Island Life Magazine Ltd August/September 2014 | Page 49
ANTIQUES
Items
which recently sold...
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Bayliner boat
A Sikh chakkar quoit
Sold for over £6,000
Sold for £950
Sold in a special outdoor
sale
Sold to a London collector
Island Auction Rooms
HRD Auctions
Inlaid plaque
A hard beat to windward
Sold for £1,200
Sold for £525
By Jenny F Morgan. Sold
Sold to a European
to an enthusiastic Island
collector
based collector
Island Auction Rooms
HRD Auctions
Victorian war medal
Narwhal tusk
Sold for £230
Sold for £1,800
Mid 19th Century. Sold to
a London based specialist
collector
Island Auction Rooms
HRD Auctions
HRD Auctions - 01983 402222
Island Auction Rooms - 01983 863441
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