Not that this switch did the sale’s fortunes any harm. In fact, there was a rousing response from local private buyers to the jewellery – where a solitaire diamond ring of approximately 2.2cts was purchased at £5300 and a baguette cut sapphire and diamond ring went at £1600.
Among the horology, a 22ct gold repoussé verge pocket watch by Rivers & Son made £1200, a 1950s cocktail watch with a Swiss-made Cortina movement and a total diamond count of 4.5ct attracted £2200 and a quarter repeating pocket watch of 18ct gold by Dwerrihouse and Carter sold at £1900.
Among the glass, a pair of reproduction cranberry glass table lustres with scalloped rings, vases and columns on circular bases, each hung with 10 crystal drops and measuring 123/4in (32cm) high, made £450 while a Loetz vase of trumpet shape decorated with iridescent waves of blue and green sold to the Southern England trade at £540.
An ample selection of fishing tackle from two deceased estates in the locality provided Mr Railton with a good, clean Hardy Perfect which reeled in £150 and a Malloch patent winch reel, 41/2in (11.5cm) wide, which together with a Salmon fly reel by the same maker sold at £250.
Jim Railton, Gosforth, April 14
Buyer’s premium: 15 per cent
Jewellery in demand in move to the city
UK: Chillingham Castle, Northumberland, is the usual venue for Jim Railton's, Gosforth, spring sale, but the predations of Foot and Mouth meant that it had to be relocated to one of the smarter districts of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
