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Tuesday 12.00 midday to 8.00pm
Wednesday 10.00am to 8.00pm
Thursday 9.00am to 11.30 am
Future Sale Dates
Thursday 9th September 2010
Thursday 16th December 2010
Thursday 14th April 2011
Thursday 16th June 2011
The results for our sale on 9th September will be here by late afternoon.
Last Sale Details for 17th December 2009
| Lot No. | Piano | Estimate | Price Realised |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yamaha A Model U3E upright piano in a bright ebonised case. | £1,200 – 1,600 | £1,800 |
| 2 | Grotrian Steinweg (c1920) A 4ft 8in grand piano in a mahogany case on square tapered legs. | £1,500 - 2,000 | £2,000 |
| 3 | Steinway (c1981) An Model Z upright piano in a mahogany case. AMENDMENT Is together with a stool. | £3,000 - 5,000 | £3,600 |
| 4 | Bechstein (c1900) A 6ft 6in Model V grand piano, in a bright rosewood case on turned octagonal legs. This piano has been fully re-built and re-polished. | £6,000 - 8,000 | £5,500 |
| 5 | Bechstein (c1907) A 6ft 8in Model B grand piano in a rosewood case on dual square tapered legs. AMENDMENT Is in a mahogany boxwood strung case. | £800 - 1,200 | £2,200 |
| 6 | Yamaha (c1987) A 5ft 6in Model G2 grand piano in a bright ebonised case on square tapered legs. | £2,500 - 3,500 | £4,100 |
| 7 | Hofmann (c1931) A 4ft 10in Mignon Model grand piano with a Renner action. | £600 - 800 | £580 |
| 8 | Young Chang (c1975) A 6ft Model G-185 grand piano in an ebonised case on square tapered legs. | £1,500 - 2,000 | £1,650 |
| 9 | Stool A double adjustable bright ebonised duet stool with a pink dralon top. | £80 - 120 | £140 |
| 10 | Music Cabinet An Edwardian mahogany and satinwood banded music chest of Serpentine outline the shaped rectangular tray top above five sheet-music drawers with hinged fall fronts, raised on slender cabriole legs, 56cm wide. (See inside colour illustration) | £300 – 500 | £450 |
| 11 | Yamaha A Model U1G upright piano in a bright ebonised case. | £1,300 – 1,700 | £1,850 |
| 12 | Kawai (c1988) A 5ft 7in grand piano in a bright ebonised case on square tapered legs. | £3,000 - 4,000 | £2,300 |
| 13 | Waldstein (c1997) A Model 115 upright piano in a traditional style bright mahogany case. | £700 - 1,000 | £600 |
| 14 | Boston (c1997) An upright piano in a traditional style bright ebonised case together with a matching stool. | £2,500 - 3,500 | £2,500 |
| 15 | Bechstein (c1909) A 6ft Model A grand piano, in a bright ebonised case on turned octagonal legs. This piano has been fully re-built and re-polished. | £6,000 - 8,000 | £7,500 |
| 16 | Yamaha A Model U2 upright piano in a bright ebonised case. | £1,000 – 1,500 | £1,400 |
| 17 | Blüthner (c1912) A 6ft 3in grand piano in a rosewood case on turned and fluted legs. | £1,000 - 1,500 | £1,900 |
| 18 | Elysian (c1981) A 5ft 2in Model 157 grand piano in an ebonised case on square tapered legs. | £1,000 - 1,500 | £1,100 |
| 19 | Stool An adjustable stool in an ebonised finish. | £80 - 120 | £110 |
| 20 | Broadwood Manxman (c1900) A Model No 8 small Manxman upright piano in an oak case. The initial case design work was done by the architect Hugh Baillie Scott, who originally came from the Isle of Man (hence the nickname of this Model - 'The Manxman'). A letter from Broadwood and Son detailing the provenance of this particular piano is included with the lot. (See inside colour illustration) | £3,000 - 5,000 | £2,300 |
| 20a | Painting Nineteenth-Century Victorian School ‘Lady Before A Piano’, over-painted print, 22 x 14cm. (See inside colour illustration) | £40 - 60 | £50 |
| 21 | Stool A fabric-topped traditional duet stool with spindle legs and stretcher. | £80 - 120 | £110 |
| 22 | Steingraeber (c1900) A 6ft 6in Model 200 grand piano in a carved bright rosewood case on turned baluster legs. This piano has been fully re-built. | £6,000 - 8,000 | £7,000 |
| 23 | Steinway (c1908) A Vertegrand upright piano in a rosewood case together with an adjustable mustard-velvet upholstered stool. This piano has been restored in the past by Blüthner (London). | £1,500 - 2,000 | £1,400 |
| 24 | Petrof (c2002) A 5ft 3in Model V grand piano in a bright ebonised case on square tapered legs together with a stool. | £5,000 - 7,000 | £3,500 |
| 25 | Music Cabinet A mahogany music chest containing six sheet-music drawers with hinged fall fronts, raised on square tapered legs, 53cm wide. (See inside colour illustration) | £100 – 150 | £300 |
| 26 | Yamaha A Model U1G upright piano in a bright ebonised case. | £1,300 – 1,700 | £1,700 |
| 27 | Ritter (c2008) A 5ft 6in grand piano in a bright white case on square tapered legs together with a matching stool. | £1,500 - 2,000 | £1,350 |
| 28 | Blüthner (c1906) An upright overstrung piano with an underdamper action in an ebonised case together with a red-leather upholstered stool. | £700 - 900 | £2,800 |
| 29 | WITHDRAWN | WITHDRAWN | Withdrawn |
| 30 | Andreas Christensen (c1955) An upright piano in a grey painted metal case with louvre panels, possibly designed by Poul Henningsen who worked closely with the Andreas Christensen piano factory. (See inside colour illustration) | £1,000 - 2,000 | £2,300 |
| 31 | Steinway (c1899) An 88-note 5ft 10in Model O grand piano in a satinwood case on square tapered legs. | £6,000 - 8,000 | £8,500 |
| 32 | Knight (c1990) An upright piano in a traditional style satin mahogany case together with a stool. | £800 - 1,200 | £880 |
| 33 | Blüthner (c1899) A 6ft 3in grand piano in a mahogany case on turned octagonal legs. | £800 - 1,200 | £780 |
| 34 | Bechstein (c1897) A 6ft 6in Model B grand piano. AMENDMENT Is together with an adjustable stool. | £1,000 - 1,500 | £680 |
| 35 | Painting H.V. King ‘Lady Seated At The Piano’, signed, watercolour, 19 x 14cm. (See inside colour illustration) | £100 - 150 | £160 |
| 36 | Yamaha A Model U1F upright piano in a bright ebonised case. | £1,200 – 1,600 | £1,700 |
| 37 | Broadwood (c1905) A 'barless' grand piano in a mahogany case on turned legs together with an adjustable stool. | £1,000 - 1,500 | £1,050 |
| 38* | Steinway A grand piano in an ebonised case together with a stool. There is VAT on this lot. AMENDMENT No 292152 (c1939) A 5ft 1in New York Model S grand piano in an ebonised case on square tapered legs together with a stool. Please note there is no lyre. | £2,000 - 4,000 | £6,800 |
| 39 | Stool A Victorian style carved mahogany duet stool raised on cabriole legs. | £80 - 120 | £25 |
| 40 | Challen (c1935) An 4ft 6in Art Deco grand piano in a figured walnut case raised on stylised square block legs together with a matching stool. (See inside colour illustration) | £3,000 - 5,000 | £3,100 |
| 41 | Streicher A modern style upright piano in a bright mahogany case together with a blue-upholstered stool. | £600 - 800 | £550 |
| 42 | Yamaha (c1981) A 5ft 7in Model G2 grand piano in a white case on square tapered legs together with a matching brown upholstered duet stool. | £2,500 - 3,500 | £3,200 |
| 43 | Erard (c1912) An upright piano in a rosewood case with quarter-veneered panelling on scroll supports. | £500 - 600 | £1,500 |
| 44 | Stool A mahogany stool with satinwood banding on cabriole legs. | £60 - 80 | £55 |
| 45 | Music Cabinet An Edwardian mahogany and chequer strung music display cabinet, enclosed by a pair of glazed panelled doors above four sheet-music drawers with hinged fall fronts, raised on square tapered legs, 57cm wide. (See inside colour illustration) | £400 – 600 | £500 |
| 46 | Yamaha A Model U1F upright piano in a bright ebonised case. | £1,200 – 1,600 | £1,600 |
| 47 | Blüthner (c1895) A 5ft 8in grand piano in a bright ebonised case together with a cream upholstered stool | £2,500 - 3,500 | £1,700 |
| 48 | Dulcitone A 5-octave dulcitone in a mahogany case. | £200 - 300 | £600 |
| 49 | Morley (c1934) An interesting Visual Upright Grand in an oak case. This piano has been restored. (See article in Piano Auctions Catalogue June 09, 'The Evolution of the Upright Grand'). | £600 - 800 | £420 |
| 50 | Fazioli (circa June 2006) A 9ft concert grand piano in a bright ebonised case on square tapered legs. This instrument is a Jaques Samuel Pianos hire piano, these pianos are replaced every three years, and the current replacement value is £100,000. It was selected in the factory by Angela Hewitt and has been used in many famous venues such as the Wigmore Hall, Westminster Abbey, Victoria & Albert Museum, Cadogan Hall, Snape Maltings and many others. (See inside colour illustration) | £45,000 - 55,000 | £46,000 |
| 51 | Stool An ebonised and button down leather upholstered concert adjustable piano stool raised on square legs. | £100 - 150 | £210 |
| 52 | Steinway (c1932) A 5ft 7in Model M grand piano in an ebonised case on square tapered legs. | £6,000 - 8,000 | £8,000 |
| 53 | Ronisch (c1890) A 6ft grand piano in a decorative figured walnut case on turned octagonal legs. | £1,500 - 2,000 | £400 |
| 54 | Yamaha A Model U1D upright piano in a bright ebonised case. | £1,000 – 1,500 | £1,450 |
| 55 | Kemble (c1938) A small upright piano in a birdseye maple Art Deco case crossbanded with palisander, complete with original matching stool. (See back cover illustration) | £1,000 - 1,500 | £1,800 |
| 56 | Bechstein (c1910) A 6ft Model A grand piano in a rosewood case on square tapered legs together with a brown leather buttoned mahogany stool. | £2,500 - 3,500 | £2,600 |
| 57 | Steinway (c1899) A 'Vertegrand' overstrung upright piano in a rosewood case. | £1,500 - 2,000 | £1,950 |
| 58 | Kawai (c2002) A 6ft grand piano in a bright ebonised case on square tapered legs. AMENDMENT Is No 16694 circa 1953 not 2002. | AMENDED £2,000 - 3,000 | Unsold |
| 59 | Knight (c1990) An upright piano together with a matching stool. AMENDMENT Is circa 1950s and has been reconditioned and re-polished. | £400 - 600 | £300 |
| 60 | Monington & Weston (c1936) An unusual small upright piano in a banded mahogany case which converts into writing bureau. (See inside colour illustration) | £600 - 800 | £450 |
| 61 | Steinway (c1888) A 5ft 10in Model O grand piano in an ebonised case on square tapered legs. | £3,000 - 5,000 | £4,500 |
| 62 | Yamaha (c1975) A Model U3 upright piano in a bright ebonised case. | £1,200 - 1,800 | £1,500 |
| 63 | Grotrian Steinweg (c1926) A 5ft 6in grand piano in a mahogany case on square tapered legs. AMENDMENT Is together with a duet stool on cabriole legs. | £1,500 - 2,000 | £900 |
| 64 | Blüthner (c1972) A 5ft 6in grand piano in a bright mahogany case on square tapered legs. | £2,000 - 4,000 | £2,800 |
| 65 | Steinway (c1911) A Vertegrand upright piano in an ebonised case. | £1,000 - 1,500 | £1,550 |
| 66 | Stool A concert adjustable black buttoned stool. | £60 - 80 | £120 |
| 67 | Boston (c2000) A 5ft 2in Model 156 grand piano in a bright ebonised case on square tapered legs together with a matching duet stool. | £5,000 - 7,000 | £5,800 |
| 68 | Yamaha A Model U1D upright piano in a bright ebonised case. | £1,000 – 1,500 | £1,400 |
| 69 | John Morley (c1961) A spinet in a walnut case, on a square moulded trestle base. | £300 - 500 | £480 |
| 70 | Broadwood (c1816) A square piano in a banded mahogany case on four baluster turned legs with a single pedal. This lot is accompanied by two letters from John Broadwood and Sons with details of its original manufacture. (See inside colour illustration) | £300 - 500 | £200 |
| 71 | Steinway (c1971) A Model V upright piano in a mahogany case. AMENDMENT Is together with a stool. | £6,000 - 8,000 | £5,500 |
| 72 | Erard (c1890) A 6ft grand piano in a satinwood, cross-banded and inlaid case decorated with swags, garlands and musical instruments, on turned dual-fluted legs united by stretchers. | £3,000 - 5,000 | £3,000 |
| 73 | Stool A traditional duet stool in satinwood with ebony and boxwood stringing. | £200 - 400 | £220 |
| 74 | Yamaha (c2002) A 5ft 3in Model G1 grand piano in a bright ebonised case on square tapered legs together with a matching black leather buttoned stool. | £3,000 - 5,000 | £3,500 |
| 75 | Fazioli (c2005) A 7ft Model 212 grand piano in a bright ebonised case on square tapered legs. This instrument is a Jaques Samuel Pianos hire piano, these pianos are replaced every three years, and the current replacement value is £71,399 | £35,000 - 45,000 | £40,000 |
| 76 | Blüthner (c1890) A 6ft 9in grand piano in a rosewood case. | £1,000 - 1,500 | £720 |
| 77 | Yamaha A Model U1D upright piano in a bright ebonised case. | £1,000 – 1,500 | £1,250 |
| 78 | Blüthner (c1982) A 6ft 3in grand piano in a bright mahogany case on square tapered legs together with a matching Lanzani gold-upholstered duet stool. | £3,500 - 4,500 | £3,400 |
| 79 | Ritter (c2009) An upright piano in a traditional style bright ebonised case. | £800 - 1,200 | Unsold |
| 80 | Painting Wiggins ‘A Grand Piano’, contemporary abstract, signed, oil on canvas in a gilt frame, 60 x 50cm. (See front cover illustration) | £200 - 300 | £520 |
| 81 | Kemble (c1990) An Classic II upright piano in a satin walnut case together with a beige-upholstered adjustable stool. | £600 - 800 | £600 |
| 82 | Steinway (c1924) A Model K upright piano in a rosewood case. | £2,000 - 3,000 | £3,200 |
| 83 | Welmar (c1964) A ‘baby’ grand piano in a mahogany case on square tapered legs. AMENDMENT Is together with an adjustable stool. | £600 - 800 | £1,200 |
| 84 | Petrof (c1992) A modern style upright piano in a walnut case. | £800 - 1,200 | £600 |
| 85 | Blüthner (c1936) A 5ft 1in grand piano on square tapered legs. | £2,500 - 3,500 | £5,200 |
| 86 | Yamaha A Model U1G upright piano in a bright ebonised case. | £1,200 – 1,600 | £1,450 |
| 87 | Ritter (c2009) A 4ft 10in grand piano in a bright ebonised case on square tapered legs. | £2,000 - 3,000 | £1,650 |
| 88 | Bechstein (c2001) A Model H upright piano in a bright mahogany case. | £5,000 - 7,000 | £5,000 |
| 89 | Bechstein A 6ft Sheraton style grand piano in a mahogany case on dual-square tapered legs. AMENDMENT Is together with a concert adjustable stool. | £1,000 - 1,500 | £1,800 |
| 90 | Stodart An early nineteenth-century fortegrand with a 'compensating' frame in a mahogany and boxwood strung case on slender turned baluster supports. (See inside colour illustration) | £3,000 - 5,000 | £4,800 |
| 91 | Steinway (c1896) A 6ft 11in Model B grand piano in a rosewood case on turned and fluted ‘elephant’ legs. This piano has been re-polished. | £12,000 - 18,000 | £11,000 |
| 92 | Harp Morley Minstrel Harp a 4ft, 36-string harp together with a case, tuning key and 55 spare strings. | £400 - 600 | £220 |
| 93 | Blüthner (c1910) A 6ft 3in Sheraton style grand piano in a mahogany case with satinwood and ebony banding on dual-square tapered legs. This piano was restored by Morleys in 1979. | £4,000 - 6,000 | £4,600 |
| 94 | Ritter (c2009) An upright piano in a traditional style bright ebonised case. | £800 - 1,200 | Unsold |
| 95 | Erard, Paris (c1886) An upright piano in a blue and cream painted and carved foliate decorated case. | £300 - 500 | £320 |
| 96 | Yamaha (c1974) A Model U1 upright piano in a bright ebonised case together with a matching stool. | £1,000 - 1,500 | £1,450 |
| 97 | WITHDRAWN | WITHDRAWN | Withdrawn |
| 98 | Steinway (c1935) A Model V upright piano in a mahogany case. | £3,000 - 4,000 | £3,000 |
| 99 | Ibach (c1904) A 6ft 6in grand piano in a mahogany case on turned octagonal legs together with a stool. | £800 - 1,200 | £500 |
| 100 | Steinway (c1911) A 5ft 10in Model grand piano in a walnut case on square tapered legs. (See inside colour illustration) | £5,000 - 7,000 | £7,000 |
| 101 | Grotrian Steinweg (c1927) A 5ft 3in Model 160 grand piano in a mahogany case on square tapered legs. | £600 - 800 | £700 |
| 102 | Steinway (c1920) A 5ft 10in Model O grand piano in a rosewood case on square tapered legs. This piano was reconditioned in 1999. | £7,000 - 9,000 | £8,800 |
| 103 | Hoffmann (c1981) A Model 123 upright piano in a bright ebonised case. | £1,000 - 1,500 | £2,500 |
| 104 | Blüthner (c1903) A 6ft 3in grand piano in a rosewood case on turned and fluted legs. This piano has been re-polished. | £1,200 - 1,800 | £3,100 |
| 105 | Yamaha A Model U1D upright piano in a bright ebonised case. | £1,000 – 1,500 | £1,450 |
| 106 | Steinway (c1897) A 5ft 10in Model O grand piano in an ebonised case on square tapered legs. | £4,000 - 6,000 | £7,000 |
| 107 | Boisselot A nineteenth-century 6ft 8in grand piano in a rosewood banded, brass strung mahogany case on faceted baluster legs. | £1,000 - 1,500 | £500 |
| 108 | Broadwood (c1912) A ‘green frame’ upright piano in a satin mahogany case. | £400 - 600 | £850 |
| 109 | Monington & Weston (c1934) A 4ft 6in grand piano in a figured walnut case on cabriole legs with ball and claw feet. | £1,200 - 1,800 | £1,050 |
| 110 | Broadwood (c1896) An 8ft 2in 'barless' oak panelled grand piano in the aesthetic style, on dual-tapered legs united by stretchers. (See inside colour illustration) | £600 - 800 | £1,200 |
| 111 | Yamaha A Model U1H upright piano in a bright ebonised case. | £1,400 – 1,800 | £1,550 |
| 112 | Hoffmann & Czerny (c1910) A 4ft 8in grand piano in an ebonised case on turned legs together with a stool. | £600 - 800 | £200 |
| 113 | Stools A collection of five various piano stools. | £80 - 120 | £220 |
| 114 | Bechstein (c1914) A 6ft 8in Model B Sheraton style grand piano in a rosewood case on dual-square tapered legs. This piano has been completely restored. | £6,000 - 8,000 | £6,000 |
| 115 | Kawai A Model TP125 upright piano in a bright ebonised case. | £1,200 - 1,600 | £1,350 |
| 116 | Bechstein (c1895) A 7ft 4in Model C grand piano in a rosewood case on turned octagonal legs together with an adjustable stool. | £1,000 - 1,500 | £880 |
| 117 | WITHDRAWN | WITHDRAWN | Withdrawn |
| 118 | Yamaha (c1986) A Model M-108CP upright piano in a bright walnut case. | £600 - 800 | £1,150 |
| 119 | Stools A collection of five various piano stools. | £80 - 120 | £140 |
| 120 | Steinway (c1996) A 6ft New York Model L grand piano in a satin black case on square tapered legs together with a matching adjustable stool. | £10,000 - 15,000 | £13,000 |
| 121 | WITHDRAWN | WITHDRAWN | Withdrawn |
| 122 | Kawai (c1978) A 6ft Model KG3C grand piano in a bright ebonised case on square tapered legs together with a matching stool. | £3,000 - 4,000 | £3,400 |
| 123 | WITHDRAWN | WITHDRAWN | Withdrawn |
| 124 | WITHDRAWN | WITHDRAWN | Withdrawn |
| 125 | Steinway A Model K upright pedal electric Duo-Art pianola. This instrument has been re-polished and rebuilt. | £4,000 - 6,000 | £3,000 |
| 126 | Kimball (c1982) A 6ft 5in grand piano in a bright ebonised case on square tapered legs. | £1,500 - 2,000 | £2,000 |
| 127 | Rachals Pianola ‘The Autopiano’ upright pianola in a mahogany case together with rolls and a box piano stool. | £100 - 150 | Unsold |
| 128 | Stools A collection of five various piano stools. | £80 - 120 | £220 |
| 129 | Ibach (c1924) A 6ft grand piano in a mahogany case on dual-square tapered legs. | £400 - 600 | £300 |
| 130 | Steinway (c2002) A Model K upright piano in a bright ebonised case together with an adjustable stool. | £10,000 - 15,000 | £11,500 |
| 131 | Grotrian Steinweg (c1927) A 6ft grand piano in an ebonised case on square tapered legs. | £1,200 - 1,800 | £1,200 |
| 132 | Broadwood A 6ft grand piano in a rosewood case on dual square tapered legs | £800 - 1,200 | £800 |
| 133 | Bechstein (c1904) A Model 9 overstrung upright piano in an ebonised case together with a three-legged adjustable stool. This piano was reconditioned in 1978. | £600 - 800 | £700 |
| 134 | Kawai A Model KS2F upright piano in a bright ebonised case. | £1,200 - 1,600 | £980 |
| 135 | Samick (c1981) A small modern upright piano in a bright mahogany case together with a matching black-upholstered stool. | £500 - 700 | £550 |
| 136 | Yamaha A Model U1 upright piano in a bright ebonised case. | £1,000 – 1,500 | £1,700 |
| 137 | WITHDRAWN | WITHDRAWN | Withdrawn |
| 138 | Schiedmayer A 6ft grand piano in a walnut case on turned legs. | £600 - 800 | £400 |
| 139 | WITHDRAWN | WITHDRAWN | Withdrawn |
| 140 | ADDITIONAL LOT Bechstein (c1909) A Model 8 overstrung upright piano in a rosewood case. | £500 - 700 | £1,100 |
| 141 | ADDITIONAL LOT Steinway (c1910) An upright piano in a rosewood case. | £1,500 - 2,000 | £2,700 |
| 142 | ADDITIONAL LOT Lirika A small modern Russian upright piano | £400 - 600 | £10 |
| 143 | ADDITIONAL LOT Blüthner (c1906) A 6ft 3in grand piano in a rosewood case on square tapered legs. | £800 – 1,200 | £800 |
| 144 | ADDITIONAL LOT Stool An ebonised concert adjustable stool. | £60 - 80 | £120 |
| 145 | ADDITIONAL LOT Stool An ebonised concert adjustable stool. | £60 - 80 | £110 |
