Monday 16 June 2025, 18:00
Online Auction
Online Auction of Memorabilia, celebrating 150 years of Bedford Park.
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The auction is part of the Bedford Park Festival. Proceeds will go to St Michael & All Angels Church and its three 2025 charities: The Upper Room, Crosslight Chiswick and McCabe Educational Trust.
The Lots
1. Framed signed drawing by Tom Greeves, the ‘saviour of Bedford Park’, depicting one of his ‘Ruined Cities of the Imagination’. Kindly donated by Elisabeth Whittaker. Message reads: ‘To Elisabeth. Wishing you many happy returns with love from Tom (a dream city!) 1982’. 39.5cms x 32cms (framed).
Reserve price £150. Guide price £200 to £250
2. A set of three ceramic Bedford Park tiles by Eleanor Greeves, depicting:
- The Tabard Inn & Stores, Architect R. Norman Shaw; Houses in Queen Annes Grove by E.J.May; Priory Gardens 1880, Architect E.J.May. Good condition.
Each tile 15.8cms x 15.8cms Reserve price £50
3. A ceramic mug by Eleanor Greeves labelled: the 21st Bedford Park Festival 1967-1987. The Parish of Saint Michael and All Angels Bedford Park. Images of fairground big top. Good condition. 8cms x 9cms Reserve price £20
4. A ceramic tile by Eleanor Greeves for the Centenary of Saint Michael And All Angels Bedford Park 1879-1979. Images of the church’s cupola and angels. Good condition. Reserve price £20. 15.8cms x 15.8cms
5. A ceramic tile by Eleanor Greeves depicting a row of houses and labelled ‘Bedford Park 1875’. Good condition. 15.8cms x 15.8cms Reserve price £20
6. Artists and Architecture of Bedford Park 1875-1900. Original catalogue of An exhibition held at St Michael’s Vicarage during Bedford Park Festival Week 10-18 June 1967 (‘The Exhibition that Saved Bedford Park’). 64 pages, including an introductory essay by Mark Glazebrook, biographies of several of the artists and ‘A Brief Architectural History of Bedford Park’ by T. Affleck Greeves. Good condition. 17cms x 25cms Reserve price: £50
7. The Chiswick Timeline: A History in Art and Maps. The commemorative book of the mural outside Turnham Green station, with fold-out maps and artworks dating from 1593 to 2018. Images include The Train, painted by Camille Pissarro at 62 Bath Road, and other works by Bedford Park artists. Good condition. Out of stock in shops, this is a rare chance to acquire a beautiful and informative memento of Chiswick. 22.5cms x 26.5cms Reserve price: £30
8. Exhibition poster 1975 - The Bedford Park Centenary Committee and The Victorian Society present: The Centenary of an Aesthetic Suburb Bedford Park 1875 1975. Good condition. Suitable for framing. 20cms x 32cms Reserve price £10
9. The Early Community at Bedford Park. The Pursuit of “Corporate Happiness” in the First Garden Suburb by Margaret Jones Bosterli. Routledge & Kegan Paul. Published 1977. Good condition, slight damage to sleeve. 136pps. 26cms x 19cms.
Reserve price £20
10. Mainly About Bedford Park People by Christina Speight, from the researches of Lawrence Duttson. Short biographies of dozens of Bedford Park residents and institutions from A-Z (Edwin Austin ABBEY, RA, ARWS to ZIESCHANG’s School, 28 Esmond Road). Published 2015. Good condition. 152pps, plus notes. 30cms x 21cms Reserve price £20
