1. Sir Winston Churchill Oscar Nemon clay model – £ 4000

Anglo-Croatian sculptor Oscar Nemon (1906-85) first met Sir Winston Churchill while on vacation in Marrakech in 1951. Churchill was the sculptor’s choice when Elizabeth II commissioned a bust of Sir Winston for the Windsor Castle in 1952 and he went on to create over a dozen public wartime statues of the Prime Minister, including the 1970 bronze which can be found in the Hall of Members of the House of Commons.

This small clay model (above), 10in (25cm) high signed nemon, was put up for sale at Semley Auctions in Shaftesbury on November 13 under “Lady’s Ownership