Dinosaur footprints and rare sculptures are among the eclectic items going up for auction this month.
Several lots of trace fossils showing footprints of an Iguanodon are expected to fetch between £500 and £800 at Summers Place Auctions, Billingshurt, at the end of this month.
Also up for grabs is a footprint left by the rare Polacanthus and a footprint which is believed to have been made by a specimen of a Baryonyx.
The first fossil of it was found in Surrey and although they are found in Horsham Stone, footprints are very rare.
There are several important contemporary sculptures included in the auction, on March 26, including Dylan Lewis’s Running Cheetah Pair in bronze (est. £60,000 - £80,000), an almost three-metre wide wall bronze by Alfred Horace (Gerry) Gerard (est. £20,000 - £30,000); two Isaac Kahn bronzes of dancers, each estimated at £15,000 to £25,000 and a bronze by Milton Hebald (1917-2015), Neptune’s Party, carrying an estimate of £4,000-6,000.
Read more: Dinosaur footprints 130 million years old found on Sussex beach
Hebald has produced many sculptures on display throughout the US notably at JFK airport, Central Park and for the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics.
Another highlight of the auction is a pair of rare Portland stone groups of a nymph and satyr by Charles Sargeant Jagger (1885-1934). They are each three and a half metres high and were created for Melchett Court, Hampshire in 1927 and stayed in the Melchett family, although in different locations, until 1947 and a year later Gilbert Beale bought them at auction for Beale Park, where they stayed until 2000.
They are now expected to sell for £140,000 - £220,000.
Historic timber frame Blue Barn is also going up for sale and was the last original building that was part of the farm which now forms the St Georges Hill Estate at Weybridge. It has been drawn, photographed, and numbered before being carefully dismantled for re-erection and is expected to sell for between £60,000 and £100,000.
Other lots include a rare Dutch or German lead cistern from the mid-18th century (est. £6,000 to £10,000); a large pair of fireclay urns on pedestals by J and M Craig, Kilmarnock from the late 19th century (est. £8,000 - £12,000); a pair of Coalbrookdale Nasturtium pattern cast iron seats, from the late 19th century (est.£6,000 to £10,000) and a monumental Portland stone clock, dated from 1956, attributed to Charles Wheeler.
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel