Auction Catalog Sotheby's Benacre Hall Suffolk England Baronet Gooch

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Auction Catalog Sotheby's Benacre Hall Suffolk England Gooch Oriental Rug Review/Asian Trade is pleased to offer an important Sotheby's Auction Catalog for the Country House Sale at Benacre Hall, Suffolk, England. The venerable auction house declared this sale, "Britain's Most Successful Country House Sale." It certainly was the largest at 1690 Lots. The Catalog reflects this fact being 8 1/2" X 10 1/2" in size, and 1 1/3" thick. The sale, which was precipitated by the death of Sir (Richard) John Sherlock Gooch, 12th Baronet (1930-1999), stretched over three days, May 9-10-11, 2000Auction catalogs are the very best resource for the collector. They offer world class pieces, Price Estimates, some come with Prices realized, as is the case here, great photography and wonderful descriptions. Shipping in U. S. by media mail, international shipping by Priority International. Weight of this package is 3 lbs. This catalog cost 15 pounds at the door. The sale, which was precipitated by the death of Sir (Richard) John Sherlock Gooch, 12th Baronet (1930-1999), stretched over three days, May 9-10-11, 2000 Auction Catalog Sotheby's, London, Contents of Benacre Hall, Suffolk, England, May 9-10-11, 2000, 1690 Lots, Estimated Prices, Realised Prices, All Color Photographs, but for older historic photos. 474 Pages. The Gooch Baronetcy of Benacre Hall, in the County of Suffolk, was created in the Baronetage of Great Britain on 4 November 1746 for William Gooch, Lieutenant Governor of Virginia from 1727 to 1749. The second Baronet was Bishop of Bristol, Norwich and Ely. He married Mary Sherlock, daughter of William Sherlock, Dean of St. Paul. Since then, the Sherlock surname has been used by most succeeding generations as a middle name. The fourth Baronet served as High Sheriff of Suffolk in 1785. The fifth Baronet represented the Suffolk county constituency in the House of Commons from 1806 to 1830. The sixth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Suffolk East between 1846 and 1856. The eleventh Baronet was a Colonel in the Army. SOTHEBY’S sale of the contents of Benacre Hall, near Lowestoft, Suffolk, had all the ingredients of a classic country house sale with more than 1,500 lots reflecting the history of 12 generations of the Gooch family, one of the leading families in East Anglia. The last family member to live at Benacre Hall was Sir John Gooch 12th Bt., whose death last year has resulted in Sotheby’s sale which will take place at Benacre Hall over three days on Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday May 9-11, 2000. The sale is expected to fetch in excess of £3 million. James Miller, Deputy Chairman of Sotheby's UK, said: “Like so many English houses and collections, Benacre reflects both the history and the particular interests of successive generations of the Gooch family whose prosperity was founded in 17th century Great Yarmouth and whose successful careers and marriages led the family to 18th century Virginia, USA and the Grand Tour of 19th century Europe. “Throughout the house there is the gentle intermingling of the very fine with the more normal and the rare with the more usual, a quality typically characteristic of English collections. Included in the three-day sale is a selection of fine English furniture, Dutch Old Masters, a handsome group of Gooch family portraits, silver and vertu, Continental and English porcelain, militaria and the Gooch library comprising many thousands of volumes and texts, as well as objects associated with a great English country house sale from a stuffed swan to an Aubusson carpet. “The late Sir John Gooch Bt. (1930-1999) never married and lived a quiet, reclusive life alone at Benacre. He kept the hall and the estate closed to public view and regularly used only a selection of the rooms leaving others undisturbed and untouched. Some areas of the house such as the servants quarters and the nurseries remained unchanged since 1920s and for this reason Benacre Hall retains a unique distinctive and timeless atmosphere all of its own,” James Miller said The Gooch family can trace its ances... read more

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