The hounds are in!

Posted On: 16 Feb 2024

Eldreds collectors’ sale in early March is shaping up well with plenty of interesting and eclectic lots on offer. Early entries include a huge one-owner collection of over 800 Beatrix Potter items, including an unused 1950’s nursery frieze by Frederick Warne & Co. in very good condition and various Steiff characters. The largest collection of medals and medallion awards seen in the saleroom for some time will also generate good interest amongst bidders and collectors. Two quirky items have found each other ‘again’ and are keeping each other company until the March sales. One is an unusual 19th century Black Forest nutcracker in the form of a Border Terrier wearing a fur-trimmed cloak, to be offered in our antiques and art sale on 26th March and the other a first edition of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s “The Hound of the Baskervilles”, published by George Newnes Ltd, Southampton Street, Strand in 1902, the third of the four crime novels featuring Sherlock Holmes, to be offered in the book section of the collectors’ sale on 5th March. Complete with gilt-decorated cloth cover, fifteen illustrations and “The Shadow of Sherlock Holmes” frontispiece, this favourite tale set in late-19th century Dartmoor has found a suitable companion in the nutcracker, with it has to be said, a stern but less than demonic expression on its face. Buy them both to keep them together and crack some nuts by a roaring fire whilst having a good read! The collectors’ sale on Tuesday 5th March will also include stamps, coins, militaria, model railway, diecasts and other toys, textiles, photographs and postcards and a good selection of musical instruments. For free valuation to include items, please telephone Eldreds Roborough office on (01752) 721199, or email images with contact telephone number to: info@eldreds.net