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Classic MG BGT sports
car
Charles Vyse figure
Sold for £1,800
Sold for £1,900
Sold to a mainland
'The Madonna of the
enthusiast
Worlds End Passage.' Sold
Island Auction Rooms
HRD Auctions
Oriental vases
Chinese Vase
Sold for £2,400
Sold for £1,600
Sold to an oriental client
Island Auction Rooms
Cloisonne bowl
Sold for £880
Came with a cover. Sold
via the internet
Island Auction Rooms
to a London collector
Bearing Daoguang seal.
Sold to an overseas buyer
HRD Auctions
IW Glass Undercliff day
pattern vase
Sold for £1,100
Sold to an Island collector
HRD Auctions
HRD Auctions - 01983 402222
Island Auction Rooms - 01983 863441
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Island glass
still a winner
We are particularly lucky
on the Island to have had in
our midst one of the world’s
foremost studio glass
manufacturers, Isle of Wight
Glass. Based in St Lawrence
and founded in 1972 by
master glass maker and
designer Michael Harris, the
studio experimented with
revolutionary techniques
to produce myriad
technicolour designs.
Hose Rhodes Dickson
recently offered for sale a
sizeable collection of Isle
of Wight Glass. Popular
pieces included a striking
‘Sgraffito Jazz’ design
vase and a ‘Kyoto’ pattern
vase in an unusual white
colourway. However, the
pride of the collection was a
vase in the ‘Undercliff Day’
pattern. This is a rarelyseen design which drew the
interest of many collectors.
The hammer eventually
fell to an Island based
enthusiast, demonstrating
that the market for this 20th
Century design classic is
incredibly strong both at
home and abroad.
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