We are now able to offer any of the catalogues from past auctions at Wallis and Wallis. Wallis and Wallis normally run approx 9 auctions a year and twice a year Connoisseur Collectors auctions are held in which items of either superior quality, condition or rarity are offered. These sales take place in May and October. Other catalogues may be issued during the year if complete collections are offered.
Please specify the auction catalogues you require in the notes section when you pay via PayPal.
Back catalogues can be purchased in packs of 10 for a 25% discount (any 10 previous auctions). Please email me with the details and your address for a quote.
Some of the record auction prices realised in those early sales are as follows:
Sale 73 (July 1960) Lot 596 "A rare "Emsdorf" helmet of the 15th Light Dragoons, c1815...Good Condition for age" - £135;
Sale 85 (October 1961) Lot 843 "An extremely rare 7 barrelled .30 flintlock boxlock pepperbox revolver,...by H Nock, London, London proved, the barrels (6 around 1 in centre) numbered and revolved by hand,...Good Working Order and Condition.." £310;
Sale 95 (October 1962) Lot 950 "An extremely historic, rare and desirable pair of 5 shot .31 Colt Root's patent sidehammer percussion revolvers..contained in their original blue velvet lined brass bound rosewood case, complete with Colt pocket flask, Colt mould with traces of gilding, nipple key/turnscrew, oil bottle, etc, the lid engraved "1872 His Highness The Maharajah of Jeypore, G.C.S.I". These revolvers were in good working order and condition and realised £575.
Another notable lot to pass through the Wallis and Wallis rooms appeared in the Spring Connoisseur Collectors' Auction of 2002 when £32,000 was obtained for a pin-fire revolver used by Winston Churchill during his escape from the Boers during the War in South Africa 1899.
The Wallis and Wallis house record to date was realised in 1993 when, included in their Spring Connoisseur Collectors Auction (Lot 140), a .44 Smith & Wesson No 3 New Model revolver bearing the following engraving on the sideplate "Bob Ford killed Jesse James with this revolver at St Joseph, Mo 1882" and with full provenance, realised £105,000.
