FURNITURE AT AUCTION.

Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 194, 17 August 1931, Page 4

FURNITURE AT AUCTION.

On behalf of the Official Assignee. In the estate of W. I. Carney bankrupt), H. G. Livingstone and Co. conducted an auction sale of furniture at their roomi, Hereford Street, on Friday. There was a large attendance of buyers, and visitors from as far south as Invercargill and Lumsden were among the purchasers. The mahogany furniture was of special interest and competition for it was keen. The following were among the prices realised:—Piano by Cable and Co.. Chicago. £67 10s. water colour by C. X. Warsley £22 10s. M.M.V. gramophone £2O, china cabinet £7 ss. couch £5. mahogany chest £8 10s, Windsor chair £4 10s. oak chair £3 7s 6d. mahogany chair. Chippendale. £l7 10s. six oak chairs, rush seats, £l9 10s. mahogany

chair £B. two walnut chairs £8 ss. mahogany chair, Chippendale, £ls. shield mirror £4 10s. old oval mirror £B, Georgian table £l7, oak gateleg table £6, small mahogany coffee table 275. five Queen Anne chairs £45. walnut stool £6 10s. mahogany dining table £l4 10s, mahogany sideboard £l6 10s. mahogany four-post bed £lO. mahogany table £4 ss. ditto £7. mahogany sea chest £l2, leather chair £lO 10s, dressing mirror £3, papier inache table £4, mahogany wardrobe £lO 10s. ditto £6. brass coal bucket £2 2s 6d, 3 basket chairs £5 ss, writing desk £3 ss, bookcase £1 17s 6d, mahogany tray on stand £4. mahogany tea table, dropside, £6. chesterfield £7, easy chair £5, ditto £5. ditto £8 15s, ditto £5. ditto £4. small walnut table £3 10s. ditto £5 108. walnut table oval inlaid £l2. mahogany table, round, £l2, walnut china cabinet £9 10s. green carpet 15 x 12 £l3. carpet £4, fawn carpet £l4. ditto £3 2s 6d. pine carpet and felt £l2 15s, Persian rug £5 10s, ditto £7 10s, ditto *9. ditto £7 10s. ditto £B. ditto £7 10s. mahogany bureau £lO, mahogany dressing table £B. mahogany sideboard £7 10s, mahogany bookcase £B, small table £2. etching " Burgos Cathedral,” E. Sharland, £6, water colour. Wake Smyth. £2 2s, coloured prints £2 10s. water colour, J. Scott Stevenson, £1 Is, mirrors £1 10s, £2 10s. £2 15s, old oil painting £4, papier mache tray £4 ss, water colour. F. M’Cracken. £2 10s, coloured print £l. water colour £4 58. convex mirror, black wood frame, £2 12s 6d, plaque £1 6s. mirror, gilt frame, £2 ss, six prints. ** London Cries.” by Wheatly. £9 15s. oil painting £1 Es, barometer, mahogany. £7. mirror £l. ditto with £3 and £2 15s. oval mirror, brass mounted. £2 2s 6d. two paintings in oil on parchment £5. piece tapestry £2 15s, mahogany «£oal £1 lOs, walnut corner cupboard £2 10s. writing case £1 2s 6d. books £ll 16s. mahogany pedestal £3. oak table £2 6s. dinner waggon £2. mahogany table £9 15s. kitchen dressers £4 100 and £1 7s 6d. kapoc mattresses £l 7fi 6d. £l 3s. £1 10s, £1 9s, single beds, wire, £2 each, el. radiator £2 Bs. Numerous small Items sold at corresponding values. 4