It bore a label revealing that it had originally been presented by an Aunt Lizzie Mosley to her niece Sarah Mabel Wassell prior to setting sail for Canada in March 1904.
The 308-lot sale returned a hammer total of £53,680.
Ark to be coveted
UK: TOP price of Christie’s South Kensington (15/10 per cent buyer’s premium) sale of toys and dolls on July 29, 1999 was the £1200 which secured this painted wood Noah’s Ark, complete with numerous carved and painted wood animals, which had been estimated at £600-800.
