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Scottish Auction 2021
with additions UK-wide | online auction 30 April to 13 May
www.gwctscottishauction.co.uk
Helping landowners and Scottish Auction 2021
rural businesses with additions UK-wide | online auction 30 April to 13 May
www.gwctscottishauction.co.uk
Dinner Contents
Your Scottish Auction dinner can be ordered and Chairman’s Welcome 3
delivered to your door UK wide (see pages 9 & 10).
Executive Chairman Scotland’s Welcome 5
Timetable Acknowledgements 7
The 2021 Scottish Auction will run online, with a
Dinner Arrangements 9
catalogue full of generous contributions from many
varied supporters, and this year we are lucky enough to be
Scottish Auction Committee 11
including several auction lots contributed from our GWCT
committees in England.
GWCT Events Calendar 13
The important dates are:
How to Bid 14
23 April Place your orders for dinner and wine
Shooting 15
Saffery Champness specialise in accountancy, tax and business advisory services to onward www.gwct.org.uk/dinnerbox see page 9 for details
farms and estates across Scotland. We are here to help you and your business through Fishing 23
30 April, Bidding opens online at www.gwctscottishauction.co.uk
these difficult times. 6pm
Stalking 36
5 May Orders close for cases of wine
Contact us or visit www.saffery.com to find out how we can support you. Art & Jewellery 46
9 May Dinner orders close
midnight
Something for Everyone 52
Max Floydd, Edinburgh Susie Swift, Inverness 12/13 May Dinner and wines delivered
Food & Drink 63
T: +44 (0)131 221 2777 T: +44 (0)1463 246300 13 May Watch a short video from GWCT Scotland
E: max.floydd@saffery.com E: susie.swift@saffery.com from 6.30pm www.gwct.org.uk/scotland/auction/
How to Bid (more information) 72
Enjoy your own Scottish Auction dinner at
home, relax and bid! Ts&Cs 73
10pm Bidding closes
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“Many of our
supporters have
themselves faced
a very difficult Chairman’s I t gives me great pleasure to introduce this year’s GWCT
Scottish Auction catalogue.
twelve months, Welcome I, for one, was nervously sceptical about being able to put together
a reasonable list of auction lots and the fact that we have achieved
so their it is a reflection of the extraordinary generosity of our donors.
Many of our supporters have themselves faced a very difficult
participation twelve months, so their participation is even more appreciated to
is even more help fund the GWCT’s continued projects.
appreciated to As with many charities the past year has taken a hefty toll on
the GWCT’s finances, potentially compromising many of its
help fund programmes. I hope the continued commitment of those who
have helped to compile this excellent and diverse list of lots will
the GWCT’s not be lost on you, the bidders! Elsewhere you will see a more
detailed analysis of where your support is directed.
continued
Obviously I am sorry that, once again, we cannot meet up for
projects.” the usual convivial gathering but I hope you will participate
by ordering our special Scottish Auction Dinner Box (see
page 9) and enjoy your own gathering at home, whether in the
virtual company of friends or not. You will all have established
imaginative methods of circumventing the wretched restrictions
which have blighted all of our lives for so long, and I have no
doubt will do so without compromising the bidding process on
which the auction obviously depends. Thank you in anticipation.
Have a great evening, good luck in pursuit of your lots and thank
you for your support. Never has it been more necessary.
Bryan Johnston
Chairman, Scottish Auction
Scottish Auction 2021 4 Scottish Auction 2021 5
GWCT Executive Chairman,
Scotland’s Welcome
14%
Where our
Scottish income 7% This is the second year that the Scottish Auction has had to
take place without us all meeting at Prestonfield House and
There will be an additional High Four shoot and other raffles
announced later in the year so please look out for them and
Subscriptions enjoying each other’s company. We are all the poorer for that. give them your support.
came from The Scottish However, Bryan and his committee have not only brought
together another wonderful collection of auction lots for But GWCT’s work is not all about reacting to political events
Auction
in 2020 (Net) you, but also an innovative and interesting way of enabling
us to enjoy at least some feeling of togetherness. I highly
and fundraising, far from it. Our efforts to support the
recovery of grey partridges, a key part of our work for over
recommend their home delivered dinner (details of which 80 years, has received a further boost in the creation of the
11% 63% 5% you can find on page 9), and introductory video which will be
available from 6.30 on the evening of 13 May. If your computer
Strathmore Wildlife Cluster. This is a group of farms and
estates around Coupar Angus, covering more than 10,000
Regional group Donations, grants Grand Grouse skills allow do tune in, and perhaps share the auction and your acres, that are working together on a landscape scale to
dinner with friends over Zoom. improve grey partridge numbers.
fundraising (Net) & contracts Draw (Net)
Since the last auction, much has happened. Mountain hares Our Demonstration Farm at Auchnerran in Aberdeenshire
may now be culled only under licences the details of which are has welcomed back its nesting curlew and lapwings and
All figures are provisional, based on
still to be agreed with NatureScot. The Scottish Government continues it valuable studies into these and other farmland
year to end November 2020 and budget
has also declared its desire to license Scottish grouse moors in projects. Its farming operation is run on a commercial
the next Parliament, along with a raft of deer and moorland basis while adapting to make space for conservation and
management regulation. These changes could have far research activities. In addition to developing Natural Capital
reaching effects on whether our uplands can continue to be accounting systems and carbon sequestration measurement
How your sustainably managed through game conservation. As a result, methods, the research side is also planning a variety of other
46% 22%
GWCT, with its 30 years of prior research and data, and new research projects which will start in the near future. Do
support was working closely with other organisations, are undertaking two
new vital pieces work. The first is to inform the introduction of
consider a visit and, with some notice, our staff there will be
delighted to show you what is going on.
used in 2020 Research &
demonstration
Advice,
policy &
any future grouse moor regulation so that it is both practical
and proportionate, and the second is to conduct new research Finally, your participation in this Scottish Auction is hugely
education into mountain hare culling which will provide the licensing important to us, especially this year as once again we are
authority with the necessary evidence when considering the not able to run so many of our normal fundraising events.
11% granting of licences. So please be generous, knowing that you are supporting
the necessary scientific research that informs the difficult
Admin On a happier note, we are delighted to announce that the decisions that governments have to take concerning our
much-loved GWCT Scottish Game Fair will take place on countryside and our interaction with it.
13% 9% 24th to 26th September; I do hope you will be able to join us.
Other GWCT events are also planned later this year, thanks David Noble,
Fundraising to the work of our invaluable Regional Committees. GWCT Executive Chairman, Scotland
Membership & communications
Scottish Auction 2021 7
Acknowledgements
We are extremely grateful to our sponsor,
Saffery Champness for sticking with us in a tricky year.
Living accommodation changes.
Is your farm or estate affected?
From 6 April 2021 the rules that allow a concession ‘Customarily provided’ means it is normal practice
for farm and estate staff who are provided with living to provide living accommodation to at least 50% of
Thank you to the following for their support and contributions:
accommodation as ‘representative occupiers’ change, employees of that class. HM Revenue & Customs
and farm and estate businesses need to ensure they (HMRC) has agreed that many farm workers should be
are not caught out. They should review their situation covered by the ‘necessary for the proper performance
urgently if they have not done so already. of duties’ exemption, but there could be issues
for other positions such as resident agents, chief
The current concession relates to posts that existed executives, estate and farm managers and workers,
before 6 April 1977, and to successors to those gamekeepers and property maintenance staff.
posts. It provides relief from a taxable benefit in kind
for employees required to live in the property as a For any assistance on this issue, and to find out how
condition of their employment. we can help you, contact either: for Chef ’s menu, time for generously donating the
and inspiration venison in the dinner boxes
Employers providing such accommodation under
this concession should consider whether that
accommodation becomes a taxable benefit from next
month, or whether it continues to qualify as a tax-free
benefit under one of the statutory exemptions. Max Floydd, Edinburgh
HOW TO USE THE GIVERGY PLATFORM
T: +44 (0)131 221 2777 MOBILE - BIDDING
Those statutory exemptions are where the employer- E: max.floydd@saffery.com
for co-ordinating, preparing and for the
provided living accommodation is either: 1 2 3
for offering a special delivering dinner across the UK bidding system
GWCT wine package
• Necessary for the proper performance of duties; or
• Customarily provided for the better performance of
duties; or • •
Susie Swift, Inverness Visit Auction Site Browse Items Place Bid
• Required for the personal security of the employee. All those who have generously The English counties who
T: +44 (0)1463 246300 Enter the auction URL in your smart
phone’s browser or click the link in the
Start by having a look through the
auction items. For more info and an image
Enter the amount you want to bid
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have contributed some
of each item simply tap the auction item.
and then press ‘Place Bid’.
auction lots or money. of the auction lots.
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Thursday 13 May - Dinner at Home
The Head Chef at Prestonfield The venison has again been generously Each box provides dinner for
House Hotel has created a donated by Highland Game. This two, easily finished at home.
delicious menu for us, as a one-off year your dinner will be prepared From 6.30pm on Thursday 13th,
opportunity, in the spirit of the by The Cook School and delivered have a drink, watch a short
Scottish Auction annual dinner. to you in a box anywhere in the UK, video from GWCT Scotland,
to enjoy on Thursday 13 May. and enjoy your dinner. Last bids 10pm!
Raise Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust
Scottish Auction Dinner Menu
the
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Braehead Salmon
Beetroot cured Loch Fyne salmon, horseradish crème fraiche, wholemeal
steaks
soda bread, cabernet sauvignon pickled shallots, fresh radish
East Coast Shellfish
Bisque, thermidor flavoured sour cream
Highland Game Venison
Farce and loin en croûte, spring onion purée, golden raisin, bitter
leaves, Jersey Royals with wild garlic, Grand Veneur sauce
UK’s No1 for Venison
Highland Fine Cheeses Order details
www.highlandgame.com A selection of artisan cheeses from Tain on the
Dornoch Firth with Arran Oatcakes
on p.10
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How to Order Dinner Scottish Auction Committee
Chairman:
Bryan Johnston
Order your dinner at www.gwct.org.uk/dinnerbox
between 23 April and & midnight on Sunday 9 May. Committee:
Billy Birse-Stewart Charles Graham-Campbell
The options are: Angus Cheape Camilla Harden
Angus Crow James Oliver
◆ Scottish Auction Dinner for 2 £110 Keith Falconer James Osborne
Iain Gale Oliver Pile
◆ Scottish Auction Dinner for 2, with red and white wine, Anna Gardiner The Lord Matthew Sinclair
(1 bottle each of Macon Uchizy 2019 and Chateau La Rory Gibson Hugo Straker
Grande Maye, Cotes de Castillon 2015) £130 Christopher Godfrey-Faussett
◆ Scottish Auction Dinner for 2, with champagne, red and
white wine, (1 bottle each of J&B Sarcey Brut Private Justerini & Brooks are also offering a special GWCT Auction Manager:
Cuvee NV, Macon Uchizy 2019 and Chateau La Grande 10% discount on case or mixed case orders of the Angela Walker
Maye, Cotes de Castillon 2015) £150 following wines (delivery UK wide) ordered by 5 May.
Delivery (UK wide) will be on either 12 or 13 Please email your order to:
May, in time for dinner on 13 May. rob.gordon@justerinis.com and patrick.roy@justerinis.com
quoting GWCT Scottish Auction.
Justerini & Brooks, Sarcey, Brut, Private Cuvée,
NV, 12x75cl: £238.90 (discounted from £265.44)
Mâcon Uchizy, Gerald et Philibert Talmard, 2019,
6x75cl: £61.94 (discounted from £68.82)
Château La Grande Maye, Côtes de Castillon, 2015, Chairman: Chief Executive: Executive Chairman Scotland:
12x75cl: £146.56 (discounted from £162.84) Sir Jim Paice Teresa Dent David Noble
(minimum order 1 case, free delivery over £300)
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S Recent and Forthcoming Events
2-23 April: Northern Auction online, 8 October: Golf and Clay Day at Gleneagles (sold
Rory Donaldson 07718 780 700 out), Rory Donaldson 07718 780 700
30 April -13 May: Scottish Auction online, November: East Tayside Dinner & Auction,
Angela Walker 07594 929783 Rory Donaldson 07718 780 700
13 May: Scottish Auction Dinner at Home November: Edinburgh & South East Scotland Christmas
Drinks, Rory Donaldson 07718 780 700
September: Edinburgh & South East Scotland Clay
Day (sold out), Rory Donaldson 07718 780 700 Advisory Courses: to book bespoke advisory courses
please contact scottishhq@gwct.org.uk
24-26 September: Scottish Game Fair,
Scone Palace, www.scottishfair.com Details of Future events and scheduled courses
will be published on www.gwct.org.uk/events/calendar/
when available.
Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust Membership
By joining the Game & Wildlife Conservation Trust you Visit our website and help us achieve a thriving countryside
will be helping to fund the scientific research we believe is rich in game and other wildlife: www.gwct.org.uk/join
fundamental to wildlife revival in Great Britain. We are proud
to be at the forefront of changes in practices, understanding For more information about Trade and Corporate
and attitudes that can provide a better environment for Membership, please contact:
future generations to enjoy.
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HOW TO USE THE GIVERGY PLATFORM
MOBILE - BIDDING
Shooting
1 2 3
100 bird day at
1 Altyre, Forres
Provided by: 100 (up to 150 if you can hit them!) bird pheasant day
Visit Auction Site Browse Items Place Bid Sir Alastair Gordon for 8/9 guns on the Altyre Estate, near Forres. The gullies
Cumming and and woodlands of Altyre offer a varied terrain where you
Enter the auction URL in your smart Start by having a look through the Airlie Bruce Jones can enjoy a unique day’s sport. You are rewarded with the
Enter the amount you want to bid
phone’s browser or click the link in the auction items. For more info and an image challenge of high flying quality birds. Feature drives include
and then press ‘Place Bid’.
SMS you receive. of each item simply tap the auction item. Date: Daisies, Bruntlands, The Burn, The Ruins, Squirrel Wood
Midweek in January and Situation Point.
2022 by arrangement
The day begins in the club room where you will be greeted
4 5 6
Guide price: by Sir Alastair Gordon Cumming and his team. There are
£5,000 three drives before lunch and one drive in the afternoon.
(£4,000 reserve) A homemade lunch using locally sourced ingredients is
provided as part of the day. At the end of the last drive it
is back to the club room where the bag is counted and
everyone can reflect on their excellent day’s shooting on an
old highland estate.
www.altyre-estate.co.uk
Login/Register Confirmation SMS Notification
If your details have not yet been Congrats! Your bid has been accepted.
If you are outbid you will receive an SMS
captured then the system will ask you You may now place a ‘Max Bid’ and the
with a quick link to bid again. Good luck!
to register before accepting your bid. system will bid for you up to that amount.
uk.enquiries@givergy.com www.givergy.com
Scottish Auction 2021 - Shooting 16 Scottish Auction 2021 - Shooting 17
125-150 bird day 100 bird driven day Walked up 250 bird
2 for 8 guns in the
Lammermuir Hills 3 GWCT Allerton
Project, Leicestershire 4 grouse shooting,
Perthshire 5 partridge day,
Wiltshire
or Angus
Provided by: This is an exciting opportunity for a team
Game & Wildlife of eight guns to shoot at the GWCT’s
Conservation Trust demonstration farm at Loddington in
Leicestershire, where rolling topography
Date: provides challenging shooting. The
Wednesday shoot, which was created and is managed
19 January 2022 by the Trust, encourages thriving wildlife
alongside productive farming and the
Provided by: An exciting driven day with both Guide price: interaction between them has been
Mark Tyndall pheasants and partridges for 8 guns £4,500 carefully monitored for 26 years. During
on the Horseupcleugh Estate in the (£4,500 reserve) the day, your team will get the chance Provided by: A walked-up grouse day for 2 guns
Lammermuirs. This shoot offers a to learn about the pioneering research Mr & Mrs A Seldon at either Glenturret, near Crieff,
Date: variety of very challenging drives with carried out by GWCT and the part it or Glenlethnot by Edzell, with an
Tuesday 30 an anticipated bag of 125-150 birds plays in modern wildlife management. Date: anticipated bag of 4-5 brace per gun. Provided by: A day’s partridge shooting for 250
November 2021 (depending on the guns). During the Guns should bring their own picnic. Barney Stratton birds on the Stockton Shoot in the
Elevenses will be provided along with 2021 season by Wylye Valley in south Wiltshire for
Guide price: Lunch is not included but there is a very an excellent two course lunch and tea arrangement Date: 8 to 10 guns. The shooting is classic
£5,500 impressive lunch hut available and the and cake to finish. Accommodation Wednesday downland partridges, transport is in
Estate are happy to suggest local chefs. for all, and any catering for additional Guide price: 15 September 2021 a state-of-the-art Gunbus, lunch is
guests and spectators (all welcome), will £1,250 on top of the downs in a panoramic
If accommodation is required then there be at the bidder’s expense. Should you Guide price: lunch spot and camp followers are
is a very good quality shooting lodge wish to stay locally, the Allerton Project £8,000 actively encouraged. To be taken on
which has 8 bedrooms and sleeps up to 16 office can supply suitable options. The (£7,000 reserve) Wednesday 15 September 2021 subject
available to let by separate arrangement anticipated bag will be around 100 birds. to current covid restrictions.
with the Estate. Alternatively there are
local hotels nearby. All guns must have their own shooting
insurance and use fibre wad cartridges,
well behaved dogs are welcome to join in
the fun.Scottish Auction 2021 - Shooting 18 Scottish Auction 2021 - Shooting 19
A day’s ferreting Clays over Walked up Father & son or
6 and rabbit shooting
for three guns 7 Corsehope,
Heriot, Midlothian 8 grouse, Cumbria
9 daughter to join a
family shoot near
Auchterarder
Provided by: A day’s simulated game shooting on Provided by:
Matthew Walgate Corsehope, near Heriot. The format The Brown Family An opportunity for a father and son
will be exactly as a day’s game shooting: or daughter to join the Brown family
Date: 8-10 guns, shooting in pairs, will Date: shoot at Fordoun, Auchterarder for a
May to August 2021 meet at 9.15 for coffee and a briefing. During the day in the 2021/22 season. Expected
There will be 3 drives in the morning 2021/22 season bag 100 birds, lunch will be provided.
Guide price: (including a break for elevenses), and
£2,500 after lunch a final competition drive Guide price:
(£2,000 reserve) followed by tea and medals. £750
You should provide your own guns
and cartridges, though further Provided by: A day’s walked up grouse shooting at
cartridges could be supplied at cost Charles Bull - Dufton Fell in Cumbria for 4 or 5 guns
on the day if required. Corsehope has Just Cartridges on a date to be agreed in August or
Provided by: A chance for three to help protect the the topography to produce the real September 2021. At 2,300 feet, Dufton is
Game & Wildlife crops and fill the boot with rabbits at deal in the simulation of game birds Date: one of the highest driven grouse moors
Conservation the GWCT’s demonstration farm at and ground game. A light lunch and August or September in the UK with spectacular views on
Trust, Scotland Auchnerran, Aberdeenshire. To be refreshments will be provided. 2021 date to be agreed the right day. Lunch and drinks will be
taken September to February 2021/22 provided. Expected bag 15 – 25 brace.
Date: on an agreed date. A hot hearty meal This lot is subject to sufficient grouse
Between September of local produce will be provided and Guide price: stocks and weather and, if necessary,
2021 and February an optional farm tour with Marlies £1,500 will be rolled over. It is a severe off-road
2022 by arrangement Nicolas from our research and farm driving experience to get up the hill
shoot team is included. and the purchaser should have suitable
Guide price: vehicles to gain access.
£450 As part of GWCT policy, we encourage
(£250 reserve) guns who visit Auchnerran to complete
our short test to become an Accredited
Game Shot. Details of where and how
to complete the accreditation will be
included in the voucher provided to the
winning bidder.Scottish Auction 2021 - Shooting 20 Scottish Auction 2021 - Shooting 21
Walked up grouse The Lunan McNab
10 at Candacraig
11 12 Wild partridge
in the Cotswolds
Provided by: One gun to join David MacRobert’s Provided by: Provided by: The Lemhill and Green Hill shoot is offering a day’s wild
David MacRobert team on a 20 brace walked up grouse Duncan Gray George Ponsonby partridge shooting for 1, to join a team of 7 on a date
day at Candacraig on the Glorious A sporting day with a difference: your to be confirmed. A full-time keeper has been employed
Date: 12th August 2021, including overnight Date: McNab 3 will be a bucket of mackerel, a Date: on this Cotswolds shoot since March 2017. No birds are
12th August 2021 accommodation the night before in 1 July to 30 Soay lamb and a rabbit! During the 2021/22 released and wild greys and wild red legs have been driven
Tomintoul, the Highland’s highest September 2021 season (or 2022/23 over guns for the last two seasons. Expected bag of 75-100.
Guide price: village. Date is, of course, subject to First of all a small boat is launched if postponed) The last time this happened on these farms was nearly
£700 grouse numbers. Guide price: off the shingle beach at Ethie Haven 50 years ago.
£400 in pursuit of mackerel, then a stalk Guide price:
(£300 reserve) along the Ethie Cliffs may produce a £2,500 The successful bidder will have the chance to experience the
Soay Lamb, and finally a fat rabbit may great sight and sport of a bygone era, where sportsmanship
be brought to book amongst the sand as well as marksmanship are the order of the day. They will
land dunes of New Barns or Lunan. be tested by the greatest of all quarries as they burst over the
The size of the boat limits your party immaculately kept hedges on this Gloucestershire farm. N.B.
to 2, but you are guaranteed fun. The if the estate does not have a partridge day this season, it will
expedition is best when the the weather be postponed until the following year.
is settled and the wind westerly or
south westerly. Phone to arrange a date
a few days in advance when the weather
forecast is more accurate.
To get a flavour of the day have a look at
the article in Scottish Field November
2014 edition, pp 128-133.Scottish Auction 2021 - Shooting 22 Scottish Auction 2021 - Fishing 23
Evening duck Pigeon shooting Fishing
13 flight at
Makerstoun, Kelso 14 for 4 guns north of
Dundee
One week (6 days) fishing for
Provided by:
Mr & Mrs B W P Kaye
Pigeon towers: an afternoon for 4 guns
to shoot in the tree tops from scaffold
towers at sporting pigeons.
15 2 rods at Grimersta on the
Isle of Lewis
Date:
Late February or
early March 2022 Provided by: Grimersta is predominantly a loch
Grimersta Estate fishery, although the rivers and streams
Guide price: connecting the lochs can be prolific.
£500 Date: Salmon, grilse and sea trout enter the
(£400 reserve) During the 2022 system from late May, and although
season by arrangment the main run is traditionally in mid-
July, fresh run fish are caught up to
Guide price: the end of the season in mid-October.
£4,000 There is also excellent brown trout
(£3,000 reserve) fishing on innumerable lochs. There is
an experienced and excellent team of
ghillies.
Provided by: An evening duck flight at Makerstoun
Lord Biddulph for 2 guns. Keeper and dog to assist The changeover is always on a
with pick-up. Covid restrictions Wednesday evening at 6pm, with
Date: permitting Lord Biddulph will host fishing from Thursday to the following
2021 season, date a delicious dinner afterwards in his Wednesday. Dates in the 2022 season
to be agreed lovely family seat at Makerstoun. to be arranged with the Estate Office,
however rods in 2021 may become
Guide price: available at short notice.
£400
The offer includes all board (breakfast, a
picnic lunch, afternoon tea and dinner)
and accommodation at Grimersta
Lodge. Not included are costs of travel,
drinks or sundries.
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A day’s salmon A week for Two days’ fishing April, May or June
16 fishing for 4 rods
on the Stracathro 17 2 rods on
the Findhorn 18 for two rods on the
Ballindalloch beat 19 week for 6 rods
on the Lyon
beat of the River of the River Avon
Provided by: North Esk Provided by:
Hughie Campbell Mark & Robert Laing Provided by: Two days’ salmon and seatrout fishing
Adamson 1 day for 4/5 rods on the prolific Ballindalloch Trust for two rods on the Ballindalloch Trust
Stracathro Beat. October is traditionally Date: beat of the River Avon during the 2021
Date: the best month with autumn salmon During September Date: season. The Avon’s pools and runs offer
Saturday 16th joining the summer grilse. 24 were 2021 By 30 September 2021 excellent stocks of fish, depending on
October 2021 caught in the month last year. Success the time of year and the height of water.
cannot be guaranteed, but should this Guide price: Guide price:
Guide price: year’s team fail to catch a fish, Hughie £1,000 £240 A delight to fish, there is something
£600 Campbell Adamson has kindly offered for every fishermen in the variety of
to host them again in 2022 free of challenges which the river presents.
charge! The fishing is almost entirely double Provided by: One week’s salmon fishing on the
2 rods are being offered the opportunity bank; there are basic huts; and a ghillie Charlie Ramsay South Chesthill beat of the River Lyon
There is no ghillie, but rods will be to fish the Findhorn at Logie and is shared between the 6 rotating beats. for up to 6 rods, to be taken in either
shown the water. Fish can be kept (if Relugas for a week (middle beat fishes Date: June 2021, or April, May or June 2022.
they must be!), and a comfortable, Tues, Thurs, Sat, and top beat Mon, www.ballindallochhighlandestate.com June 2021 or April The June 10 year average is 9.6 salmon
warm, bank-side fishing hut is available Weds, Fri). The beats have a variety to June 2022 by per week.
for lunch. Fly only. of pools with some suitable for most arrangement
heights of water. Little wading is Accommodation at Chesthill House
stracathro.com necessary and there is vehicle access Guide price: for up to 16 is optionally available by
to within about half a mile of all pools. £990 separate arrangement at 30% discount
River paths are reasonable, however the (normal price £4,500; discounted price
fishing is within the Findhorn gorge £3,150).
and access to some of the pools is quite
steep. There is no ghillie, but the beats www.southchesthill.com
will be explained to you beforehand.Scottish Auction 2021 - Fishing 26 Scottish Auction 2021 - Fishing 27
1 day coarse Loch and river A day’s salmon 4 rods for 3 days’
20 fishing in
East Lothian 21 Fishing on Dunan
Estate 22 fishing for 2 rods
on the Lyon 23 salmon & sea trout
fishing on the Spey
Provided by:
Saul Gardiner, Provided by: 1 day’s salmon fishing for 2 rods,
SG Fisheries Roro Estate exclusively, on the Roro beat of the
River Lyon in Perthshire during the
Date: Date: 2021 season. The beat consists of
By end May 2022 During the approximately 2.5 miles of beautiful fly
2021 season by water with 11 named pools.
Guide price: arrangement
£200 A delightful cottage may be available
(£100 reserve) Provided by: Two days’ fishing for 4 rods, including Guide price: by separate negotiation. A member of
McCorquodale 2 nights’ accommodation in an £200 staff will show you the water on the day.
One day coarse fishing for 2 on a private Family estate cottage at the west end of Loch
fishery on East Fenton Farm, East Rannoch. 1 day fishing on the River Provided by: The House of Bruar has most generously
Lothian. Coaching can be included by Date: Gaur and another on Loch Sron House of Bruar donated 3 days’ fishing for 4 rods on the
qualified coaches if required (and where Summer 2021 by Smeur. Loch Sron Smeur is stocked Kincardine beat of the River Spey. The
Covid restrictions allow). In this new, arrangement with rainbow trout but also has a good Date: beat offers 2 miles of fly only fishing
private 2 acre fishery, the species are carp showing of wild brown trout. The River Ideally during 2021, with excellent sea trout fishing in early
(to 5lb) and tench. Methods used are float Guide price: Gaur offers good trout and pike fishing, but up to May 2022 summer followed by the salmon in July
fishing and ledgering (tackle and bait can £485 with the very odd salmon. Access to a onwards. There is no ghillie, but the
be provided), and the best months tend to boat and engine on the loch. Additional Guide price: water will be shown to rods on the first
be April and May. You are also welcome numbers and a longer stay can be £750 day. There are good local B&B’s at the
to fish for carp on the fly (bank only) but organised by private arrangement. bidder’s own expense.
would need your own tackle. The fishery
is an active irrigation reservoir so water dunan-estate.co.uk
levels can vary.Scottish Auction 2021 - Fishing 28 Scottish Auction 2021 - Fishing 29
A week for 2 rods Fishing on 3 days’ fishing on 3 days for 2 rods
24 on the Lyon
25 the Upper Tay
for 4 rods 26 the South Esk
27 on the River
Thurso
Provided by:
Thurso River Ltd.
Date:
30 August to
1 September 2021
Here is a great opportunity for 2 rods
Provided by: A week in newly refurbished Riverside Guide price: to fish for 3 days on the River Thurso
Mrs B J Malim, Cottage with salmon fishing for 2 rods £1,600 from Monday 30 August to Wednesday
Meggernie Estate on the river Lyon. Provided by: A day’s salmon fishing on the River Tay Provided by: 3 consecutive days salmon & sea trout (£950 reserve) 1 September 2021, along with 2 nights
David & Squibbs (Cloichfoldich or Findynate Beat) for 4 Airlie Estates fishing for 2 or 3 rods on the Cortachy bed & breakfast in a premium twin or
Date: The wonderfully located cottage sleeps Noble rods. The 4 rods and up to 3 spouses Beat of the River South Esk at a time double room at the Ulbster Arms in
Between 11 up to 4 in 2 bedrooms. The fishing is will be given dinner, bed and breakfast Date: to be mutually agreed with the Estate Halkirk on the Monday and Tuesday.
September and 16 on 4 beats which rotate daily and you Date: for two nights at Cloichfoldich as During the Office.
October 2021 by will be shown the water by the resident During 2021 season guests of GWCT Scotland’s Chairman 2021 season by The River Thurso extends 26 miles
arrangement ghillie. If you wish his further input David Noble and his wife Squibbs, arrangement The Cortachy beat covers approximately from Loch More to Thurso East, and is
during the day that will be by separate Guide price: including a picnic lunch on the river. 1.25 miles of double bank fishing with divided into 12 beats which are fished
Guide price: negotiation directly with him. £1,000 (Accommodation in two double beds, Guide price: 14 named pools and has 2 fishing huts. in rotation. Fishing is fly only, you will
£1,200 (£750 reserve) one twin and one single). To be taken £350 be accompanied by a ghillie and catch
www.meggernie-estate.com during the 2021 season, dates to be Accommodation and ghillie may be and release policy applies. Further
mutually agreed. available through the estate by separate fishing and accommodation may be
arrangement. available by separate negotiation.
www.airlieestates.com www.riverthurso.comScottish Auction 2021 - Fishing 30 Scottish Auction 2021 - Fishing 31
3 days’ fishing for A day’s fishing A day’s salmon 2 days’ salmon
28 4 rods on the Earn
29 on the Nith
30 fishing for 4 rods
on the Teith 31 fishing for 2 rods
on the Findhorn
Provided by: Glenferness Estate offer 2 consecutive
Glenferness Estate days’ fishing for 2 rods during the 2021
season. The beautiful and exciting
Date: Glenferness beats of the River Findhorn
Before end September vary from narrow rocky gorge pools to
2021 by arrangement small runs, deep pools and wide open
pools: pools to suit all heights of water.
Guide price:
Provided by: 3 day’s fishing for 4 rods on the Kinkell £425 Accommodation is not included, but
Mr & Mrs J M beat of the River Earn in Perthshire. The Provided by: One day’s fishing for salmon and self catering may be available on the
Osborne beat consists of 2 miles of mostly double Lanrick Estate or sea trout for 4 rods on the Lower estate. If not the donor will be happy to
bank fishing, with 32 named pools, fished Provided by: A day’s salmon & sea trout fishing for Lanrick Beat of the River Teith. The advise on options nearby.
Date: on a rotational basis by 8 rods. Each rod Buccleuch Estates 2 rods on the exclusive Lower Castle Date: beat has 12 pools, mainly double bank,
Thursday 2 will have the chance to cover the entire Beat of the River Nith at Drumlanrig By end August 2021 and has been described as a miniature glenfernessestate.com/sporting
to Saturday 4 beat in one day, there is easy access to all Date: Castle, Thornhill, Dumfriesshire. by arrangement Dee with streamy water in a beautiful
September 2021 pools and two fishing huts. August to November One night’s accommodation for 2 setting. There is a comfortable fishing
2021 subject to people (self-catering) is included in Guide price: hut with BBQ.
Guide price: 5 year averages are 152 salmon and availability one of Drumlanrig Castle’s stableyard £450
£1,000 202 sea trout. No accommodation is apartments. Further fishing and Fly only, catch and release, a ghillie
included but the donor would be happy Guide price: accommodation may be available by with 4x4 vehicle will be provided. Book
to suggest options nearby. £280 separate negotiation. early to avoid disappointment. Within
easy reach of Edinburgh, Glasgow and
www.kinkellfishing.co.uk www.drumlanrigcastle.co.uk Perth the Teith is one of Scotland’s well
kept angling secrets - come and share
the secret.
Sadly not included, but worth
considering if you need somewhere
to stay, the estate has 5 beautiful
treehouses close to the river.
www.lanricktreehouses.co.uk
www.lanrick.co.ukScottish Auction 2021 - Fishing 32 Scottish Auction 2021 - Fishing 33
3 days for 2 rods A week for Trout fishing A day for 2 rods
32 on the Tweed at
Ladykirk 33 2 rods on
the Annan 34 on Black Corries
Estate 35 on the Birgham
Dub on the River
Tweed
Provided by:
The owners of Black
Corries Estate
Date:
May to July 2021
Guide price: Photo: Glyn Satterly
£200
Enjoy a day’s rainbow trout fishing for
2 with a boat and ghillie (if required)
on a loch on the Black Corries Estate,
Provided by: 6 consecutive days’ fishing for 2 rods in Glencoe. To be taken between May
Annandale Estates on the Annandale Estate’s beat of the and July this year. When this auction Provided by: A great opportunity for 2 rods to enjoy
Annan. This 5.5 mile attractive beat of lot was last taken 2 years ago the The Earl of Home an early autumn day on the Lower
Provided by: 3 days’ salmon fishing for 2 rods at Date: lightly fished water is relatively narrow biggest rainbow landed on the day was Tweed. Birgham Dub consists of 1 mile
Ladykirk Estate Ladykirk on the Lower Tweed. The beat By 16 November 2021 and shallow, so responds well to the 51/2 lbs, and the winning bidders also Date: of double bank fishing and is a 2 rod, 2
comprises 3 miles of left bank fishing and stealthy fisherman who wades as little landed three other large rainbows, as Wednesday boat beat, with two full time boatmen.
Date: the five year average after an excellent Guide price: as possible. The spring months are good well as dozens of brownies. 1 September 2021 The Dub has a wide variety of pools and
Thursday 23 2020 season is 277 salmon/grilse and 20 £240 for large wild brown trout, sea trout are streams for both high and low water
to Saturday 25 sea trout. present in good numbers from June Guide price: conditions. Not only the Dub with
September 2021 onwards and the best salmon fishing is £750 its pools named the Corbie, Cundy,
Its position next to the tidal waters often to be had from September. Galoshan Point, Hens Leg and the
Guide price: allows large quantities of fish to build Nick; but also (above and below) are the
£1,100 up as they are forced to wait for higher streaming waters known as the Brose,
water. There is good access to the main Magrie, the Cradle, the Weil and Jilly’s
pools, and you will be accompanied Cast. The beat is very well maintained,
by a ghillie. Fishing is generally from with fishing hut and other facilities.
either boat or bank depending on river Birgham Dub is owned by Douglas &
conditions, however this year the use of Angus Estates and forms part of the
boats and access to the fishing hut will be Hirsel Estate at Coldstream.
dependent on Covid19 restrictions at the
time. All hen fish to be released. www.dandaestates.co.ukScottish Auction 2021 - Fishing & Fishing Plus 34 Scottish Auction 2021 - Fishing Plus 35
Salmon fishing on Fishing Plus Explosive Derbyshire
36 the upper or lower
beat of Makerstoun Mixed sport
38 staycation in a windy spot
37
on the River and comfort
Tweed in Strathardle, Provided by:
Robert Shields DL,
Provided by:
Lord Biddulph
3 consecutive days’ fishing for 2 rods
on this beautiful stretch of the River
Perthshire Sir Andrew Walker-
Okeover Bt and
Tweed at Makerstoun during the Longcliffe Quarries
Date: month of February 2022 (subject to
During February availability – book early to get the best Date:
2022 choice of dates). Rods are to release all During fishing season
salmon. Fly or spinner (at Boatman’s in 2021 or 2022
Guide price: discretion), subject to Tweed
£350 Regulations. Good riverside fishing Guide price:
huts and the Boatman is shared with £2,000 A 2 day/3 night trip for 2 people to the
the other Beat (half day on each Beat). Provided by: 2 days of relaxed fun for two couples (£1,500 reserve) Derbyshire dales. On day 1, climb a 60
Aidan Petrie with options for hill loch fishing for metre wind turbine situated on top of a
www.tweedbeats.com/beats/upper_makerstoun wild brownies, accompanied stalking dolomite quarry, with views, on a clear
www.tweedbeats.com/beats/lower_makerstoun Date: for roe, fallow or red deer and even day, to five counties (lessons in how to
Between 20 and 24 cast for salmon on the River Ardle. climb a short ladder will be given but an
September 2021 Fabulous walking. 2 nights self-catered internal lift does most of the rest! You are
by arrangement accommodation in newly refurbished harnessed at all times). Lunch in a local
Woodhill Log Cabin, Strathardle hostelry (included), followed by pressing
Guide price: in Highland Perthshire. Date to be the button on a 20,000 tonne blast at
£850 arranged during week beginning 20 Longcliffe Quarries Ltd, Brassington.
September 2021, excluding Saturday.
On day 2 you will be fishing the River
Dove on one of the six prime beats of the
Okeover Estate, courtesy of Sir Andrew
Walker-Okeover Bt, guide provided,
packed lunch included. Three overnight
stays are included at the Charles
Cotton Hotel in Hartington (including
breakfasts and dinners, but not drinks).Scottish Auction 2021 - Stalking 36 Scottish Auction 2021 - Stalking 37
Stalking 5 nights on the Red stag
41 Rahoy Estate with
a day’s stag stalking 42 day on
Balmoral
Stag stalking Stalking for
39 with an open sight
double rifle in 40 Sika hinds
in the Borders
Provided by:
Balmoral Estate
An extremely rare and special
opportunity to have a day’s stalking for
a red stag at Balmoral. One rifle will
Glenlyon Date:
Either Monday
be accompanied by a Balmoral stalker,
with the added pleasure of seeing the
18, Tuesday 19 Balmoral garrons at work. Your picnic
or Wednesday 20 lunch will be provided. To be taken
October 2021 on either Monday 18th, Tuesday 19th or
Wednesday 20th of October 2021.
Guide price:
Photo: Peter Keyser
£800
Provided by: A full day on Innerwick Estate for one Provided by: A morning and evening outing stalking Provided by: A 5 night self-catering stay in Caorann
Robert Dalglish stag to be taken in September/October Stobo Estate Sika hinds around Stobo in the Upper Rahoy Estate on the Rahoy Estate for up to 8, with a
2021. Tweed Valley. There is a large local day’s stag stalking included. (A second
Date: Date: population of sika, and stalking is Date: stag at £500 may be available by separate
September or October There will be an opportunity to use November or usually from high seats and is at all Sunday 3 to Friday negotiation with the estate). Caorann is
2021 date to be agreed a MacNaughton “round action” .375 December 2021 times accompanied. It is over an area of 8 October 2021 a stunning recently built house with all
double rifle with open sights. While by arrangement 330 acres of woodland with some high mod cons, in an enviable position on the
Guide price: we will endeavour to get close enough seats situated on the moorland fringe. Guide price: shores of Loch Teacuis on the Morvern
£800 to use it, there will be a conventional Guide price: £2,000 peninsula.
scoped rifle if this is not possible. £200
www.rahoy-estate.com
One night’s self-catered accommodation
in a centrally heated bothy is included.
The one bedroom bothy contains a
king size and single bed providing an
opportunity for the stalker to bring a
partner and/or son or daughter to share
the experience.Scottish Auction 2021 - Stalking 38 Scottish Auction 2021 - Stalking 39
Stalking at 2 days’ hind Morning or A day’s hind
43 Invergeldie
44 stalking on
Dunlossit 45 evening stalk in
Lincolnshire 46 stalking for
1 rifle in Speyside
Estate, Islay
Provided by: An accompanied stalking session
Easton Estate (morning or evening) for one stalker on
The Easton Estate near Grantham, to
Date: be taken before 31 October 2021. Fallow
Photo: Peter Keyser
By 31 October 2021 buck or muntjac.
Guide price:
£250
Provided by: Stalking for 1 red stag, during the
Invergeldie Estate rut, on the accessible and exciting
stalking country of Invergeldie Estate
Date: near Comrie in Perthshire. No
Between 11-20th accommodation included, but the Provided by: A day’s hind stalking for one rifle on the
October 2021 by estate are happy to advise on local John & Marina beautiful Speyside estate of Dunachton.
arrangement options. Forbes-Leith Accommodation is provided for up to
two guests on one night in Dunachton
Guide price: Provided by: 2 days’ hind stalking for 2 rifles on Date: Lodge, and the carcass may be taken
£500 Dunlossit Estate the Dunlossit Estate on Islay. The During 2021 season away if required.
estate stalker, Alan Macdonald, will
Date: expertly guide the guests on the Guide price:
2021/22 season by Dunlossit hill ground. A packed lunch £400
arrangement will be provided each day, moderate
fitness required. Accommodation and
Guide price: extra stalking can be made available
£1,250 separately.
www.dunlossitestate.comScottish Auction 2021 - Stalking 40 Scottish Auction 2021 - Stalking 41
A day’s stalking on A day’s stalking on A day’s hind Fallow buck stalk
47 Aberuchill Estate
48 Aberuchill Estate
49 stalking for one on
Atholl Estates 50 on Murthly Estate,
Dunkeld
Provided by: An opportunity to stalk for a Fallow
Bidwells Buck on the magnificent Murthly Estate
by Dunkeld in Perthshire. Murthly is
Date: renowned for the quality of its fallow
October 2021 stalking in a beautiful landscape.
To be taken in October 2021.
Guide price:
£550
Provided by: A day stalking for a stag on the
Aberuchill Estate Aberuchill Estate in Perthshire during
the last week of September. Iain Provided by: Atholl Estates are offering a day’s hind
Date: Fridge, the head keeper, will be your Atholl Estates stalking for 1 rifle, with 2 head per day.
During week stalker, and you will go to the target in This is traditional stalking with pony in a
beginning 27 the morning before going to the hill. Date: particularly beautiful part of Perthshire.
September 2021 An estate rifle is available if required. During 2021/22
season www.athollestatessport.co.uk
Guide price:
£400 Guide price:
Provided by: A day stalking for a stag on the £450
Aberuchill Estate Aberuchill Estate in Perthshire during
the first week of October. Iain Fridge,
Date: the head keeper, will be your stalker,
During week and you will go to the target in the Photo: Photoasa.com
beginning 4 morning before going to the hill. An
October 2021 estate rifle is available if required.
Guide price:
£400Scottish Auction 2021 - Stalking 42 Scottish Auction 2021 - Stalking 43
A Day’s stalking for Sika stalking for 3 Morning and A stag at Braemore,
51 a stag on Auchlyne
& Suie Estate 52 stags in Strathbran
53 evening stalk,
East Lothian 54 Ullapool
Provided by: A morning and evening stalk for either
John & Ben Gray roe or fallow buck in East Lothian,
probably at Smeaton Estate. The outings
Date: will be with either the donor or ‘keeper,
In season, by 20 trophy may be retained, and the donors
October 2021 will be able to advise on B&B nearby if
required.
Guide price:
£200
(£150 reserve)
Provided by: A day’s stalking for a stag on the
Provided by: A day’s accompanied stalking for a red Braemore Estate, Braemore Estate, near Ullapool, to be
Mrs Emma Paterson stag on Auchlyne and Suie Estate, in Wester Ross taken in the first half of September
late September 2021. The Estates are 2021. The early stag season at Braemore
Date: situated in Glen Dochart, 5 miles west Date: is on very challenging ground; steep
Between 20-24 of Killin, Perthshire. Accommodation Provided by: An opportunity for 1 rifle to shoot up Between 23 and rocky in places, but the views
September 2021 either in Killin, or B&B at Innishewan Strathbran Estate to 3 sika stags in the woodlands and on August and 18 from the high ground on a clear day
Farmhouse on the estate by separate the woodland margins at Strathbran September 2021 are breathtaking. No accommodation
Guide price: arrangement (Covid permitting). Date: in Wester Ross. It may well be possible is included but the estate has some
£550 Between 13-25 to shoot all 3 on one day as the Sika Guide price: newly refurbished self-catering
(£500 reserve) www.auchlyne.co.uk September 2021 will be at the height of the rut, but it £550 accommodation. If this is not available
may be best to allow 2 consecutive on your dates they would be happy to
days. You will be accompanied by suggest other options nearby.
Guide price: David Bennett the estate stalker at
£750 all times, and be asked to prove your
competence at the target before setting Photo: Peter Keyser
out. Accommodation is not included;
the estate can loan a rifle if required.Scottish Auction 2021 - Stalking 44 Scottish Auction 2021 - Stalking 45
2 roe stalking Muntjac at A sika stag
55 outings, near
Grantown on Spey 56 Luton Hoo
57 in the Borders
Provided by:
Wayne Whitcher
Date:
July or early
August 2021
Guide price:
£240
Provided by: An opportunity to shoot a sika stag on an
Stanhope Estate evening and an early morning stalk in a
Provided by: Two high seats for Muntjac on a very picturesque part of the Upper Tweed
Edward Phillips, mutually agreed day in 2021 on the Date: valley. You will be accompanied by a
Luton Hoo Estate Luton Hoo Estate, Bedfordshire August 2021 gamekeeper and can have the use of an
courtesy of Edward Phillips. This is estate rifle if desired. Accommodation
A chance for one rifle to take two Date: an opportunity for experienced guns. Guide price: is not provided but can be arranged by
accompanied outings probably the last During 2021 The Estate farms over 1200 acres in £250 separate negotiation.
week in July or first week of August, hand and is easily assessable just off
around the Roe rut. An early morning Guide price: junction 10 of the M1.
outing of around 4-5 hours and an £250
evening outing of around 3 hours on (£250 reserve)
approx 300 acres of hill and similar low
ground within 12 miles of Grantown
on Spey. An estate rifle can be used
or the guest can bring their own.
Accommodation is not included, but the
donor can assist in arranging. A trophy
fee of £35 per buck would be payable
separately if required.Scottish Auction 2021 - Art 46 Scottish Auction 2021 - Art 47
Art Family & A set of silver
59 pet portrait
photography 60 peg markers
“Three Snipe”by Rodger McPhail
58 29.2 x 36.8cm unframed size
Provided by:
Rodger McPhail
Guide price:
£4,250
Provided by: A set of sterling silver peg markers
Hayward and Stott (hallmarked in Edinburgh) with gold
plated thistle tops, engraved numbering
Provided by: Have a photographic portrait of your Guide price: 1-10. Their bespoke leather wallet fits
Caroline Trotter family, and/or your pet(s), or horses. £475 them perfectly and has an additional
Photography Caroline’s emphasis is on taking inner sleeve in which to store game
photographs ‘on location’, away from cards. Thrown in as a complimentary
Date: the confines of the studio, using natural bonus will be a set of silver dress shirt
By end of 2021 light to create classic and relaxed collar stiffeners.
portraits with a mixture of posed and
Guide price: spontaneous images. www.haywardandstott.com
£140
The session will be at a venue to suit
you (within an hour of Upper Largo,
“Three Snipe”, oil on paper by Rodger McPhail, the well known countryman, or further with expenses payable, by
cartoonist, wildlife artist and long time supporter of the GWCT. His portrayals of arrangement). The lot includes an hour’s
all British birds, particularly game birds, are eagerly sought after. He is currently sitting, one 10”x8” mounted print and
recognised as the finest bird artist in Britain, whether working in oils or watercolours. an on-line gallery of 30-40 images from
The painting is signed and framed. which to view and purchase further
photographs, with advice on framing
The Rountree Tryon Gallery will arrange and fund shipping anywhere within the UK. and wall display.
www.rodgermcphail.com www.carolinetrotter.co.ukScottish Auction 2021 - Art 48 Scottish Auction 2021 - Art 49
Mounted A3 “The Original Ostrich” Bronze rutting “Gentiana sino-
61 pastel portrait of a
horse or dog 62 by Annabel Pope
approx 60x40cm unframed 63 stags by
Michael Simpson 64 ornata” framed
watercolour by
Emma Tennant
Provided by: Provided by: Annabel Pope’s paintings are known 24.7 x 23.2cm, incl. frame
Sophie Harden Annabel Pope worldwide. She has been artist in
& GWCT resident in Kenya with Jonathan Scott, Provided by:
Date: BBC Big Cat Diary and official artist Emma Tennant
By May 2022 Guide price: for Ralph Lauren Children’s stores in
£500 China, Hong Kong and New York. She Guide price:
Guide price: works closely with Conservation and £500
£425 Charity projects in the UK and abroad. (£450 reserve)
Sophie has worked as a professional Her work is unique in its spirit and
artist for 5 years, exhibiting in London, energy, captured from her travels and
the Edinburgh Art Festival, and many her knowledge of the subject matter.
local galleries. She specialises in animal
subjects and takes on a limited number She has had numerous Solo and group
of portraits of horses and dogs each year, Exhibitions and commission work
offering one of these here. range from people’s pets, horse racing,
British and African wildlife.
Her contemporary, fluid technique
allows movement to flood the painting, www.annabelpope.com
from the explosive energy and grace of Provided by: Denzil Skinner & Partners are delighted Borders artist Emma Tennant has once
horses to the small details that capture Denzil Skinner to continue their support of the GWCT again generously donated one of her
a moment. Often using a contrast of & Partners Scotland, through the Scottish Auction, exquisite paintings to the auction. This
colours, Sophie works to accentuate the at this critical time in our need for charming watercolour in antique frame
adaptation of light, making the viewer Guide price: science based conservation practices to is of “Gentiana sino-ornata” a flower
perceive a 3D object from often just £540 be developed. introduced to the UK from China
small marks and brushstrokes. by plant collector George Forrest in
The auction lot depicts two stags rutting 1910. Emma started her artistic career
Costs of both mileage for photography in bronze, sculpted by Michael Simpson. painting the plants and flowers that
and framing will be extra. Height: 130mm Overall length: 235 mm. she had grown as a child, and now as
artist, gardener, botanist and historian
www.sophieharden.co.uk describes herself as a painter who
gardens.Scottish Auction 2021 - Art 50 Scottish Auction 2021 - Art 51
Walnut Pencil portrait of A pair of Patrick
65 Whitethroat 8”x12”
66 your dog
67 Mavros sterling
silver cufflinks
Provided by:
Iona Godfrey-
Faussett
Date:
During 2021
Guide price:
Provided by: This charming whitethroat, carved £200
Anthony Woodd from walnut, is by Ralph Williams.
Having worked in the Department of
Guide price: Ornithology at the Natural History
£150 Museum, Ralph became self-employed
(£120 reserve) in forestry and woodcarving, working A pencil portrait of a single dog (head Provided by: A pair of Patrick Mavros sterling silver
exclusively in wood which he collects only) by Iona Godfrey-Faussett. This Patrick Mavros handcrafted buffalo skull cufflinks. In
and seasons himself. This close will be completed from photographs, A3 African culture, this powerful beast has
understanding of his medium is evident in size, and unframed. Iona decided to Date: always been given the greatest respect
in the unusual and surprising use of set up her small commissions business During 2021 for its cunning and courage. The Cape
grain, colouration and other natural to make use of her love of drawing while Buffalo is ranked with the ‘Big Five’, and
features unique to each piece of wood. studying languages at University. Guide price: for good reason. At Patrick Mavros the
His carvings have been commissioned £230 family is passionate about bringing the
by the RSPB, the BBC, the Hawk and www.ionagfportraits.com/ beauty of Africa to the world. Every one
Owl Trust and the organisers of the of their pieces is designed by a member
Wildlife Photographer of the Year of the family.
Award.
www.patrickmavros.com
He is based in Cornwall, but his work
has been exhibited all over the world,
and presented to HRH Princess Anne
and purchased by the late Queen
Mother. He became an elected member
of the Society of Wildlife Artists in 1977.You can also read
