catalogue is yours. It is not printed in anyone else’s copy and it does not buy anything. The lots you want are scattered through the sale; what you spend at lot 4 is not there at lot 26.

CATALOGUE

LOT

DESCRIPTION

ESTIMATE

TO YOU

Carton, mixed kitchenware

Approx 30 pcs. Utensils, tins, one colander. Sold as a lot.

› the colander. it is a colander. forty dollars.

$10–$20

$40

Oak drop-leaf table

c.1950. Water damage to one leaf. Four chairs, one repaired.

$80–$140

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Two boxes, paperback fiction

Approx 120 vols. Reading copies. No first editions noted.

› her handwriting is in the margins of some of them. which ones is not in the catalogue.

$10–$25

$15

Singer treadle sewing machine

Model 15, cast iron base, oak cabinet. Untested.

$120–$220

$90

Carton, table linen

Cloths, napkins, runners. Some staining. Approx 25 pcs.

$15–$30

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Wall clock, oak case

Striking movement. Pendulum present. Not running.

› it was never running.

$60–$110

$55

Carton, photographs and ephemera

Loose photographs, postcards, receipts. Unsorted. Approx 400 pcs.

› every photograph of this family that exists is in this box.

$15–$40

$320

Garden tools, quantity

Spade, two forks, shears, hose reel. Shed contents.

$20–$40

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Mahogany bureau

Four drawers, fall front, fitted interior. Key present. Good order.

› the drawer that sticks is the third one. you always knew that.

$200–$350

$120

Carton, glassware

Tumblers, stemware, two decanters. Mixed. Approx 40 pcs.

$20–$45

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Wristwatch, gentleman's, gold-plated

Swiss movement. Leather strap perished. Winds and runs.

› his. she kept it in the bureau, third drawer, wound.

$60–$120

$240

Two wing armchairs

Upholstery worn through at both arms. Frames sound.

$60–$120

$30

Carton, records, 12in

Approx 60. Light classical, easy listening. Sleeves worn.

$15–$35

$25

Copper preserving pan

Riveted iron handle. Dented. Approx 30cm.

› september, every september, the whole house.

$40–$80

$70

Carton, kitchen ceramics

Mixing bowls, jugs, one part dinner service. Approx 35 pcs.

› the yellow bowl is in there somewhere. it is in a lot of thirty-five.

$20–$40

$45

Pine blanket chest

Hinged lid, original paint traces. Some worm, treated.

$70–$130

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Sundry costume jewellery

In a japanned box. Brooches, beads, one paste clip. Approx 40 pcs.

› the green brooch. she wore it to things she did not want to go to.

$25–$60

$85

Carton, sheet music and manuscript

Bound and loose. Some annotated in pencil. Approx 90 items.

$10–$25

$60

Wool rugs, three

Machine-made. Wear to centres. Largest approx 2 x 3m.

$40–$90

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Bookcase, glazed, two sections

Oak. One pane cracked. Shelves adjustable.

$90–$160

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Carton, correspondence

Letters in bundles, tied. Approx 200 items. Mostly 1950s-70s.

› you have never read them. that was the arrangement while she was alive.

$10–$30

$180

Silver-plate flatware, canteen

Service for eight, incomplete. Some pitting.

$50–$100

$20

Two watercolours, framed

Coastal views, indistinctly signed. Foxing to mounts.

› they hung either side of the hall door for fifty years and nobody looked at them.

$30–$70

$65

Carton, haberdashery

Buttons, threads, patterns, one biscuit tin of pins.

› the biscuit tin.

$5–$15

$35

Standard lamp and two table lamps

Rewired 1990s. Shades worn.

$20–$45

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Gold wedding band and dress ring

9ct. Together approx 6g. Ring stone paste.

› she took it off twice in fifty-one years, both times for surgery.

$90–$150

$400

Carton, tools, hand

Planes, chisels, brace and bits. Some rust.

$30–$70

$50

Dining chairs, set of six

Beech, drop-in seats. Recovered at some date.

$80–$150

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Carton, cookery books and household papers

Approx 40 vols plus loose. Manuscript recipe book noted.

› the manuscript recipe book. her mother's hand, then hers.

$15–$35

$210

Brass fender and fire irons

Fender approx 120cm. Irons matched, three.

$40–$90

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Carton, children's items

Books, one boxed game, soft toys. Approx 25 pcs.

› yours. she kept them for forty years in the loft, for a grandchild who did not arrive.

$5–$20

$150

Residual contents, house and outbuildings

Sold in one lot. Purchaser to clear within 48 hours.

› everything not listed above. the wallpaper. the marks on the door frame.

$30–$80

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