Recent trends within the Figurines section show strong results for the big names such as Border Fine Arts, Royal Crown Derby, Lladro Porcelain and of course the ever-present Beswick Pottery.
Border Fine Arts do however lead the pack in both interest and prices achieved. Why you may ask, this is most likely down to the quality of the sculpture and what subject the models cover. Being from an area rich in agricultural heritage, we find that agricultural dioramas, livestock studies and thoroughbred horses do particularly well.
Evidence of this in our most recent Fine Figurines and Studies auction that closed on the 23 rd of June are lot 576 A large and impressive limited edition Border Fine Arts study The Carriage Horse which after strong interest achieved £700 on the hammer.
And lot 574 A limited edition Border Fine Arts figure group A Warm Day Walling again after bidding spread over the 17 days attained a respectable £250.
A large and impressive limited edition Border Fine Arts study 'The Carriage Horse' model number L94, designed by Elizabeth Macallister, number 63/100, and raised on moulded mahogany plinth, 46cm x 33cm sold with certificate
A limited edition Border Fine Arts figure group 'A Warm Day Walling' number 392/1250, designed by Ray Ayres, raised on a moulded mahogany plinth, 27cm wide, sold with certificate of authenticity and original card box.
A collection of six limited edition Royal Worcester and Wedgwood (Compton & Woodhouse) Ancient Egyptian figures.
An unusual mid century mottled glass animal group, consisting of a stag and four does, each in animated pose and all resting on an ebonised rectangular base 34cm wide
