The Sealed Bid Auction includes a very impressive Empire Style ormolu mounted mahogany panelled room from circa 1880. Provenance for the room panelling is the Villa Raymond Poincaré, the ex President of France who owned the Villa la Pins in 

Eze, France. The room sold at Christie's New York in 1998 after the auction for $222,500 inclusive of the buyer’s premium. The room is approximately 533cm long by 456cm wide by 332cm high. The painted canvas ceiling acquired separately for this sumptuously appointed panelled room, which has recently been in use as the boardroom of a company in a central London office block. Made by the house of Bricard (founded in 1782), the ormolu mounts are of the highest quality and since many of the components, including the four large ormolu mounted mahogany panels are identical in size it can be adapted to a different configuration. The room and ceiling are expected to sell for £60,000 - £100,000.

Other quirky lots included in this part of the auction are a rare set of six graduated steel bells by Naylor & Vickers of Sheffield from circa 1860. The largest 100cm high by 126cm diameter, the smallest 65cm high by 70cm diameter. Included in the lot is a report dated 1975 giving a detailed report on the bells which are believed to have originally hung in St Andrew’s Church, Stainland, Yorkshire. The tonal quality of steel rather than bronze, or bell metal, as it was also known, was far inferior and as such steel bells were never produced in large quantities. As such, it is rare to find an original ring of six cast steel bells, which have a visually decorative “appeal” rather than a functional one and are estimated at £1,500 - £2,500.

An historic full size mahogany billiard table by Thurston and Co from circa 1913 carries an estimate of £3,000 - £5,000. It has been removed from Admiralty Arch, Whitehall. This iconic London building at the opposite end of the Mall to Buckingham Palace was commissioned by King Edward VII in memory of his mother, Queen Victoria, and designed by Aston Webb. Completed in 1912, in the past, it served as residence of the First Sea Lord and was used by the Admiralty. Until 2011, the building housed government offices. In 2012, the government sold the building on a 125-year lease for £60m for a proposed redevelopment into a Waldorf Astoria luxury hotel and four apartments. The firm of Thurston and Co was established in 1799 and have been leading manufacturers of snooker and billiard tables since as well as being granted four consecutive Royal Warrants from William IV to George V. The company still holds records of all the tables made and have confirmed that this table was made in 1913 but that unlike virtually every other table made, the name of the purchaser is blank in their records. One can only assume that since it was made for the residence of the First Sea lord at Admiralty Arch, there was a degree of secrecy involved. When it was installed, the First Sea Lord between 1912-1914 was Prince Louis of Mountbatten, father of Earl Mount-batten who held the same appointment from 1955-1959. The roll call of First Sea Lords during the 20th century encompasses many well known historical figures and one can only speculate who!

An impressive and monumental bronzed fibreglass group of four horses rising out of the waves on the other hand was only made in the late 20th century. An impressive 220 cm high by 550 cm wide and 290 cm deep. It comes from Shepperton Studios and featured in a Spice Girls video, they were then relocated to the roof of Caesar’s nightclub, in London where they stood for about 20 years and are now available for £8,000 - £12,000.