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THETFORD, UK — Sworders conducted a single-owner auction for the Anglo-Irish aristocrat Lord Iveagh at Elveden Hall in Thetford, England on September 14. Hammering at close to £750,000 ($843,000), the sale comprised inherited furnishings with Guinness family connections from several properties, including Elveden itself and Farmleigh in Dublin, Ireland. With plenty of contributions from the US and Ireland, bidding for the 438 lots began at 10 am BST and only concluded at 7 pm BST. The complete sale results can be found at LiveAuctioneers.

Fittingly it was a marble bust of Sir Arthur Edward Guinness, 1st Baron Ardilaun (1840-1915), which garnered one of the sale’s highest prices. This 3ft high portrait on a Siena marble column was signed for Sir Thomas Farrell (1827-1900), the most successful sculptor in Ireland in the second half of the 19th century. He was responsible for many public statues in Dublin, including the bronze statue of Sir Arthur (the great-grandson of company founder Arthur Guinness) placed at St Stephen’s Green in 1891, upon which this bust is based. Once on display at the Guinness Brewery, it went to a London dealer at £30,000 with buyer’s premium ($37,200).

The present-day Guinness baronets descend from Baron Ardilaun’s younger brother Edward Cecil Guinness (1847-1927), the 1st Earl of Iveagh. Managing director of the Guinness partnership from 1868, by the age of 29 he had assumed sole ownership of the Dublin brewery as it enjoyed unprecedented success. He purchased Farmleigh in Dublin’s Phoenix Park in 1873 and Elveden Hall in 1893 after the death of the estate’s most famous occupant, the Maharajah Duleep Singh.

Two large late 19th-century pale blue ground wool carpets bought for Farmleigh at Harvey Nichols in September 1894 provided the top lots of the day. Both were made by Ziegler and Company of Manchester at its factory in Sultanabad. At the time, the firm used the best artisans from the region and local techniques but also hired British designers to modify Eastern designs and colors for the more restrained western taste.

Both carpets, retaining the cotton labels that documented their purchase, had been used at Farmleigh, one in the entrance hall, the other in the nursery dining room. They were bought by the same US phone bidder for sums of £34,000 with buyer’s premium ($53,320) and £33,000 with buyer’s premium ($40,920).

Edward Guinness remained chairman of the board for life and the company’s largest shareholder. It was another US buyer who purchased his boardroom chair, a handsome circa-1890 Hepplewhite-style mahogany armchair with a sterling silver name plaque and an inlaid family crest. It took £5,500 with buyer’s premium ($6,820) from an American private collector bidding via mobile phone while walking around his farm.

A sale held by Christie’s at Elveden in 1984 had disposed of most of the estate’s treasures relating to Duleep Singh. Living a gilded cage life in exile, the last ruler of the Sikh empire dwelled at the property from 1863 and had it remodeled as a quasi-oriental palace.

However, a nod to Elveden’s unique connection with the Indian subcontinent was provided by a set of 24 lithographs depicting Portraits of the Princes and Peoples of India. The artist was Emily Eden (1797-1869), who had journeyed to India in 1836 with her sister to join their brother George, Lord Auckland, who was Governor-General between 1835 and 1842. Her sketches were worked up on her return to England in 1842 and privately printed. One of the few surviving sets with contemporary coloring, they earned £9,750 with buyer’s premium ($12,090).

An Indian School gouache on paper depicting a ceremony with 10 Sikh gurus and attendants was won by a Sikh historian who traveled to Elveden to purchase the lot at £13,000 with buyer’s premium ($16,120). The buyer said “the late 19th century date of the work suggests it could have been purchased by Duleep Singh when he was living at the house.”

And of course, there was the Guinness memorabilia. A series of original advertising posters were eagerly contested, led by the classic My Goodness My Guinness with an image of a zookeeper and sea lion (£2,600 with buyer’s premium, or $3,224), and Opening Time is Guinness Time with a toucan removing the cap from a bottle of the black stuff (£2,860 with buyer’s premium, or $3,546).

A grand vintage vehicle concluded the bidding. Sold at £40,000 (£50,000 with buyer’s premium, or $62,000) was a 1928 Rolls-Royce Phantom I shooting brake, registration number YV 9253, with a full history that included a Buckinghamshire funeral director and a colorful British MP.  It was acquired by the Guinness family in 2007 for use on the estate as an up-market ‘gun bus,’ ferrying up to 12 guests in grand style.

Although its unique and impressive architecture and surrounding landscapes are a popular venue for film and creative industries, Elveden has been closed to the public since 1984. Experiencing the auction in such a unique setting was part of the appeal for many who viewed and attended on sale day.

Lord Iveagh said, “It’s been a joy seeing Elveden Hall furnished once again and looking so good. And wonderful to have so many visitors appreciating both the building and the items in the sale.”
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Marble portrait bust of Arthur Edward Guinness by Thomas Farrell, which sold for £30,000 with buyer’s premium ($37,200) at Sworders.
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Pair of Howard & Sons Bridgewater armchairs, which sold for £11,000 with buyer’s premium ($13,640) at Sworders.
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19th-century Indian miniature of a Sikh ceremony, which sold for £10,000 with buyer’s premium ($12,400) at Sworders.
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Display of grasses by Sutton & Sons, which sold for £5,500 with buyer’s premium ($6,820) at Sworders.
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Mahogany boardroom chair favored by the Earl of Iveagh, which sold for £5,500 with buyer’s premium ($6,820) at Sworders.
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1928 Rolls-Royce Phantom I shooting brake, which sold for £40,000 with buyer’s premium ($49,600) at Sworders.
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Late 19th-century Ziegler Sultanabad pattern carpet, which sold for £34,000 with buyer’s premium ($42,160) at Sworders.
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‘Portraits of the Princes and Peoples of India’ by Emily Eden, which sold for £7,500 with buyer’s premium ($9,300) at Sworders.
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