Press release
7th May 2014
ANOTHER WHITE GLOVE SALE FOR JOHN WOODMAN HIGGINS ARMORY
COLLECTION AUCTION. 100% SOLD TODAY AT THOMAS DEL MAR LTD (IN
ASSOCIATION WITH SOTHEBY’S) WITH KNIGHTS IN ARMOUR RIDING
HOME. TOTAL: £830,000 (including premium).
The style and content of the second Higgins Armory deaccession sale held today, 7 th May, had many
different aspects from last year. The first deaccession sale of 2013 of over 400 lots was extremely
diverse with a very large number of lower value objects. This year, the sale was smaller in quantity,
(with 327 lots) but with a larger amount of good calibre principally traditional European arms and
armour.
IMAGE LEFT: The 19th century boy’s armour in 16th century German
style, belonged to the wealthy newspaper magnate William Randolph
Hearst, inspiration to Orson Welles’s film Citizen Cane. It sold for
£19,200 (Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000). The tall armour is a composite
South German cap-a-pie field armour, partly Nuremberg, circa 1540,
which sold for £30,000. (Estimate: £15,000- £20,000). Together they
made a total of £49,200 (including premium).
The pre-sale view was extremely well attended, as last year, resulting in
a very large number of commission bids and paddle registries. The sale
was also very well viewed online with a substantial increase of interest
from last year, notably in English speaking countries.
Thomas Del Mar comments ‘we were delighted to be able to repeat the
remarkable success of the 2013 sale. Selling for a total of £830,000
(including premium), in excess of the sum of the low and high estimates
with no unsolds. The market continues to be strongly driven by quality and good provenance which
was a prevalent theme throughout.’
There are are mainly full armours in the top 10 lots, so to give a broader view of the variety in the sale
please see the following pages for results from the top 20 lots which include sculpture and paintings.
For images or more information please contact:
Antonia Grace
Press
25 Blythe Road
London W14 0PD
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Tel + 44 (0) 207 806 5541
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RESULTS FROM JOHN WOODMAN HIGGINS ARMORY COLLECTION AUCTION
7th May 2014
Lot Sale Price
Purchaser
no
Surname
134 £ 46,800 PRIVATE
137
£
43,200 PRIVATE
143
£
38,400 PRIVATE
136
£
36,000 PRIVATE
142
£
36,000 PRIVATE
135
£
30,000 PRIVATE
316
£
22,800 TRADE
309
£
20,400 TRADE
144
£
19,200 PRIVATE
138
£
16,800 PRIVATE
174
£
16,800 PRIVATE
243
£
15,600 PRIVATE
281
£
15,600 PRIVATE
Description (First 250 characters)
Estimate
A COMPOSITE GERMAN CAP-A-PIE FIELD
ARMOUR IN THE SO-CALLED ~MAXIMILIAN~
FASHION^ CIRCA 1520-30
A COMPOSITE NORTH ITALIAN CAP-A-PIE FIELD
ARMOUR^ CIRCA 1570-80
A COMPOSITE CAP-A-PIE TOURNAMENT
ARMOUR WITH LATER ETCHED AND GILT
DECORATION^ ITALIAN AND GERMAN^ EARLY
TO LATE 16TH CENTURY WITH 19TH CENTURY
ADDITIONS
A COMPOSITE NORTH ITALIAN CAP-A-PIE FIELD
ARMOUR WITH ETCHED DECORATION^
PROBABLY MILANESE^ CIRCA 1570-80
A GERMAN CAP-A-PIE FIELD ARMOUR BY
LORENZ KILIAN^ MUNICH^ 1911-19^ IN THE
LATE 15TH CENTURY HIGH ~GOTHIC~ STYLE OF
LORENZ HELMSCHMIED OF AUGSBURG
A COMPOSITE SOUTH GERMAN CAP-A-PIE FIELD
ARMOUR^ PARTLY NUREMBERG^ CIRCA 1540
A STAINED GLASS PANEL OF ST ADRIAN OF
NICOMEDIA^ PROBABLY FLEMISH OR GERMAN
EARLY 16TH CENTURY AND LATER
A PAINTED LIMESTONE FIGURE OF ST ELIGIUS^
PERHAPS LORRAINE EARLY 16TH CENTURY
A GERMAN CAP-A PIE FIELD ARMOUR FOR A
CHILD IN THE SOUTH GERMAN STYLE OF THE
16TH CENTURY STYLE^ POSSIBLY MUNICH^ 19TH
CENTURY
A COMPOSITE NORTH ITALIAN CORSLET WITH
ETCHED DECORATION^ PARTLY BY THE ~MASTER
OF THE CASTLE~ OF MILAN^ LATE 16TH
CENTURY
A GERMAN VISORED SALLET AND BEVOR IN THE
LATE 15TH CENTURY HIGH ~GOTHIC~ STYLE OF
LORENZ HELMSCHMIED OF AUGBURG^ 19TH
CENTURY
A RARE SOUTH GERMAN PEYTRAL FROM A
HORSE ARMOUR^ NUREMBERG^ CIRCA 1510-20
AFTER SIR ANTHONY VAN DYCK (1599-1641)^
17TH CENTURY¦PORTRAIT OF CHARLES I^ IN
ARMOUR^ HOLDING A BATON^ THE CROWN ON
THE TABLE AT THE SIDE¦oil on canvas¦120 cm x
96.5 cm; 47 ¼ in x 38 in
£2000030000
£1400018000
£1500020000
£1500020000
£1200018000
£1500020000
£10002000
£30004000
£1000015000
£800012000
£30004000
£60008000
£30005000
133
£
14,400 PRIVATE
327
£
14,400 PRIVATE
283
£
12,000 PRIVATE
139
£
10,800 PRIVATE
282
£
10,800 PRIVATE
310
£
9,840 PRIVATE
141
£
9,600 PRIVATE
280
£
9,600 PRIVATE
140
£
7,200 PRIVATE
308
£
6,600 PRIVATE
61
£
6,240 PRIVATE
96
£
5,040 PRIVATE
A COMPOSITE EUROPEAN CAP-A-PIE FIELD
ARMOUR IN THE SO-CALLED ~GOTHIC~
FASHION^ CIRCA 1490-1510¦
EDGAR BRANDT (1880-1960) ~LES FRUITS~: A
FRENCH ART DECO WROUGHT IRON RADIATOR
GRILLE^ PARIS^ CIRCA 1930
FOLLOWER OF JUAN PANTOJA DE LA CRUZ^
17TH CENTURY PORTRAIT OF KING PHILIP IV OF
SPAIN (1605-1665)¦oil on canvas¦109 cm x 90
cm; 43 in x 35 1/2 in
A COMPOSITE GERMAN CUIRASSIER~S
ARMOUR^ IN PART PROBABLY BY MARTIN
SCHNEIDER THE YOUNGER^ NUREMBERG^
CIRCA 1620
FOLLOWER OF PIETER NASON (1612-1688/90)^
EARLY 18TH CENTURY¦PORTRAIT OF CHARLES
II^ IN ARMOUR^ A BATON IN HIS RIGHT HAND^
THE CROWN ON THE TABLE AT THE SIDE¦bears
later inscription l.r. ~Charles 2nd from Hamilton
sale 1882~¦oil on canvas¦117 cm x 91
A POLYCHROME AND GILTWOOD FIGURE OF ST
FLORIAN^ PROBABLY TYROL SECOND HALF 15TH
CENTURY¦the armoured^ crowned and cloaked
figure pouring a bucket of water on a burning
tower at his side^ lance missing¦72 cm; 28 ¼ in
high¦¦Provenance¦E. & A. Silberman
A POLISH HUSSAR~S ARMOUR WITH APPLIED
BRASS ORNAMENT^ SECOND HALF OF THE 17TH
CENTURY WITH ADDITIONS AND
EMBELLISHMENT OF THE 18TH OR 19TH
CENTURIES
NORTH ITALIAN SCHOOL^ SECOND HALF OF THE
16TH CENTURY¦PORTRAIT OF ANTONIO TREUS
OF UDINE¦inscribed in Latin c.r ~ANTONIVS
TREVS UTINENSIS BELLI/ARTIBVS CLARVS ETA
CAROLO V./ IMPERATORE INVICTISSIMO OB/
EGREGIAM ILLI OPERAM IN BEL./ LICIS ITALIAE
AO G
A COMPOSITE GERMAN CUIRASSIER~S
ARMOUR^ CIRCA 1620
AN IRON MISSAL BOX^ FRENCH^ PROBABLY
LATE 15TH CENTURY¦rectangular^
A TWO HAND PROCESSIONAL SWORD WITH
CHISELLED AND GILT HILT^ LAST QUARTER OF
THE 16TH CENTURY^ ITALIAN OR NORTH
EUROPEAN
AN ETCHED GLAIVE OF THE GUARD OF
MAXIMILIAN II^ HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR (152776)^ DATED 1564
£1200018000
£1200018000
£18002200
£60008000
£30005000
£15002500
£60008000
£40006000
£60008000
£20003000
£25003500
£15002000