So many items have been submitted for the next hunting, shooting and fishing sale in Cockermouth that they need an extra day.

The sale, by Mitchells auctioneers, is due to take place at their saleroom in Station Road on Saturday, October 5. But the quantity of lots received means that fishing is being divided off from hunting and shooting – and will have its own separate sale on Thursday, October 10.

The shooting section contains around 150 lots, including the one expected to be the most valuable in the sale. It is a Boss and Co. 12 bore shotgun made for Lord Falmouth in 1913, and carries an estimate of £11,000 to £15,000.

Other valuable guns include a rare WW Greener Needham 12 bore shotgun made in 1898 – one of only 6,000 of its type made between 1881 to 1890 – and expected to fetch between £1,000 to £1,500. Highlights also include a large bore percussion fowling piece by Cove of Hornchurch, Essex, made between 1850 to 1862 and with an estimate of £200 to £300.

And one is made by Cockermouth manufacturer Timothy Graham in around 1873. It is a hammer shotgun converted from a rook rifle and could sell for £350 to £450.

There are also two relics of the Falklands War, an Argentinian military knife and a pair of Zeiss binoculars surrendered on West Falkland. They could sell for £150 to £200.

Hunting is represented by a collection of items relating to the Dumfries Foxhounds, Dumfries Otter Hounds and the Bell Irving Foxhounds. They include a number of early 20th century photos and some taxidermy by the celebrated artist Peter Spicer of Leamington Spa.

His work generally commands high prices at auction, due to the natural look and poses of the animals. There are three fox heads, a rare fox death mask and three otters, all with estimates of £200 to £300. Other taxidermy includes an Indian jackal’s head dated from 1942, valued at £50 to £80.

Among the artworks is an oil-on-board painting by Sir Peter Markham Scott entitled “Teal coming into the decoy” valued at £1,000 to £1,500. Nine cartoons by the renowned Keswick cartoonist John William Wilkinson – better known as Wilk – are also be for sale, with estimates ranging from £80 up to £600.

Other highlights in the sale include a late 19th to early 20th century tripod table with the top decorated with three fox cubs which is expected to make £150 to £200, and a life-size cast figure of a dog, expected to make £300 to £400.

An illustrated catalogue for the sale can be viewed online at www.mitchellsantiques.co.uk or at www.the-saleroom.com . Lots can also be viewed in person on Friday, October 4 from 3pm to 7pm and from 8.30am on the day of the sale.

For more details phone James Moore on 01900 827800.