Antiques are not out of fashion, according to a recent auction.
Laidlaw Auctioneers and Valuers' July auction showed that traditional antiques still have a strong presence in the collecting world, even against more contemporary items.
Director Paul Laidlaw said: "It was refreshing to see antique furniture attracting strong interest when 'brown furniture' has become such a derogatory term."
A standout item was a George III inlaid mahogany secretaire bookcase, which dated to around 1800.
Mr Laidlaw said: “I considered my pre-sale estimate of £1,000-£2,000 somewhat bullish in the current market, but was delighted when it sold for just over £1,900 to a telephone bidder.”
Other notable sales included a 'rare' early 20th-century Russian porcelain figurine of a Malorussian man, which sold for £4,400, and a late Victorian oil-on-canvas painting titled 'Blind Man’s Bluff,' which fetched £3,800.
Interest in military and fine wristwatches has 'never been stronger,' with a Second World War British Army wristwatch selling for £1,400 and a classic 1960s Heuer Carrera fetching £4,000.
A Second World War Japanese Army officer's sword sold for £2,600, a Victorian Sudan Campaign and Great War medal group fetched £1,800, and a Victorian Galloway Rifle Volunteers silver cap badge sold for £1,250.
The firm has now published the catalogue for its three-day 1900-lot August auction.
Among the items for sale is an Edo period Japanese 'tanegashima' matchlock musket, estimated to sell for between £600 and £1,000, and a lock of horse's hair from the mane of Copenhagen, the Duke of Wellington's steed at the Battle of Waterloo, with an impossible-to-value estimate of £300 to £400.
An 'Act of Parliament' type tavern clock, consigned by a church in southwest Scotland, will also be up for auction.
Tavern clocks got their name after being incorrectly associated with the 1797 five shilling tax against clocks, introduced by prime minister William Pitt the Younger.
A clock could often be found in an inn or tavern, but proving unpopular, the act was scrapped after just nine months.
A widely held belief developed that large clocks in pubs were a reaction to the tax.
The auction's picture category features an oil on canvas study of the Cornish light by Albert Julius Olsson, expected to reach between £2,000 and £4,000.
An art poster from David Hockney's Paris exhibition of 1975, signed by the artist, will be presented with an estimated value of £200 to £400.
The August auction will take place on Thursday, August 29, Friday, August 30, and Saturday, August 31.
The sale will be on public view on Wednesday, August 28, and during the sale, with online and in-room bidding available.
All are welcome to attend.
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