PenDelfin Old Meg & Daisy Duck Up For Sale
Today, Wednesday 3rd September, probably one of the rarest PenDelfin items came on sale, a PenDelfin Old Meg Plaque. Byrne’s Auctioneers & Valuers in Chester held a Collectors Sale which featured just 21 lots of PenDelfin. Within those 21 lots was an Old Meg Wall Plaque and a Daisy Duck!
The Old Meg plaque was designed by PenDelfin founder Jean Walmsley Heap and only produced for around a year, from 1953 to 1954. I’ve never seen one of these and unfortunately couldn’t make the sale today so didn’t even get to see it today! It’s not a very attractive or typical piece of PenDelfin and not everybody would want one in their collection but given the choice I would!
Daisy Duck on the other hand is a must for any PenDelfin collector. Also designed by Jean Walmsley Heap she was only produced for 3 years from 1955 to 1958. A cute yellow duck with bonnet, she stands perfectly next to her companion Desmond Duck!
As I said, unfortunately I couldn’t make the sale so missed seeing this classic pieces. If you went please do drop us a line and let us know what they were like and what kind of condition they were in. It’s always nice to hear about these things.
Hi there…just to let you know the Old Meg went for around £2700 so quite below the estimate and Daisy finished at £620 just above her lower estimate! Great to see them.
John
Comment by John — September 3, 2008 @ 6:32 pm