L ionel Edwards prints are such a hardy annual at country sports sales that their presence is taken for granted. But originals, they're different – not amazingly rare, but still capable of causing a stir.

Of course, oils invariably do better than watercolours, but this example, pictured right, of the latter was so fine, and the pull of its subject matter, the Wilton Hunt, so strong, that it sailed to its top estimate of £6,500 at Lawrences' recent twice-yearly sporting sale at Crewkerne.

The first section of the 800-lot auction was devoted to Ralph Gilbey's collection of heavy horse harness, brasses, brass horse furniture and books, and was another big winner at more than £6,600.

Mr Gilbey, a past president of the Heavy Horse Society, had amassed a huge selection of paraphernalia, ranging from commonplace brasses to such esoteric gear as latten bells, martingales and terrets. We'd love to share with you our encyclopedic knowledge of the terret, but we really don't have the time.

Since Lionel Edwards cannot be mentioned without reference to the other two members of the trinity, a Cecil Aldin monochrome print of two dogs on ivorine made £600, while the familiar Snaffles print Prepare to Receive Cavalry went right up to its top estimate of £500.