The upcoming Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks two-day sale will take place at Woolley and Wallis’ rooms at 51-61 Castle Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, on Wednesday, 29th June and Thursday 30th June 2022.
There are many fine lots on offer, and a few piqued my interest: Lot 256 is a rather elegant George II mahogany desk with a very fair pre-auction estimate of GBP500 – GBP800 (AUD873 – AUD1,398; USD629 – USD1,006).
Lot 256, a George II mahogany desk, circa 1740. (Woolley and Wallis)
The top billing is lot 526, an extraordinarily fine pair of Irish-style Chinese export padouk elbow chairs (with a somewhat ambiguous Catalogue Note), carrying a pre-auction estimate of GBP15,000 – GBP20,000 (AUD26,197 – AUD34,922; USD18,861 – USD25,148).
Lot 526, A pair of George III Chinese export padouk chairs, circa 1760. (Woolley and Wallis)
Jack Plane
Pegs and 'Tails 
the desk – George II surely ?
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Indeed, Ged. Senility strikes again!
Thank you!
JP
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I just love your posts on Woolley and Wallis sale items it is a five minute walk from me in Salisbury so it always makes me pop down and look!
Thanks
Kathy
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I would love to accompany you sometime.
JP
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The detail on those padouk chairs is amazing! (padauk?)
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I always knew it as padauk, but padouk seems to be the popular spelling now.
JP
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I’m too old to change, I’ll stick to the original spelling. 😁
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I’d be hard pressed to purchase the mahogany wood for the price they are estimating it to sell for. I like making furniture for myself BUT at these prices, wow, someone who wants antique furniture can really get some bargains. Is this common?
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The market for ‘brown furniture’ has largely fallen through the floor in recent years. There are some incredible bargains to be had at most auctions these days.
JP
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