New Olympia fair to boost vintage toys

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13th-31st
October
New Olympia
fair to boost
vintage toys
■■Organisers hope to win over
buyers from the modern market
Tom Derbyshire
reports
A NEW fair at London’s
Olympia venue aims to
revitalise the market in
antique dolls, teddy bears
and toys by attracting a fresh
generation of collectors.
To be held for the first time on
November 20 next year, the organisers
say it “will look back on 200 years of
childhood (1750-1950)” and that this
“the first time for over 15 years that a
show like this has been purely devoted to
antique/vintage items”.
The Antique Doll Teddy Bear and Toy
Fair is the brainchild of teddy bear and dolls
specialist Daniel Agnew and Hilary Pauley.
Agnew runs his own dealing business and
is a consultant with Newbury auctioneers
SAS, while Pauley is chief executive of
a group of companies including private
schools. She also runs the teddybearmuseum.co.uk, an online archive.
Agnew says he has wanted to hold
such an event for years, but admits that
“number-crunching and paperwork is not
one of my strong points”. He went to do
an insurance valuation for Pauley’s bear
collection and the idea took root – aided
by her organisational skills.
Happy to win bronze award
WEST Sussex auctioneers Bellmans enjoyed considerable
success on August 5, with a single-owner collection of around
30 Indian and Tibetan bronzes collected by a private vendor
in the 1960s. Leading proceedings at £32,000 plus 20%
buyer’s premium (estimate £2000-3000) was
this 16th century Tibetan turquoise-inlaid gilt
bronze cast of the female bodhisattva Green
Tara standing 5in (12cm) high upon a double
lotus base.
The figure is modelled in lalitasana with the
right foot resting on a lotus flower and the right
hand lowered in varada mudra.
It sold to the same international bidder
who bought a c.15th century Tibetan cast
brass figure of Kubera supported on a double
lotus throne for £19,000 (estimate £30005000). Standing just under 6in (15cm) high,
the god of wealth was depicted in seated
lalitasana with his right foot resting on a
vase, holding a citrus fruit in his right
hand and a mongoose spitting gems
in his left. It was inlaid with coral
and turquoise.
Bellmans’ Oriental specialist
Phil Howell said: “It is rare for a
provincial auction house to be
entrusted with such a splendid
collection. It has been a
privilege to research and
catalogue.”
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Dealers’ Diary
TRIBAL ART
Looking ahead to the big fair in London news
vintage toys fair launch
Page 22-25
London Selection
continued from front page
Page 6-8
Auction Reports
Page 10-11
Auction Previews
Page 22-25
Page 12
International
Page 16-20
Art Market
Page 28-29
Antiquarian Books
Page 30-33
Index of Auction Advertisers
Page 35
Auction Calendar Page 35-41
Fairs & Markets Page 42-45
Classified Page 46
Subscription Form
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Letters to the Editor Page 47
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This aims to be an annual fair and an
‘event’ as much as a place to buy, with
Birmingham blue john bonanza
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With the antique teddy bear, dolls and
toys market having struggled in recent
years, Agnew hopes this fair will “spark
a bit of interest in the old stuff”. Agnew,
who ran Christie’s teddy bear auctions,
says: “We are branding it ‘200 years of
childhood from 1750-1950’ but we are
not being quite that strict – we have a
dateline cut-off of 1970, only because
you rule out the good ‘50s and ‘60s toys.
“But we will be quite strict on the date
because we really want to concentrate on
the antique. We are are not expecting to
make money out of it particularly – we
want to help promote the market overall
and take it forward to a new generation.”
seminars and a themed exhibition each
year – the first is toy rabbits.
Attracting international visitors and
exhibitors is also an important factor.
Agnew says: “The UK used to be very
much a centre to the market but these
days it has gone off to Germany, the US
and France. It will help to regenerate
the market if we get big international
collectors and dealers coming over.”
Eyebrows might be raised over the size
of the venue for an inaugural event, but it
will be held in Olympia’s ornate Pillar Hall
rather than the larger halls at the west
London complex, so it is affordable and
compact, with 70-80 stalls envisaged.
Organisers say major dealers and
collectors from all over the world are
already interested, such as Sue Pearson
(bears), David Pressland (tinplate toys),
Eric Petit (bears) from France and Rachel
Gotch (dolls).
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QUITE possibly the largest sale of Derbyshire blue john ever held
is going under the hammer at Fellows of Birmingham.
The October 5 auction will centre on a collection of more
than 250 lots of bowls, cups, vases, urns, cutlery and jewellery
jointly assembled over the last decade by two avid collectors.
Pieces date from c.1770 to modern times and are valued from
£30 to over £30,000.
The semi-precious mineral – a unique form of fluorspar with
bands of a purple-blue or yellowish colour – is found only at Blue
John Cavern and Treak Cliff Cavern at Castleton in Derbyshire.
Blue john became increasingly popular in the second half of the
18th century when it was mined for its ornamental value. Today, with
mining occurring on a very small scale, it has become highly collectable.
One of the sale’s stars is a c.1780 ormolu-mounted urn, right, attributed
to the famed Birmingham industrialist Matthew Boulton. He championed
the material, using it to create his trademark neoclassical-style ormolu
vases, urns, candelabra and elaborate turret clocks.
Dates are yet to be confirmed, but highlights will be on display
in London and Derbyshire including at Treak Cliff Cavern before the
Birmingham sale.
n fellows.co.uk
Make your views known on firearms law
DEALERS, collectors and auctioneers of
antique firearms are being invited to a
meeting in London to discuss proposed
changes to the law governing the sale
and ownership of such weapons.
The Law Commission, the
independent body that proposes legal
reforms on behalf of the Government, is
calling on all interested parties involved in
antique firearms to give their views at a
symposium on Tuesday, September 8.
The commission is proposing a raft
of changes to gun legislation, including
making it more difficult for criminals to
acquire functioning antique firearms.
“We urge anyone with an interest
in antique firearms to attend and give
their views,” a commission spokesperson
said, “as we want evidence on how the
proposals will impact the trade of antique
firearms.”
In July the commission published a
consultation paper on how the law could
be amended. One aim is to make the rules
“less ambiguous about what constitutes an
antique firearm, which will provide clarity
for dealers of such antiques”.
The symposium is from 12.30-6.30pm
at the University of Westminster, 35
Marylebone Rd, London NW1 5LS, with
space for 380 people.
To attend, email firearms@
lawcommission.gsi.gov.uk. Space is
limited and places will be allocated on
first-come, first-served basis.
n Read the recommended legal changes
relating to antique firearms at
tinyurl.com/p6n8kp6.
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news
Painting ‘anomaly’ hits Sotheby’s
PEOPLE
AMONG the “anomalies” that depressed
the bottom line in Sotheby’s second-quarter
results released earlier this month was the cost
incurred on a painting which the auctioneers
had acquired earlier in the year.
It was one of two works that “were
purchased together for our spring 2015 sales”,
according to a summary of the results.
The summary stated that “while the
investment was profitable overall, a loss on
one of the paintings was recorded at the time
of the sale in the second quarter of 2015”.
However, the “revenue and profit on the
other painting” has not yet been recognised
as Sotheby’s have yet to receive payment from
the buyer, which is expected later this year.
HERITAGE have appointed Nigel Russell
as their new director of photographs,
based in New York.
He started at Sotheby’s London in 1979.
In 1981 he transferred to Sotheby’s New
York as assistant departmental director of
the Collectibles Department.
After Sotheby’s, Russell became curator
of a private NY collection until 1999, when
he joined Swann as photographs and camera specialist. He
then returned to Sotheby’s as the director of the Photographs
Department for Sothebys.com and at Christie’s NY as a
photographs specialist.
The paintings in question are believed
to have featured in their Contemporary art
evening sale in New York in May.
Among the works that carried ‘ownership
interest’ symbols in the catalogue were
Gerhard Richter’s Abstraktes Bild (1992), which
was offered with an unpublished estimate in
the region of $30m but sold at $25m to an
Asian private buyer.
Another was Sigmar Polke’s Dschungel
(Jungle), again offered with an unpublished
estimate, in this case in the region of $20m.
This latter work drew more bidding, selling
at $24m to a US private buyer and making an
auction record for the artist.
Alex Capon
SOTHEBY’S SECOND QUARTER RESULTS
Three-month period to June 30, 2015, compared with equivalent period for 2014
n Net auction sales: $1.86bn, a decrease of 6%. A shift in the sales calendar, however, meant that the London
Contemporary art auction series did not feature in the second quarter results this year
n Total revenues: $332m, a decrease of 1%. Fluctuations in foreign currency exchange rates, mainly the
strengthening dollar, contributed $12.4m of the fall in revenue
n Adjusted operating profit: $125m, a decrease of 16%
n Private sales commissions: increased by $5.4m (32%) due to the completion of a number of high-value
transactions
n Auction commission margin: increased by 0.3% (from 15.2% to 15.5%), primarily due to the changes made in
the buyer’s premium rate structure in February 2015. This margin would have been higher but was partially offset
by a higher level of guarantees
ATG COMMENT
Auctioneers are known to take a hit when lots they back with guaranteed prices fail to meet
expectations – this practice cost Sotheby’s $8m in the second quarter of 2015 alone. But it was
more unusual here to see the saleroom make a loss on a work that the auctioneers already paid
out for in advance of an auction.
Classified as an ‘inventory loss’, the picture in question was presumably the main cause of the $11m
variance between ‘inventory sales’ income and ‘cost of inventory sales’ in the company’s latest results.
Auctioneers are often said to be behaving like dealers these days, but how many dealers
could survive racking up such a short-term deficit on a single painting? It is the sheer size of the
modern-day global auction house that acts as a buffer for this risk-taking.
A SALEROOM assistant is stepping up to
become Chichester’s first female auctioneer.
Rachel Trembath joined Henry Adams
three years ago and worked alongside
auctioneer Cliff Beacher, who retired this
year after nearly 50 years in the business.
HANNAM’S of Selborne, Hampshire, have
appointed David Greatwood consultant as
valuer and auctioneer.
He has over 25 years of experience
in the fine art market, including roles
at Willingham Auctions, Moore Allen &
Innocent, Hansons, Wintertons, Dreweatt
Neate and Phillips Son and Neale.
GUILLAUME Cerutti, chief executive of Sotheby’s France
and European deputy chairman, is to leave and join Christie’s
as president for London, Continental Europe, the Middle
East, Russia and India. He will take up his new role in the
middle of next year.
Cerutti joined Sotheby’s in 2007 as president director of
their French operation. Prior to that he was chief executive
of the Georges Pompidou Centre, chief of staff to the French
minister of culture and head of the executive office for
consumerism and competition in the ministry of economy
and finance.
Treasure trove owned by an artists’ champion
Above: an example of Percy Kelly’s illustrated
letters to Mary Burkett which will feature in the
sale of her collection at Mitchells.
AN impressive collection of pictures, studio
pottery, furniture, personal effects and letters
has been consigned to auctioneers Mitchells of
Cockermouth from the estate of Mary Burkett,
former director of Abbot Hall art gallery in
Kendal.
A well-known champion of
artists in north-west England,
most notably Sheila Fell, Percy
Kelly and Alfred Wainwright,
Burkett (right) died aged 90
in November 2014. The items
have come from her former
home, Isel Hall in Cumbria – a
large ancient estate left to
her by her friend and distant
relative Margaret Austen Leigh.
Forming 500-600 lots on September 3-4,
the highlights include 140 ‘painted letters’
from Percy Kelly (1918-93) to Mary Burkett,
dating from c.1971 onwards. Many were used
in the book Dear Mary, Love Percy – A Creative
Thread, edited by David A Cross. Offered
separately, estimates range from £50-600.
Several artworks by the German artist Kurt
Schwitters (1887-1948) will be offered. He lived
in Ambleside in the Lake District in the final
years of his life. Burkett did much research into
this period of the artist’s
career, exhibiting works
at Abbot Hall during her
20-year tenure. Pictures
at the auction include
Landscape from Sweden
Bridge from 1946, an
oil painting estimated at
£2500-4000.
Along with 80 lots of
studio pottery by artists
such as Lucie Rie (1902-95)
and Hans Coper (1920-81), numerous works of
art made in felt are on sale. Burkett was founder
and president of the International Feltmakers
Association and a world authority on artistic
feltmaking.
Mitchells auctioneer Mark Wise said: “It’s
very fitting that this collection is to be sold here
at Mitchells in Cockermouth, a saleroom she
regularly attended and knew well.”
Precious metals
On Friday, August 14, Michael Bloomstein
of Brighton were paying the following for
bulk scrap against a gold fix of $1116.75
(€1002.11, £715.29)
GOLD
22 carat – £632.73 per oz
(£20.35 per gram)
18 carat – £517.69 (£16.65)
15 carat – £431.41 (£13.87)
14 carat – £402.65 (£12.95)
9 carat – £258.85 (£8.32)
HALLMARK PLATINUM
£17.35 per gram
SILVER
£8.15 per oz for 925 standard hallmarked
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AUCTION NOW ONLINE
Over 700 lots to include luxury wristwatches and large selection of jewellery including gold rings & bracelets.
View the full catalogue at johnpye.co.uk
STAFFORDSHIRE
Online Bidding Ends: Thursday August 20th, from 12 noon
Viewing: Monday August 17th 11am-2pm
At: 39-40 Marchington Ind. Estate, Marchington. ST14 8LP
NOTTINGHAM
Online Bidding Ends: Friday August 21st, from 12 noon
Viewing: Wednesday August 19th 11am-1pm
At: James Shipstone House, Radford Road, Nottingham. NG7 7EA
Rolex
DateJust
Blancpain
GMT
Breitling
Chronometre
Breitling
Emergency
Cartier
Pasha
Rolex
Yacht-Master
Cartier
Tank Americaine
Audemars Piguet
Royal Oak
Rolex
Day-Date
Rolex
GMT Master II
Centre Seconds
18ct Gold Pocket Watch
Breitling
B Class
Cartier
La Dona
Rolex
Air King
Hublot
Big Bang
18ct Gold Diamond Solitaire Ring 18ct Gold Diamond Triology Ring
Nottingham • Staffordshire • Derby9ct
• London
Gold Black Stone & Diamond
14ct White Gold
Diamond Hoop Earrings
9ct Gold Green Stone Charm
Herringbone Necklace
WEST STREET AUCTION GALLERIES, LEWES, SUSSEX,
ENGLAND BN7 2NJ
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Sale 574 - Tuesday 25th August
MILITARIA, ARMS,
ARMOUR AND COINS
Illustrated catalogue £9.50
The auction contains 171 lots of coins and medallions including
ancient, hammered, foreign, shipwreck items, tokens, Napoleonic
medallions, British milled coins including crowns.
Also a pair of medals to Lieut. Brunton: Gold RNLI, dated 1828
with Arctic Medal (1857)
Lots 795 and 796. Scottish sword dollar and half pound 1642 Oxford Mint.
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Interiors: Pictures, Asian & European Ceramics,
Furniture & Works of Art
The Rogers de Rin Collection
and other properties
Wednesday 26th August 2015, 10.00am
Wednesday 16th September 2015, 10.00am
Donnington Priory, Newbury,
Berkshire RG14 2JE
Berkshire RG14 2JE
Viewing
Saturday 22nd August, 9.00am – 12.30pm
Sunday 23rd August, 10.00am – 2.00pm
Monday 24th August, 9.00am – 6.00pm
Tuesday 25th August, 9.00am – 4.30pm
Day of sale, from 8.30am
Viewing
Saturday 12th September,
9.00am – 12.30pm
Sunday 13th September,
10.00am – 2.00pm
Monday 14th September,
9.00am – 6.00pm
Tuesday 15th September,
9.00am – 4.30pm
A George I walnut folding card table, circa 1720, the
quarter veneered and crossbanded top opening to
the interior inset with a needlework panel depicting
playing cards within a border of flowers and foliage,
73cm high, 77cm wide, 32cm deep
Est. £1,000-1,500
A rare Wemyss piglet,
circa 1900
Est. £1,000-2,000
Autographs & Memorabilia
Books & Works on Paper
Friday 4th September 2015, 2.00pm
Thursday 17th September 2015, 11.00am
Bloomsbury House,
24 Maddox Street, Mayfair W1S 1PP
Bloomsbury House,
24 Maddox Street, Mayfair W1S 1PP
Viewing
Sunday 30th August, 11.00am - 4.00pm
Tuesday 1st September, 9.30am - 5.30pm
Wednesday 2nd September, 9.30am - 5.30pm
Thursday 3rd September, 9.30am - 7.30pm
Day of sale, from 9.30 am
Viewing
Tuesday 15th September,
9.30am - 5.30pm
Wednesday 16th September,
9.30am - 7.30pm
GIBSON, GUY
Typed letter signed (“Guy Gibson”), addressed by hand
to Mrs Jaye, informing her that her son, Sergeant
Thomas J. Jaye, is missing in action as a result of
operations on the night of 16/17th May, 1943
Est. £3,000-5,000
Simpson (William)
The Seat of the War in the East, 2 vol.,
with hand-coloured plates, 1855-56.
Est. £4,000-6,000
Fine Clocks, Barometers
& Scientific Instruments
Tuesday 15th September 2015, 1.00pm
Berkshire RG14 2JE
Viewing
Saturday 12th September, 9.00am – 12.30pm
Sunday 13th September, 10.00am – 2.00pm
Monday 14th September, 9.00am – 6.00pm
A fine William IV ebonised table clock with original
numbered winding key
Benjamin Lewis Vulliamy, London, number 1260, circa 1835
Est. £12,000-18,000
Sales Calendar
Sale dates are subject to change, please check the website for latest dates.
Date of Auction
August
20 Aug
26 Aug
September
04 Sep
08 Sep
10 Sep
15 Sep
16 Sep
17 Sep
23 Sep
23 Sep
October
07 Oct
13 Oct
14 Oct
15 Oct
15 Oct
22 Oct
November
04-Nov
11-Nov
12-Nov
16-Nov
Saleroom Name
The Summer Book Sale
Interiors: Pictures, Asian & European Ceramics, Furniture & Works of Art
London - Maddox Street
Newbury
Autographs & Memorabilia
Timed Online - Silver, Coins, Jewellery
The Bibliophile Sale
Fine Clocks, Barometers & Scientific Instruments
The Rogers de Rin Collection and other properties
Books & Works on Paper
Fine Wine, Champagne, Port & Select Fine Spirits
The Transport Sale
Newbury
Godalming
Newbury
Newbury
Newbury
Timed Online - Silver, Watches, Jewellery
Interiors, Day 1: Paintings, Prints, Ceramics & Clocks
Interiors, Day 2: Furniture, Rugs, Works of Art, & Garden Ornaments
Modern & Contemporary Prints
The Bibliophile Sale
20th Century Books and Works on Paper
Newbury
Newbury
Newbury
Godalming
Timed Online – Silver, Vintage Pens, Jewellery
Fine Furniture, Works of Art & Ceramics
Important Books & Manuscripts
Chinese Ceramics and Asian Works of Art
Newbury
Newbury
Newbury
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Donnington Priory, Donnington,
Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 2JE
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Godalming, Surrey, GU7 1AL
t +44(0)1483 423 567
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london selection
Modern packaging but the
■■July sales target overseas
buyers with big budgets
Gabriel Berner
reports
Left: a
Roman
Egyptian
quartz
granite vase
from Castle
Howard, sold
for £900,000
at Sotheby’s
on July 8.
LONDON’S summer high
season at the start of July is a
period when auction houses
ramp up the glitz and glamour
by cherry-picking the best
consignments and offering
them in select, high-value
auctions.
Leading the pack with this formula are
Treasures (Sotheby’s) and The Exceptional
Sale (Christie’s): mixed-owner furniture
and works of art ensembles of around
50 to 60 big-ticket lots united by quality,
provenance and rarity.
Accompanied by large glossy
catalogues in which the item and its
history are meticulously recorded, these
sales are aimed at international deeppocketed private collectors and timed to
coincide with the July Old Masters series
in the hope of a little cross-purchasing.
This year, these auctions (the eighth
for Christie’s and sixth for Sotheby’s),
notched up a £25.26m total, with
Christie’s the larger, at 61 lots, pulling in
£15.3m, while Sotheby’s smaller 47-lot
sale totalled £9.89m.
This was down on last year’s especially
strong £47m series, when two stellar
pieces from antiquity single-handily
provided half the total.
This year, Christie’s total was boosted
a little further by Taste of the Royal
Court, a 22-lot single-owner auction of
French furniture and works of art from
private collection which contributed
nearly £5m when it was offered just prior
to The Exceptional Sale.
When it came to selling rates,
Above: fauteuil en
bergère by François
Foliot from the Pavillon
Belvédère suite –
£1.5m at Christie’s.
Sotheby’s enjoyed the better of the two
at 75%, while Christie’s hovered around
the 50% mark.
PROVENANCE AND FRESHNESS
At both sales good competition emerged
for items that were fresh to the market
and well provenanced.
At Sotheby’s this was exemplified
by a select group of lots from Castle
Howard in North Yorkshire, while a
market-fresh assemblage of Napoleonic
items from a aristocratic Scottish estate
sold for over £1m at Christie’s. Rarity also
played an important role in drumming up
competition: £2.7m was paid for one of
two surviving MK1 Spitfires, and the series
top lot, a £5.4m Luba figure by the Warua
Master, was one of only seven known to
exist (see ATG No 2200).
Yet, even at this rarefied end of the
scale, these sales are price sensitive as
evidenced by the number of lots that
scraped in under estimate or failed to
meet the reserve.
It was also noticeable from attending
both sales that the majority of business
was done via the phones, with those who
had turned up in the room, including
several big London and continental
dealers, mere onlookers for the majority
of bidding.
There were murmurings too that Asian
interest was down, with the few Eastern
market offerings failing to drum up much
interest. This was perhaps linked to the
Chinese stock-market crash a few weeks
earlier when share prices in Shanghai lost
a third of their value.
n Across the next few pages, ATG have
cherry-picked the highlights from these
sales and others in London this summer.
MALLETT UNDER THE HAMMER
Joining in on the summer peak of sales at the start of July were Dover Street dealers
Mallett (24/18/12% buyer’s premium), who held an independent auction
for the first time in their long dealing history. Under the aegis of sister company
Dreweatts, over 370 furnishing items of mostly traditional taste were selected from
Mallett stock and offered on July 7 at Ely House. Some pieces had not been out of
storage for a generation and most were offered without reserve.
A take-up of 96% and a hammer total of £837,900 was the result as clients
absorbed much of the material. Among the top prices of the sale was this George III
fireplace, left, with three-quarter column jambs and ionic capitals, an inlaid frieze
and a centre tablet carving of Diana the Huntress seated with her hounds. An almost
identical chimney piece, also incorporating the centre tablet of Diana with her
hounds, was formerly at Eaton Hall, Cheshire, the seat of the Dukes of Westminster,
and almost certainly commissioned by 1st Earl Grosvenor (d.1802) in the 1770s.
Mallett’s example was pursued to £35,000 against a £20,000-30,000 guide.
Above: this 1876 Italian white marble
sculpture group entitled Le Printemps de la Vie
by the little-known Italian sculptor Antonio
Giovanni Lanzirotti took £22,000 at Bonhams
(25/20/12% buyer’s premium) on July 9 in
New Bond Street.
Measuring 7ft 2in (86cm) high and standing
on a rouge griotte marble base, the group
comprised a scantily clad young lady holding a
bronze butterfly or moth in her clasped hands
and a child to her side pulling at her drapery.
It had been bought in Paris c.1880 by the
dukes of Pinohermoso, and later installed in
the Salon Amarillo at the Pinohermoso Palace
in Madrid, today the headquarters of the Royal
Academy of Engineering of Spain.
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old principles still apply
ANTIQUITIES
Ancient art has made its mark at these high-season
sales in recent years, most notably last July when
Christie’s set the record for an ancient Egyptian work at
£14m and Sotheby’s sold a Roman statue of Aphrodite
for £8.3m.
This year, although prices were not in the same
league, the few antiquities that were offered still
provided healthy sums to the bottom line.
The stand-out piece was a monumental 2ft 3in
(68cm) high Roman Egyptian quartz granite vase from
the bumper ten-lot Castle Howard consignment offered
at Sotheby’s on July 8.
Well-proportioned and powerfully worked with
a flaring mouth and a pair of twin inward-turned
handles emerging from ivy leaf-shaped terminals, it was
probably Alexandrian, dating from the 1st century BC.
It had originally been made for Nero’s palace Domus
Transitoria on the Palatine Hill in Rome and found there
centuries later when it was excavated in 1721. The
vase was secured shortly after by Frederick Ponsonby,
later 2nd Earl of Bessborough, who brought it back to
England and placed it in Parkstead, his classical villa in
Roehampton, London.
Bessborough’s son was forced to sell the vase along
with the rest of the collection via Christie’s in 1801, a
sale attended by the likes of Sir John Soane, Thomas
Hope and the 5th Earl of Carlisle.
Carlisle acquired five objects for Castle Howard in all
but none nearly as expensive as the vase for which he
paid 110 guineas.
Some 200 years later and it was back on the block
for only a second time, guided at a conservative
£400,000-600,000. Bidding came down to a lengthy
two-way battle between Alexis Kugel of Gallery Kugel
the Yves Saint Laurent torso, so-called after it was first
included in the Pierre Bergé/ Yves Saint Laurent ‘sale of
the century’ at Christie’s Paris in 2009 and then offered
again by the same auctioneers in 2013.
Pictured in ATG’s pages on several occasions, the
c.1st/2nd century AD torso of an athlete is impressive
both in terms of scale (it is over life-sized) and in the
naturalism of the carving; the powerfully modelled
stomach muscles and front pectorals inspired by the
High Classical period in Greece and one of its most
influential sculptors, Polykleitos.
Such is the torso’s commercial appeal that, despite
appearing a little stale on its latest return to the
saleroom, it got away at £900,000 to a phone bidder.
This was just below its punchy £1m-1.5m guide but not
far off the €1.1m (then around £980,000) it had made
in Paris in 2009 and better than the £800,000 it was
hammered down for at King Street in 2013.
Right:
Roman
marble of
Cupid and
Psyche –
£160,000 at
Christie’s.
CUPID AND PSYCHE
in Paris and a phone bidder, the latter eventually
triumphant at £900,000.
YSL TORSO RETURNS
At Christie’s, the antiquities highlight in monetary terms
was a piece which had a far busier saleroom history.
Returning to auction for the third time in six years was
Just one other ancient sculpture was offered at
Christie’s, a c.1st/2nd century AD 3ft 2in (96cm) high
Roman marble group of Cupid and Psyche.
It too had changed hands a number of times over
the last five years, first with London dealers Oliver
Forge & Brendan Lynch, then with Basel-based dealer/
auctioneer Jean-David Cahn before a short stint in
Sheikh Al-Thani’s collection from where it was acquired
by the vendor. For over 20 years prior to all this, it had
been in the renowned Opiuchus collection formed by
the late Greek shipping magnate Constantine Karpidas.
It also had a 1960s provenance to the important
gallerist and collector Alexander Iolas.
It sold within estimate for £160,000 to a
phone buyer.
EUROPEAN FURNITURE
Blue-chip European furniture with estimates to match has been a mainstay of the high season for many years. This
year, although the market is difficult at all but the highest levels, was no different.
The most fiercely contested was an exquisite armchair from one of Marie Antoinette’s most personal retreats, the
Pavillon Belvédère in the ‘Jardin Anglais’ of the Petit Trianon at Versailles. It was offered in Christie’s single-owner
offering Taste of the Royal Court, a small 22-lot sale of French furniture from a private collection offered on July 9.
The chair, pictured above left, is from the suite of eight fauteuils en bergère and eight chaises supplied to the
Queen for the circular salon in 1781 at a cost of 20,000 livres, the most expensive suite she ordered.
It was based on designs by Jacques Gondoin made by François Foliot with the carving probably by either Mme
Pierre-Edmé Babel or Toussaint Foliot. The suite was sold in the Revolutionary sales on September 4, 1793, as a single
lot for a mere 2530 livres.
While several others pieces from the suite are in museums including the Getty and Versailles, this armchair is the
only one to survive.
Last sold at auction at Sotheby’s Paris in 2001 as part of the Collection of Monsieur and Madame Luigi Anton
Laura, it sold here to a phone buyer for a triple-estimate £1.5m.
CASTLE HOWARD CABINETS
Also causing a stir at Sotheby’s was a pair of Italian pietra dura, gilt bronze and ebony cabinets, c.1625, which had
stood for nearly 300 years at Castle Howard in North Yorkshire.
A unique commission, almost certainly conceived for the Papal Borghese family by a Florentine or Roman workshop,
the auctioneers ranked them “at the highest level of Roman pietra dura works of art still left in private hands”.
A pair, in good condition and complete with their original mounts and bronze ornaments, they sold for a saletopping £1.05m to the phone.
According to Howard family tradition, these cabinets were acquired by the fourth Earl of Carlisle, Henry Howard
(1694-1758) who visited the Continent on two occasions to make the traditional Grand Tour, the first time between
1714 and 1715 and later between 1738 and 1739.
The Regency carved bases with caryatid figures and a sunburst design, were probably designed by Charles
Heathcote Tatham and are among the earliest examples of the Antiquarian movement adopted by the English
cognoscenti in the early 19th century.
Above: Italian pietra dura cabinets on Regency stands – £1.05m at Sotheby’s.
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london selection
Above: a late 17th century agate ewer and
basin – £870,000 at Christie’s.
SILVER & WORKS OF ART
Adding to the glitz of the high London
sales was a tour-de-force of the exotic:
a translucent agate ewer and basin with
later ormolu mounts attributed to PierrePhilippe Thomire.
Possibly commissioned for the Grand
Dauphin’s personal collection in the late
17th century (the striking agate handle is
extremely similar to the open-mouthed,
leaping dolphin of the coat-of-arms of
the Dauphin of France), both ewer and
basin were made with agate of the same
fiery, volcanic natural colourings, and likely
carved in northern Italy during the 1680s.
By the beginning of the 19th century
it was with Alexander Hamilton, 10th
Duke of Hamilton (1767-1852), acquired in
Russia either by him or by his friend, the
voracious art collector William Beckford.
It was sold at Christie’s dispersal of
the Hamilton Palace Collection, a vast
sale of over 2000 lots, much of it of
royal provenance. It was purchased by
Christopher Beckett Denison, who sold
the set shortly afterwards in 1885; in his
sale both were then purchased by William,
5th Earl of Carysfort, and recorded in a
manuscript of his purchases for that year.
It passed down through his family
until acquired by the vendor at Christie’s
London in July 2005 for a premiuminclusive £556,800. Exactly 10 years on it
was consigned to Christie’s select 22-lot
Taste of the Royal Court sale on July 9,
where it was the object of keen bidding
again from Alexis Kugel of the Paris
Gallery Kugel and a phone bidder, the
latter triumphant at an above-estimate
£870,000.
IN THE ROMAN FASHION
While the silver at Sotheby’s was led by
the £850,000 16th century standing salt
recently restituted from the Ashmolean
Museum (see ATG No 2201), the pick at
NAPOLEONIC MEMORABILIA
Wellington may have got the better
of Napoleon at Waterloo but it’s the
Corsican who wins in the saleroom due
to his huge global appeal.
So it was unsurprising that it was
Napoleonic memorabilia on which the
London auction houses chose to focus
their interests this summer in the 200th
anniversary year.
While Sotheby’s offered a pair of
guns made for Napoleon’s three-yearold son (discussed and pictured in ATG
No 2203) in their sale on July 8,
Christie’s had an intriguing five-lot
consignment of artefacts.
The group could hardly have been
fresher, having come from a collection
of Napoleonic relics acquired by Sir
Michael Shaw Stewart between 1814
and 1830 and which had passed
down by descent through his family
at Ardgowan House in Scotland. Like
many men in 1814, he took advantage
of France’s defeat to visit the Continent,
keeping a detailed diary which today
provides a vivid portrait of postNapoleonic Europe.
First up in the group was an
unopened wine bottle from Napoleon’s
Waterloo carriage, the letter ‘N’ in bold
relief at the base of the neck.
It had been in the carriage on
the night of June 18, 1815, when
Napoleon attempted to escape after
defeat. Finding the road at Genappes
completely blocked, he was forced to
abandon his carriage and the many
treasures that it held, including his hat,
sword, telescope, a uniform inlaid with
diamonds and this bottle.
The carriage was seized and shipped
to England where it was first presented
to the Prince Regent as a trophy of
victory and then sold off by the British
government for £2500 to the famous
traveller, antiquarian and sculptor
William Bullock, brother of the cabinetmaker George.
What happened to the bottle during
this time is not known but by the 1840s
it was in Shaw Stewart’s collection. It
Christie’s was an exceptionally rare pair of
17½in (44.5 cm) high Wakelin and Taylor
two-light Georgian candelabra.
In the George III ‘Roman fashion’ with
swirling details and central cast flame
finials, this timeless pair are believed to
have been one of just two commissions of
this pattern made in the 18th century.
This particular pair was made for the
London houses of Thomas Dawson,
1st Viscount Cremorne (1725-1813), a
politician and wealthy Irish landowner
in 1790. The other was made for Lord
Uxbridge, who ordered a set of four
matching candelabra in 1792, probably
after seeing the Cremore candelabra at a
party.
The Uxbridge group had been sold
Above: one of Napoleon’s trademark black felt
bicorn hats sold for £320,000 at Christie’s where
the unopened bottle of wine from Napoleon’s
carriage, below, took £20,000.
was hammered down to a phone bidder
for a top-estimate £20,000.
A TRADEMARK BICORN
The same buyer also secured Napoleon’s
trademark black felt bicorn hat made
by Poupart & Cie, one of some 120
supplied to the Emperor. Shaw Stewart
purchased the hat in 1814 from the
Keeper of the Palace of Dresden, into
whose safekeeping it had been placed
by Napoleon’s valet following the battle
of Friedland and the treaty of Tilsit in
1807.
Shaw Stewart paid 10 thalers,
equivalent to just over £2, commenting
in his diary that it was “the most
valuable and curious acquisition by far
that I have made on my travels…I will
not say how much I would have given
for it…but having got it…I know no
price would tempt me to part with it.”
Presented in a Regency glazed
and rosewood table cabinet with
contemporary inscribed plaque, it
was secured for £320,000 against a
£300,000-500,000 estimate.
This was some way behind the €1.5m
(£1.25m) hammer paid at Binoche
et Giquello in Fontainebleau last
November when another of Napoleon’s
bicorns was bought (possibly as a
publicity excercise) by the South Korean
as a complete set of four at
Christie’s in 1976 for £16,000
and were subsequently split into
pairs; one appearing in the same
rooms in 2007 where they sold for
a premium-inclusive £334,100, the other
selling to a UK advisor in July 2013 for
£680,000 hammer.
Cremore’s pair, which bore the 1st
Viscount’s crest, was completely fresh to
the market having passed down through
the family.
On the day, four telephones battled
it out, with one securing it at £750,000,
comfortably above the £300,000-500,000
estimate.
The price is among the highest, if not the
highest paid for a pair of English candelabra.
food-manufacturing group Harim.
Making up the remainder of
the group was a lock of mane hair
from Napolean’s famous war mount
Marengo (£5500) and a playing card
inscribed in Napolean’s hand L’amiral
anglais aux Dardanelle with a map
(£17,000).
The group’s top lot was a
commanding portrait of Napoleon
standing before his throne in coronation
robes by Robert Lefèvre which had
been presented to Shaw Stewart
by Napoleon’s mother Maria Letizia
Bonaparte (£700,000).
Left: one of a pair of
Wakelin and Taylor
two-light candelabra
in the ‘Roman fashion’
sold for £750,000 at
Sotheby’s.
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Putting a name to a plate
■■£7600 charger by Josiah
Bundy shows attribution value
Roland Arkell
reports
SO many pieces of English tin
glazed earthenware remain
thoroughly anonymous –
most catalogued according to
region or city rather than by
potter or factory.
An exception is a series of delft blue
dash chargers – a type seen at Duke’s
(22% buyer’s premium) of Dorchester
on July 30 – associated with Josiah Bundy
of the Limekiln Lane pottery in Bristol.
The son of a local confectioner,
he joined the pottery at a young age,
ultimately running the Lower Pot-House
for a couple of years from 1739 until his
death in 1741.
This 14in (35cm) dish, c.1727 (it was
presumably a coronation piece), was
decorated with a portrait of George
II. The sponged bushes to either side
of the stylised figure are close to the
decoration on Bristol farmyard plates
with the bold palette and glaze colour of
the type normally associated with either
Brislington or Bristol.
It had been completely broken in
half and reglued but was otherwise in
good condition with little in the way of
chips or damage to the glaze. Estimated
at £2500-4500, it sold to a buyer from
outside the area for £7600.
This was the star lot from a collection
of delft consigned by a Dorset client.
From the same source, and
Above left: the Bristol delft charger in the manner of Josiah Bundy sold for £7600 at Duke’s of Dochester on July 30.
Above right: the 18th century Continental pottery model of a seated bull mastiff sold for an unexpected £4400.
also associated with Bundy or his
contemporary James Gaynard, was a
marginally smaller charger decorated
in blue and green with a typical Bristol
scene of The Temptation.
Adam and Eve are depicted aside the
Tree of Knowledge encircled by a yellow
and ochre snake. It too had been broken
and restored and – a more common subject
– went to a local collector at £2800.
Sold in the room to a collector from
Somerset at £4400 was a mid 18th
century Liverpool charger decorated in
the Fazackerly palette with flowers and
oriental style buildings. Estimated at
£800-1500, it was much admired for its
excellent condition.
Plenty of bidders competed for an
8in (20cm) delft plate probably made in
Lambeth c.1785. It was chipped many
times to the rim but the appeal here was
the subject matter. Just a year or two
after the Montgolfier brothers’ famous
public demonstrations in 1783, it was
decorated in blue, manganese and green
with a hot air balloon in flight over the
fenced terrace of a house.
A London delft mug was dated in the
catalogue to the 18th century but was
probably from the second half of the
17th century. It had speckled manganese
decoration to a globular body and a
blue line to the rim. A large section was
missing but it took £2000 where just
£50-100 had been mooted.
However, this sale’s most unexpected
FACING MY WATERLOO
This pair of watercolour on ivory miniatures
offered during Chorley’s (20% buyer’s
premium) sale in Prinknash Abbey on July 2122 depict Lt General Sir Richard Hussey Vivian
and his wife. Measuring 4½ x 3½in (11.5 x 9cm)
in original gilt frames, they sold at £1900.
Vivien served as a major under General Sir
David Baird at Corunna in 1808 and as a colonel
commanded the 13th and 14th Light Dragoons
at the battle of the Nive and at Croix d’Orde on
the Ers River where he was badly wounded.
He was also aide-de-camp to the Prince
Regent but key to the commercial fortunes
of these late Georgian portraits was his
participation at Waterloo where he commanded
the 6th Brigade after the repulse of Napoleon’s
Imperial Guard. Vivian’s Hussars led the final
charge of the day, sweeping all before them.
result was provided by a pottery figure of
a seated bull mastiff – a 15in (38cm) high
model spotted within a box of ceramics
consigned to a general sale.
The consensus on the day held that it
was 18th century, probably German and
once part of a spectacular fireside pair.
In only fair condition (it has a crack
to the base, imperfect ears and a
missing tail), it attracted international
competition at its ‘come and get me
estimate’ of £150-250. The successful
bidder from the UK purchased it online
at £4400.
The collecting of Stuart and early
Georgian needleworks has traditionally
gone hand-in-hand with the acquisition
of English delft.
The same consignor had formed a
collection of 13 needlework
pictures – most of them
in remarkably good
condition, preserved
under glass and restretched on a fabric
backing.
Estimated at £600-800
but sold online to a bidder
from the West Country
at £3600 was a late 17th
century, 12in (30cm) square
needlework depicting the
Return of the Prodigal Son.
The composition was
particularly appealing,
both in the use of
perspective and the
volume of figural, animal
and floral designs
and details.
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Three Norwegian silver and
enamel thimbles sold at
Bleasdales on July 22.
From left to right: by Aksel
Holmsen (£780); Nils Elvik
(£520); and Aksel Holmsen
(£540).
Right: English thimble – £540.
A RULE OF THUMB
Bleasdales (20% buyer’s premium)
summer sewing antiques sale in
Warwickshire on July 22 included the
collection of the late Phyllis Savage, one
of the earliest members of the Dorset
Thimble Society.
Her treasured silver and guilloche
enamel thimbles by a variety of pre-war
Norwegian makers provided many of the
highest bids of the day.
Two 1930s examples carrying the
pliers and compass mark of Aksel
Holmsen sold at £780 each – one
enamelled with an elegantly dressed
woman gazing at a sailing boat on a lake,
the other with a moose in a forest. Both
were set with moonstone tops.
Another example by the Sandefjord
maker enamelled in vertical guilloche
with a border of flowers to the rim took
£540 while almost as popular were
thimbles carrying the 1888-1925 mark by
Davis Anderson (enamelled with a single
reindeer pulling a Sami in a sled) and
another by Nils Elvik (a moose, trees and
birds in rainbow tones) that took £520
and £540 respectively.
Although most late Victorian English
silver thimbles can be bought for a few
pounds, collectors will lock horns to
acquire an unusual pictorial example.
Here a version decorated in repousse
with a pier, a buoy, a three-masted sailing
vessel and two figures in a rowing boat
was pursued to £520.
Of the many novelty silver pincushions
produced by the Victorian and
Edwardian ‘toymakers’, bovine subjects
are among the hardest to find.
Leading proceedings at £920 was
a 2½in (6cm) pincushion in the form
of a recumbent cow struck with the
lion passant and maker’s mark only for
Henry Wilkinson & Co of Sheffield.
Above: recumbent cow pincushion by Henry
Wilkinson – £920 at Bleasdales.
Combing the market for Lalique
WHEN this 5in (12.5cm) Art Nouveau hair comb by René Lalique appeared
for sale in Wellington, New Zealand, at the end of 2014 it was erroneously
catalogued as plastic and estimated at just NZ$300-500.
It sold at NZ$4700 (£2100).
The canny buyer in New Zealand consigned it for sale at Woolley & Wallis
(22% buyer’s premium) of Salisbury on July 16 with a fuller catalogue
description and an estimate of £4000-6000.
The comb was made c.1898 of horn and applied with enamel and frosted
glass violets. It was thought that the gold-coloured highlights had been
retouched and there was damage to a petal of one flower – its coloured foil
backing now visible. Nonetheless, it sold to a Bond Street dealership at £29,000.
It is possible the price was influenced by the massive sum bid for another
Lalique carved horn comb sold in Chicago by Treadway-Toomey as part of the
Warshawsky collection on June 6.
That example, applied in gold, silver and glass with a design of sea holly,
reached $170,000 (£116,440), selling to an Asian collector.
MINING DERBYSHIRE’S RICH SEAM
The second day of the monthly antique and collectors’ auction held by Hanson’s (20%
buyer’s premium) in Etwall on July 23-25 was enlivened by the performance of two
items with strong connections to Derbyshire.
It was estimated at just £60-80 but a clue to the appeal of a rare brass miner’s safety
lamp was the stamp Hepplewhite Ashworths Patent Stanley.
James Ashworth, who wrote numerous articles on mining and mine safety, patented
this particular design for a lamp to detect fire damp in 1891.
Versions of the all-brass lamp were produced by John Davis & Son of Derby and Joseph
Cooke of Birmingham but other variants were manufactured by Hepplewhite, Gray in
Derbyshire and by the instrument maker Stanley of Derby. A similar model sold for £980
at Tennants of Leyburn in 2012. Bidding here reached £1600.
There was multi-estimate competition too for a humble 5in (12cm) coopered wooden
beaker inscribed and dated Scutari Hospital 1855.
The old Barrack Hospital at Scutari was Florence Nightingale’s base during the Crimean
War (1854-56) and the date places the beaker firmly in the years that gave rise to the cult
of the Lady with the Lamp. A rim chip only seemed to add to its sense of place.
Advice from the Army Medical Services Museum suggested this would have been the
personal beaker of a resident, rather than military issue. It sold in Etwall (not too far from
Nightingale’s place of birth in Lea near Matlock) at £900 (estimate £200-300).
CONTRASTING SILVER LININGS
These two very different pieces of silver
made similar sums at Ewbank’s (27%
buyer’s premium inc VAT) in Send,
Surrey, on June 17.
The near life-size American football,
inscribed Wilson and NFL for the National
Football League, above, is thought
by its Home Counties vendor to have
been made by a US silversmith, perhaps
as a trophy or a player’s memento. It
had recently been submitted to The
Goldsmiths Company to be hallmarked by
at the London Assay Office. Weighing a
hefty 152oz, it was purchased by a West
End dealer for £2100.
The George I ovoid-shaped teapot
carrying the makers’ marks for Edward
Penman and John Seatoun, below, was
made more attractive because it was
assayed in Edinburgh in 1724.
Weighing 16.2oz, it proved the most
desirable entry from a large consignment
of material from a Midlands property,
selling to the London trade for £1900, a
multiple of its estimate.
Left: Ashworth
patent all-brass
safety lamp made
by Stanley of
Derby – £1600.
Right: a wooden
beaker inscribed
Scutari Hospital
1855 – £900.
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Left: a first-hand account of the Battle of Waterloo
which runs to 29 pages is among the stars of Bearnes
Hampton & Littlewoods sale in Exeter on August 26.
Written by Lt Col Robert Batty of the 1st Regiment of
Guards, who would later publish a longer account, the
letters contain the drama of the action as it unfolded.
Of Wellington he writes: “I constantly saw the noble
Duke of Wellington riding backwards and forwards like
the genius of the storm who, borne upon its wings,
directed its thunders where to burst. He was everywhere
to be found encouraging, directing and animating...”
The archive is estimated at £25,000-35,000.
Contact 01392 413100
n bhandl.co.uk
Above: campaign medals of Private Thomas ‘Paddy’ Byrne, awarded the Victoria Cross for his
bravery during the charge of the 21st Lancers at the Battle of Omdurman, are to be offered on the
market for the first time in over 50 years at David Lay’s August 25 sale in Penzance.
The charge at Omdurman is recognised as the last major individual cavalry charge against enemy
combatants by the British Army. Witnessed by a young Winston Churchill, who rode with the 21st
and wrote at length about the events, the 400-strong light cavalry regiment were ordered to head
off the enemy at the town of Omdurman. They were attacking what was thought to be only a few
hundred dervishes, but in fact 2500 infantry were hidden behind them in a depression.
Three VCs were awarded to members of the 21st for their courage in that battle. Of the three,
Churchill described Private Byrne’s conduct as “the bravest act I have ever seen performed”.
According to Churchill’s account, Byrne continued to fight despite a bullet wound in his arm and a
spear wound to his chest, only leaving the field when he fainted from loss of blood.
The group on offer here include a Queen’s Sudan and Khedive’s Sudan medals, a Queen’s South
Africa with three clasps, medals for long service, good conduct and a 1937 Coronation medal.
However, the VC is a later replica. Byrne’s original VC was stolen from his son Edward while he was
working in Kenya in 1949. The medals are estimated at £10,000-15,000.
Contact 01736 361414
n davidlay.co.uk
Left: the world-famous
Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire,
Scotland, is this year’s location
for Gavin Gardiner’s auction
of modern and vintage sporting
guns.
Included in the sale on
August 24 is this pair of 16-bore
pinfire hammer guns made by
Albert Staehle for Prince Ernest
Augustus, the last Hanoverian
prince to hold a British royal title
and the Order of the Garter.
Estimated at £2000-3000, the
guns have gold-lined decoration
surrounding scenes of game in
landscapes and are engraved
with a crown and the entwined
initials AE.
Contact 01798 875300
n gavingardiner.com
Right: winners of the the European figure-skating
championships held in Grenoble in 1964 were
presented with specially commissioned clear glass
mantle clocks in the ‘Thor’ design by Daum.
The one pictured here belonged to Czech
skater Eva Romanova, who, along with her brother
Pavel, won four world figure-skating titles in the
early 1960s. Both their trophies will be offered
on August 27 at Silverwoods of Clitheroe,
Lancashire, estimated at £200-400 each.
Contact 01200 423322
n silverwoods.co.uk
Left: a huge archive of more than 4000 law
books belonging to the Birmingham Law Society
are to be sold at Hanson’s in Derbyshire on
August 20, followed by smaller dispersals in two
of the auction house’s September sales.
The library, which is surplus to requirements,
will be divided into some 100 lots with estimates
ranging from £20 to over £600. The collection
includes volumes of leather-bound books, all
containing in-depth details of cases from the
1780s onwards.
Together with modern books on all aspects
of law, the original copies give details of laws
and real-life cases that authors such as Charles
Dickens used as inspiration for his novels,
including Bleak House and Little Dorrit.
Contact 01283 733 988
n hansonsauctioneers.co.uk
Right: the contents of Mercer & Co, a local
photographic studio shop, forms part of Lindsay
Burns’ sale in Perth on August 25-26.
The contents include everything that could be found
in an early/mid 20th century photographer’s studio, from
early large-format cameras through to Rolleiflex studio
cameras, while accessories include photographs such as
those depicting the Duke and Duchess of York arriving at
Glamis Station to attend the funeral of her mother and a
metal Mercer & Co wall plaque.
This large-format American Optical Company
mahogany and brass plate camera on a vintage Kodak
Studio Stand No.1, with a box of assorted lenses,
accessories and camera plates, is guided at £100-200.
Contact 01738 633888
n lindsayburns.co.uk
Right: Denhams in Horsham, West
Sussex, will offer this 19th century carved
fruitwood Swiss novelty nut cracker in the
form of a St Bernard dog in their sale on
August 26.
It has some woodworm damage to the
head and legs and is guided at £60-100.
Contact 01403 255699
n denhams.com
Left: Vectis’ summer film poster sale on
August 26 in Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees,
includes 38 lots from a former employee of
the Associated British Picture Corporation (ABPC). Promotional material such as film trailers,
posters and banners were acquired throughout the vendor’s career direct from the various film
studios where he worked.
This 1965 UK one sheet, tri-folded Dr Who & The Daleks poster is guided at £60-80.
Contact 01642 750616
n vectis.co.uk
send information of forthcoming sale highlights to gabrielberner@atgmedia.com
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Longfield,
Midhurst Road,
Fernhurst,
Haslemere,
Surrey GU27 3HA
Tel. 01428 653727
FINE ANTIQUE
AUCTION
WEDNESDAY
26 AUGUST 2015
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A representation of fine silver to
be included in the auction.
A good 19th century
kingwood gothic design
cabinet, attributed to
Lamb of Manchester
Est. £3,000-£4,000
A good Russian silver Easter egg by
Pavel Ovchinnikov.
Est. £3,000-£5,000
The Winston Churchill (1874–
1965) 2015 Krugerrand set.
Est. £1,200-£1,500
Part of over 200 lots of fine
jewellery to be included in
the auction..
A one-piece back violin,
bears label Casper Strad,
Prague 1801, together with
a bow signed Maline.
Est. £250-£500
A fine South Pacific
carved hardwood paddle,
probably Samoan or Fijian
Est. £500-£1,000
A good George I
walnut tallboy.
Est. £1,000-£1,500
Part of a collection of over 200 lots of Oriental pottery
and porcelain to be included in the auction.
A 17th century Dieppe
ivory compass with
azimuth dial, by
Charles Blond, c1660
Est. £2,000-£3,000
SALE STARTS 10.30AM
Pre-sale viewing times: Saturday 22nd & Sunday 23rd August 10.00am-4.00pm,
Monday 24th August 10.00am-8.00pm, Tuesday 25th August 10.00am-5.00pm,
Wednesday 26th August, morning of sale, from 9.00am
Online bidders are able to register any time
up until 2 hours before the auction
Please contact us for further information on 01428 653727 or visit our website at www.johnnicholsons.com
Inviting entries
Chinese Ceramics & Asian Works of Art
Auction Date: Monday 16th November 2015
Please contact us regarding single items or collections of Chinese and Japanese
Porcelain, Cloisonné, Jade, Textiles and Buddhistic and other works of art.
For more information and a free valuation, please contact:
Mark Newstead | 44 (0) 20 3291 3539 | mnewstead@dnfa.com
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A Chinese jade vase and cover of flattened Hu form,
21cm, 19th century, wood stand
Sold for £45,400
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22nd August 2015
(Just off the A465, midway Abergavenny and Hereford)
Special late August sale of
ANTIQUE FURNITURE, PORCELAIN, PAINTINGS,
OBJETS D’ART & COLLECTABLES
(approx. 1,800 lots)
Saturday 22nd August
Commencing at 9.30am
Early entries to hand include 18thC oak triddarn, good bespoke oak dining table and chairs,
etc. PORCELAIN including Picasso Madoura ‘Têtes’ jug, Moroccan lidded Fassi pot, etc.
PAINTINGS including oil of beach scene signed Joseph Horlor, charcoal pastel of terriers
by Lucy Dawson, etc. MISCELLANEA 19thC mahogany fusee bracket clock, early Islamic
metalwork including fine 12thC engraved Khorassan bronze oil lamp, well decorated Khorassan
lamp standard base, exceptionally large Thai gilt bronze Buddha hand Ayutthaya period, 18thC
brass and copper tajore lota, fine pair of oval base brass candlesticks c.1780, 19thC Elkington
type ‘Temperantia’ dish, brass ship’s wheel, Victorian walnut tea caddy, cased watchmaker’s
lathe, Victoria crown and other coins, stamp albums, collections of old violins, etc.
Viewing: Friday 21st August 2pm - 8pm and morning of sale from 8am
Buyer’s premium 15% plus VAT – Catalogues £3.50 including postage
Refreshments available – Ample on-site parking
For preview and catalogue see www.nigel-ward.co.uk
DAVID LAY FRICS
Books, Stamps & Collectors
Items 10 am
August 25 th
The Super Yacht Sale
4.15 pm
C H A RT E R H O U S E
A u c t i o n e e r s & Va l u e r s
Silver, Jewellery & Watches
Thursday 27th August at 12 noon
Ceramics, Interiors, Wine & Antiques
Friday 28th August at 10.00am
Viewing: Wednesday 26th 10.00am-6.00pm and Thursday 27th 9.00am-5.00pm
Including the medals of Private
Thomas Byrne, 21st Lancers,
Battle of Omdurman, Khartoum,
Victoria Cross group (copy VC)
Over 200 lots of nautically
themed bespoke furniture,
chandeliers, mirrors, lamps,
prints and paintings.
Cymric spoon
Other items include toys, coins &
postcards, stamps inc two P.U.C.
Pound Blacks. 250+ books including
manuscript material, modern Cornish
authors signed 1st editions, Le Carré etc.
Selection of rings
Including exceptional teak marine
furniture by Summit & other
leading designers. Note: Off site
viewing at Tregoniggie Industrial
Estate Falmouth, timings as below.
Viewing: Saturday
Aug 22 nd 9 am -1 pm
Wednesday Aug 24 th 9 am - 7 pm
Auction day morning 9am -10am
The Penzance Auction House, Penzance, Cornwall TR18 4RE
e: enquiries@davidlay.co.uk
tel: +44 (0)1736 - 361414
Catalogues £6 Online catalogue:
online www.the-saleroom.com
bidding
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Selection of wine
Wedgwood bull
Classic Motorcycle Auction 4th September
Classic Car Auction 16th September
The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3BS
Telephone 01935 812277 Facsimile 01935 389387
info@charterhouse-auction.com
www.charterhouse-auction.com or www.the-saleroom.com/charterhouse
American & European
Works of Art
Friday, September 11, 2015
Previews:
September 9, 12–5PM
September 10, 12–8PM
September 11, 9-10AM
Location:
63 Park Plaza, Boston, MA 02116 USA Contact:
Paintings | +1 508.970.3206
paintings@skinnerinc.com
Fine Art online
Opens: September 2, 10AM
Closes: September 15, 11AM
www.skinnerinc.com
Catalogs:
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American & European Prints & Photographs
Friday, September 11, 2015, 12PM
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1. John O’Reilly (American, b. 1930) Baby Portrait, 1991, Polaroid 107 collage; 2. Ben Nicholson (British,
1894-1982) San Gimignano, 1953; 3. Bridget Riley (British, b. 1931) Elapse, 1982; 4. František Drtikol
(Czech, 1883-1961) Nude with Ropes, c. 1930, pigment print; 5. Édouard Manet (French, 1832-1883)
Victorine Meurand en costume d’espada (L’espada), 1862; 6. Brian Clarke (British, b. 1953) Pray for Josquin,
from the series The Two Cultures, 1981; 7. Andy Warhol (American, 1928-1987) African Elephant from the
Endangered Species suite, 1983; 8. Josef Koudelka (Czech, b. 1938) Portugal, 1976, gelatin silver print;
9. John Frederick Lewis (British, 1805-1876) Old Farmer or The Cottage Door; 10. Jean Dufy (French,
1888-1964) Paris, Le Pont-Neuf; 11. Attributed to Jean Baptiste Greuze (French, 1725-1805) Bust of a
Young Woman; 12. Saliba Douaihy (Lebanese, 1915-1994) Untitled; 13. Attributed to Simon Jacobsz
de Vlieger (Dutch, 1601-1653) Vessels in Rough Seas off the Dutch Coast
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international
Australian market holds its
■■The middle market Down
Under remains strong despite a
slowing economy
ABORIGINAL ART
Terry Ingram r e p o r t s
£1 = Aus$2
ANY genuine Australian
cynic would tell you the best
stock to send for sale today is
vintage luxury luggage.
Many ‘Ten Pound Poms’ immigrants
like me who arrived before 1970 are
aspirational and therefore represent a
responsive clientele for quality antiques
and decor.
But with the recent fall in value of the
Australian dollar, triggered by a tailing off
of the country’s mining boom, the most
jaded ex-pats among us would be pleased
to leave the Lucky Country right now. A
fancy suitcase for the trip back to Blighty
would make the journey all the easier.
Yet, while these are challenging times
for the Australian art and antiques sector,
auctioneers and dealers appear to be
making the best of it despite the economic
situation.
So, as the Australian Antique and Art
Dealers Association (AAADA)’s Sydney
fair beckons in September (see box, page
18) – a highpoint of Australia’s antiques
calendar – how do we sum up the mood
of the market right now?
After being put on the back burner
by global players looking elsewhere for
markets such as Shanghai, Mumbai and
Dubai, Australia’s auction and dealing
community is hungry to resume old links
and forge fresh ones.
The country has a strong middle
market served by both new and
second-generation traders with good
infrastructure and more keen than ever to
engage with global suppliers and buyers.
The supply of contemporary, tribal and
Asian art to market remains strong, as
shown on these pages, proving the rule
Paul Sumner (left),
managing director
of the Mossgreen
gallery and auction
house which has new
premises in Melbourne.
that economic downturns can result in a
boost to quality consignments.
What difficulties the sector is
experiencing lie mostly offshore: in New
Zealand where auctioneers Webb’s have
seen staff defect to create new auction
house Bowerbank Ninow, and in Hong
Kong, where the Australian investor-backed
Fine Art Bourse has spluttered to a halt (see
ATG No 2203).
TOP FIVE ART AUCTION PRICES
FROM DOWN UNDER
n First-Class Marksman, 1946 by Sidney Nolan (1917-92), ripolin enamel on composition board
– Aus$4.5m (£2.94m) at Menzies, Sydney, March 2010.
n My Armchair, 1976 by Brett Whiteley (1939-92), oil on canvas
– Aus$3.2m (£1.97m) at Menzies, Melbourne, October 2013.
n The Olgas for Ernest Giles, 1985 by Brett Whiteley (1939-92), oil and mixed media on board
– Aus$2.9m (£1.31m) at Deutscher – Menzies, Sydney, June 2007.
n The Old Time by John Brack (1920-99), oil on canvas
– Aus$2.8m (£1.24m) at Sotheby’s, Sydney, May 2007.
n The Bar by John Brack (1920-99), oil on canvas
– Aus$2.6m (£1.09m) at Sotheby’s, Melbourne, April 2006.
Above: Brett Whiteley (1939-92),
The Arrival – A Glimpse in the Botanical
Gardens 1984, oil, collage and charcoal on
canvas, 1.07m x 92cm, $400,000-600,000. It
is part of The Peter Elliott Collection for sale at
Mossgreen’s August 30-31 & September 1
auction in Sydney.
LUXURY ENCLAVE
Australia’s high-end auctioneers are
increasingly congregating in Sydney’s
antique and luxury enclave in Queen
Street, Woollahra.
Sotheby’s Australia established a
permanent base there with the 2013
purchase of interior decorator Ros Palmer’s
property for Aus$2.7m, an eminently
suitable venue for a gallery. Their sales have
been held mostly at the InterContinental
Sydney hotel and usually attract a full
house.
In 2014 Melbourne-based Leonard Joel
opened its Sydney base, also in Queen
Street, and Bonhams would like to be there
too, if the right property became vacant.
The company presently has a shop and
office in a nearby Paddington back-block.
Partly by chance and partly by design,
UK immigrant Paul Sumner, managing
director of Mossgreen since 2004 and
the auctioneer-cum-gallery’s co-founder,
appears to have captured the spirit of a
nation with a yearning for luxury. Sumner
More than 250
lots of recently
repatriated aboriginal
art from the
collection of Thomas
Vroom are going
under the hammer in
a dedicated sale at
Bonhams Sydney
on September 6.
Spanning more
than 100 years
of continuous
Australian
indigenous art, the
group had for over
a decade formed
the cornerstone of
the Aboriginal Art
Museum in Utrecht
in The Netherlands.
This 2ft 5in
(74cm) Laintjung
Mokoy figure, right,
by aboriginal artist
Munggurrawuy
Yunupingu (c.190779) dates from
1962 and is made
from natural earth
pigments on carved
wood, human hair,
resin, feathers and
plant fibre string. It is
priced at Aus$60008000.
n bonhams.com
was managing director of both Sotheby’s
and Christie’s in Australia, where he learned
a trick or two.
These influences are evident by the
presentation and contents of sales at
Mossgreen, in new premises customtweaked into an auction house with gallery
space and a tea room, crafted from an Art
Deco theatre in the inner Melbourne suburb
of Armadale.
The building has a long history as an
auction room, having been occupied by
Sotheby’s for two decades.
The business has big ambitions and
seemingly deep pockets: Mossgreen’s 2013
acquisition and merger with Charles Leski’s
stamp and other collectibles firm, together
with the rebuild, has cost millions of dollars.
Sumner says the spread of wealth in
Australia has established a strong middle
market but one in which Aus$100,000 can
be a big spend.
With this in mind, Sumner is establishing
sales as events or occasions, while making
sure the technology works well for bidders
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AUCTION PREVIEWS
nerve
not in the saleroom. Mossgreen categories
range from decorative arts to stamps and
in the financial year to June 30, Sumner
says they grossed Aus$30m compared with
around Aus$3m in the early 2000s.
Single-owner sales remain popular
in Australia. Mossgreen’s next such sale
involves the late Dr Peter Elliott’s collection,
covering a wide field of interests ranging
from Australian and tribal art to Chinese
porcelain in 1013 lots. The auction will
be held over three days from August
30-31 to September 1 at the Museum of
Contemporary Art in Sydney and Byron
Kennedy Hall in the Fox Entertainment
Quarter.
And in early September Mossgreen will
sell the remaining 500 lots of Australiana,
mostly ceramics dating from the early 20th
century, from the collection of the late
Marvin Hurnall, who had a high profile in
this field for several decades until his death
last year.
Leonard Joel, founded in 1919 and
Melbourne’s oldest auction house, are
also anxious to revive the auction as
an event in Australia in handsome and
comfortable surroundings.
Similar to Mossgreen, Leonard Joel is
pursuing single-owner sales with a good
response from collectibles, particularly in
toys where internet bidding is especially
valuable.
Leonard Joel’s pre-owned luxury sales
take place four times a year and their
luxury specialist, John D’Agata, says that
“Auctioneers and dealers
appear to be making
the best of it despite the
economic situation”
with big luxury brands having businesses
in Australia for 20 years, earlier customers
are now selling their purchases.
The next sale on September 12 includes
a Hermès Birkin handbag at an estimate of
Aus$10,000-15,000.
OVERSEAS APPEAL
The flow of Australian art and antiques
from the UK to Australian salerooms
continues largely unabated by the fall
in the Australian dollar, despite smaller
returns.
Ronan Sullich, Christie’s representative
in Sydney, says that Australian buyers are
still in the market for antiques and art
from overseas despite higher estimates,
but tend not to go the extra yard as they
used to.
Mark Fraser, chairman of Bonhams
Australia, says the currency changes meant
continued on page 18
LOVE TOKEN
Left: a single-owner collection of
luxury jewellery and handbags will
be offered in a dedicated sale at
Shapiro in Sydney on October 20.
Among the highlights is this
Cartier Love Bracelet made from
diamonds and a double band of 18ct
pink and white gold which retails at
over Aus$40,000 but is offered here
with a guide of Aus$18,000-24,000.
n shapiro.com.au
TIMELY COLLECTION
Above right: the first of three sales devoted to one man’s lifetime collection of
watches and clocks will be going under the hammer at Webb’s dedicated sale in
Auckland on September 19.
The vendor was an engineer who collected a broad range of horological
items, assembling some 370 pieces. They include more than 100 solid gold
pocket watches, wristwatches by Rolex, Patek Philippe and Omega, marine
chronometers, carriage clocks as well as cameras and scientific instruments. This
early 19th century striking automatic gold pocket
watch is guided at Aus$2000-3000.
n webbs.co.nz
THE FLYING DOCTOR
STELLA CONSIGNMENT
Above: Raymond Postgate (1896-1947) was a multitalented figure with fingers in many different pies. A
socialist and founder of the British Communist Party and a
conscientious objector, he was also a social historian, an
author and a gourmet who started the Good Food Guide.
A portrait of this multi-talented personality painted in
1922 shows him facing the viewer and smoking a pipe. It
was painted by Stella Bowen who was born in Adelaide but
moved to England in 1914 to study at Westminster School
of Art. She mixed in the circle of TS Elliot, Ezra Pound and
WB Yeats and married Ford Madox Ford with whom she
settled in Paris. Bowen was also one of the first women to
be appointed as an official Australian war artist.
Her portrait of Postgate is one of six of her paintings
consigned from the Postgate family collection to be
offered for sale at Sotheby’s Australia on August 25 in
Sydney. Four of them featured in the retrospective Stella
Bowen: Love and War that toured Australia in 2002. Only
one other oil painting by Bowen is recorded as appearing
at auction in the last 40 years.
Raymond Postgate’s portrait is guided at Aus$15,00025,000.
n sothebysaustralia.com.au
Right: this 19th century male figure from the
Murik Lakes in the Lower Sepik River region of
Papua New Guinea was acquired by Dr Elliott, a
well-respected Australian doctor, on one of his
many trips to teach doctors across South-East
Asia and Oceania.
Measuring 12in (30.5cm) high, it will go
under the hammer at Mossgreen’s three-day
sale in Sydney from August 30 to September 1.
It is accompanied by more Oceanic art collected
by Elliott in addition to his group of Australian,
Asian and European decorative arts which he
acquired over 70 years. The figure is guided at
Aus$20,000-30,000.
n mossgreen.com
NIAGARA PANORAMA
Below: this mid-19th century American school
painting of Niagara Falls will be going under the
hammer at Deutscher & Hackett’s August 26 sale in Sydney.
The 2ft x 4ft 4in (61cm x 1.32m) oil on canvas was painted from the Canadian side
c.1850 by an unknown artist, who would have been assisted by access to a growing
number of wooden observation towers catering to a burgeoning tourist industry.
The result was an elevated and panoramic view sweeping across the vast
expanse of flooded plains towards Lake Erie. The painting was framed in Adelaide
in the 1870s and has remained in the city, passing through several private
collections, until now.
n deutscherandhackett.com
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international
continued from page 17
that while the company would continue holding fine
art sales in Australia, high-value items of international
interest are sent to its overseas salerooms.
The next Bonhams’ Important Australian Art
sale on 30 November includes paintings consigned
from the US and from Paris comes a delightful work,
A Market in Kairouan (c.1911), by Australian postImpressionist Carrick Fox (see box, opposite page).
Concern that the economic malaise in Australia
would affect consignments to Christie’s annual
London Australian Art sale on September 24, which
attracts mainly Australian buyers, do not appear to
have materialised.
This King Street sale is described by Christie’s
director Nick Lambourn as “a fairly modest selection,
but as usual some nice discoveries, works from here
which have not been seen for a generation or two”.
These include an 1886 portrait by Tom Roberts
(1856-1931) of fellow Australian Impressionist Louis
Abrahams, consigned from the US, and Roberts’ A
Norfolk Barn (1909), consigned from Scotland (see
opposite page).
“Australia has been going through
some painful change but the
market is eager to cultivate new or
re-establish old contacts”
FAIR OFFERING
The country’s dealing community is gearing up
for AAADA’s Sydney fair, which takes place from
September 9-13 at a new and presentable venue at
the Randwick Race Course (see box, right). AAADA
also runs a fair in May each year at Melbourne’s Royal
Exhibition Building – a venue dating back to 1888.
Dealers note that ‘antique’ no longer means more
than 100 years old, with an emphasis on quality
instead. However, British ex-pat dealer Veronica
Bunda says that in buying antiques for clients, she
finds many of the lower-tier auctions are stuffed with
not very old ‘antiques’ from France, some of which
arrive via Vietnam, and a lot of imported Chinese
antiques targeting local Chinese. This community
is well represented at both viewings and sales and
occasionally pays very high prices for lots.
A veteran of many London Olympia and Australian
fairs, John Hawkins, who many will remember for the
mechanical, life-sized antique elephant he showed at
London’s Olympia fair, returns to the AAADA fair fray
after a stint of ill health.
He will show a collection of miniatures made
from a variety of rare timbers. As a sign of the times
when fine quality pieces are elusive, Hawkins is not
anxious to sell the collection and instead is hoping the
AAADA fair will allow him to find pieces he can buy.
At the AAADA fair next month, there may well
be talk of the legal case that Australian copyright
collection agency Viscopy has taken against Sotheby’s
Australia. The agency is accusing the auctioneer of
infringing the copyright of one of its clients, the artist
John Olsen (b.1928).
There will be much else to talk about at the event,
as Australia continues to go through some painful
economic adjustment. That said, it remains a market
eager to cultivate new or re-establish old contacts,
especially those who do not underestimate its
sophistication.
n Terry Ingram is a freelance journalist
based in Sydney, Australia
Sydney art and antiques fair
heads for the races
FOR the 15th year, the AAADA fair rolls into Sydney
with 44 exhibitors from all over Australia gracing the
interiors of The Kensington Room at the Royal Randwick
Racecourse from September 9-13.
Here, long-standing jewellery exhibitor Anne
Schofield (pictured above right) of Anne Schofield
Antiques outlines her experiences of the fair, how it
is has changed over the years and what buyers tend to
purchase.
n anneschofieldantiques.com
ATG: How long have you been an exhibitor at the Sydney
AAADA Fair?
AS: I started exhibiting in 1980 at the Antique Fair at Lindesay,
a beautiful historic house at Darling Point, Sydney.
This was quite exclusive – ‘by invitation only’ – with only 20
dealers exhibiting, but the venue was wonderful, with a garden
overlooking Sydney Harbour.
The AAADA was formed in 1992 and over the past 23 years
annual antique fairs have been held in both Sydney in various
locations including the Sydney Town Hall, and in Melbourne. The
beautiful and historic Melbourne Exhibition Building opened in
1880 to house the Melbourne International Exhibition.
ATG: How have Australian fairs changed over the years?
AS: I have seen many changes during this time – ‘antique’ no longer
means over 100 years old, the emphasis is on quality rather than
age. Current fairs are much larger, there are many more exhibitors
and categories, including contemporary art and sculpture, books and
works on paper, costume and costume jewellery.
AAADA FACTFILE
n The Australian Antique and Art Dealers Association
(AAADA) have over 103 members and 64 service
providers in a country with a landmass about the size of
the US or two Europes.
n Formed in 1993, the AAADA has grown to become
Australia’s most recognised association of professional art
and antique dealers in the country.
n Between them, the members cover virtually every
discipline from antiquities to contemporary art. Alongside
two big fairs held annually in Sydney (September 9-13)
and Melbourne (May), the association hosts seminars and
workshops.
n aaada.org.au
ATG: Are visitors mainly Australian or do they come
from further afield?
AS: Visitors are better informed, because of TV programmes
such as the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow and antiques magazines,
and there is more media interest in the subject. Collectors are
still mainly Australian, but we are seeing more visitors from Asia,
mainly China, Japan and Singapore.
ATG: What’s the typical customer profile at the fair? Do
buyers lean more towards traditional or more modern
purchases?
AS: Typical buyers are conservative. We all try to exhibit our very
best items, while keeping in mind market forces and fashion.
Art Nouveau and Art Deco designs have become extremely
fashionable and desirable, while ancient and neo-classical
intaglio and cameo rings create a great deal of interest.
Do you do the Melbourne AAADA fair as well? And if so,
how are they different?
AS: Yes we do both. The Melbourne venue is more impressive –
the beautiful Royal Exhibition Building is very special.
Part of Anne Schofield’s stand at this year’s Sydney
AAADA fair is an exhibition of ancient Roman
intaglios from the 2nd century BC to the 2nd century
AD. Prices range up to Aus$15,000 and will include
this intaglio of Ceres, goddess of the harvest and
fertility, holding a staff, a pair of scales and an ear of
corn, in a later gold mount.
ATG: What’s the best or most interesting thing you have
ever sold?
AS: Two tiaras I exhibited in the 1980’s found their way into the
‘Tiaras’ exhibition at the V&A in 2008.
Possibly the most valuable item I have exhibited was a
fabulous Van Cleef and Arpels diamond and platinum bracelet,
c. 1925, in the Egyptian style so fashionable at that time,
featuring a design of pots and potters delineated in rubies,
sapphires, emeralds and onyx.
Interview by Gabriel Berner
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Rediscovered Roberts portrait among highlights in London
Far left: Portrait of Louis Abrahams by Tom
Roberts, which will be offered at Christie’s
Australian Art sale in London on September 24,
estimated at £30,000-50,000.
Left: A Norfolk Barn by Tom Roberts, which will be
offered at Christie’s Australian Art sale in London
on September 24, estimated at £70,000-100,000.
TWO market-fresh paintings by Tom Roberts (1856-1931)
will appear at Christie’s annual London Australian Art sale
on September 24.
One is an unrecorded portrait of his friend and fellow
artist Louis Abrahams which has come to auction from a
direct descendant of the sitter. The 16 x 14in (41 x 36cm) oil
on canvas was likely painted in Roberts’ studio in 1886, the
year after he returned to Melbourne from Europe.
The composition was reminiscent of Édouard Manet’s
1868 portrait of Émile Zola in terms of the pose of the sitter,
the arrangement of object and the use of flat rectangular
patches of colour. Roberts may well have seen the earlier
portrait at the retrospective held at the École des Beaux
Arts in Paris held the year after Manet’s death in 1884.
The estimate for the Roberts’ portrait at Christie’s is
£30,000-50,000.
The second picture at the sale is a later work painted
during the artist’s third spell in England. The artist was
born in Dorchester in Dorset but the family emigrated to
Australia when he was aged 13. He then came to London
for three years when studying at the Royal Academy from
1881 to 1884, and 20 years later he again settled back in
England between 1903 and 1923.
A Norfolk Barn dates from 1908-09 and was painted
on the grounds of Old Buckenham Hall (finished in the
artist’s Hampstead studio). It has come to auction from
descendants of Lionel Robinson, the owner of the estate
who bought the picture for 30 guineas and who famously
organised international cricket matches at Old Buckenham
before and after the First World War.
The 17¾ x 24ft 1in (45 x 62cm) oil on canvas is estimated
at £70,000-100,000.
Above: the next Important Australian Art sale
at Sotheby’s Australia in Sydney on August 25
includes paintings consigned from the US and,
from Paris, comes A Market in Kairouan (c.1911),
by Australian post-Impressionist Ethel Carrick Fox
estimated at Aus$60,000-80,000.
J.B. HAWKINS ANTIQUES
Bentley • Mole Creek Road • Chudleigh 7304 • Tasmania • T 61 (0) 3 6363 6131 • M 0419 985 965
E jhawkins@acenet.com.au • www.jbhawkinsantiques.com
1. Two Boscobel oak
snuff boxes, circa 1700.
3. Stopper in the shape of
Wellington’s boot from the
Royal George, sunk 1782.
1
1
2a. A Sharp Shakespeare
pipe stopper from the
Stratford Mulberry,
rear view, circa 1775.
5
2b. A Sharp Shakespeare
pipe stopper from the
Stratford Mulberry,
front view, circa 1775.
4. Box from the roof timbers
Christ Church, Newgate by
Wren, built in 1687.
5. Salsbee Shakespeare pipe
stopper, dated 1765.
2a
6. Duke of Cumberland
pipe stopper, circa 1785.
3
6
4
2b
Eight items from a collection of over sixty, made from historic timbers sourced from famous trees.
I will be exhibiting this rare collection at the AA&ADA Sydney Fair 9-13 September 2015 and wish to acquire similar examples.
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22nd August 2015
australia
calendar of sales in australia and new zealand
AUSTRALIA
LAWSONS
8-16 Moore Street, Leichhardt, Sydney, 2040.
Tel: +61 295662377
Aug 28 Fine Furniture & General Furniture
Aug 28 Aboriginal & Tribal Art
NEW SOUTH WALES
ABA ASSOCIATES PTY LTD.
The Dixson Room, State Library of NSW,
Sydney, 2000.
Tel: +61 292210288
Sep 7 Jewellery
SHAPIRO AUCTIONEERS
162 Queen Street, Woollahra, Sydney, 2025.
Tel: +61 293261588
Sep 13 Prints Auction
BONHAMS SYDNEY
The Jewish Women’s Association Hall,
111 Queen Street, Woollahra, Sydney,
New South Wales, 2025.
Tel: +61 284122222
Sep 6 Important Australian Art
DAVID BARSBY
155 Willoughby Road, Crows Nest,
New South Wales, 2065.
Tel: +61 0294608026
Sep 19-20 Jewellery, Art, Coins & Stamps,
Books, Ceramics, Glass, Silver, Furniture, Oriental
& General
DAVIDSON AUCTIONS
43-45 Nelson Street, Annandale, Sydney, 2038.
Tel: +61 294238300
Sep 20 Australian & International Art
DEUTSCHER & HACKETT
Cell Block Theatre, National Art School
Forbes Street, Sydney, 2010.
Tel: +61 0292870600
Aug 26 Important Australian & International Fine Art
SOTHEBY’S SYDNEY
118-122 Queen Street, Woollahra, Sydney, 2025.
Tel: +61 293621000
Aug 25 Important Australian Art
Aug 31 Important Jewels
STATUS INTERNATIONAL
262 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, 2000.
Tel: +61 292674525
Aug 20 Stamps & Covers
THEODORE BRUCE
31 Queen Street, Beaconsfield, Sydney, 2015.
Tel: +61 82124100
Aug 30 Antiques & Interiors
SOUTH AUSTRALIA
THEODORE BRUCE
46 First Street, Brompton, Adelaide, 5007.
Tel: +61 882322860
Sep 27 Spring Art Auction
DENHAM’S
THE SUSSEX AUCTIONEERS, FOUNDED 1884
On the instructions of the beneficiaries and executors of various deceased estates and private collectors
ANTIQUES, FINE ART & COLLECTABLES SALE
(approximately 1,000 lots)
VICTORIA
AMANDA ADDAMS AUCTIONS
344 High Street, Kew, 3101.
Tel: +61 98501553
Sep 7 Estate Auction
AUSTRALIAN ARMS AUCTIONS
Eley Park Community Centre, 87 Eley Road,
Blackburn South, 3109.
Tel: +61 398487951
Oct 4 Australian Arms Auction
LEONARD JOEL
333 Malvern Road, South Yarra,
Melbourne, 3141.
Tel: +61 398264333
Aug 27 Specialist Print Auction
Aug 27 Modern Design
Sep 17 The Bob White Collection
MOSSGREEN AUCTIONS
926-930 High Street, Armadale, 3143.
Tel: +61 395088888
Aug 30 The Peter Elliott Collection
Sep 7 Sporting Memorabilia
Sep 21 Quarterly Collectors’ Auction Series
PHILIPS AUCTION
47 Glenferrie Road, Malvern, 3144.
Tel: +61 395096788
Sep 6-7 Fine & Decorative Arts
Left: in early September Mossgreen
of Armadale sell the remaining
500 lots of Australiana, mostly
ceramics dating from the
early 20th century, from the
collection of the late Marvin Hurnall.
It includes this slip-cast, hand-finished, glazed
earthenware Kookaburra figure, 1926.
NEW ZEALAND
AUCKLAND
ART & OBJECT
3 Abbey Street, Newton, Auckland, 1145.
Tel: + 64 93544646
Aug 19 Rare Books
Sep 1 New Collectors Art
Sep 2 Decorative Arts & Modern Design
WEBB’S
18 Manukau Road, Epsom, Auckland, 1023.
Tel: +64 95246804
Aug 27 Discovery Series
WELLINGTON
DUNBAR SLOANE WELLINGTON
7 Maginnity Street, Wellington, 6011.
Tel: +64 44721367
Aug 19-20 Antique & Decorative Arts
Aug 20 Historical & Militaria
Sept 30 Colonial Collectable Auction
Oct 1 Antiquarian Book Auction
GENTLEMAN’S LIBRARY
Beautiful books in early leather bindings
collections of history, military,
travel and literature.
All Complete + Lots More!
Wednesday 26th August at 10am
On view: Friday 21st August 9am-5pm, Saturday 22nd August 9am-12 noon,
Monday 24th August 9am-5pm, Tuesday 25th August 9am-7pm
and morning of sale 9am-10am
A pair of 18th century Irish silver twinhandled cups with repoussé decoration,
by Matthew West
Estimate £600-800
A Regency octagonal
mahogany and brassbanded cellarett
Estimate £400-600
A Scottish 19th century
ram’s horn snuff mull
with silver mounts
Estimate £300-500
A pair of 18th century Delft blue
and white plates decorated birds,
8½in diameter
Estimate £100-200
Philip Connard (British 1875-1958),
Etienne Henri Dumaige
an impressionist oil on board,’Open Landscape’,
(French 1830-1888),
unsigned, with David Messum gallery label to
a bronze figure group of a
the reverse, 14 x 17in
classical lady with attendant
Estimate £800-1,200
offering a garland of flowers,
20in high
Estimate £500-800
Catalogue available on our website www.denhams.com from 8pm on Wednesday 19th August
Illustrated catalogue £3 (£3.50 by post)
Our next Antiques and Fine Art Auction will be
Wednesday 23rd September – further entries are invited
DENHAM’S, Dorking Road (A24), Warnham, West Sussex RH12 3RZ
Tel: 01403 255 699 Fax: 01403 253 837
Email: enquiries@denhams.com Website: www.denhams.com
Anah Dunsheath, ABA - anah@xtra.co.nz
Auckland, New Zealand
WOO L LE Y & WA L LI S
SA L I S B U R Y SA L E R O O M S
Lot 288
A pair of Baule Royal leopard stools, Ivory Coast, 133cm long.
Lot 357
A Kikuyu shield, Kenya, 68.5cm high.
Estimate: £10,000 - £15,000
Estimate: £2,000 - £3,000
Lot 1
An Egyptian cedarwood mummy
mask, 14th-13th centuries BC,
54.5cm high.
Estimate: £4,000 - £6,000
Lot 16
From a collection of Roman glass, 2nd-3rd centuries AD.
Provenance: Leslie Charles D’Oyly Harmer (1903-1993).
Various estimates
Lot 453
Two Marquesas Islands fan handles, 8.5cm high,
on stands by Inagaki.
Provenance: The James Spillius collection
(over 100 lots).
Estimate: £1,500 - £2,000
VIEWING:
Friday 28th August
Saturday 29th August
Tuesday 1st September
Wednesday 2nd September
10.00am – 4.00pm
10.00am – 1.00pm
10.00am – 4.30pm
8.30am – 9.30am
Catalogues £10 (£15 by post)
Woolley & Wallis Salisbury Salerooms Ltd
51-61 Castle Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 3SU
Tel: 01722 424500 | Fax: 01722 424508
www.wo o l l e yand wal l i s .co .uk
ANTIQUITIES, PRE-COLUMBIAN
& TRIBAL ART
Wednesday 2nd September 2015 at 9.30am
ENQUIRIES
Will Hobbs 01722 339752
willhobbs@woolleyandwallis.co.uk
Society of Fine Ar
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dealers’ diary
Anna Brady
reports
Left: a Didagur mask
from New Guinea,
Blackwater river,
representing a male
spirit and worn with
a grass skirt during
initiation ceremonies.
The 3ft 7in (1.08m)
tall mask dates to
the mid 20th century
and was formerly in
the Christensen Fund
collection. It is offered
at TAL by Gallery
Lemaire, priced at
£3500.
email: annabrady@atgmedia.com
tel: 020 3725 5526
■■Fresh venue and new dates
hope to complement Paris event
and attract a larger crowd
IN competitive markets,
having a patent USP, a clear
brand, becomes crucial. Hence
why, in a saturated fairs
calendar, the niche option is
winning through.
Just look at the success of this
year’s inaugural Photo London and the
continuing appeal of the 30-year-old
London Original Print Fair, the capital’s
longest-running art fair.
Another niche event is Tribal Art
London, formerly Tribal Perspectives,
which has grown fast from humble
beginnings in 2007 as a group exhibition
held in a single gallery space on
Portobello Road into a really vibrant little
fair, rebranding and moving from Cork
Street to the larger Mall Galleries last year.
This year, TAL brings together
18 specialists in antique tribal and
ethnographic art. Following a clash last
year with Paris’ major tribal gallery trail,
Parcours des Mondes (September 8-13),
this year the event runs over the earlier
dates of September 2-5, in the hope that
international museum, trade and private
buyers will drop in on their way to France.
“We have a dedicated following here
in the UK and are working hard to attract
a greater number of international buyers
TRIBAL ART LONDON
EXHIBITOR KENN MACKAY
“London was once the main centre
for tribal art but this has now moved
to Paris and Brussels. Recently more
dealers and collectors are becoming
interested in the field and one would
hope that [with the help of TAL] London
may once again rise to the challenge.”
On the challenges facing the tribal
art market:
“Obviously to some degree there
are fakes, but that is not particularly
challenging for the experienced dealer.
Certain popular areas of collecting have
been almost exhausted of stock, and we
also need to get new and younger people
interested in tribal art.”
Aiming to recapture
to this event,” says Adam Prout, a dealer
in Oceanic and Asian pieces and coorganiser of TAL since 2013.
Prout organises TAL alongside founder
and fellow dealer Bryan Reeves of
London’s Tribal Gathering gallery, a
specialist in African works, who says that
the larger venue has allowed the event to
expand from six to 18 exhibitors, as well
as accommodating a lecture programme.
Reeves agrees with Prout that the
move makes them more appealing to the
European market, “particularly France
where the tribal art market is at its
strongest. If we can manage to continue
to tap into this market as well as our now
domestic market, the show then has a
very bright future.”.
Reeves will be showing a special
display of seats called ‘Karibu Kiti’ (Swahili
for ‘Please sit down’).
Four new exhibitors join the fair this
year, including Gallery Lemaire from
Amsterdam. One of the oldest tribal
exhibitor profiles
SAM HANDBURY-MADIN (HANDBURY TRIBAL ART)
Tribal Art in London 2015 will be the debut fair for Sam HandburyMadin, a young, third-generation antiques dealer based in Shrewsbury.
Fascinated by tribal art since childhood, when his father would allow
him to handle tribal pieces, he has been dealing in the area since leaving
the University of Bristol, where he studied archaeology.
After initially working for a number of auction houses and galleries in
the UK and overseas, he started dealing privately, driven by “the journey
of discovery, when researching a piece and the culture that created it”.
Handbury-Madin’s particular interest is in Oceanic, Aboriginal and
Polynesian art and his stock focuses on weaponry and the everyday
objects that reveal so much about the cultures from which they originate.
“I am interested in clubs, spears, boomerangs and shields from
Aboriginal and Oceanic cultures.
“It is the simplistic nature of the items that I really admire. Clubs, for
example, are carved from one piece of wood but can come in so many
different shapes and forms.
“Like everyday objects, such as spoons and headrests, these pieces
would have been someone’s personal possession and that in itself is
something I find appealing.”
Having visited TAL in the past, Handbury-Madin (above right)
decided to exhibit at the show as it is the only event in the UK of its kind,
so a good chance to meet fellow dealers and collectors.
He also liked its venue – the Mall Galleries – and the extra dimension
of the lecture programme.
“Compared to many types of art, tribal art has a huge variety of
forms,” he adds. “This can often present challenges, but to me this is
another part of the attraction. I am always learning. Like any area of
collecting and dealing, authenticity is always something we need to
consider. Tourist pieces and items purporting to be old will always cross
our paths.
“It takes time to build up knowledge and a feel for genuine pieces,
but there are a good number of knowledgeable dealers and collectors out
there and I find people are always happy to share their thoughts on items.
You should never be afraid to seek a second opinion.”
n handburytribalart.com
Q
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Left: a photo of a Maori Girl with
Moko tattoo by Iles photographer
Rotorua, No155, gelatin silver print,
c.1890, 5¼ x 7½in (13 x 19cm). The girl
is wearing a tiki around her neck and a
cloak made of Kiwi feathers woven into
flax, called a Kahu Kiwi, and is holding
a gray stone Patu (club). The c.1890
photo is priced at £850 from Lisa Tao
and Reuben Reubens.
Above: Bambara door latch,
carved in wood in the form of
a crocodile, from Mali c.1940,
3ft 5in (1.05m) high, with
provenance to Jean-Baptiste
Bacquart of Paris, priced at
£4500 from Kapil Jariwala.
London’s tribal roots
Himalayan and Latin American pieces,
and Sabine & Andresen, who
concentrate on Native American and
South African artefacts. Returning to the
fair is US dealer Wayne Heathcote.
In all, TAL offers a medley of tribal
artefacts, textiles, jewellery and
adornments, alongside Contemporary
FINETTE LEMAIRE
(GALERY LEMAIRE)
Lemaire, right, is a third-generation dealer in tribal
art based in Amsterdam – the family business, Galerie
Lemaire, was started by her grandfather in 1925.
She has run the business since 2000, alongside
organising Amsterdam’s Tribal Art Fair and The
Amsterdam Trail.
The gallery specialises in pieces from Oceania,
particularly objects from New Guinea. Many also come
from Indonesia, alongside some African and Inuit
objects.
Lemaire is particularly interested in shields, jewellery
and everyday pieces like combs, spoons and bowls.
ATG: Why did you decide to exhibit at Tribal Art
London?
FL: I think the TAL is a very good initiative. London was
so important in the tribal art world and it is good that a
show of this quality is again in London.
ATG: What are the main issues facing the tribal art market?
FL: The tricky thing can be fakes, like in all art business. Therefore it is important
that you buy from dealers you know and whose opinion you can trust.
n gallery-lemaire.nl
uestions
DOROTHY MCEWAN
(aged 90)
The McEwan Gallery,
paintings with the accent
on Scottish, Aberdeenshire
n mcewangallery.com
Right: a mid-20th century
shield from the Mendi Valley,
in the Southern Highlands
of Papua New Guinea. Such
shields were used in mock
warfare and in spiritual or
ceremonial rituals. It will be
exhibited at TAL by Bryan
Reeves, priced at £3500.
art galleries in the world, established in
1925, it is now run by Finette Lemaire,
granddaughter of the founder, and
focuses on objects from New Guinea,
Oceania and Indonesia.
Also joining are the UK dealers
Handbury Tribal Art, Kenn MacKay,
with African, Oceanic, Pre-Columbian,
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African art, ethnographic photography,
specialist books and publications, from
the bold, graphic appeal of Ghanaian
Asafo flags to the more delicate
intricacies of bead or shell-work crowns
and headware.
n tribalartlondon.com
1. How long have you been dealing?
I opened my first shop in 1962.
2. What was your first job? Instructed in
Bletchley Park before going on the first train to
Germany after the war as Control Commission
Youth Officer in Berlin.
3. Best and worst thing about being a
dealer? Best, freedom to indulge one’s tastes.
Worst, not being able to afford the finest.
4. Best buy and biggest mistake?
Best buy, spotting a painting by Thomas
Gainsborough which now hangs in the
Gainsborough Museum in Sudbury. Biggest
mistake, not buying a large Italian Renaissance
painting in Toronto.
5. Dream object? The unattainable, so a room
full of Degas ballerina sculptures.
6. Guiltiest pleasure? Mornings in bed.
7. Any advice for those starting out in
the trade? Pursue knowledge tirelessly, remain
unequivocally honest, master a speciality.
8 Alternative career? Dancer.
9. Tell us a secret? I like a flutter which,
being a daughter of the manse, was highly
disapproved of!
10. What is your proudest achievement?
My husband was teaching at Harvard in the
1970s and I opened an antique shop on Charles
Street, Boston, Mass. On leaving, one hardnosed American dealer speaking for the others
said: “Congratulations, you know you could
have fallen flat on your face.”
ADVICE TO FIRST-TIME BUYERS
n Sam Handbury-Madin: “I have met a number of people who are
starting their collection of tribal art and I have certainly seen more and
more people develop an interest in recent years.
“As it is such a diverse area, people will be drawn to certain types
of pieces and I think to truly develop a collection it is important to have
that initial attraction to a piece.
“Always buy what you love – as long as it is within budget! Quality is
also key; I think it is far better to have one genuinely old piece in good
condition than three items of lesser quality.
“Visiting a show like TAL would be a great experience for a new
collector, where they will have the opportunity to buy more affordable
items, view a wide range of pieces and get a real feel for the market.”
n Kenn MacKay: “Just buy what most attracts you and don’t be afraid
to ask questions. You will never regret it and it will probably turn into a
life time passion.”
n Jeremy Sabine (exhibiting with Siobhan Andresen), a specialist
in South African material: “For me, research is the most enjoyable
aspect of my collecting, so I would advise a new potential customer to
find a dealer with whom you can relate, pick their brains for as much
information as you can and trust your instinct as to whether you feel you
can trust him/her with your hard-earned cash.
“That and study, study, study.”
n Finette Lemaire: “I think it is important to see a lot of objects in fairs
like this but also in museums, galleries and books. Then you can create
your own taste and know what is available; there are so many different
tribal objects.”
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dealers’ diary
Above: a queue awaits the opening of Antiques for Everyone.
Birmingham is buzzing with visitors…
and business, say AfE exhibitors
TURNOUT at the summer Antiques for
Everyone (July 23-26) at Birmingham’s
NEC was reported to be much healthier
than this time last year, with more than
4000 visitors on a buzzing opening day.
Dave Hornik-Unger, aka Deco Dave
– as the name suggests, a specialist in
Art Deco and particularly known for his
range of lighting – has exhibited at AfE
for four years.
A former structural engineer and
collector of 1920s and ‘30s cars, HornikUnger started dealing in Art Deco pieces
full time in 1998, his interest sparked by
seeing a collection of Lalique car mascots
at a Beaulieu car rally.
“This fair and the two Art Deco fairs
we do at Eltham Palace are our best; all
the other are hit and miss,” he said.
“The thing about AfE is that it is above
the norm but still affordable for most.
People can save up to buy something
here who might find Battersea decorative
fair or Olympia, for example, too
expensive. We sell to people here who
don’t come to London events.”
Speaking to me at lunchtime on the
opening day, he said that it was the
busiest he had seen the July fair, though
Left: an early 20th century Orkney chair, sold
by Mike Melody Antiques for £750 at AfE.
small – if you want to progress up the
ladder, you have to go international”.
Astfalck agrees with Hornik-Unger
that he sees totally different buyers here
from those at Olympia, and sells mainly
lower to mid-level items in terms of price
in Birmingham, while London buyers
typically have deeper pockets.
SILVER DEMAND
he hadn’t done any deals as yet, but he
went on to sell a range of Art Nouveau
and Art Deco items including the stand’s
centrepiece.
Silver dealer Jeremy Astfalck, who
trades as The Old Corkscrew, travels all
the way from his South African base to
exhibit at Olympia and AfE as “though
the South African market is good, it’s
He said: “The market is tough at the
moment but I’m buying a lot and seeing
value in that. I think in three to four years
we will see a turn in the market for silver.
“What is in demand at the moment
are high quality pieces with a strong
sense of social history.”
Sitting by a herd of novelty silver cow
creamers, Astfalck added: “People like to
be entertained, they like novelty.
“At Olympia, I did a gardening theme
and had a silver wheelbarrow filled with
tomatoes. I could have sold it 20 times
over.”
Elsewhere in the fair, sales of English
silver apparently enjoyed resurgence, with
good business reported by Jon Shaw
at Jack Shaw & Co, Peter McCarthy,
Malka Levine and Highland Antiques.
Seasoned fair exhibitor Guy Dennler,
a period furniture dealer, was exhibiting
here for the first time and professed
himself delighted with his decision:
“Sales have been excellent. I was busy
from the moment the fair opened and
I’m particularly impressed with the high
calibre of the clients.”
Fellow Dorset dealer Steve Sly from
Stagshead Antiques, an Asian art
specialist, said that he’d “sold to clients
from Asia, Europe and across the UK”.
“Our summer fair proved that there is
plenty of business to be done at this time
of year,” said Dan Leyland of organisers
Clarion Events. “I was thrilled on
behalf of our exhibitors to see the rising
attendance and increased sales and I
welcomed the comments of many visiting
dealers who want to return and exhibit
at all our NEC fairs next year. Meanwhile,
bookings for our November event are
very strong.”
The next Antiques for Everyone is from
November 19-22.
How TV series broke the mould with its whodunnit format
“IT’S difficult to work out exactly why it has been so successful.
I think it’s because it’s a blend of detective work, art, travel and
mystery.
“The British public have been weaned on detective
programmes and whodunnits; we love them and have developed
the attention spans to follow their twists and turns. So perhaps
that is why Fake or Fortune has captured people’s imagination.”
So says London art dealer Philip Mould on his breakaway
(rather unexpected) hit BBC TV series, Fake or Fortune. Now in its
fourth series, the four new episodes, aired on Sunday evenings
from July 5-26 at the prime time slot of 8pm, they attracted an
average of 5m viewers each, peaking at 5.9m for the episode on
three Lowry works.
Those figures may mean as little to you as they did to me, so
to set that in context, average viewing figures for other popular
TV programmes stand at 4.5m for The One
Show, 3.7m for The Graham Norton Show and
1.5m for BBC Breakfast.
Mould, right, agrees that, on paper, it
shouldn’t work: a whole hour of TV devoted to
just one painting. But somehow it does.
Interestingly, though the trade are all
too familiar with it, many ‘lay’ viewers
have been surprised by the (often arcane)
attribution process and, particularly, the power of the various
authentification bodies such as the Wildenstein Institute, who this
series decided against verifying a work thought to be by Renoir.
“I am a great believer in the power of the individual and the
power of the expert and have enormous respect for that,” says
Mould. “It’s crucial to our industry and very important when
it works well, but it’s a human judgment and can be
subjective and unaccountable. That’s what gives this
programme such high stakes – that the opinion of one
person can have such a huge financial effect, turning
water into wine.”
Mould has just moved to a large new gallery on Pall Mall
in St James’s, where he will show 20th century portraits
alongside the Old Masters for which he is known.
So what effect has Fake or Fortune had on the day job?
“We certainly have no shortage of ‘is it or isn’t it?’ paintings
beating their way to our door. It’s a good ice breaker too as a
dealer. People feel they know you a little already and you’re never
short of a conversation.”
For the fourth series, the team had 2000 proposals for
paintings, and they already have “bulging inboxes” for the fifth.
Casting up secrets of what may
be a much more distant past
PICTURED below is one of two wooden carvings that were originally in the old
Melton jail near Woodbridge, Suffolk.
Carved by prisoners, they depict masted ships and windmills and were originally
believed to have been made by Dutch sailors captured at the battle of Solebay, who
fought an Anglo-French fleet off the coast of Southwold in 1672.
However, recent research suggests that the ‘carved graffiti’ may have been done
much earlier, possibly in medieval times.
The carvings will be offered for sale only a few miles from where they came, at the
annual Southwold Summer Fine Art and Antiques Fair at St Felix School, from August
28-30, where they will be exhibited by John Shepherd, priced at £5000 for the pair.
Organised by Lomax Fairs, the fair is well situated in the popular, not to mention
chi-chi, Suffolk coastal town – often dubbed ‘Islington-on-Sea’. This is prime secondhome territory and the fair is aptly held over the August Bank Holiday.
There are several newcomers among the 40 exhibitors this year, including Mike
Melody Antiques, Not Wanted on Voyage, Norfolk Decorative Antiques and
Tim Smith Vincent.
n lomaxfairs.com
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Oxford Conferences
2015 Oxford Art and Antiques Conference
Friday 11th and Saturday 12th September
Friday Black Tie Dinner & Drinks at Corpus Christi College.
Saturday morning at the Ashmolean Museum with
Curated Tours & Lectures. Followed by the Open Forum.
Additional visits to the
Museum of the History of Science & the Bodleian Library.
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Above: one of two wooden carvings from the old Melton jail near Woodbridge, Suffolk, which will
be offered for sale at Southwold Summer Fine Art and Antiques Fair by John Shepherd, priced at
£5000 for the pair.
Below: Moot Hall, Aldeburgh by Cavendish Morton (1911-2015), illustrated on the cover of Benjamin
Britten’s Four Sea Interludes in 1976 – £1750 from Eastbourne Fine Art at Southwold.
Quarterly Antiques
& Fine Art
Wednesday 26th August
at 10.30am
A sale of market fresh lots from
estates and private vendors
in Wales, including part of
a large collection of Chinese
ceramics and objects from the
London estate of an eminent
Chinese collector.
Particularly featuring
furniture, paintings including
works by Welsh artists, maps,
silver and estate jewellery,
Welsh pottery, British and
Continental ceramics, glass,
weapons and sporting guns,
clocks and barometers,
scientific instruments, etc.
Viewing:
Sunday 23rd August 2.30pm-4.30pm,
Monday 24th August 2pm-5pm,
Tuesday 25th August 11am-5pm
and morning of sale 8.30am
Images and condition reports: enquiries@peterfrancis.co.uk
Note: condition reports and telephone line requests close 5pm Tuesday 25th latest
Bid live on the internet at the-saleroom.com
Annual swap shop date set for CADA
THE annual CADA Swap Shop, dealers’ lunch and cricket match this year takes
place on Tuesday, September 8 at Stow on the Wold Rugby Club.
It starts with the swap shop from 9am until 12pm (entry £15 per dealer,
including a bacon roll and tea), followed by lunch (charged separately) and then
the cricket match at 2.30pm, at which all are welcome to play or watch.
Contact Sean Clarke for more information on 01451 830476.
Online catalogues: www.peterfrancis.co.uk www.ukauctioneers.com
THE FULLY ILLUSTRATED CATALOGUE WILL BE ONLINE ONLY
Detailed catalogue with illustrations available (£6 by post)
Children under 12 years of age not admitted to the saleroom
Peter Francis Auctioneers Ltd
Towyside Salerooms, Old Station Road, Carmarthen SA31 1JN
Tel (01267) 233456 Fax (01267) 233458/ Cardiff (02920) 554222
Email enquiries@peterfrancis.co.uk
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22nd August 2015
FINE ART & ANTIQUES AUCTION
Lindsay Burns & Company
Auctioneers and Valuers
Fine Sale including Jewellery, Silver, Ceramics,
Glass, Pottery and Porcelain, Pictures, Clocks,
Furniture, Works of Art, Sporting Memorabilia, etc.
Antiques & Fine Art
Two-Day Auction
Wednesday 26th August at 11am
Viewing:
Monday 24th August Tuesday 25th August Wednesday 26th August ANTHEMION
AUCTIONS
9am to 5pm
9am to 6.30pm
9am to 10.45am
Day One Lots 1-428
Tuesday 25th August at 10.30am
To include: Longcase clocks, furniture, modern design, mirrors, garden
and architectural, rugs, works of art, bronzes, arms and armour, clocks and
barometers, musical instruments, cameras and photographic equipment from
the studio of Mercer & Co (D.&D. Greenhill), etchings and
prints, watercolours, private collection of works by Sir David
Wilkie RA (1785-1841) and oil paintings
Sale number: A258
Lot 25: A gentleman’s
18k yellow gold Rolex
Oyster Perpetual
Day Date Superlative
chronometer
wristwatch
Lot 30: A 4.2
£5,000-6,000
carat solitaire
(One
of
four
Rolexes
diamond ring
in the auction)
£9,000-11,000
Day Two Lots 429-718
Wednesday 26th August at 10.30am
To include: silver, electroplate, jewellery and watches, wine,
port and whisky, glass, British and European Ceramics, Asian
Art to include Chinese and Japanese Works of Art
Lot 332: Auguste
Edouart, a silhouette
of ‘Daniel Webster &
Mrs David Webster’
£500-800
(Together with a
collection of over 20
lots of silhouettes)
Viewing: Saturday 22nd August 9am-2pm,
Sunday 23rd August 1pm-3pm, Monday 24th August 9am-5pm
and limited viewing on the morning of sale
Lot 448. A Victorian
silver claret jug,
London, 1898,
maker’s mark of
G.&Co. LD.
Lot 589: A Steiff Noah’s
Ark set, circa 1997
£600-800
Lot 368: A pair of
Continental kingwood
bombé commodes
£3,000-5,000
Enquiries to: Ryan Beach MRICS
Tel: 029 2047 2444 Fax: 029 2047 2555
Email: anthemions@aol.com www.anthemionauctions.com
Anthemion Auctions, 15 Norwich Road, Cardiff CF23 9AB
Catalogue: £7
(£9 by post in UK)
Lot 219. A pair of late 19th
century lion’s paw table lamps
(Panthera Leo)
Lots 484 to 495. Glenfiddich
Special Pure Malt Scotch
Whisky, circa 1950s
Lot 385. William
Somerville Shanks RSA
RSW (1864-1951), Still life
with tomatoes, loaf and
bottle, oil on canvas
Lot 551. A pair of
Chinese porcelain
blue and white
dragon vases,
Qing Dynasty
Illustrated catalogue £10
Buyer’s premium 20% plus VAT
Enquiries: Nick Burns
6 King Street, Perth, PH2 8JA Telephone: 01738 633888 Fax: 01738 441322
Email: mail@lindsayburns.co.uk Website: www.lindsayburns.co.uk
Live internet auction: www.the-saleroom.com/lindsayburns
Littleton Auctions
Auctioneering since 1979
THE BOB DATE
COLLECTION, PART II
19thC grey jade
lion figurine
to include studio pottery, art glass, Ravilious
and Paolozzi ceramics; and an extensive
collection of model cars by CMC, Brooklin,
Bizarre, and others
at 10am
Thursday 27th & Friday 28th August
Catalogue, viewing times
and sale information online at
www.stridesauctions.co.uk
Antiques &
Collectables
Viewing:
Friday 21st 10am-7pm
and from 8.30am on sale day
Wedgwood ‘Ravilious’ vase, circa 1938, 25.5cm high
Est. £1,000-2,000
Southdown House, St. John’s Street, Chichester, West Sussex PO19 1XQ
Tel: (01243) 780207 Fax: (01243) 786713 email: enquiries@stridesauctions.co.uk
SPORTING & COUNTRY
PURSUITS AUCTION
at 10.30am
School Lane, Middle Littleton, near Evesham, Worcestershire WR11 8LN
Email: info@littletonauctions.com Tel: 01386 244 379 or 833 124
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ANTIQUE AND GENERAL FURNITURE AND EFFECTS SALE
Viewing:
Saturday 22nd August 10am-12 noon,
Thursday 27th August 10.30am-8pm
and morning of the sale from 9am
Including an important collection of
butterflies and moths, approx. 12,000
specimens, housed in 3 Hill House and four
British Natural History Museum cabinets,
150 drawers in total, with full database.
Further details from the auctioneers
Telephone: (01285) 646050 Fax: (01285) 652862
To arrange a FREE sale valuation
please call us on the number above
Viewing Times: Friday prior 9am-4.30pm
and on morning of sale from 9am
Illustrated catalogue available or view on our website
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Friday 28th August at 9.30am
Part of a large collection of Shelley
in the sale
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GREAT ESTATES AUCTION
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Friday, September 11 at 10am
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VINTAGE FASHION, TEXTILES,
THE HARRY RILEY STUDIO COLLECTION,
20TH CENTURY ART & DESIGN
Tuesday 25th August at 10am
Chapel Walk Saleroom, Chapel Walk,
Cheltenham GL50 3DS
On view: Saturday 22nd August 10am-1pm
day prior 10am-6pm
and morning of sale from 9am
Furniture: Gordon Russell, Oka. Rugs. Pictures: The Harry
Riley Studio Collection, L. Wain, B. Sandham, G. Clark, S. Van
Abbe, N. Cameron, J.W. Tucker, F. Donald Blake, J. Hassall,
O. Brabbins, H. Dixon, E. Wesson, L. Richmond. Ceramics and
Glass: Charles Vyse, Charles Stone, Jenny Harper, Norman Stuart
Clark, David Leach, Janet Leach, Poole. 20th Century Objects:
important Ralph Brown bronze sculpture ‘Leda’, Mobius strip
sculpture.
Jewellery:
Norwegian silver-gilt and
enamel buttons, sapphire
starburst brooch, 9ct
charm bracelet, 18ct
diamond solitaire ring.
Watches: lady’s Bulova
gold
and
diamond
wristwatch. Embroideries
and Samplers, Textiles,
Linen and Lace, Hats,
Bags and Accessories,
Fans, Furs, Costume:
Karl Lagerfeld, Caroline
Charles,
Jean
Paul
Gaultier, Christian Dior,
Thea Porter, Bill Gibb.
The Harry Riley
Collection, over
300 original works
T: 01242 256363
Email: info@cotswoldauction.co.uk
Catalogue on
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Bid live online at
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22nd August 2015
art market
Owed to a Nightingale
■■Unusual historical subject
with strong local connections
attracts bidders in Essex
Alex Capon
reports
PICTURE specialists often say
that the works that attract
the most interest at auction
are either high quality or
particularly unusual in
some way.
The picture section at Boningtons’
(17.5/20% buyer’s premium) first
Country House sale at their new and
larger saleroom on the edge of Epping
Forest in Essex was their strongest selling
category and a couple of works with
rarely-seen subjects were duly among the
most strongly contested lots.
The Decoy Pond at Grange Farm,
Essex by Robert Nightingale (1815-95),
offered on July 15, appeared to have
been a unique subject for the artist.
Nightingale, who was based in Maldon
in Essex, was known chiefly for his horse
portraits (see box right). However, he also
won plenty of commissions from Essex
farmers for paintings of their cattle and
hounds as well as hunters.
A well-established artist in his day, he
painted at least two Derby winners, but
nowadays he is less recognised, partly
because his works seldom appear on the
market or in public collections.
He seems to have left behind no
sketchbooks, notebooks or other
memorabilia and biographical details are
sketchy, to say the least. Nonetheless
Nightingale produced a good body of
work and it may be that many pictures
are still nestled quietly in country estates.
The 2ft 10in x 4ft 6in (87cm x 1.37m)
oil on canvas at Boningtons depicted an
unusual historical subject for which visual
ROBERT NIGHTINGALE FACTFILE
n Painter of sporting pictures, landscapes, still-lifes and portraits
n Lived in Maldon in Essex
n Orphaned at the age of eight, raised by aunts, and apprenticed to J Stannard, a painter and
decorator, Maldon
n Exhibited at the RA from 1847-74
n Painted horse portraits for private patrons including Viscount Chaplin (1840-1923) with his
ability to depict horses’ soft coats being particularly admired. He painted Chaplin’s 1867 Derby
winner, Hermit
n Father of sporting specialist Basil Nightingale (1864-1940) who later became known
for his popular humorous prints. Father and son are known to have worked together on
certain paintings
“It may be that many of
his pictures are still nestled
quietly in country estates”
records are few and far between. Decoy
ponds were shallow pools of water with
curving and narrowing ditches dug around
the banks. These ditches were then
DEALER’S VIEW
Sporting art specialist Stephen Pritchard, who is based near
Shrewsbury in Shropshire, told ATG: “Robert Nightingale’s work does
not come up often.
“His style is familiar as it’s very close to the early works of his son
Basil, who appears much more regularly and followed this approach
until around 1900.
“There are those who believe that Robert was the better artist,
although very little material has been seen for a long time and not
too many people know about him. If you look through old sporting
catalogues, his works don’t feature prominently even though he
clearly produced a large volume of work.
covered with a series of hoops and netting
to form pipes for catching the birds.
When a number of birds had entered
the trap, the decoyman and his dogs
would move to the mouth of the ditch,
cutting off the birds’ escape and making
them fly further inside the netting,
eventually leaving them trapped at the
end of the pipe.
A practice that dates back to medieval
“He made his money mainly from private commissions, so
stallions, racehorses and foxhounds feature prominently.”
Pritchard felt that Boningtons’ picture was a “strong painting”
and the subject of a decoy pond made it both rare and attractive.
He felt it was the kind of picture that would appeal to the “old
generation” of collectors who are probably not buying as much these
days, in part due to the supply of good quality sporting works having
dried up over the last 20 years.
“You sometimes see pictures of decoy ponds from the Victorian
period,” he added. “Back then there was more game to go at, of
course.”
n stephenpritchard.co.uk
Above: The Decoy Pond at Grange Farm, Essex
by Robert Nightingale – £7800 at Boningtons.
times, it was gradually abandoned in
various areas at different times.
LONDON MARKETS
In Essex, decoy ponds were still in use
in the early 1900s, supplying the main
London markets with wildfowl and
forming an important part of the local
economy.
Grange Farm, depicted here, lies near
the Essex coastline between Tillingham
and Dengie. The figures shown are
the squire of Dengie Manor (holding a
cane), who would almost certainly have
commissioned the work, and his trusty
decoyman.
The decoy pond at Grange Farm covered
just over an acre and had six pipes. Records
show that in an average year it trapped
some 2000 wildfowl, mostly wigeon but
also wild ducks, as shown here.
The pond has long since disappeared
and this work, which probably dates to
c.1885, therefore contained a mix of local,
historical, topographical and rural interest.
But would it prove a commercial success?
The sporting market in general has
been one of the tougher areas at the midand lower-level for some time. In the last
significant test of the artist’s market, a set
of three pictures by Nightingale from the
Dunrobin Estate, Sutherland, which he
had painted for the Marquis of Stafford,
each sold for below £4500 at Bonhams
Edinburgh in November 2011.
The picture here was probably the
same one that had failed to sell twice at
TOP PICTURES BY ROBERT
NIGHTINGALE AT AUCTION
n Miss Florence Nickalls with her
parents Mr and Mrs Tom Nickalls
hunting, 3ft 7in x 6ft (1.09m x
(1.83cm) signed oil on canvas dated
1873 – £20,000 at Christie’s London,
May 1999*
n Slender and Blue Blazes, the
property of Charles du Cana Esq, of
Braxted Park, Essex, 2ft 10in x 3ft 8in
(86cm x 1.12m) signed oil on canvas
dated 1853 – £18,000 at Bonhams
London, June 2000
n Favourite hunters, property of
W. P. Honeywood, Esq., Marks Hall,
Essex, 2ft x 2ft 11in (61 x 89cm) oil on
canvas, signed on the verso – £12,500
at Christie’s South Kensington,
November 1990
n Study of a jockey mounted on
a horse with trainer, Newmarket
Racecourse in far ground, 2ft 4in
(71cm) x 2ft 11in (89cm) signed oil
on canvas dated 1872 – £12,000 at
Lacy Scott & Knight, Bury St Edmunds,
December 1999
n Horses in a landscape, 2ft 7in x
3ft 8in (79cm x 1.12m) signed oil
on canvas dated 1876 – £10,500 at
Bonhams London, June 2000
*Note: the same picture had previously
sold for £18,000 at Lawrences of
Crewkerne in April 1993.
**ATG understands that a painting of
the Duke of Sutherland’s hounds at
Trentham also sold for a considerable
sum in the ‘pre-internet’ days (possibly
at Christie’s), although this could not
be confirmed.
Christie’s – first when estimated at £50007000 in 1994 and then when pitched at
£3000-5000 in 1996.
However, it had a good provenance,
coming from a vendor in Tillingham who
was the son of a former estate manager at
Grange Farm. It came through Boningtons’
consignment office in Chelmsford towards
the end of last year.
This large painting was well conceived
and executed, with good detail to
the dogs, dead birds, decoy pipe and
background landscape. It was in a clean
and stable condition with only a minor
area of paint loss just above the pond
(it had been relined and cleaned by the
vendor’s family within the last 20 years).
Against a £5000-8000 estimate, it
drew a number of bidders on the day
and eventually sold for £7800 to a phone
bidder, believed to be a dealer, underbid
in the room.
The sum appears to be highest auction
price for the artist for over a decade.
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Other highlights at Boningtons
Right: this 2ft 3in x 19¾in (68 x
50cm) painting of firemen fighting
a fire in St Paul’s Churchyard after
a bombing during the Blitz was
signed by Brian Montagnol
Gilks (1902-67) and is believed to
date from c.1940.
Little is known about the
artist, although he is thought
to have designed furniture and
studied at the Grosvenor School
of Modern Art before serving as
an auxiliary fireman during the
war. A photograph of him carrying
a casualty can be found in the
Imperial War Museum. His work
was displayed at the firemen artists
exhibition at the Royal Academy
in 1941 – in aid of the London Fire
Service Benevolent Fund – which
later toured the US.
Consigned to Boningtons by
a local vendor who apparently
found it in the cellar after buying
his house, it was not in the cleanest condition. The painting nevertheless attracted decent interest
against a £500-800 estimate and it sold at £1900 to a private collector on the phone.
Right: in untouched
condition, Still life of
flowers within a vase
upon a table by John
Maclauchlan Milne
(1886-1957) came to
auction at Boningtons
from a local deceased
estate along with a few
other Scottish pictures.
The 2ft 2in x 2ft 9in
(65 x 85cm) signed oil on
canvas was dated ‘31 and
pitched at £3000-5000.
Prices for Milne’s still
lifes are more variable
than his higher-selling
landscapes and coastal scenes, but this attractively coloured composition drew admirers at
Boningtons and the estimate was not deemed excessive.
It sold to the London trade at £13,500, among the highest sums for a still life by the artist
sold at an auction outside London and Edinburgh.
Left: a portrait of Willem I
(1533-84) Prince of Orange,
believed to be by a 17th century
Dutch hand, attracted interest
both on the phone and internet
at Boningtons. Catalogued
as ‘Circle of Michiel Jansz van
Mierevelt (1566-1641)’, it had a
good likeness to known works
of the leader of the Dutch Revolt
who became known as ‘William
the Silent’.
The 2ft x 19in (61 x 48cm)
unframed oil on canvas was
estimated at £2000-4000. It
attracted two internet bidders
who carried it over estimate,
including the European trade
buyer who secured it at £7000
with underbidding on the phone.
Above: Leo and Jo in Green Shorts, 1976, by
Charlotte Johnson, oil on canvas, 2ft x 1ft 6in
(61 x 46cm), on loan.
Boris Johnson’s
mum in focus
Anna Brady
reports
YOU may never have heard of the artist
Charlotte Johnson Wahl.
But you will certainly be familiar with
at least one of her famous children –
she is the mother of Mayor of London
Boris Johnson, writer Rachel Johnson,
environmentalist Leo Johnson and MP
Jo Johnson.
“I love all the Johnsons, but I feel that
Charlotte is perhaps the most talented of
the clan,” says Nell Butler, organiser of the
first large retrospective of Johnson Wahl’s
paintings and drawings. Titled Minding too
Much, this is set for September 7-12 at the
Mall Galleries in London.
Butler, a TV producer who came up
with the idea for Come Dine with Me,
first saw one of Johnson Wahl’s bold,
uncompromising paintings when she was
19 in the house of a friend’s parents. He
later became friends with Rachel, Boris
and their mother.
Johnson Wahl was never represented
by a gallery, instead taking commissions
from, and selling to, her friends, so she is
little known as an artist outside her circle.
Her life has been tumultuous. Born
in 1942, Johnson Wahl had little formal
training but has painted throughout her
life, through divorce, mental breakdown
and then early onset Parkinson’s disease.
But she continues to paint and draw daily.
The exhibition includes some 120
works, the majority of which are on loan,
although there will be some drawings
available to buy.
They chart the various phases of
Johnson Wahl’s life. Starting with a
painting from 1964, the show includes
some of the 80 raw images painted while
she was a patient in Maudsley Hospital
in 1974, progressing through humorous
depictions of 1970s dinner parties.
Then there are portrait commissions
from the 1980s following her divorce
from Stanley Johnson, and still-lifes and
scenes of New York from the 1990s,
where she moved after remarrying.
n charlottejohnsonwahl.com
galleries@
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Update
ATG No 2197 previewed in detail
the exceptional lots to be sold in
London in July.
Results for five of them are
detailed below.
n The most expensive of the group,
by some distance, was the ‘Gospels
of Queen Theutberga’, a manuscript
of c.825-850 believed to have been
produced at the Benedictine Abbey of
Ste Glossinde in Metz (below). The star
turn of the Christie’s sale of July 15, it
sold at £1.7m. In 1997 it had
been sold for £1m by
Sotheby’s. n The ‘Hours of Donna Volente’, a
Book of Hours dating to c.1460 that
was illuminated in Valencia but in some
instances using and adapting Flemish
miniatures, was a highlight of the
Sotheby’s sale of July 7, where it made
£500,000.
n Sold for a much higher than predicted
£420,000 by Sotheby’s was a Gradual
illuminated c.1280 by Rinaldo da Siena.
A key work in the history of Sienese
illumination, it was previously known
only from a few historiated initials that
had been removed from the manuscript
in past times.
n A mid-15th century Alsatian
manuscript of month-by-month medicalmedicinal prognostications (above)
was offered as part of the inaugural
Bloomsbury Auctions sale of July 8. It
sold at £55,000.
n One of the earlier lots in that
Bloomsbury sale, a fragment of a
leaf from a 6th or 7th century Italian
manuscript of St Augustine’s tractates
on the Gospel of St John, a fragment
measuring roughly 3 x 2in (8 x 5.2cm),
realised £16,000.
Spotlight shines on
illuminating works
IN June we reported on
manuscript sales in the US,
Austria and Germany. This
second review by IAN McKAY
concentrates on three recent
UK auctions during a strong
crop of summer sales
CHRISTIE’S
The July 15 King Street sale was
dominated by the ‘Gospels of Queen
Theutberga’ manuscript (see box left),
which accounted for most of the
premium-inclusive sum of £2.42m raised
on the 25 (of 35) lots that found buyers
in the opening section.
Nevertheless, there were other notable
successes.
In 1983, some 40 cuttings from what
must have been a magnificent 13th
century manuscript ‘Apocalypse’ were
sold at Sotheby’s.
Originally and still occasionally referred
to as of English origin, the manuscript
from which they had been taken is now
thought to have its origins in Lorraine,
but was perhaps made for Eleanor
Plantagenet, eldest daughter of Edward I.
It remained intact until the end of the
18th century, when it is thought to have
been dismembered by one Peter Birmann
and its miniatures sold en bloc to Daniel
Burckhardt-Wildt (1752-1819). They
were retained by his descendants until
dispersed in the 1980s Sotheby’s sale.
Many are now in institutional
collections but among the handful that
have come back to auction is a doublesided cutting presenting miniatures of ‘The
Lamb in the Midst of the Elders’ (above
right) and ‘The Opening of the Book’.
This leaf first returned to Sotheby’s
in 1993, as part of the library of the
distinguished bookseller and authority
on illuminated manuscripts, Alan Thomas
(1911-92).
On its third appearance, this time
at Christie’s, it sold for £65,000 to the
Metropolitan Museum of Art in
New York.
The following lot at King Street was
a leaf from an illuminated English bible
on vellum of the mid-14th century that,
already incomplete, had been broken
up by London dealers, Myers in the last
century. Featuring two historiated initials
among its decorative elements, one
showing the prophet Nahum, the other
depicting a man playing an organ, it sold
at £50,000 to a collector.
Seven other leaves from the
Above: ‘The Lamb in the Midst of the Elders’, one side of a miniature cutting from the BurckhardtWildt Apocalypse, a 13th century manuscript from Lorraine. Sold for £65,000 by Christie’s.
of MSS at the British Museum, it was
manuscript, all bearing historiated
bought by HF Smith of Leicester. At the
initials, are recorded – and are all now
latter’s death in 1991 it passed through
in US institutional collections. In 1990,
the local rooms of Heathcote Ball, where
however, as part of a Sotheby’s sale of
Quaritch were the buyers.
the Eric Korner collection of illuminated
The London dealers then sold it on to
miniatures, this one had sold for
the prestigious Schøyen Collection, and
£55,000.
it was presumably from that source that
MAGNA CARTA MANUSCRIPT
it came back to auction at Christie’s on
Another lot previewed in ATG No 2197,
July 15 and sold at a double-estimate
but not illustrated, was the decorated
£140,000 to a collector.
vellum manuscript of ‘Magna Carta and
Bid to £65,000 by a collector in the
Statutes, Law Tracts and Register of Writs’,
King Street sale was an Italian, probably
below. Dated to c.1300 and perhaps
Mantuan, vellum manuscript presenting
made in London, the manuscript is
an Italian translation by Ognibene da
decorated with large red and blue initials
Longio of Plutarch’s ‘Life of Camillus’.
with penwork extensions.
Dedicated to Gianfrancesco Gonzaga,
It is also a manuscript that has made
Marquess of Mantua, this humanist
a number of auction appearances over
translation was made in the 1420s, while
the last 100 years, both in London and
the great Italian renaissance scholar and
provincial salerooms.
educator was still a student. However,
The 5th Baron Ravensorth sold it at
two large illuminated initials on gold
Anderson & Garland of Newcastle in
grounds suggest, on stylistic grounds,
1920, and in a 1956 Sotheby’s sale of
that this particular manuscript was made
the library of Eric George Millar, keeper
around 50 years later.
Right: the
Magna Carta
manuscript of
c.1300 sold by
Christie’s for
£140,000.
Left: a
spread from
the Hours of
Tanneguy IV
du Chestel,
a Parisian
manuscript
of the 1470s
that made
£140,000 at
Sotheby’s.
Right: the
leaf from
the lost
‘Sigmaringen
Psalter’ of
c.1220-40
that sold for
£220,000 at
Sotheby’s.
SOTHEBY’S
A manuscript only quite recently identified
The July 7 sale was the one that recorded the highest
as coming originally from the library of a Breton
number of failures – 32 of 92 lots – but the successes
nobleman and bibliophile, Tanneguy IV du Chastel,
ensured that the take just exceeded the high-estimate
was another highlight of the New Bond Street sale,
total overall.
selling at £140,000.
The full-page miniature from a 13th century vellum
A man said to have an insatiable appetite for
Psalter above right sold for £220,000.
illuminated manuscripts, he both commissioned
Showing scenes of the ‘Entry into Jerusalem’ and,
them and acquired them from
at the upper level, the ‘Washing
other sources.
of the Feet’ and the ‘Last Supper’,
In 1476, shortly before his
it is one of a handful of leaves
“A man said to have an
death, he came into possession
recognised as having once
insatiable appetite for
of many manuscripts that had
been part of a richly decorated
illuminated manuscripts, been confiscated from Jacques
Psalter made in Alsace, probably
d’Armagnac, duc de Nemours.
Strasbourg, c.1220-40.
he both commissioned
He had inherited much of the
Miniatures from this so-called
them and acquired them
library of perhaps the most famous
‘Sigmaringen Psalter’ are first
from other sources”
of all early patrons and collectors
recorded on the Paris art market
of rich illuminated manuscripts,
in 1928.
Jean, duc de Berry.
Two are now in the Barnes
Decoration and illustration of the manuscript, now
Foundation collections in Philadelphia and another
attributed to the Paris workshops of Maître François,
is with the Liberna Foundation in Mettingen, but
includes 24 calendar miniatures, along with five fullthe whereabouts of a leaf whose twin miniatures
page and 26 large miniatures with full borders.
illustrated ‘Christ Carrying the Cross’ and the
One of these, showing Tanneguy IV kneeling
‘Crucifixion’ is unknown.
before the Virgin and Child, is seen in the spread
Sotheby’s leaf came to auction as the result of a
reproduced above left, faced by a page bearing his
settlement between the vendors and the heirs of AS
motto, ‘Besoing en Ay’.
Drey of Munich, from whose gallery it was removed
Tanneguy IV’s library was itself dispersed long ago
and forcibly sold at auction by the Nazis in 1936.
but many volumes are held in the French and Austrian
national libraries.
The present manuscript has a varied and interesting
provenance. In the early 18th century it was in the
library of an Italian cardinal, whose arms were added
to the decorations.
More recently its owners have included Captain
Robert Berkley of Spetchley Park and Berkeley
Castle, a high sheriff of Worcestershire and first-class
cricketer. From his 1949 sale, the first of a series of
Sotheby’s outings, it passed to Apsley Cherry-Garrard,
the Antarctic explorer and author of The Worst
Journey in the World.
At Cherry-Garrard’s 1961 sale it passed into the
library of the lyricist, composer and bibliophile, Paul
Francis Webster, from whose own 1985 New York
auction it sold for $55,000 (then £45,000) to the
current vendors.
continued on page 32
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AUCTION OF ANTIQUES
& COLLECTABLES
Saturday 22nd August at 10am
Bloomsbury House, 24 Maddox Street,
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Viewing:
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Friday 21st August 12 noon-8pm
Contact: rpowell@bloomsburyauctions.com
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Fleming (Ian)
Casino Royale,
first edition, 1953
Sold for £24,000
Percy Gravely, oil on canvas,
English Dairy Shorthorns in Meadow
View the catalogue online from 19th August at
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manuscripts at sotheby’s
continued from page 31
Left: sold for £21,000 at Sotheby’s was this vellum letter, written in French and addressed to Edward I of England
on May 31, 1292.
In fine condition and with two large equestrian-themed seals attached, it relates to the seizure of the goods
of Scottish merchants in Flanders in a dispute between Guy de Dampierre, Count of Flanders and the family of
Alexander III of Scotland.
In 1282 the count’s daughter, Margaret, married Alexander’s son and heir, but his sudden death the following
year saw Count Guy demand repayment of part of Margaret’s dowry. When the dispute remained unresolved
10 years later, Guy had taken direct action and this letter is a response to Edward I’s suggestion that Guy allow
Scottish merchants to appraise and value the seized goods.
It is also interesting to note, in the context of this report, that one of those who replied to Edward on behalf of
the Count of Flanders was Roger of Ghistelles, whose family name is attached to a famous and very early Flemish
illuminated manuscript, the Ghistelle Hours of c.1300. Like so many early manuscripts, it survives only in odd leaves
and fragments.
BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS
Highlights of the inaugural Western
Manuscripts and Miniatures sale at
Bloomsbury Auctions on July 8, when
80 of 100 lots sold for a premiuminclusive £1.1m, included a previously
untraced section of a richly illuminated
Book of Hours.
Sold at £150,000, this was a
parchment manuscript produced in
north-eastern France, probably Metz, in
the first half of the 14th century.
Each of the 24 leaves that make
up this ‘Hours of the Cross’ section
feature what the cataloguer described
as “…sparkling illumination and riotous
activity”.
Decoration includes seven historiated
initials and borders filled with both
human and animal figures – men fighting
and hunting, hares and boars, monkeys,
dogs, bears, goats, a lion, a squirrel, even
a hedgehog.
One leaf features a cat dressed as a
scholar and reading a book on a lectern,
as seen in the detail above right.
The artist has been identified and
named (after the location of another
Left: a detail from
a leaf of a richly
illuminated section
of a 14th century
French Book of
Hours sold by
Bloomsbury Auctions
for £150,000 – this
border detail showing
a cat dressed as a
scholar and reading
a book.
of his manuscripts) as the Master of
Boethius of Montpelier, and another
section of 101 leaves of this manuscript
was sold in 2000 at Sotheby’s, in the first
of the JRR Ritman sales, for £200,000.
Sold for £26,000 by Bloomsbury was a
pocket Gradual on parchment thought to
have been made in north-east France or
the Low Countries in the 1230s.
The text, as the saleroom remarks,
offers a number of palaeographic
challenges, but it is the binding that is
shown above far right.
A contemporary binding of limp
sheepskin, stitched at the spine through
two horn plates, it has a front cover
that extends to form a triangular flap
terminating in a horn button.
A long thong stretches around the
codex to wind around the button and
fasten the book shut.
Surviving limp vellum bindings are
known from the 9th and 10th centuries,
but of those 140 or so recorded in this
form – sewn through rigid backplates
– this would appear to be the earliest
recorded example and to pre-date any
other by over a century.
Left: the
contemporary
limp sheepskin
binding of a
13th century
pocket Gradual
sold by
Bloomsbury
Auctions for
£26,000.
BUYER’S PREMIUMS
Bloomsbury Auctions: 24% to
£150,000, then 18% to £1m, 12%
thereafter
Christie’s, London: 25% to £50,000,
20% to £1m, 12% thereafter
Koller, Zurich: 20% to SFr 400,000, 15%
thereafter
Sotheby’s, London: 25% to £100,000,
then 20% to £1.8m, 12% thereafter
NB: premiums may not apply or have been
set at different levels where prices from
sales of previous years are quoted.
Exchange rates are those in effect on the
day of sale.
Swiss sale outlines Italian manuscript history in miniature
ON September 18, as part of a six-day series
of auctions, Galerie Koller of Zurich will
offer a single-owner collection of more
than 60 miniatures documenting Italian
manuscript illustration from the 13th to the
15th centuries.
Assembled over three decades and valued by
the auctioneers at SFr1m (£650,000), it includes
works by artists and studios from Bologna,
Siena, Florence, Venice, Padua and other centres
of manuscript production and illumination.
The collection has been documented by
Prof Gaudenz Freuler of the Kunsthistorisches
Institut at the University of Zurich in a
separately issued catalogue. In addition to
the usual description and provenance details,
it will include a history of Italian manuscript
illumination and place each miniature within its
regional and stylistic context.
Left: a leaf from an
antiphonal, or choirbook
of c.1314 bearing an initial
depicting Moses receiving
the Tablets of the Law.
The work of an illuminator
known as Neri da Rimini,
it is estimated at SFr
40,000-50,000 (£26,00032,500).
Far left: a large initial D
featuring the Coronation
of the Virgin from a
Perugian manuscript of
c.1470-80. Estimated
at SFr25,000-30,000
(£16,250-19,500).
British & Irish Book Auctions
Aug 19*@
18-lot Book Section, Mellors & Kirk - Nottingham (0115 979 0000)
Aug 19*@
52-lot Book & Ephemera Sections, Golding Young & Mawer - Lincoln (01522 524984)
Aug 19*@
7-lot Book Section, Fryer & Brown - Cobham (01932 865026)
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63-lot Autograph Section + Postcards, BSA Auctions - Ross-on-Wye (01989 769529)
Aug 19*@ Trade Card & Sports Memorabilia Sections, Tim Davidson - Nottingham (0115 986 8550)
Aug 20@
Summer Book Sale, Bloomsbury Auctions (020 7495 9494)
Aug 20*@
6 Book Lots, Peter Wilson - Nantwich (01270 623878)
Aug 21*@
18-lot Book Section, Rendells - Ashburton (01364 653017)
Aug 21*@
Online Autograph Auction, Chaucer Auctions (0845 130 4094)
Aug 22*@
296-lot Book Section, Taylors - Montrose (01674 672775)
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8-lot Book Section, Westenhanger Auctions (01303 813545)
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270-lot Book Section: Collectors’ Sale, David Lay - Penzance (01736 361414)
Aug 26@ Antiquarian Books, Maps & Prints, Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood - Exeter (01392 413100)
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23-lot Book Section, James & Sons - Fakenham (01228 855003)
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13 Boxed Book Lots, Elgin Auction Centre (01343 547047)
Aug 26*@
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Sep 2@
Antiquarian Books, MSS, Maps & Photos, Lyon & Turnbull - Edinburgh (0131 557 8844)
Sep 2*@
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Sep 3@ Antiquarian & General Books, Ephemera, etc, Thomson Roddick & Medcalf - Carlisle (01228 528939)
Sep 4*@
Autographs & Memorabilia, Bloomsbury Auctions - London (020 7495 9494)
Sep 5@
Antiquarian & Collectable Books, Auction House - Berwick (07414 957134)
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Sep 9*@
Antiquarian Book, Map & Print Section, Hartleys - Ilkley (01943 816363)
Sep 9*@
Book & Ephemera Section, Bellmans - Wisborough Green (01403 700858)
Sep 10@
Bibliophile Sale, Bloomsbury Auctions - Godalming (01483 423567)
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Saturday 22nd August at 2pm
Antiques & Collectors’ Items
at Chudleigh Town Hall, Devon
Evening viewing: Friday 21st August 4.30-8.30pm and morning of sale from 10.30am
A ruby and diamond 18ct gold cluster
ring, the oval cut pigeon blood ruby
weighing approximately 9ct
Estimate £3,500-5,000
A Cartier
enamelled
silver-gilt travelling
clock in case,
with diamond set
hands - 2653,
3in diameter
Estimate
£15,000-20,000
A cased pair of Cartier emerald set gold cufflinks, previously owned by
HM Queen Elena of Italy (1873-1952)
Estimate £7,000-10,000
Kaiser Wilhelm II, portrait miniature gold bracelet set with emeralds,
diamonds and polished animal teeth, 7¼in
Estimate £3,500-5,000
For catalogues and enquiries Tel 01626 324071 or 07889 650202
michaeljbowman@btconnect.com
of Bath
Edmund Dulac, watercolour, ‘Ariel
‘Where the bee sucks there suck I’
(The Tempest)’, signed and dated
(19)08, with old Leger Gallery label to
verso, 13 x 9½in, a/f
Estimate £400-600
Buyer’s premium 17.5% + VAT
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09:30
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10:00
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10:30
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09:30
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Antiques & Objects Including
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10:30
Victorian, Edwardian & General
Sale Part 2
11:00
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Auction No. 99 - Stamps, Coins,
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11:00
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11:00
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Monthly Antiques & Collectables
12:00
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13:00
The London Auction Rooms
Silver, Clocks, Jewellery &
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14:00
TIMED AUCTION
Bishop & Miller Auctioneers
Silver Timed Auction
11:00
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21 August
Astons Auctioneers & Valuers
Retro Bicycles & Games Consoles
Auction
10:00
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Antiques & Collectors’
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10:00
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10:00
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10:00
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10:00
Whitton and Laing
A Collection of Silver, Jewellery,
Watches & Paintings
10:00
Wright Marshall
General Antiques & Interiors Sale
10:00
Dreweatts & Bloomsbury
The Summer Book Sale
11:00
The Auction Gallery - Brentwood
11:00
Thomson Roddick & Medcalf
British & Foreign Coins &
Numismatic Collectibles Incl. a
Good Private Collection
13:00
McCartneys
Antique & Collectables Sale
17:00
Thomson Roddick & Medcalf
Old & Collectable Toys, Model
Railways, Die-cast Vehicles,
Soldiers & Figures, Dolls & Teddy
Bears.
11:00
Saturday
22 August
Auktionshaus Schwerin
Art & Antiques
10:00
GERMANY
Unique Auctions
Art & Antiques
09:00
Antiques & Collectors’
Three-Day Auction
10:00
Nigel Ward & Company
Special Late August Auction
of Miscellaneous Objets d’Art,
Collectables, Porcelain, Glass,
Antique & Country Furniture
10:00
Paul Beighton Auctioneers
Antique Furniture, Fine Art &
Decorative Objects
10:00
TW Gaze
Gallery Sale
10:00
Wessex Auction Rooms
Antiques, Furniture & Collectables
10:00
Auction House Berwick
Antiques & General Sale
11:00
Ryedale Auctioneers
Antiques, Collectables &
Interior Furnishings
11:00
Stag Auctions
Interiors, Fine Art & Furniture
11:00
Nigel Ward & Company
Special Late August Auction of
Books, Oil Paintings, Watercolours
& Prints, Brass, Copper & Pewter,
Silver, Silver Plate & Jewellery
14:00
TIMED AUCTION
Auction House Berwick
Eyemouth Maritime Museum
20:00
ENDS 22nd August
Sunday
23 August
Batemans Auctioneers & Valuers
Two Day Sale of Fine Art
& Antiques
10:00
Unique Auctions
Art & Antiques
09:00
Littleton Auctions
10:00
Paul Beighton Auctioneers
10:00
Mander Auctioneers
Fine Art & Interiors
10:00
Westenhanger Auctioneers
Auction Sale
11:00
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TIMED AUCTIONS
Cuttlestones Auctioneers
Specialist Collectors’ Auction
20:00
McTear’s
Contemporary Pictures
20:00
William George & Co
Rolex Submariner, Yellow
& White Gold Diamond Rings,
Bracelets, Necklaces,
Earrings, Pendants,
20:00
ENDS 23rd August
Monday
24 August
Badisches Auktionshaus
Art & Antiques, Stamps & Coins
11:00
GERMANY
Bank Hall Auctions
Weekly Antiques & Collectables
Sale 86
10:00
Medals, Military & Stamps
10:30
Wallis & Wallis
Two Day Auction of Toys, Militaria,
Arms & Armour, Coins
10:30
Tuesday
25 August
Badisches Auktionshaus
Art & Antiques, Stamps & Coins
11:00
Germany
Medals, Military & Stamps
10:30
Wallis & Wallis
Two Day Auction of Toys, Militaria,
Arms & Armour, Coins
11:00
TIMED AUCTION
McTear’s
Silver, Ceramics & Furniture
20:00
ENDS 24th August
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WEDNESDAY
AUGUST 19
ANDERSON & GARLAND (Anderson
House, Crispin Court, Newbiggin
Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE5
1BF. Tel: +44 (0)1914 303000)
Town & County
ANDREW HILDITCH & SON
(Hanover House, 1a The Square,
Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 1AP.
Tel: +44 (0)1270 762048) General,
10.00
www.antiquestradegazette.com or
BAMFORDS AUCTIONEERS &
VALUERS (The Derby Auction House,
Chequers Road, Derby, DE21 6EN.
Tel: +44 (0)1332 210000)
A: Jewellery Sale, 10.30
B: Victorian, Edwardian & General
Index of UK and Ireland auction advertising
BARRY HAWKINS (The Auction
Rooms, 15 Lynn Road, Downham
Market, Norfolk, PE38 9NL. Tel:
+44 (0)1366 387180) Antiques,
Collectables, Household Furniture &
Effects, 10.00
Aldridges.............................................................33
David Lay.............................................................14
Henry Aldridge & Son..........................................31
Littleton..............................................................26
Anthemion Auctions............................................26
Lyon and Turnbull................................................33
Michael J. Bowman.............................................33
Moore Allen & Innocent......................................26
Lindsay Burns......................................................26
John Nicholson.................................................... 13
Charterhouse......................................................14
John Pye & Sons Ltd..............................................4
Cotswold Auction Company................................27
Sheffield Auction Gallery.....................................36
Denham's............................................................20
Silverwoods.........................................................33
Dreweatts Bloomsbury.............................. 5, 13, 31
Stride & Son........................................................26
Durrants..............................................................27
Wallis and Wallis...................................................4
Fellows..................................................................4
Nigel Ward .........................................................14
Peter Francis........................................................25
Wingett's............................................................26
TW Gaze............................................................. 13
Woolley & Wallis.................................................21
BOLDON AUCTION GALLERIES (24a
Front Street, East Boldon, Tyne &
Wear, NE36 0SJ. Tel: +44 (0)191
537 2630) Victorian & General
Household Auctions
BOURNE END AUCTION ROOMS
(Station Approach, Bourne End,
Buckinghamshire, SL8 5QH. Tel:
+44 (0)1628 531500) General
Sale, 10.30
BSA AUCTIONS (Units 1/2
Cantilupe Court, Ross on Wye,
Herefordshire, HR9 7AN. Tel: +44
(0)1989 769529) Stamps, Coins,
Tokens, Postal History, Postcards &
Autographs
BURSTOW & HEWETT (Abbey
Auction Galleries, Lower Lake,
Battle, East Sussex, TN33 0AT. Tel:
+44 (0)1424 772374) Antiques Sale
Halls Fine Art.........................................................9
Keys Auctioneers.................................................14
Index of international auction advertising and events
Anah Dunsheath New Zealand...........................20
Rago Arts and Auction Centre USA.....................27
Etruria Antiques Australia...................................20
Skinner USA.......................................................15
J.B. Hawkins Australia.........................................19
CUTTLESTONES AUCTIONEERS
(Penkridge Auction Rooms, Pinfold
Lane, Penkridge, Staffordshire,
ST19 5AP. Tel: +44 (0)1785
714905) Home, Garden &
Collectables
FRYER & BROWN (The Old Mill,
Cobham Park Road, Cobham,
Surrey, KT11 3PF. Tel: +44 (0)1932
865026) Jewellery, Antiques &
Collectables
GOLDING YOUNG & MAWER
(Auction Rooms, Dunston House,
Portland Street, Lincoln, LN5
7NN. Tel: +44 (0)1522 524984)
Collective Sale
GROUNDS & CO. (2 Nene Quay,
Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, PE13
1AQ. Tel: +44 (0)1945 580713)
Household Effects, 09.30
HARTLEYS (Victoria Hall, Little Lane,
Ilkley, West Yorkshire, LS29 8EA.
Tel: +44 (0)1943 816363) Victorian
& Later General Sale, 10.00
HOP FARM (The Hop Farm Auction
House, Paddock Wood, Tonbridge,
Kent, TN12 6PY. Tel: +44 (0)1622
872632) Antiques & General, 11.00
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MARTIN & POLE (The Auction
House, 10 Milton Road,
Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40 1DB.
Tel: +44 (0)118 979 0460) Antiques
& Collectables, 10.00
BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS
(Bloomsbury House, 24 Maddox
Street, London, W1S 1PP. Tel:
+44 (0)20 7495 9494) Summer
Book Sale
MAXWELLS (The Auction Rooms,
Levens Road, Hazel Grove,
Cheshire, SK7 5DL.
Tel: +44 (0)161 439 5182)
A: Estate Clearance & Vintage,
10.00
B: Antiques to include Ceramics,
Silver, Jewellery, Collectables &
Furniture, 12.00
BURY & HILTON (The Auction
Rooms, Leekbrook Way, Leek,
Staffordshire, ST13 7AP. Tel: +44
(0)1538 383344) General Furniture
& Effects
MCCUBBING & REDFERN (Wells
Auction Rooms, 66-68 Southover,
Wells, Somerset, BA5 1UH. Tel: +44
(0)1749 678099) Fine Art, Antiques
& Collectables
MELLORS & KIRK (The Auction
House, Gregory Street,
Nottingham, NG7 2NL. Tel: +44
(0)115 979 0000) Antiques &
Objects including Silver & Jewellery
NOCK DEIGHTON (The Auction
Centre, Tasley, Bridgnorth,
Shropshire, WV16 4QR. Tel: +44
(0)1746 762666) Antiques, Fine Art
& Collectables
NORTHWICH AUCTION (6 Runcorn
Road, Barnton, Northwich,
Cheshire, CW8 4EL. Tel: +44
(0)1606 762222) Antiques &
Collectables Sale
OKEHAMPTON AUCTIONS (Unit
4a, Fatherford Farm, Exeter Road,
Okehampton, Devon, EX20 1QQ.
Tel: +44 (0)1837 55592) Antiques
PLAYERS AUCTIONEERS (Players
Industrial Estate, Clydach,
Swansea, SA6 5BQ. Tel: +44
(0)1792 846241) Antiques &
Collectables
THE LONDON AUCTION ROOMS
(London. Tel: +44 (0)20 7129 1140
/ +44 (0)7977 048465) Antiques &
Vintage Jewellery, Watches, Silver &
Asian Art - Online only
TIM DAVIDSON (New Market
House, Meadow Lane, Gotham,
Nottingham, NG11 0HE. Tel: +44
(0)115 986 8550) Postal Auction of
Cigarette & Trade Cards and Sports
Memorabilia
UNIQUE AUCTIONS (The Fosseway,
Newark Rd, Lincoln, LN5 9EJ. Tel:
+44 (0)1522 695820) Antiques &
General, 18.00
WARWICK & WARWICK (Chalon
House, Scar Bank, Millers Road,
Warwick, CV34 5DB. Tel: +44
(0)1926 499031) Coins, Banknotes,
Medals & Militaria
WOTTON AUCTION ROOMS
(Tabernacle Road, Wotton-underEdge, Gloucestershire, GL12 7EB.
Tel: +44 (0)1453 844733) Antiques
& Collectables
THURSDAY
AUGUST 20
FELLOWS (Augusta House,
19 Augusta Street, Birmingham,
West Midlands, B18 6JA.
Tel: +44 (0)1212 122131)
A: Jewellery
B: Pawnbrokers’ Jewellery
GERRARDS AUCTION ROOMS (St
Georges Road, Lytham St Annes,
Lancashire, FY8 2AE. Tel: +44
(0)1253 725476) Two-Day Sale of
Fine Arts, Antiques, Jewellery, Silver
HANSONS AUCTIONEERS &
VALUERS (Heage Lane, Etwall,
Derbyshire, DE65 6LS. Tel: +44
(0)1283 733988) Antiques &
Collectors' Auction
J. STUART WATSON (The Market
Hall, Lockmeadow Leisure Complex,
Barker Road, Maidstone, Kent,
ME16 8LW. Tel: +44 (0)1622
831859) Antiques & Modern
Furniture & Effects, 10.00
L.S. SMELLIE & SONS (4 Lower
Auchingramont Road, Hamilton,
Lanarkshire, ML3 6HW. Tel: +44
(0)1698 282007) Specialist Sales
LISNASKEA AUCTIONS (Unit 7,
Manderwood Park, Lisnaskea,
Co. Fermanagh, BT92 0FP. Tel: +44
(0)2867724334) General Sale,
19.00
MCCARTNEYS (Portcullis Saleroom,
Overton Road, Ludlow, Shropshire,
SY8 4AA. Tel: +44 (0)1584 878822)
Antiques & Collectables, 17.00
PETER WILSON (Victoria Gallery,
Market Street, Nantwich, Cheshire,
CW5 5DG. Tel: +44 (0)1270
623878) Gallery Sale, 11.00
PHILIP G. PYLE (South Street,
Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 9DT.
Tel: +44 (0)1837 810088) Antiques
PHILIP SERRELL (The Malvern
Saleroom, Barnards Green Road,
Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14
3LW. Tel: +44 (0)1684 892314)
General Sale
RENDELLS AUCTIONEERS & ESTATE
AGENTS (Stonepark Saleroom,
Ashburton, Newton Abbot, South
Devon, TQ13 7RH. Tel: +44 (0)1364
653017) Antiques & Collectables
including Selected China, Glass &
Sporting Items
RICHARDSON & SMITH (Westcliff
Salerooms, 19 Silver Street, Whitby,
North Yorkshire, YO21 3BX. Tel: +44
(0)1947 602298) Catalogue Sale of
Antique Furniture & Effects
JEFFERYS (5 Fore Street,
Lostwithiel, Cornwall, PL22 0BP.
Tel: +44 (0)1208 871947) Antiques
& Modern Furniture & Effects
AMERSHAM AUCTION ROOMS
(Station Road, Amersham on the
Hill, Buckinghamshire, HP7 0AH.
Tel: +44 (0)1494 729292) 19th
Century & Later Furnishings, Objects
of Desire, 10.30
SHOULER & SON (County Auction
Rooms, King’s Road, Melton
Mowbray, Leicestershire, LE13 1QF.
Tel: +44 (0)1664 560181) General
Household & Collectables
LAWRENCES AUCTIONEERS
(The Linen Yard, South Street,
Crewkerne, Somerset, TA18 8AB.
Tel: +44 (0)1460 73041) General
Sale
ASTON’S (Baylies’ Hall, Tower Street,
Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 1NB.
Tel: +44 (0)1384 250220) Retro
Bicycles & Games Console Auction,
10.00
SPECIAL AUCTION SERVICES
(81 Greenham Business Park,
Newbury, Berkshire, RG19 6HW.
Tel: +44 (0)1635 580595) Toy
Figures Auction, 10.00
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THOMSON RODDICK & MEDCALF
(Coleridge House, Shaddongate,
Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 5TU. Tel:
+44 (0)1228 528939) British
& Foreign Coins & Numismatic
Collectables including an Excellent
Private Collection
THOMSON RODDICK SCOTTISH
AUCTIONS (The Auction Centre,
Carnethie Street, Rosewell,
Edinburgh, EH24 9AL. Tel: +44
(0)131 440 2448) Home Furnishings
& Interiors, 16.00
W. & H. PEACOCK (75 New Street,
St. Neots, Cambridgeshire, PE19
1AJ. Tel: +44 (0)1480 474550)
Furniture & General Effects, 11.00
WHITTON & LAING (32
Okehampton Street, Exeter, Devon,
EX4 1DY. Tel: +44 (0)1392 252621)
Silver, Jewellery & Watches
WRIGHT MARSHALL (Beeston
Castle Salerooms, Beeston
Smithfield, Tarporley, Cheshire,
CW6 9NZ. Tel: +44 (0)1829
262150) General & Home
Furnishings Sale
YEOVIL AUCTION ROOMS (3 Court
Ash, Yeovil, Somerset, BA20 1HG.
Tel: +44 (0)1935 433817) Tribal Art
Auction, 10.30
FRIDAY
AUGUST 21
BATEMANS AUCTIONEERS &
VALUERS (The Saleroom, Ryhall
Road, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9
1XF. Tel: +44 (0)1780 766466) TwoDay Sale of Fine Art & Antiques,
10.00
BIGWOOD FINE ART AUCTIONEERS
(The Old School, Tiddington,
Warwickshire, CV37 7AW. Tel: +44
(0)1789 269415) 20th Century
Furniture & Effects
CHAUCER AUCTIONS (Tel: +44
(0)845 1304094) Autograph,
Military, Sport, Entertainment &
Historical Auction - Online Only
GERRARDS AUCTION ROOMS (St
Georges Road, Lytham St Annes,
Lancashire, FY8 2AE. Tel: +44
(0)1253 725476) Two-Day Sale of
Fine Arts, Antiques, Jewellery, Silver
(0)1283 733988) Antiques &
Collectors' Auction
MCTEAR’S (Meiklewood Gate,
Meiklewood Road, Glasgow,
Scotland, G51 4EU. Tel: +44 (0)141
810 2880) Interiors
RENDELLS AUCTIONEERS & ESTATE
AGENTS (Stonepark Saleroom,
Ashburton, Newton Abbot, South
Devon, TQ13 7RH. Tel: +44 (0)1364
including Selected China, Glass &
Sporting Items
RYE AUCTION GALLERIES (Unit 36,
Rye Industrial Park, Harbour Road,
Rye, East Sussex, TN31 7TE. Tel:
+44 (0)1797 222650) General Sale
SIDCUP AUCTION ROOMS (14
Church Road, Sidcup, Kent, DA14
6BX. Tel: +44 (0)20 8302 4565)
TENNANTS AUCTIONEERS (The
Auction Centre, Leyburn, North
Yorkshire, DL8 5SG. Tel: +44
(0)1969 623780) Antiques &
Interiors
THOMPSON’S AUCTIONEERS (The
Dales Saleroom, Levens Hall Park,
Lund Lane, Killinghall, Harrogate,
North Yorkshire, HG3 2BG. Tel: +44
(0)1423 709086) General Antiques
& Effects, 11.30
(Coleridge House, Shaddongate,
Carlisle, Cumbria, CA2 5TU. Tel:
+44 (0)1228 528939) Antiques &
Collectables Toys, Model Railways,
Die-cast Vehicles, Soldiers & Figures,
Dolls & Teddy Bears
TW GAZE (Diss Auction Rooms,
Roydon Road, Diss, Norfolk, IP22
4LN. Tel: +44 (0)1379 650306)
Musical Instruments
WATERMANS AUCTION ROOMS
(Shellbank Lane, Manor Farm, Green
Street Green, Dartford, Kent, DA2
8DL. Tel: +44 (0)1474 700033)
ARTHUR JOHNSON & SONS
(The Nottingham Auction Centre,
Meadow Lane, Nottingham, NG2
3GY. Tel: +44 (0)115 986 9128)
A: Antiques & Later Collectables,
10.00
B: Antiques & Later Furniture, 10.00
AUCTION HOUSE (95 Main Street,
Tweedmouth, Berwick Upon
Tweed, Northumberland, TD15
2AW. Tel: +44 (0)7414 957134)
Antiques & General Sale
BATEMANS AUCTIONEERS &
VALUERS (The Saleroom, Ryhall
Road, Stamford, Lincolnshire, PE9
1XF. Tel: +44 (0)1780 766466) TwoDay Sale of Fine Art & Antiques,
10.00
BIDDLE & WEBB (Icknield
Square, Ladywood Middleway,
Birmingham, B16 0PP. Tel: +44
(0)1214 558042) Collectors' Sale
CHIPPENHAM AUCTION ROOMS
(Unit H, The Old Laundry, Ivy Road,
Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 1SB.
Tel: +44 (0)1249 444544) Enamel
Signs, Advertising & Collectors' Sale
CHURCHGATE AUCTIONS (123
Scudamore Road, Leicester, LE3
1UQ. Tel: +44 (0)1162 874856)
Victorian & Later Furniture &
Collectables, 09.30
GORDON DAY & PARTNERS
(Bowens Yard, Park Corner,
Knockholt, Kent, TN14 7JE. Tel:
+44 (0)1959 533263) General
Furniture & Tools, 10.00
GREAT WESTERN AUCTIONS (1291
Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, G14
9UY. Tel: +44 (0)141 954 1500)
GREENWICH AUCTIONS
PARTNERSHIP (47 Old Woolwich
Road, London, SE10 9PP. Tel: +44
(0)20 8853 2121) Weekly Auction,
11.00
(0)1283 733988) Antiques &
Collectors' Auction
SATURDAY
AUGUST 22
HARRISONS AUCTION CENTRE
(Unit 5, Thorney Road, Nene Terrace,
Crowland, Peterborough, PE6 0LD.
Tel: +44 (0)1733 211789) Live
Online General Sale
ANGLIA CAR AUCTIONS (The
Cattlemarket, Beveridge Way,
King’s Lynn, Norfolk, PE30 4NB.
Tel: +44 (0)1553 771881) Classic
Cars
HENRY ALDRIDGE & SON (Unit
1, Bath Road Business Centre,
Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 1XA. Tel:
+44 (0)1380 729199) Fine Art,
HYPERION AUCTIONS (Station
Road, St Ives, Cambridgeshire,
PE27 5BH. Tel: +44 (0)1480
464140) Antiques, Collectables &
Later Furnishings
J. STRAKER CHADWICK &
SONS (Market Street Chambers,
Abergavenny, Monmouthshire,
NP7 5SD. Tel: +44 (0)1873 852624)
Wine
J.S. AUCTIONS (Cotefield Saleroom,
Oxford Road, Banbury, Oxfordshire,
OX15 4AQ. Tel: +44 (0)1295
272488) Antiques & Interiors
KENT AUCTION GALLERIES (Unit
C, Highfield Estate, Folkestone,
Kent, CT19 6DD. Tel: +44 (0)1303
246810) Antiques & Fine Art, 10.00
LITTLETON AUCTIONS (School
Lane, Middle Littleton, Evesham,
Worcestershire, WR11 8LN. Tel:
+44 (0)1386 244379) Antiques &
Collectables, 10.00
LYNES & LYNES AUCTION ROOMS
(Unit 2F, Eastlink Business Park,
Carrigtwohill, Co. Cork. Tel: +353
21 438 9998 / +353 87 253 1580)
House Contents Auction, 11.00
MANDER AUCTIONEERS (The
Auction Centre, Assington Road,
Newton Green, Sudbury, Suffolk,
CO10 0QX. Tel: +44 (0)1787
211847) Antiques & Collectables to
include Fine Art, 10.00
MICHAEL J. BOWMAN (Chudleigh
Town Hall, Market Way, Chudleigh,
Newton Abbot, Devon, TQ13 0HL.
Tel: +44 (0)1626 324071) Antiques
& Collectors' Sale, 10.30
NIGEL WARD & COMPANY (The
Border Property Centre, Pontrilas,
Hereford, HR2 0EH. Tel: +44
(0)1981 240140) Auctions of
Antiques & Country Furniture,
Effects, Porcelain, Paintings, Objets
d’Art & Collectables
RYEDALE AUCTIONEERS (Cooks
Yard, New Road, Kirkbymoorside,
York, YO62 6DZ. Tel: +44 (0)1751
431544) General, 11.00
6BX. Tel: +44 (0)20 8302 4565)
STAG AUCTIONS (Stag Auctions,
Salmon Springs, Stroud,
Gloucestershire, GL6 8PF. Tel: +44
(0)1285 656455) Interiors, Fine Art
& Furniture, 11.00
TAYLORS AUCTION ROOMS (Brent
Avenue, Montrose, Angus, DD10
9PB. Tel: +44 (0)1674 672775)
Antiques, Fine Art & Collectables
THIMBLEBY & SHORLAND (Market
House, P.O. Box 175, 31 Great
Knollys Street, Reading, Berkshire,
RG1 7HU. Tel: +44 (0) 118 950
8611) General Sale
4LN. Tel: +44 (0)1379 650306)
Gallery Sale
UNIQUE AUCTIONS (Unit E, Hillcroft
Business Park, Whisby Road,
Lincoln, LN6 3QT. Tel: +44 (0)1522
695820) Antiques & Collectors' Sale
WALTON & WALTON AUCTIONEERS
(Parker Street Salerooms, (off
Kingsway/Bank Parade), Burnley,
Lancashire, BB11 1AU. Tel: +44
(0)1282 423247) General, 10.00
WESSEX AUCTION ROOMS
(Westbrook Farm, Draycot Cerne,
Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 5LH.
Tel: +44 (0)1249 720888) Antiques,
Furniture & Collectables
WINGETTS AUCTIONEERS (29 Holt
Street, Wrexham, Clwyd, LL13
8DH. Tel: +44 (0)1978 353553)
Sporting & Country Pursuits Auction
SUNDAY
AUGUST 23
PAUL BEIGHTON AUCTIONEERS
(Woodhouse Green, Thurcroft,
Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S66
9AQ. Tel: +44 (0)1709 700005)
Fine Art
PURCELL AUCTIONEERS (Green
Street, Birr, Co. Offaly. Tel: +353
57 912 0711) Antiques, Fine Art &
Collectors' Items, 10.00
RAILTONS (The Northern Auction
Centre, 5 South Road, Wooler,
Northumberland, NE71 6SN. Tel:
+44 (0)1668 283000) Estate Sale
HARROGATE AUCTION CENTRE
(Hammerain House, Beech Avenue,
Harrogate, North Yorkshire, HG2
8ER. Tel: 01423872202) Antiques
Sale, 11.00
LOTS ROAD AUCTIONS (71-73 Lots
Road, London, SW10 0RN. Tel: +44
(0)20 7376 6800) Contemporary &
Modern Design Furniture & Fittings,
12.00
9AQ. Tel: +44 (0)1709 700005)
Antiques, Collectables, Paintings &
Jewellery, 10.00
UNIQUE AUCTIONS (Unit E, Hillcroft
Business Park, Whisby Road,
Lincoln, LN6 3QT. Tel: +44 (0)1522
695820) Antiques & Collectors' Sale
WESTENHANGER AUCTIONEERS
(Westenhanger Railway Station,
Stone Street, Stanford, Ashford,
Kent, TN25 6DE. Tel: +44 (0)1303
813545 / +44 (0)7779 995117)
Antiques & Collectables with
Vintage Wine, Port & Spirits, 11.00
MONDAY
AUGUST 24
BANK HALL AUCTIONS (Bank Hall
Works, Off Colne Road, Burnley,
Lancashire, BB10 3AT. Tel: +44
(0)1282 435435) Antiques &
Collectables, 10.00
BONINGTONS AUCTIONEERS &
VALUERS (Ambrose House, Old
Station Road, Loughton, Essex,
IG10 4PE. Tel: +44 (0)20 8508
4800) Interiors Sale, 10.30
CAPES DUNN (The Auction
Galleries, 40 Station Road, Heaton
Mersey, Cheshire, SK4 3QT. Tel:
+44 (0)161 273 1911) General
Auction
CITY AUCTION ROOMS (Georges
Quay, Waterford. Tel: +353 51
873 692) Antiques, Furniture &
Effects
ALEXANDERS AUCTIONEERS (8-9
Old Dalby Business Park, Station
Road, Old Dalby, Leicestershire,
LE14 3NJ. Tel: +44 (0)1664
668081) Jewellery, Antiques,
Collectables, Oriental & Fine Art
CLARKS AUCTION ROOMS (2A
Heathlands Industrial Estate,
Liskeard, Cornwall, PL14 4DH. Tel:
+44 (0)7756 070198) Antiques &
General Sale
ELEPHANT HOUSE AUCTIONS (The
Old Elephant House, Morton Street,
Royal Leamington Spa, CV32
5SY. Tel: +44 (0)1926 888186)
Vintage Amusements
CRITERION AUCTIONEERS (53 Essex
Road, Islington, London, N1 2SF.
Tel: +44 (0)20 7359 5707) General
Antiques, Modern & Reproduction
Furniture, 15.00
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CRITERION AUCTIONEERS (41-47
Chatfield Road, Wandsworth,
London, SW11 3SE. Tel: +44 (0)20
7228 5563) General Antiques,
Decorative Items, Modern &
Reproduction Furniture, 12.00
COTSWOLD AUCTION COMPANY
(Chapel Walk Saleroom,
Chapel Walk, Cheltenham,
Gloucestershire, GL50 3DS. Tel: +44
(0)1242 256363 / +44 (0)1452
521177) Vintage Fashion, Textiles &
20th Century Art & Design
GAVIN GARDINER (Gleneagles
Hotel, Auchterarder, Perthshire,
PH3 1NF. Tel: +44 (0)1798 875300 /
+44 (0)1403 833575) Fine Modern
& Vintage Sporting Guns
CURR & DEWAR AUCTIONEERS
(Unit E, 6 North Isla Street,
Dundee, DD3 7JQ. Tel: +44
(0)1382 833974) Antiques, 10.00
GORRINGES (Garden Street,
Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1XE. Tel:
+44 (0)1273 478221 / 472503)
Antiques, General Furniture &
Effects, 10.30
Derbyshire, DE65 6LS.
Tel: +44 (0)1283 733988)
A: Coins & Medals, Stamps & Postal
History, 10.00
B: Militaria, including WWI & WWII
HIGH ROAD AUCTIONS (55-61
Heath Road, Twickenham, TW1
4AW. Tel: +44 (0)20 8400 5225)
Antiques, Interiors & Collectables,
18.00
KEYS FINE ART AUCTIONEERS (8
Market Place, Aylsham, Norwich,
NR11 6EH. Tel: +44 (0)1263
733195) General Sale, 10.30
KIRKHAM AUCTION CENTRE
(31 Blackpool Road, Kirkham,
Preston, Lancashire, PR4 2RE. Tel:
01772685178) Antiques & General
Sale, 11.00
LYME BAY AUCTIONS (Harepath
Road, Seaton, Devon, EX12 2SX.
Tel: +44 (0)1297 22453) General
Antiques & Interiors
NL AUCTION ROOMS (Lodge House,
9-17 Lodge Lane, London, N12
8JH. Tel: +44 (0)20 8445 9000 /
5153) General Antiques & Effects,
14.00
OLIVER USHER (John Street, Kells,
Co. Meath. Tel: +353 46 924 1097)
House Contents & Antique Furniture
Auction
WALLIS & WALLIS (West Street
Auction Galleries, Lewes, East
Sussex, BN7 2NJ. Tel: +44 (0)1273
480208) Two-Day Sale of Toys,
Militaria, Arms & Armour
TUESDAY
AUGUST 25
ADAMS (26 St. Stephens Green
North, Dublin, 2. Tel: +353 1 676
0261) Adams’ Attic
ALDRIDGES (Phoenix House, Lower
Bristol Road, Bath, Somerset, BA2
9ES. Tel: +44 (0)1225 462830)
Collectors' Sale
BRETTELLS AUCTIONEERS &
VALUERS (Auction Rooms, Rear
of 58 High Street, Newport,
Shropshire, TF10 7AQ. Tel: +44
(0)1952 815925) Collectables &
General Sale, 10.00
CHISWICK AUCTIONS (1 Colville
Road, London, W3 8BL. Tel: +44
(0)20 8992 4442) General Sale
COLLINS & PATERSON (10 Walker
Street, Paisley, Renfrewshire, PA1
2EP. Tel: +44 (0)141 229 1326)
Antiques & Jewellery, 10.30
DAVID LAY AUCTIONS (The
Penzance Auction House, Alverton,
Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 4RE.
Tel: +44 (0)1736 361414) Books &
Collectors' Items
DUKE’S (Fine Art Salerooms,
Brewery Square, Dorchester,
Dorset, DT1 1GA. Tel: +44 (0)1305
265080) General Sale
DUKE’S AVENUE AUCTIONS
(Weymouth Avenue, Dorchester,
Dorset, DT1 1QS. Tel: +44 (0)1305
257544) Furniture, Paintings &
Collectables, 10.30
ELDREDS AUCTIONEERS & VALUERS
(1 Belliver Way, Roborough,
Plymouth, Devon, PL6 7BP. Tel:
+44 (0)1752 721199) Interior
Furnishings, 11.00
FELLOWS (Augusta House, 19
Augusta Street, Birmingham,
West Midlands, B18 6JA. Tel: +44
(0)1212 122131) Watches
GARY DON (Curtis Buildings,
Berking Road (off York Road),
Leeds, LS9 9LF. Tel: +44 (0)113
248 3333) China, Collectables, Gold
& Silver Jewellery, Antiques & Retro
Furniture
Chiswick High Road, London, W4
1TE. Tel: +44 (0)20 8400 5225)
18.00
SMYTHES (The Auction Galleries,
174 Victoria Road West,
Cleverleys, Lancashire, FY5 3NE.
Tel: +44 (0)1253 852184) General
BRIGHTWELLS (Easters Court,
Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6
0DE. Tel: +44 (0)1568 611122)
General Antiques & Collectables
THOMAS N. MILLER (The Algernon
Road Auction Rooms, Byker,
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, NE6
2UN. Tel: +44 (0)191 265 8080)
General Sale
Auction Gallery, Lower Lake, Battle,
East Sussex, TN33 0AT. Tel: +44
(0)1424 772374) Selected Paintings
& Prints
Irongray Road, Dumfries, DG2 0JE.
Tel: +44 (0)1387 721635) Home
Furnishings & Interiors, 10.00
BYRNE’S FINE ART AUCTIONEERS
(Pullman House, The Sidings,
Boundary Lane, Chester, Cheshire,
CH4 8RD. Tel: +44 (0)1244 681311)
Collectables & General
WALLIS & WALLIS (West Street
Auction Galleries, Lewes, East
Sussex, BN7 2NJ. Tel: +44 (0)1273
480208) Two-Day Sale of Toys,
Militaria, Arms & Armour
CHELMSFORD AUCTION ROOMS
(42 Mildmay Road, Chelmsford,
Essex, CM2 0DZ. Tel: +44 (0)1245
354251) Antiques & Collectables,
10.00
8DH. Tel: +44 (0)1978 353553)
10.30
CUTTLESTONES AUCTIONEERS (1
Clarence Street, off Waterloo Road,
Wolverhampton, WV1 4JL. Tel:
+44 (0)1902 421985) Antiques &
Home Sale
A.T. WATKINSON LTD
Established 1908
Dealers in diamonds, precious stones,
antique/modern jewellery and silver
If you are looking to buy or sell,
please call 020 7253 6932
By appointment only
Fax: 020 7251 1687
Email: a-t-watkinson@btconnect.com
London EC1
KIVELLS (Stanhope House,
Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 6DT.
Tel: +44 (0)1409 253275) General
Household & Antiques
LINDSAY BURNS & COMPANY (6
King Street, Perth, Perthshire, PH2
8JA. Tel: +44 (0)1738 633888)
Antiques & Fine Art Sale
MENDIP AUCTION ROOMS (Rookery
Farm, Roemead Road, Binegar,
Somerset, BA3 4UL. Tel: +44
(0)1749 840770) Victorian & Later
Effects
MULBERRY BANK AUCTIONS (26a
St Vincent Crescent, Glasgow, G3
8LH. Tel: +44 (0)141 225 8181)
Rare & Collectables Whisky & Wine
PHILIP G. PYLE (The Bridge
Auction Rooms, 15 Market Street,
Hatherleigh, Okehampton, West
Devon, EX20 3JN. Tel: +44 (0)1837
810088) Annual Toys & Collectors'
Sale
RICHARD WINTERTON
AUCTIONEERS (The Lichfield
Salerooms, Cross Keys, Lichfield,
Staffordshire, WS13 6DN. Tel:
+44 (0)1543 251081) Three-Day
Antiques & 20th Century Sale
JAMES & SONS AUCTIONEERS (The
Racecourse, Fakenham, Norfolk,
NR21 7NY. Tel: + 44 (0)1328
855003) Antiques Sale
JOHN NICHOLSON’S (The Auction
Rooms, Midhurst Road, Fernhurst,
Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 3HA.
Tel: +44 (0)1428 653727) Fine
Antiques Sale
Tel: +44 (0)1460 73041) General
Sale
LINDSAY BURNS & COMPANY (6
King Street, Perth, Perthshire, PH2
8JA. Tel: +44 (0)1738 633888)
Antiques & Fine Art Sale
NEALS FINE ART AUCTIONEERS
(Theatre Street Saleroom,
Woodbridge, Suffolk, IP12 4NE.
Tel: +44 (0)1394 382263) Antique
PETER FRANCIS (Towyside
Salerooms, Old Station Road,
Carmarthen, SA31 1JN. Tel:
+44 (0)1267 233456) Fine Art &
Antiques
QUEENS ROAD AUCTIONS (9
Queens Road, Exeter, Devon, EX2
9ER. Tel: +44 (0)1392 256256)
Antiques & General
RICHARD WINTERTON
+44 (0)1543 251081) Three-Day
SWORDERS (Cambridge Road,
Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex,
CM24 8GE. Tel: +44 (0)1279
KINGSLEY AUCTIONS (112-118
Market Street, Hoylake, Wirral,
CH47 3BG. Tel: +44 (0)151 632
5821) General, 10.30
KINGSWAY AUCTIONS (Kingsway,
Ansdell, Lytham St Annes,
Lancashire, FY8 1AB. Tel: +44
(0)1253 735442) Antiques &
Collectables
Tel: +44 (0)1943 816363) Victorian
WEDNESDAY
AUGUST 26
ADAMS (26 St. Stephens Green
North, Dublin, 2. Tel: +353 1 676
0261) Adams’ Attic
ANTHEMION AUCTIONS (15
Norwich Road, Cardiff, CF23 9AB.
Tel: +44 (0)29 2047 2444) Fine Art
& Antiques Sale
BAMFORDS AUCTIONEERS
(Peak Village Shopping Centre,
Chatsworth Road, Rowsley,
Derbyshire, DE4 2JE. Tel: +44
(0)1629 730920) Antiques,
Collectables & General Sale
BAYLES AUCTIONEERS (Nortonbury
Farm, Nortonbury Lane,
Letchworth, Hertfordshire, SG9
1AN. Tel: +44 (0)1763 281256)
BEARNES HAMPTON &
LITTLEWOOD (St. Edmund’s Court,
Okehampton Street, Exeter, EX4
1DU. Tel: +44 (0)1392 413100)
Antiquarian Book Sale
+44 (0)1628 531500) General
Sale, 10.30
D.J. MANNING (Carriden Industrial
Estate, Bridgeness Road, Bo’ness,
Falkirk, EH51 9SF. Tel: +44 (0)1506
DENHAM’S (Horsham Auction
Galleries, Dorking Road (on the
A24), Warnham, Sussex, RH12
3RZ. Tel: +44 (0)1403 255699 /
+44 (0)1403 253837) Fine Art,
Antiques & Collectors' Items
DORE & REES (The Auction Rooms,
Vicarage Street, Frome, Somerset,
BA11 1PU. Tel: +44 (0)1373
DREWEATTS DONNINGTON PRIORY
(Donnington Priory Salerooms,
Oxford Road, Newbury, Berkshire,
RG14 2JE. Tel: +44 (0)1635
553553) Interiors
ELGIN AUCTION CENTRE (New
Elgin Road, Elgin, Morayshire, IV30
3BE. Tel: +44 (0)1343 547047)
1AQ. Tel: +44 (0)1945 580713)
HALLS FINE ART AUCTIONEERS
(Halls Holdings House, Bowmen
Way, Shrewsbury, SY4 3DR. Tel:
+44 (0)1743 450700) Interiors &
Collectables Ceramics Auction
TOWNSEND AUCTION GALLERIES
(Unit 12 Paynes Business Park,
Dereham Road, Beeston, Norfolk,
PE32 2NQ. Tel: +44 (0)1328
598080) Vintage Toys, Antiques &
Collectables
TRAFFORD BOOKS (Tel: +44 (0)161
877 8818) Stamps, Postal History,
Books, Postcards, Photographs,
Prints, Autographs, Cigarette Cards
& Ephemera - Online only
+44 (0)1522 695820) Antiques &
General, 18.00
WARRINGTON AUCTION (551
Europa Boulevard, Westbrook,
Warrington, WA5 7TP. Tel: +44
(0)1925 658833) Antiques &
Collectables Sale
WARWICK AUCTIONS OF
COVENTRY (The Coventry Auction
Centre, 3 Queen Victoria Road,
Coventry, CV1 3JS. Tel: +44
(0)2476 223377 / 223378)
THURSDAY
AUGUST 27
Tel: +44 (0)1494 729292) 19th
Century & Later Furnishings, Objects
of Desire, 10.30
BALDWIN’S (Crystal Room, Level
B3, Holiday Inn Golden Mile, 50
Nathan Road, Kowloon. Tel: +44
(0)20 7930 9808) Far Eastern
Coinc, Medals & Banknotes.
BANGOR AUCTIONS (1 Greenway
Business Park, Conlig, Bangor, Co.
Down, BT23 7SU. Tel: +44 (0)28
9145 0494) General Auction with
Antiques Section
BRITISH BESPOKE AUCTIONS (The
Old Boys’ School, Gretton Road,
Winchcombe, Gloucestershire,
GL54 5EE. Tel: +44 (0)1242
BUSHEY AUCTIONS (Bushey Golf &
Country Club, High Street, Bushey,
Hertfordshire, WD23 1TT. Tel: +44
(0)20 8386 2552) Fine Art, Antiques
& Collectables
CHALKWELL AUCTIONS (2 Baron
Court, Chandlers Way, Southendon-Sea, Essex, SS2 5SE. Tel: +44
(0)1702 613260) Antiques &
Collectables
CHARTERHOUSE AUCTIONEERS
(The Long Street Salerooms, Long
Street, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9
3BS. Tel: +44 (0)1935 812277)
Antiques, Silver, Jewellery, Watches
& Wine
DREWEATTS BRISTOL (Saleroom 2,
Baynton Road, Bristol, BS3 2EB.
Tel: +44 (0)117 953 1603) Antiques
& Later Furnishings, 10.00
DURRANTS AUCTION ROOMS
(The Old School House, Peddars
Lane, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9UE.
Tel: +44 (0)1502 713490) Toys,
Collectables & Militaria Sale
FREDERICK ANDREWS (Market
Hall, Lockmeadow, Maidstone,
Kent, ME16 8LW. Tel: +44 (0)1795
GEORGE KIDNER (The Lymington
Saleroom, Emsworth Road,
Lymington, Hampshire, SO41 9BL.
Tel: +44 (0)1590 670070) Furniture
& Effects, 10.30
(0)2867724334) General Sale,
19.00
MORPHETS (6 Albert Street,
1JL. Tel: +44 (0)1423 530030) The
Bazaar, 17.00
ORPINGTON SALEROOMS (Unit
7, Tripes Farm, Chelsfield Lane,
Orpington, Kent (off at Junction
3/4 M25), BR6 7RS. Tel: +44
(0)1689 896678) Antiques &
Collectables, 10.00
REEMAN DANSIE (Incorporating
Kingsford Auctions, 8 Wyncolls
Road, Severalls Business Park,
Colchester, Essex, CO4 9HU.
Tel: +44 (0)1206 754754) Coins,
Weapons & Militaria, 10.00
RICHARD WINTERTON
+44 (0)1543 251081) Three-Day
SHEFFIELD AUCTION GALLERY
(Windsor Road, Heeley, Sheffield,
South Yorkshire, S8 8UB. Tel:
+44 (0)114 281 6161) Specialist
Collectables Toys, 10.00
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SILVERWOODS (Ribblesdale Centre,
Lincoln Way, Clitheroe, Lancashire,
BB7 1QD. Tel: +44 (0)1200 423322)
August Sale
STRIDE & SON (Southdown House,
St. John’s Street, Chichester, West
Sussex, PO19 1XQ. Tel: +44 (0)1243
780207) Silver, Electroplate,
Watches & Jewellery, 12.00
Carnethie Street, Rosewell,
Edinburgh, EH24 9AL. Tel: +44
(0)131 440 2448) Home Furnishings
& Interiors, 16.00
TORRIDGE AUCTIONS (The Lion
Store, 19 Barnstaple Street, Eastthe-Water, Bideford, Devon, EX39
4AE. Tel: +44 (0)1237 471955)
General Household
1AJ. Tel: +44 (0)1480 474550)
Furniture & General Effects, 11.00
WATSONS (Heathfield Auction
Rooms, The Market, Burwash Road,
Heathfield, East Sussex, TN21
8RA. Tel: +44 (0)1435 862132)
Transport & Toys
WILBYS FINE ART AND AUCTIONS
(Milton Hall, Fitzwilliam Street,
Elsecar, South Yorkshire, S74 8EZ.
Tel: +44 (0)1226 299221) Fine Art
& Antiques
FRIDAY
AUGUST 28
BRIGHTON GENERAL AUCTIONS (54
Hollingdean Road, Brighton, BN2
4AA. Tel: +44 (0)1273 917118)
General Sale, 10.00
CHARTERHOUSE AUCTIONEERS
(The Long Street Salerooms, Long
Street, Sherborne, Dorset, DT9
3BS. Tel: +44 (0)1935 812277)
Antiques, Silver, Jewellery, Watches
& Wine
DURRANTS AUCTION ROOMS
(The Old School House, Peddars
Lane, Beccles, Suffolk, NR34 9UE.
Tel: +44 (0)1502 713490) Toys,
Collectables & Militaria Sale
JF & DAUGHTERS (3 High Street,
Epsom, Surrey, KT19 8DA. Tel:
+44 (0)1372 738054) Curiosities,
Antiques, Collectables, Silver &
Pawnbrokers
KLM AUCTIONEERS (Unit 22,
Moderna Business Park, Moderna
Way, Mytholmroyd, West
Yorkshire, HX7 5QQ. Tel: +44 77
5943057) Auction of Antiques,
Collectables & Household Goods,
10.00
SHEFFIELD AUCTION GALLERY
(Windsor Road, Heeley, Sheffield,
South Yorkshire, S8 8UB. Tel: +44
(0)114 281 6161) Antiques &
Collectables Auction, 10.00
STRIDE & SON (Southdown House,
St. John’s Street, Chichester, West
Sussex, PO19 1XQ. Tel: +44 (0)1243
780207) Antiques, Fine Art &
Collectables, 10.00
THE AUCTION HOUSE (1 St.
Michael’s Trading Estate, Bridport,
Dorset, DT6 3RR. Tel: +44 (0)1308
459400) Antiques, Fine Art &
Collectables, 10.00
& Effects, 11.30
SATURDAY
AUGUST 29
ACORN AUCTIONS (Below Unit
R, The Maltings, Station Road,
Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire,
CM21 9JX. Tel: +44 (0)1279
General
MID SUSSEX AUCTIONS (The South
of England Showground, Selsfield
Road, Ardingly, Haywards Heath,
West Sussex, RH17 6TL. Tel: +44
(0)1444 819100) Antiques &
General Household & Lost Property
Sale, 10.00
MURRAY’S (Salisbury Church,
Farrant Street, Douglas, Isle of
Man, IM1 3DQ. Tel: +44 (0)1624
673986) Fine Art, Antiques &
Collectables
MONDAY
AUGUST 31
AITCH CARDS (Tel: +44 (0)1462
712353) Online Cigarette Card
Auction Closes Today
(0)1282 435435) Antiques &
Collectables, 10.00
Tel: +44 (0)20 7359 5707) General
Furniture, 15.00
PENTLAND LIVESTOCK (Union Steet,
Coupar Angus, Perthshire, PH13
9AF. Tel: +44 (0)7547369295)
Agricultural Model Sale, 10.30
PHILIP G. PYLE (Roydon Road,
Launceston, Cornwall, PL15 8DN.
Tel: +44 (0)1837 810088) General,
11.00
DRAKE’S AUCTIONS (Unit 6
Parade Business Park, Pixon Lane,
Tavistock, Devon, PL19 9RQ. Tel:
+44 (0)1822 616992) Antiques &
DUMFRIES AUCTION HALL
(Greyfriars Hall, 117 Irish Street,
Dumfries, DG1 2NP. Tel: +44
(0)1387 266804) General Sale,
11.00
MOORE ALLEN & INNOCENT
(The Salerooms, Cirencester,
Gloucestershire, GL7 5RH. Tel:
+44 (0)1285 646050) Antiques &
General
FRANKLIN BROWNS (6b West
Telferton, Edinburgh, EH7 6UL.
Tel: +44 (0)131 657 4162) Summer
Antiques & Interiors Sale, 10.30
NETHERHAMPTON SALEROOMS
(Salisbury Auction Centre, Salisbury
Road, Netherhampton, Wiltshire,
SP2 8RH. Tel: +44 (0)1722
342045) Fine Art, Silver, Antiques &
Collectables
GREENWICH AUCTIONS
11.00
Tel: +44 (0)1733 211789) Live
Online General Sale
Shropshire, TF10 7AQ.
Tel: +44 (0)1952 815925)
Fine Art & Antiques, 10.00
(The Saleroom, Old Auction Mart,
Wigton, Cumbria, CA7 9AS. Tel:
+44 (0)1228 528939) Traditional
& General Furniture & Interior
Effects, Antiques, Collectables &
Miscellanea
Road, London, W3 8BL. Tel:
+44 (0)20 8992 4442) Asian Art
followed by the General Sale
COTTEES AUCTIONS (The Market,
East Street, Wareham, Dorset,
BH20 4NR. Tel: +44 (0)1929
EWELL VILLAGE AUCTIONS (Glyn
Hall, Cheam Road, Epsom, Surrey,
KT17 1QL. Tel: +44 (0)7411
GILDINGS AUCTIONEERS (The
Mill, Great Bowden Road, Market
Harborough, Leicestershire, LE16
7DE. Tel: +44 (0)1858 410414)
Antiques & Collectors' Sale, 10.00
JOHN TAYLORS AUCTION ROOMS
(Old Wool Mart, Kidgate, Louth,
Lincolnshire. Tel: +44 (0)1507
611107) Antique Furniture,
Paintings, Silver & Collectables,
10.00
CH47 3BG. Tel: +44 (0)151 632
5821) General, 10.30
D. WOMBELL & SON (The Auction
Gallery, Northminster Business Park,
York, YO26 6QU. Tel: +44 (0)1904
DEE, ATKINSON & HARRISON (The
Exchange Saleroom, Exchange
Street, Driffield, East Yorkshire,
YO25 6LD. Tel: +44 (0)1377
253151) Victorian & General
Auction
THOMAS WATSON (The Gallery
Saleroom, Northumberland Street,
Darlington, Co. Durham, DL3
7HJ. Tel: +44 (0)1325 462559)
Gallery Sale
1TE. Tel: +44 (0)20 8400 5225)
18.00
1UQ. Tel: +44 (0)1162 874856)
Collectables, 09.30
DAVID DUGGLEBY (The Saleroom,
Vine Street, Scarborough, North
Yorkshire, YO11 1XN. Tel: +44
(0)1723 507111) Antiques &
Interiors
BAMFORDS AUCTIONEERS &
VALUERS (The Derby Auction House,
Chequers Road, Derby, DE21 6EN.
Tel: +44 (0)1332 210000) Victorian,
Edwardian & General
HARROW AUCTIONS (Victoria
Hall, Sheepcote Road, Harrow,
Middlesex, HA1 2JE. Tel: +44
(0)7930 802631) Antiques,
Collectables & General, 18.30
(The Nottingham Auction Centre,
3GY. Tel: +44 (0)115 986 9128)
10.00
MCTEAR’S (Meiklewood Gate,
Meiklewood Road, Glasgow,
Scotland, G51 4EU. Tel: +44 (0)141
810 2880) Interiors
ROGERS JONES & CO. (17
Llandough Trading Estate, Penarth
Road, Cardiff, CF11 8RR. Tel:
+44 (0)29 2070 8125) Vintage &
Clearance
HISTORICS (Brooklands Museum
Trust Ltd, Brooklands Road,
Weybridge, Surrey, KT13 0QN. Tel:
0800 988 3838) Classic Cars
POTTERIES SPECIALIST AUCTIONS
(Silverdale Saleroom - Unit 4A,
Aspect Court, Silverdale Enterprise
Park, Silverdale, Stoke-on-Trent,
ST5 6SS. Tel: +44 (0)1782 638100)
General & Collectables Sale
THE AUCTION CENTRE (9 Berkeley
Court, Manor Park, Runcorn,
Cheshire, WA7 1TQ. Tel: +44
(0)1928 579796) Antiques,
Collectables & Fine Art
TRING MARKET AUCTIONS (Brook
Street, Tring, Hertfordshire, HP23
5EF. Tel: +44 (0)1442 826446)
General Antiques, 09.30
WINDSOR AUCTIONS (Kardelton
House, Vansittart Estate, Windsor,
Berkshire, SL4 1SE. Tel: +44 (0)1753
830470) General Antiques &
Interiors, 10.30
SUNDAY
AUGUST 30
Sale, 11.00
(0)20 7376 6800) Contemporary &
12.00
4AW. Tel: +44 (0)20 8400 5225)
18.00
NR11 6EH. Tel: +44 (0)1263
Preston, Lancashire, PR4 2RE.
Tel: 01772685178) Antiques &
General Sale, 11.00
KRUGER GIBBONS (Unit 6, Price
Street Business Centre, Price
Street, Birkenhead, Merseyside,
CH41 4JQ. Tel: +44 (0)151 653
8877) Antiques Online Auction
NL AUCTION ROOMS (Lodge
House, 9-17 Lodge Lane, London,
N12 8JH. Tel: +44 (0)20 8445
9000 / 5153) General Antiques &
Effects, 14.00
TUESDAY
SEPTEMBER 1
ALDRIDGES (Phoenix House,
Lower Bristol Road, Bath,
Somerset, BA2 9ES. Tel: +44
(0)1225 462830) Victorian &
General Household Furniture &
Effects
PERRY & PHILLIPS (Old Mill Auction
Rooms, Mill Street, Bridgnorth,
Shropshire, WV15 5AG. Tel: +44
(0)1746 762248) Antiques &
Collectables
PHILIP G. PYLE (The Bridge
Auction Rooms, 15 Market Street,
Hatherleigh, Okehampton, West
Devon, EX20 3JN. Tel: +44 (0)1837
810088) General
PUMP HOUSE AUCTIONS (Soberton
Pumping Station, Wickham Road,
Swanmore, Hampshire, SO32 2QF.
Tel: +44 (0)1329 836659) Antiques
& General Auction
ROGERS JONES & CO. (The
Saleroom, 33 Abergele Road,
Colwyn Bay, Conwy, LL29 7RU.
Tel: +44 (0)1492 532176) Antiques
& Fine Art
SHELBY’S AUCTIONEERS (Westfield
House, Broad Lane, Leeds, West
Yorkshire, LS13 3HA. Tel: +44
(0)113 250 2626) General
SHEPPARDS AUCTION HOUSE (The
Square, Durrow, Co. Laois. Tel:
+353 57 874 0000) Attic Sale
SPECIAL AUCTION SERVICES (81
New Greenham Park, Newbury,
Berkshire, RG19 6HW. Tel: +44
(0)1635 580595) Antiques &
Collectables
VECTIS AUCTIONS (Fleck Way,
Thornaby, Stockton-on-Tees,
Cleveland, TS17 9JZ. Tel: +44
(0)1642 750616) Specialist Toy
Auction
8DH. Tel: +44 (0)1978 353553)
10.30
WEDNESDAY
SEPTEMBER 2
ADAM PARTRIDGE AUCTIONEERS
(18 Jordan Street, Liverpool, L1
0BP. Tel: +44 (0)1517 098070)
Antiques, Collectors' Items &
General Auction, 10.00
ANDERSON & GARLAND (Anderson
House, Crispin Court, Newbiggin
Lane, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE5
1BF. Tel: +44 (0)1914 303000)
Town & County
ANDREW HILDITCH & SON
(Hanover House, 1a The Square,
Sandbach, Cheshire, CW11 1AP.
Tel: +44 (0)1270 762048) General,
10.00
ANTHEMION AUCTIONS (15
Norwich Road, Cardiff, CF23 9AB.
Tel: +44 (0)29 2047 2444) Antiques
& Later Furniture & Collectables,
11.00
BEARNES HAMPTON &
LITTLEWOOD (St. Edmund’s Court,
Okehampton Street, Exeter, EX4
1DU. Tel: +44 (0)1392 413100)
Antiques & Interiors
BOCKING ARTS THEATRE (15
Bocking End, Braintree, Essex,
CM7 9AE. Tel: +44 (0)1279
815464) Auction
BOLDON AUCTION GALLERIES (24a
Front Street, East Boldon, Tyne &
Wear, NE36 0SJ. Tel: +44 (0)191
537 2630) Victorian & General
Household Auctions
BOULTON & COOPER (Central Sale
Rooms, Market Place, Pickering,
North Yorkshire, YO18 7AE. Tel:
+44 (0)1653 696151) General
Household Sale, 10.30
+44 (0)1628 531500) Antiques &
Collectables, 10.30
Auction Gallery, Lower Lake, Battle,
East Sussex, TN33 0AT. Tel: +44
(0)1424 772374) General Sale
C & T AUCTIONEERS (The Spa Hotel
(The Yorke Suite), Mount Ephraim,
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN4
8XJ. Tel: +44 (0) 1634 292042)
Police Memorabilia & Militaria:
Part 1 of a Private Collection of
Polish Militaria & Part 2 of the Colin
Churchill Military Badge Collection
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CATO CRANE AUCTIONEERS (6
Stanhope Street, Liverpool, L8
5RF. Tel: +44 (0)151 709 5559)
Antiques, Fine Art & Collectables,
10.30
NORTHWICH AUCTION (6 Runcorn
Road, Barnton, Northwich,
Cheshire, CW8 4EL. Tel: +44
(0)1606 762222) Antiques &
Collectables Sale
CHEFFINS (Clifton House, 1-2
Clifton Road, Cambridge, CB1
7EA. Tel: +44 (0)1223 213343)
Antiques & Interiors Sale, 10.00
CHELMSFORD AUCTION ROOMS
(42 Mildmay Road, Chelmsford,
Essex, CM2 0DZ. Tel: +44 (0)1245
10.00
O’ REILLY’S IAVI (126 Francis Street,
Dublin, 8. Tel: +353 1 453 0311)
Fine Jewellery, Watches & Silver
CHURCH STREET AUCTIONS (1-2
Church Street, Tewkesbury,
Gloucestershire, GL20 5PA. Tel: +44
(0)1684 296540) General Sale
CUTTLESTONES AUCTIONEERS
(Penkridge Auction Rooms, Pinfold
Lane, Penkridge, Staffordshire,
ST19 5AP. Tel: +44 (0)1785
714905) Home, Garden &
Collectables
EWBANK’S (The Burnt Common
Auction Rooms, London Road,
Woking, Surrey, GU23 7LN. Tel:
+44 (0)1483 223101)
A: Antiques & Collectables
B: Music & Sporting Memorabilia
(Auction Rooms, Old Wharf Road,
Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31
7AA. Tel: +44 (0)1476 565118)
Collective Sale, 10.00
GORRINGES (North Street Auction
Rooms, 15 North Street, Lewes,
East Sussex, BN7 2PD. Tel: +44
(0)1273 478221 / 472503) Fine Art,
1AQ. Tel: +44 (0)1945 580713)
HALL’S AUCTIONEERS & VALUERS
(Ladhope Vale House, Ladhope Vale,
Galashiels, Scottish Borders, TD1
1BT. Tel: +44 (0)1896 754477)
Tel: +44 (0)1943 816363) Victorian
HOP FARM (The Hop Farm Auction
House, Paddock Wood, Tonbridge,
Kent, TN12 6PY. Tel: +44 (0)1622
HOUSE & SON (11-14 Lansdowne
House, Christchurch Road,
Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1 3JW.
Tel: +44 (0)1202 298044) Antiques
& Reproduction Furniture, Porcelain,
Silver, Jewellery, Glass & Objets
d’Art
PLAYERS AUCTIONEERS (Players
Industrial Estate, Clydach,
Swansea, SA6 5BQ. Tel: +44
(0)1792 846241) Antiques &
Collectables
Colchester, Essex, CO4 9HU. Tel:
+44 (0)1206 754754) Specialist
Collectors' Sale, 10.00
+44 (0)1522 695820) Antiques &
General, 18.00
Auction
VICTOR MEE AUCTIONS (Clover Hill,
Belturbet, Co. Cavan. Tel: +353
47 55076) Irish Interiors, Pine &
Collectables
WARREN & WIGNALL (The Mill,
Earnshaw Bridge, Leyland Lane,
Leyland, Lancashire, PR26 8PH.
Tel: +44 (0)1772 451430 / 453252)
Antiques Sale
WARWICK & WARWICK (Chalon
House, Scar Bank, Millers Road,
Warwick, CV34 5DB. Tel: +44
(0)1926 499031) World Stamps
WOOLLEY & WALLIS (51-61 Castle
Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, SP1
3SU. Tel: +44 (0)1722 424500)
Tribal Art, Antiquities, Arms &
Armour
THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER 3
Tel: +44 (0)1494 729292) Selected
JAMES THOMPSON (64 Main Street,
Kirkby Lonsdale, Lancashire, LA6
2AJ. Tel: +44 (0)15242 71555)
Sale of Antiques & Other Furniture,
Clocks, Silver, Glass & China
ASTON’S (Baylies’ Hall, Tower Street,
Dudley, West Midlands, DY1 1NB.
Tel: +44 (0)1384 250220) Antiques
& Collectables, Toy & Model Railway
Auction
JOHN MILNE (9 North Silver Street,
Aberdeen, AB10 1RJ. Tel: +44
(0)1224 639336) Antiques &
Collectables
BONHAMS (101 New Bond Street,
London, W1S 1SR. Tel: +44 (0)20
7447 7447) Fine & Rare Wines
JOSEPH WOODWARD & SONS (26
Cook Street, Cork. Tel: +353 21
427 3327) Estate Auction
BULSTRODES AUCTION ROOMS
(13 Stour Road, Christchurch,
Dorset, BH23 1PL. Tel: +44 (0)1202
Tel: +44 (0)1460 73041) General
Sale
BURY & HILTON (The Auction
Rooms, Leekbrook Way, Leek,
Staffordshire, ST13 7AP. Tel: +44
(0)1538 383344) General Furniture
& Effects
LYON & TURNBULL (33 Broughton
Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3RR. Tel:
+44 (0)131 557 8844) Rare Books,
Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
BUSBY (Bridport Salerooms, The Old
Hemp Store, North Mills, Bridport,
Dorset, DT6 3BE. Tel: +44 (0)1308
420100) General Sale
MELLORS & KIRK (The Auction
House, Gregory Street,
Nottingham, NG7 2NL. Tel: +44
(0)115 979 0000) Antiques &
Objects including Silver & Jewellery
CALDER VALLEY AUCTIONEERS
(Fairlea Mill, Ellenholme Road,
Halifax, Yorkshire, HX2 6EP. Tel:
+44 (0)1422 886648) Antiques &
Collectables
CLEVEDON SALEROOMS (The
Auction Centre, Kenn Road,
Bristol, BS21 6TT. Tel: +44 (0)1934
830111) Specialist Sale of Antique
Furniture, Paintings, Prints, Silver,
Jewellery & Ceramics
CORBITTS (Britannia Hotel,
Newcastle Airport, Newcastle
upon Tyne, NE13 8DJ. Tel: +44
(0)1912 327268) Stamp Auction
(0)2867724334) General Sale,
19.00
1AJ. Tel: +44 (0)1480 474550)
A: 20th Century Design, 10.30
B: Furniture & General Effects,
11.00
MARTEL MAIDES AUCTIONS (The
Auction Rooms, 40 Cornet Street,
St. Peter Port, Guernsey, GY1 1LF.
Tel: +44 (0)1481 722700) Antiques
& Modern, 13.00
WELLERS AUCTIONEERS (The
Guildford Saleroom, Bedford Road,
Guildford, Surrey, GU1 4SJ. Tel:
+44 (0)1483 802280)
A: Jewellery & Watches
B: Unredeemed Pawnbroker’s
Pledges
MITCHELLS (The Furniture Hall,
47 Station Road, Cockermouth,
Cumbria, CA13 9PZ. Tel: +44
(0)1900 827800) Antiques & Fine
Art, 10.00
NORTHGATE AUCTION ROOMS
(17 Northgate, Newark,
Nottinghamshire, NG24 1EX. Tel:
+44 (0)1636 605905) Antiques &
Collectables, 11.00
+44 (0)1483 223101) Film, TV &
Entertainment Memorabilia
PETER WILSON (Victoria Gallery,
Market Street, Nantwich, Cheshire,
CW5 5DG. Tel: +44 (0)1270
623878) Gallery Sale, 11.00
Specialist Antique
Insurance
•No claim discount up to 25% at renewal
•Accident damage & petty pilfering cover
• Defective Title available
•Flexible payment option
•Fast & efficient claims settlement
•Exhibitions & stock away from premises
•Transit cover, single journey or annual policy
01992 707316
shearwater-insurance.co.uk
Authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority
(Auction Rooms, Old Wharf Road,
Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG31
7AA. Tel: +44 (0)1476 565118)
Collective Sale, 10.00
PHILIP SERRELL (The Malvern
Saleroom, Barnards Green Road,
Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14
3LW. Tel: +44 (0)1684 892314)
General Sale
GORRINGES (North Street Auction
Rooms, 15 North Street, Lewes,
East Sussex, BN7 2PD. Tel: +44
(0)1273 478221 / 472503) Fine Art,
Colchester, Essex, CO4 9HU. Tel:
+44 (0)1206 754754) Specialist
Collectors' Sale, 10.00
GREENSLADE TAYLOR HUNT (The
Octagon Salesroom, East Reach,
Taunton, Somerset, TA1 3HL. Tel:
+44 (0)1823 332525) Monthly
Antiques Sale, 10.00
SWAN FINE ART AUCTIONS (The
Swan, High Street, Tetsworth,
Oxfordshire, OX9 7AB. Tel:
+44 (0)1844 281777) Quality
Antiques, Paintings, & Decorative
Interiors
HENRY ADAMS AUCTIONS (Baffins
Hall, Baffins Lane, Chichester, West
Sussex, PO19 1UA. Tel: +44 (0)1243
10.00
THE AUCTION GALLERY (45
North Road, Brentwood, Essex,
CM14 4UZ. Tel: +44 (0)1277
J. STUART WATSON (The Market
Hall, Lockmeadow Leisure Complex,
Barker Road, Maidstone, Kent,
ME16 8LW. Tel: +44 (0)1622
831859) Antiques & Modern
Carnethie Street, Edinburgh,
EH24 9AL. Tel: +44 (0)131 440
2448) Asian & Oriental Works of
Art, Paintings, Ceramics, Silver &
Jewellery, 10.30
JAMES THOMPSON (64 Main Street,
Kirkby Lonsdale, Lancashire, LA6
2AJ. Tel: +44 (0)15242 71555)
Sale of Antiques & Other Furniture,
Clocks, Silver, Glass & China
Auction
WRIGHT MARSHALL (Beeston
Castle Salerooms, Beeston
Smithfield, Tarporley, Cheshire,
CW6 9NZ. Tel: +44 (0)1829
262150) General & Home
Furnishings Sale
FRIDAY
SEPTEMBER 4
BIGWOOD FINE ART AUCTIONEERS
(The Old School, Tiddington,
Warwickshire, CV37 7AW. Tel: +44
(0)1789 269415) 20th Century
Furniture & Effects
BLOOMSBURY AUCTIONS
(Bloomsbury House, 24 Maddox
Street, London, W1S 1PP. Tel: +44
(0)20 7495 9494) Autographs &
Memorabilia
DICKINS AUCTIONEERS (The
Claydon Saleroom, Calvert
Road, Middle Claydon,
Buckinghamshire, MK18 2EZ. Tel:
+44 (0)1296 714434) Antiques &
Collectables, 14.00
+44 (0)1483 223101) Film, TV &
Entertainment Memorabilia
HOSE RHODES DICKSON (The
Auction Rooms, Quay Lane,
Sandown, Isle of Wight, PO36 0AT.
Tel: +44 (0)1983 402222) Fine Art
& Antiques
JACOBS & HUNT (Plester Barn,
Farnham Road, Liss, Hampshire,
GU33 6JQ. Tel: +44 (0)1730
233933) Period Design
JOHN NICHOLSON’S (The Auction
Rooms, Midhurst Road, Fernhurst,
Haslemere, Surrey, GU27 3HA. Tel:
+44 (0)1428 653727) Fine Oriental
Works of Art
NR11 6EH. Tel: +44 (0)1263
733195) Ornithology
M.W. DARWIN & SONS (The
Dales Furniture Hall, Bridge Street,
Bedale, North Yorkshire, DL8 2AD.
Tel: +44 (0)1677 422846) Antiques
MANOR HOUSE AUCTIONS
(Heckfield Memorial Hall, Church
Lane, Heckfield, Hampshire, RG27
0LG. Tel: +44 (0)1256 841300)
General, Antique Furniture, China &
Collectables, 14.00
6BX. Tel: +44 (0)20 8302 4565)
SILVERSTONE AUCTIONS
(Silverstone House, Kineton Road,
Gaydon, Warwick, CV35 0EP. Tel:
+44 (0)1926 691141) The Salon
Privé Sale
SMITHS AUCTIONS (Old
Chapel, Culver Street, Newent,
Gloucestershire, GL18 1DB. Tel:
+44 (0)1531 821776) Antiques
& Collectables including Oriental
Section
TENNANTS AUCTIONEERS (The
Auction Centre, Leyburn, North
Yorkshire, DL8 5SG. Tel: +44
(0)1969 623780) Scientific
Instruments, Cameras, Tools &
Natural History, 10.30
& Effects, 11.30
W. & H. PEACOCK (Bedford Auction
Centre, 26 Newnham Street,
Bedford, MK40 3JR.
Tel: +44 (0)1234 266366)
A: Antique Furniture, Works of
Art, Paintings, Ceramics & Glass &
Collectors' Items, Military Book &
Ephemera Collection, Jewellery &
Watches, 11.00
B: Jewellery & Watches, 17.00
WATERMANS AUCTION ROOMS
(Shellbank Lane, Manor Farm, Green
Street Green, Dartford, Kent, DA2
8DL. Tel: +44 (0)1474 700033)
WESSEX AUCTION ROOMS
(Westbrook Farm, Draycot Cerne,
Chippenham, Wiltshire, SN15 5LH.
Tel: +44 (0)1249 720888) Toys,
Cars, Trains, Dolls & Teddies
SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 5
ARTHUR JOHNSON & SONS (The
Nottingham Auction Centre,
3GY. Tel: +44 (0)115 986 9128)
10.00
BELLMANS AUCTIONEERS &
VALUERS (New Pound, Wisborough
Green, Billingshurst, Sussex, RH14
0AZ. Tel: +44 (0)1403 700858)
Saturday Sale, 10.00
BENTLEY’S AUCTION ROOMS
(The Old Granary, Waterloo Road,
Cranbrook, Kent, TN17 3JQ. Tel:
+44 (0)1580 715857) Antiques &
Collectables, 11.00
BISHOP & MILLER (19 Charles
Industrial Estate, Stowmarket,
Suffolk, IP14 5AH. Tel: +44 (0)1449
673088) Fine Art Auction with
Oriental, Middle Eastern & Indian
Objects & Art
MITCHELLS (The Furniture Hall,
47 Station Road, Cockermouth,
Cumbria, CA13 9PZ. Tel: +44
(0)1900 827800) Antiques & Fine
Art, 10.00
BONHAMS (National Motor
Museum, Beaulieu, Brockenhurst,
SO42 7ZN. Tel: +44 (0)20 7447
7447) The Beaulieu Sale, Collectors'
Motor Cars, Motorcycles &
Automobilia
RYE AUCTION GALLERIES (Unit 36,
Rye Industrial Park, Harbour Road,
Rye, East Sussex, TN31 7TE. Tel:
+44 (0)1797 222650) Antiques &
Collectables
CHRIS CLUBLEY & CO (Melbourne
Village Hall Sale Room, York, YO42
2RB. Tel: +44 (0)1430 874000)
Antiques, Vintage & Collective Sale,
13.00
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1UQ. Tel: +44 (0)1162 874856)
Collectables, 09.30
COOPER’S AUCTIONEERS &
VALUERS (Conservative Club, High
Lane, Stockport, Cheshire, SK6
8DR. Tel: +44 (0)1663 765630)
COTTEES AUCTIONS (The Market,
East Street, Wareham, Dorset,
BH20 4NR. Tel: +44 (0)1929
552826) Collectables Toys & Model
Railways
DALKEITH AUCTIONS (Dalkeith Hall,
Dalkeith Steps, 81 Old Christchurch
Road, Bournemouth, Dorset, BH1
1EW. Tel: +44 (0)1202 292905)
Cigarette Cards, Postcards, Stamps
& Documents
DICKINS AUCTIONEERS (The
Claydon Saleroom, Calvert
Road, Middle Claydon,
Buckinghamshire, MK18 2EZ. Tel:
+44 (0)1296 714434) Antiques &
Collectables, 09.00
FIELDINGS AUCTIONEERS (Mill Race
Lane, Stourbridge, West Midlands,
DY8 1JN. Tel: +44 (0)1384 444140)
Fine Art & Antiques
GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAYANA
AUCTIONS (The Royal Show Ground,
Stoneleigh Park, Warwickshire,
CV8 2LZ. Tel: +44 (0)1327 262193)
Railwayana Auction
GREAT WESTERN AUCTIONS (1291
Dumbarton Road, Glasgow, G14
9UY. Tel: +44 (0)141 954 1500)
GREENSLADE TAYLOR HUNT
(Octagon Sale Rooms, East Reach,
Taunton, Somerset, TA1 1QE. Tel:
+44 (0)1823 332525) Collectors'
Sale, 10.00
GREENWICH AUCTIONS
11.00
HYPERION AUCTIONS (Station
Road, St Ives, Cambridgeshire,
PE27 5BH. Tel: +44 (0)1480
Later Furnishings
KENT AUCTION GALLERIES (Unit
C, Highfield Estate, Folkestone,
Kent, CT19 6DD. Tel: +44 (0)1303
246810) Victorian & Later Effects,
10.00
LACY SCOTT & KNIGHT (The
Auction Centre, 10 Risbygate Street,
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, IP33
3AA. Tel: +44 (0)1284 748623)
General Antiques & Collectables
LITTLETON AUCTIONS (School
Lane, Middle Littleton, Evesham,
Worcestershire, WR11 8LN. Tel:
+44 (0)1386 244379) Antiques &
Collectables, 10.00
LONDON COINS (Grange Hotel,
Charles Square, Bracknell,
Berkshire, RG12 1ED. Tel: +44
(0)1474 871464) Coins
MORRIS BRICKNELL (The Memorial
Hall, Whitchurch, Ross-on Wye,
Herefordshire, HR9 6DJ. Tel: +44
(0)1989 768320) Antique Furniture
& Effects
OTTERY AUCTION ROOMS (Unit
30/32, Finnimore Industrial Estate,
Ottery St Mary, Devon, EX11
1NR. Tel: +44 (0)1404 811800)
Antiques & General, 11.00
PHILIP G. PYLE (South Street,
Barnstaple, Devon, EX32 9DT.
Tel: +44 (0)1837 810088) General,
11.00
R.W.G AUCTIONS (Market Pavilion
Building, Carew Airfield (A477),
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, SA70 8SX.
Tel: +44 (0)1646 651427) Antiques
& General Effects
RINGWOOD AUCTIONS (The Close,
Ringwood, Hampshire, BH24 1LA.
Tel: +44 (0)1425 480178) Antiques
ROGERS JONES & CO. (17
Llandough Trading Estate, Penarth
Road, Cardiff, CF11 8RR. Tel: +44
(0)29 2070 8125) The Welsh Sale
HANNAM’S AUCTIONEERS (The
Old Dairy, Norton Farm, Selborne,
Hampshire, GU34 3NB. Tel: +44
(0)1420 511788) Fine Antiques &
Collectables
LONGSTAFF (Enterprise Way,
Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 3YR.
Tel: +44 (0)1775 766766) Furniture
& Effects
EATON & HOLLIS (The Market
Salesroom, Chequers Road, Derby,
DE21 6EP. Tel: +44 (0)1322
370482) Furniture Sales, 10.30
Tel: +44 (0)1733 211789) Live
Online General Sale
LOWESTOFT AUCTION ROOMS
(Pinbush Road Industrial Estate,
Lowestoft, Suffolk, NR33 7NL. Tel:
+44 (0)1502 531532) Antiques &
General
ROSAN REEVES AUCTIONS
(Springham Farm Estates, Grove
Hill, Hellingly, Hailsham, East
Sussex, BN27 4HF. Tel: +44 (0)1435
810410) Antiques & General Effects,
10.00
ELLIOTTS UK AUCTIONEERS (Unit
2/A, Stone Lane Industrial Estate,
Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1HB. Tel:
+44 (0)1202 848454) Antiques &
Collectables
HOSE RHODES DICKSON (The
Auction Rooms, Quay Lane,
Sandown, Isle of Wight, PO36 0AT.
Tel: +44 (0)1983 402222) Modern
& Vintage
MANOR HOUSE AUCTIONS
(5 Crossborough Gardens,
Crossborough Hill, Basingstoke,
Hampshire, RG21 4LB. Tel: +44
(0)1256 841300) Outside Effects
ROWLEY’S FINE ART AUCTIONEERS
& VALUERS (8 Downham Road,
Ely, Cambridgeshire, CB6 1AH. Tel:
+44 (0)1353 653020) Antiques &
Collectables, 10.00
RYEDALE AUCTIONEERS (Cooks
Yard, New Road, Kirkbymoorside,
York, YO62 6DZ. Tel: +44 (0)1751
431544) General, 11.00
SHAPES AUCTIONEERS & VALUERS
(Bankhead Avenue, Sighthill,
Edinburgh, EH11 4BY. Tel: +44
(0)131 453 3222) Fine Art &
Antiques, 10.00
6BX. Tel: +44 (0)20 8302 4565)
4LN. Tel: +44 (0)1379 650306) The
Saturday Select Sale
WELSH COUNTRY AUCTIONS (2
Carmarthen Road, Cross Hands,
Llanelli, Carmarthenshire, SA14 6SP.
Tel: +44 (0)1269 844428) Antiques
& Effects
WELWYN GARDEN CITY AUCTIONS
(Ludwick Family Centre, Hall
Grove, Welwyn Garden City,
Hertfordshire, AL7 4PH. Tel: +44
(0)20 8421 2298) Antiques,
Collectables, Ceramics & General,
16.00
WHITTON & LAING (32
Okehampton Street, Exeter, Devon,
EX4 1DY. Tel: +44 (0)1392 252621)
Postage Stamps
WORTHING STAMP AUCTIONS (The
Richmond Room, Town Hall, Chapel
Road, Worthing, West Sussex,
BN11 1HA. Tel: +44 (0)1903
235846) Stamp Auction
SUNDAY
SEPTEMBER 6
CLASSICS CENTRAL (Bedford
Autodrome, Thurleigh Airfield
Business Park, Bedford, MK44 2YP.
Tel: +44 (0)800 122 3335) Classic
Motor Car Sale, 13.30
Sale, 11.00
HUGO’S AUCTIONS (Crowmarsh
Gifford Village Hall, Benson Lane,
Wallingford, Oxfordshire, OX10
8ED. Tel: +44 (0)1491 836747)
Antiques, Objects & General, 18.00
LODDON AUCTIONS (Loddon Hall,
Twyford, Berkshire, RG10 9JA.
Tel: 0118 9761 372) Postcards,
Cigarette Cards & Ephemera
LONDON COINS (Grange Hotel,
Charles Square, Bracknell,
Berkshire, RG12 1ED. Tel: +44
(0)1474 871464) Coins
(0)20 7376 6800) Contemporary &
12.00
9AQ. Tel: +44 (0)1709 700005)
Antiques, Collectables, Paintings &
Jewellery, 10.00
13th ANNUAL FINE ART
AUCTIONEERS vs DEALERS
Five-A-Side Football Tournament
SATURDAY 5TH SEPTEMBER 2015
IN AID OF
Rocks Lane Multi Sports Centre,
opposite Ranelagh Avenue, Barnes,
London SW13 0DG
FULL TEAM (UP TO 7 PLAYERS) £350
ADDITIONAL PLAYERS £45 EACH
Spectator £25 on the day
(£20 in advance)
Children (under 12) free
SPONSORED BY
EVENT OUTLINE
l Kick-off at 12:30pm
l Teams play 12-minute games in group leagues
followed by 15-minute knock-outs to the finall
l Plate cup for teams that don’t make the finals
l Families welcome, bring a picnic
l 5:30pm short walk across the park to
The Spencer Pub for auction, raffle, food and drinks
CALLING ALL DEALERS, AUCTIONEERS, COLLECTORS FOR PLAYERS OR TEAMS
or why not do your bit by sponsoring the event?
Contact: Marika Clemow on +44 (0)20 3725 5541 Daniel De’Ath on +44 (0)20 3725 5605
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auction calendar
YOUNGS AUCTION (Village Hall, The
Street, West Horsley, Leatherhead,
Surrey, KT24 6DD. Tel: +44 (0)1483
534 488) Antiques & Collectors'
Sale
OAKHAM AUCTION CENTRE (16b
Pillings Road, Oakham, Rutland,
Leicestershire, LE15 6QF. Tel:
+44 (0)1572 723569) General
Household Furniture & Effects,
10.00
1TE. Tel: +44 (0)20 8400 5225)
18.00
MONDAY
SEPTEMBER 7
STACEY’S AUCTIONEERS &
VALUERS (Essex Auction Rooms, 37
Websters Way, Rayleigh, Essex,
SS6 8JQ. Tel: +44 (0)1268 777122)
Antiques, Jewellery & Collectables
with Oriental Category
JOHN WELDON AUCTIONEERS
(Unit 2, Cow’s Lane, Temple Bar,
Dublin, 8. Tel: +353 (0) 6351114)
Important Jewellery Auction
Jessica Thomas on 020 3725 5609 or email calendar@atgmedia.com
NR11 6EH. Tel: +44 (0)1263
733195) Antiques with Clocks &
Watches
MONDAYS
CH47 3BG. Tel: +44 (0)151 632
5821) General, 10.30
FREDERICK ANDREWS
Sheerness, Kent
01795 662741
(0)1282 435435) Antiques &
Collectables, 10.00
BOLTON AUCTION ROOMS
(Breightmet Drive, Bolton, BL2
6EE. Tel: +44 (0) 1204 775121)
Antiques, Collectables, Fine Art &
Jewellery Auction
BONINGTONS AUCTIONEERS &
VALUERS (Ambrose House, Old
Station Road, Loughton, Essex,
IG10 4PE. Tel: +44 (0)20 8508
4800) Interiors Sale, 10.30
CAPES DUNN (The Auction
Galleries, 40 Station Road, Heaton
Mersey, Cheshire, SK4 3QT. Tel:
+44 (0)161 273 1911) General
Auction
Tel: +44 (0)20 7359 5707) General
Furniture, 15.00
DRAKE’S AUCTIONS (Unit 6
Parade Business Park, Pixon Lane,
Tavistock, Devon, PL19 9RQ. Tel:
+44 (0)1822 616992) Antiques &
FEATONBY’S AUCTIONEERS &
VALUERS (234-236 Park View,
Whitley Bay, Tyne & Wear, NE26
3QX. Tel: +44 (0)1912 522601)
GORRINGES (Garden Street,
Lewes, East Sussex, BN7 1XE. Tel:
+44 (0)1273 478221 / 472503)
Antiques, General Furniture &
Effects, 10.30
4AW. Tel: +44 (0)20 8400 5225)
18.00
NR11 6EH. Tel: +44 (0)1263
Preston, Lancashire, PR4 2RE. Tel:
Sale, 11.00
MULLEN’S (Old Bray Road,
Woodbrook, Bray, Co. Dublin. Tel:
+353 1 282 6107) Interiors Auction
NL AUCTION ROOMS (Lodge House,
9-17 Lodge Lane, London, N12 8JH.
Tel: +44 (0)20 8445 9000 / 5153)
General Antiques & Effects, 14.00
WEST OF ENGLAND AUCTIONS (3
Warren Road, Torquay, Devon,
TQ2 5TQ. Tel: +44 (0)1803 211266)
TUESDAY
SEPTEMBER 8
ASHGROVE AUCTION ROOMS
(Newbridge Road, Jigginstown,
Naas, Co. Kildare. Tel: +353 57 862
6290 / +353 45 901 710) Specialist
Sale of Fine Art, Antiques, Interiors
BONHAMS KNIGHTSBRIDGE
(Montpelier Galleries, Montpelier
Street, Knightsbridge, London, SW7
1HH. Tel: +44 (0)20 7393 3900)
Period Design
BONHAMS OXFORD (Banbury Road,
Shipton-on-Cherwell, Kidlington,
Oxfordshire, OX5 1JH. Tel: +44
(0)1865 853640) Art & Antiques
Shropshire, TF10 7AQ. Tel: +44
(0)1952 815925) Collectables &
General Sale, 10.00
CAPES DUNN (The Auction Galleries,
40 Station Road, Heaton Mersey,
Cheshire, SK4 3QT. Tel: +44 (0)161
273 1911) Antique Furniture, Clocks
& Traditional Paintings
KIVELLS (Stanhope House,
Holsworthy, Devon, EX22 6DT. Tel:
+44 (0)1409 253275) Catalogued
& Selected Antiques
LAWRENCES (Norfolk House, 80
High Street, Bletchingley, Surrey,
RH1 4PA. Tel: +44 (0)1883 743323)
Three-Day Sale of Antiques &
Collectables
OMEGA AUCTIONS (Unit 3.5
Meadow Mill, Water Street,
Stockport, Cheshire, SK1 2BX. Tel:
+44 (0)161 865 0838) Antiques &
Collectables, Fine Wine, Port, Spirits,
Watches & Jewellery
ROGERS JONES & CO. (The
Saleroom, 33 Abergele Road,
Colwyn Bay, Conwy, LL29 7RU.
Tel: +44 (0)1492 532176) Vintage
& Clearance
Road, London, W3 8BL. Tel: +44
(0)20 8992 4442) Sporting followed
by Rugs followed by the General
Sale
ROSEBERYS LONDON (70-76
Knights Hill, London, SE27 0JD. Tel:
+44 (0)20 8761 2522) Quarterly
Fine Art
CHRISTIE’S SOUTH KENSINGTON
(85 Old Brompton Road, London,
SW7 3LD. Tel: +44 (0)20 7930
6074) Christie’s Interiors
SMYTHES (The Auction Galleries,
174 Victoria Road West,
Cleverleys, Lancashire, FY5 3NE.
Tel: +44 (0)1253 852184) General
CJM AUCTIONEERS (CJM Auction
Centre, Dunlop Way, Scunthorpe,
DN16 3RN. Tel: +44 (0)1724
334411) Collective Antiques &
Modern Homewares Sale
STACEY’S AUCTIONEERS &
VALUERS (Essex Auction Rooms, 37
Websters Way, Rayleigh, Essex,
SS6 8JQ. Tel: +44 (0)1268 777122)
Antiques, Jewellery & Collectables
with Oriental Category
CLIFFORD CROSS AUCTIONS
(Wisbech Auction Halls, The Chase,
1RF. Tel: +44 (0)1945 584200)
General Sale
COLLINS & PATERSON (10 Walker
Street, Paisley, Renfrewshire, PA1
2EP. Tel: +44 (0)141 229 1326)
Antiques & Jewellery, 10.30
CURR & DEWAR AUCTIONEERS
(Unit E, 6 North Isla Street,
Dundee, DD3 7JQ. Tel: +44
(0)1382 833974) Antiques, 10.00
DAVID LAY AUCTIONS (The
Penzance Auction House, Alverton,
Penzance, Cornwall, TR18 4RE. Tel:
+44 (0)1736 361414) Victorian &
Modern Furniture & Effects
GARY DON (Curtis Buildings,
Berking Road (off York Road),
Leeds, LS9 9LF. Tel: +44 (0)113
248 3333) China, Collectables, Gold
& Silver Jewellery, Antiques
& Retro Furniture
SUMMERS PLACE AUCTIONS (The
Walled Garden, Billingshurst, West
Sussex, RH14 9AB. Tel: +44 (0)1403
331331) Garden, Design & Natural
History Auction
Irongray Road, Dumfries, DG2 0JE.
Tel: +44 (0)1387 721635) Home
Furnishings & Interiors, 10.00
TOOVEY’S (Spring Gardens,
Washington, Pulborough, West
Sussex, RH20 3BS. Tel: +44 (0)1903
891955) Arts & Crafts, Furniture &
Works of Art
Street, Wrexham, Clwyd, LL13 8DH.
Tel: +44 (0)1978 353553) Antiques,
Interiors & Collectables, 10.30
Weekly auctions in the UK and Ireland
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cannot be held responsible for errors or omissions.
BENNICKS AUCTION 07866128167
Summercourt, Cornwall
CLARKE & SIMPSON 01728 746323
Woodbridge, Suffolk
BELFAST AUCTIONS
Belfast
028 9077 1552
THE BIDDERS AUCTION ROOM
Guiseley 0113 250 2626
CRITERION
London
020 7359 5707
020 7228 5563
GORRINGES
01273 478221
Lewes, East Sussex
H & H AUCTIONS
Carlisle, Cumbria
01228 640927
KEYS
Aylsham, Norfolk
01263 733195
PEMBRIDGE AUCTIONS
0775 414 6110
Whitchurch, Shropshire
Preston
01772685178
L.S. SMELLIE & SON 01698 282007
Hamilton, Lanarkshire
SOUTHGATE AUCTION ROOMS
London
020 8886 7888
HIGH ROAD AUCTIONS
Twickenham
020 8400 5225
TUESDAYS
BLOOMFIELD AUCTIONS
Belfast
028 9045 6404
BRETTELLS
01952 815925
Newport, Shropshire
DODD’S
Mold, Flintshire
01352 755 705
Newark, Notts
01636 605905
FABIAN R. EAGLE 01760 440284
Holywell Row, Norfolk
W & H PEACOCK
01480 474550
St. Neots, Cambridge
ELGIN AUCTION CENTRE
01343 547047
Elgin, Scotland
JOHN ROSS & CO
Belfast
GARRY M EMMS
01493 332668
Great Yarmouth, Norfolk
AUCTIONS
0131 440 2448
Edinburgh, Scotland
HARTLEY’S FINE ART
01943 816363
Ilkley, W. Yorks TRURO AUCTION CENTRE
Redruth, Cornwall 01209 822266
KINGSLAND AUCTIONS
01568 708564
Leominster, Herefordshire
WILFORDS
01933 222760
Wellingborough, Northants
LAWRENCES, CREWKERNE
Crewkerne, Somerset01460 73041
01945 584609
TURNER & SONS
Liverpool
JOHN MILNE
Aberdeen
01224 639336
FRIDAYS
THOMAS N. MILLER 0191 265 8080
Newcastle upon Tyne
01636 605905
Newark, Notts
PINE LODGE AUCTIONS
01337 827007
Fife, Scotland
SILVERWOODS 01200 423322
Lincoln Way, Clitheroe
SHOBROOK AUCTIONS
01752 663341
Plymouth, Devon
SWORDERS
01279 817778
Stansted Mountfitchet, Essex
WARREN & WIGNALL
01772 453252
Leyland, Lancs
WARWICK AUCTION 02476 223377
Coventry, W. Midlands
WIRRAL AUCTION CENTRE
Wallasey, Wirral 0151 630 5441
CHISWICK AUCTIONS
London
020 8992 4442
WOODCOCK AUCTIONS
07921 789 536
Wallington, London
HIGH ROAD AUCTIONS
London
020 8400 5225
PETER WILSON
01270 623878
Nantwich, Cheshire
MAXEY & SON
Wisbech, Cambs
0151 709 5559
CATO CRANE Liverpool
02890 325448
0151 709 4005
CRUSO & WILKIN 01485 542656
Kings Lynn, Norfolk
HILDERSTONE AUCTIONS
Hilderstone, Staffs 07748 284525
JACKSON GREEN & PRESTON
01472 311115
Grimsby, S. Humberside
MCTEARS
0141 810 2880
Glasgow, Scotland
MEWS AUCTIONS 01594 544769
Mitcheldean, Glos.
NETHERHAMPTON SALEROOMS
Salisbury, Wiltshire 01722 340041
THOMPSON’S AUCTIONEERS
Harrogate, N. Yorks 01423 709086
SATURDAYS
CHURCHGATE AUCTIONS
Leicester
0116 287 4856
ERISWELL HALL BARNS AUCTION
CENTRE
01638 533335
Lakenheath, Suffolk
GREENWICH AUCTION PARTNERSHIP
London
020 8853 2121
S.J. HALES
01626 836684
Bovey Tracey, Devon
THOMAS N. MILLER
0191 265 8080
Newcastle upon Tyne
THURSDAYS
HERTFORDSHIRE AUCTIONS
St. Albans
01727 846090
Amersham, Bucks 01494 729292
Nottingham
0115 986 9128
STEPHEN ROBERTS 01953 885676
Watton, Norfolk
JAMES BECK AUCTIONS
Fakenham, Norfolk 01328 851557
MAXEY & SON
Wisbech, Cambs
01945 584609
FRANCIS SMITH
London
020 7349 0011
THOMAS R CALLAN 01292 267681
Ayrshire, Scotland
W & H PEACOCK
Bedford
01234 266366
WATSONS
01435 862132
Heathfield, Sussex
SIMON CHARLES 0161 339 9449
Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire
RAMSAY CORNISH 0131 553 7000
Edinburgh, Scotland
WINGETTS
Wrexham, Wales
J.C. FEATONBY
Whitley Bay
STANFORDS Colchester, Essex
01978 353553
0191 252 2601
01206 842156
WEDNESDAYS
GODSTONE AUCTIONS,
Godstone, Surrey 07956 839282
SUNDAYS
BOURNE END
01628 531500
Bourne End, Bucks
HALLS FINE ART
Shrewsbury
ASH AUCTIONS
Stoke-on-Trent
BULSTRODES
01202 482244
Christchurch, Dorset
HERMAN & WILKINSON
Dublin, Ireland 003531 497 2245
CHARNOCK AUCTIONS
01257 450606
Charnock Richard, Lancashire
SIMON CHARLES 0161 339 9449
Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire
LOCKE & ENGLAND 01926 889100
Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
LOTS ROAD
London
COOPER & TANNER 01373 831010
Frome, Somerset
MITCHELLS
01900 827800
Cockermouth, Cumbria
PORTOBELLO AUCTIONS
London
07904 630122
01743 284 777
01782 868061
020 7376 6800
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22nd August 2015
fairs & markets
■■Dealer heads to retirement
after nearly 50 years by offering
thousands of cut-price books
Joan Porter
reports
BEFORE he retires on
September 9, Paul Lankester
is having a half-price sale at
which he hopes to offload a
whopping 15,000 antiquarian
and out-of-print books.
Lankester, who is calling it a day on his
70th birthday, originally had 20,000 in
stock but 5000 have already sold.
He is also offering two showrooms of
antiques at his shop in the 14th century
Old Sun Inn in Thaxted, Essex, recorded
as being visited by diarists Samuel Pepys
and John Evelyn.
Described locally as a ‘rickety
wonderland of books and antiques’,
Lankester Antiques has been in
business for nearly 50 years since
Lankester opened his shop with his father
in 1967. He owns the building on a long
leasehold basis, with the freehold owned
by the National Trust.
“We started the business as we had so
many books and antiques at home that
my mother said we had to sell most of
it,” he says.
“My father was retired and I was at
teacher-training college. I decided I didn’t
want to be a teacher so we opened a
books and antiques shop instead.”
Turning
over the
final page
Lankester thinks the building would be
ideal as an art gallery or antiques centre.
MEDIEVAL BUILDING
As to what he will miss most about the
shop where he has worked for nearly
half a century, Lankester says: “I have
been very fortunate in the last 50 years to
work in such wonderful surroundings as
Wildlife artist now author
READERS may remember a feature I wrote for F&Ms in ATG
No 2139 (May 3) about wildlife artist Tony Ladd.
He creates museum-quality reproduction birds’ eggs
which he sells framed online or at outlets such as Liberty’s
of London.
Earlier this year
Ladd published his
first book in what
will eventually be
nine volumes on
British birds. An
Oological Record
of British Raptors,
now in the
Natural History
Museum Library,
is an 186-page
luxury book
designed and
photographed by
former graphic
designer Ladd,
pictured above right.
The book is published in the style of a Victorian journal
and has just picked up three gongs from the Print, Design
and Marketing Awards 2015 for CPI Colour, its printers.
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Above: Paul Lankester outside his shop in Thaxted.
Above left: an interior view of Lankester Antiques.
the 14th century Old Sun Inn. I have built
up a loyal band of regular customers who
have become old friends who enjoy a
browse and conversation.
“Customers come from all walks of life
and can tell some interesting tales. I shall
miss this side of my life but on the good
side I shall have Saturdays free to spend
with my wife.”
“WE normally raise £15,000 for our
local Rotary Club from our annual
Bank Holiday Monday car boot in
the grounds of Wilton House, with
the exception of last year when the
weather was absolutely terrible,”
says organiser David Huckfield.
Described as a washout, last
August 25 was the coldest bank
holiday ever recorded.
It’s hoped the weather god is
kind for this year’s Wilton House
Car Boot, to be held on Monday,
August 31 – the picture right was
taken in 2013.
Whatever the conditions,
stamina and strong shoes are
needed for this tramp round a
small corner of the seat of the Earls
of Pembroke, as more than 5000
visitors are ‘eyes down’ at around
1000 car boots and pitches.
Starting at 9am, it’s all over
at 1pm so queueing early is
recommended. Access for sellers is
from 6-9am.
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One of his best buys? A Pre-Raphaelite
painting by Edward Reginald Frampton
(1870-1923) which he bought for £20 at
a local auction some years back and later
sold at Sothebys for “several thousands”.
The Grade I-listed building is for sale
through Saffron Walden estate agents
Arkwright & Co, who can be contacted
on 01799 668600.
Weather watch in Wilton
send fairs and markets information to joan porter at fairs@atgmedia.com
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Regular Weekly Fairs and Markets
MONDAYS
GB marks a great 25 years
WITHIN eight years of opening, the GB
Antiques Centre at Lancaster Leisure
Park had grown from 8000 sq ft in 1990
to 40,000 sq ft.
It was extended again last year,
making a good run-up to their 25th
anniversary year of 2015.
To celebrate this milestone, Alan
and Gloria Blackburn, the leisure
park’s owners since 1998, are offering
valuations on Sunday, August 30, with
the proceeds going to two charities and
a party afterwards for “all our friends,
family and dealers”, Alan Blackburn says.
The centre has 100 dealers, a long
waiting list for stands and an annual
visitor footfall of 200,000.
The leisure park is the former site of
the Hornsea Pottery and, as well as the
centre, now offers a brewery, a farm
shop, an adventure playground and a
theatre arts studio with a restaurant soon
to open.
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THE COVENT GARDEN ANTIQUES MARKET.
Tel: 020 7240 7405. Antiques Fair, 6am onwards at
The Jubilee Hall, Southampton St, Covent Garden,
LONDON WC2.
TAUNTON ANTIQUE MARKET. Tel: 01823 289327. Indoor
Market, 9am-4pm at Silver Street, TAUNTON, Somerset.
TUESDAYS
ANTIQUE FORUM MARKETS LTD. Tel: 01782 393660.
Antiques & Collectables, 8am-3pm at The Stones,
NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME, Staffordshire ST5 1PW.
ST JAMES’S PICCADILLY. Tel: 020 7734 4511. Antique &
Collectors’ Market, 10am-6pm at St James’s Church,
197 Piccadilly, LONDON W1J 9LL.
WEDNESDAYS
CAMDEN PASSAGE ANTIQUES MARKET.
Tel: 020 7359 0190. London’s Original Antiques Village
at Angel Islington, LONDON N1.
SAUNDERS MARKETS LTD. Antiques, Collectables & Bric
a Brac Sale, 7am-2pm at The Exchange, Market Access Road,
off Waterhouse Street, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP1 1ET.
THURSDAYS
SPITALFIELDS ANTIQUES MARKET. Tel: 020 7240 7405.
Antiques Market, (8am-6pm) at Commercial Street,
LONDON E1.
ANTIQUE FORUM MARKETS LTD. Tel: 01782 393660.
Arts and Crafts, Flea & Bric-a-Brac Market,
8am-3pm at The Stones, NEWCASTLE-UNDER-LYME,
Staffordshire ST5 1PW.
GOAT LANE FAIR (FORMERLY CLOISTERS FAIR).
Tel: 01603 630763. Antiques. Collectables. Vintage. Retro.
Quakers Meeting House, Upper Goat Lane, NORWICH NR2
1EW, 8am-3pm.
PADDINGTON DEVELOPMENTS. Tel: 020 3589 1577.
Vintage & Artisans’ Market, 11am-6pm at Sheldon Square,
Paddington Central, LONDON W2.
FRIDAYS
CORN HALL ARCADE. Tel: 01285 647888. Antiques Market
9am-3pm, Cirencester Antiques Market, Corn Hall, Market
Place, CIRENCESTER, Glouceshire. GL7 2NW.
BERMONDSEY SQUARE ANTIQUES MARKET.
Tel: 020 7240 7405 / 07903 919029. 5am-3pm at
Bermondsey, LONDON SE1.
TOWCESTER ANTIQUES FLEA MARKET.
Tel: 01327 871797. 8am-3pm at Towcester Town Hall,
Watling Street, TOWCESTER NN12 6BS.
SATURDAYS
CAMDEN PASSAGE ANTIQUES MARKET. Tel: 020 7359
0190. London’s Original Antiques Village at Angel Islington,
LONDON N1.
ROGERS ANTIQUE GALLERY. Tel: 07887 527523.
The First and Longest in Portobello Road, 65 Portobello Road,
LONDON W11.
CLOCKTOWER ANTIQUES MARKET. Tel: 020 7237 2001.
9am-4pm at 166 Greenwich High Road, LONDON SE10
8NN. Outdoor market with 50 stalls.
BREEDON ANTIQUES FAIRS. Tel: 07909 622123.
Antique, Collectors’ and Craft Fair, 9.30am-4.30pm at
Breedon Priory Garden Centre, Ashby Road, Breedon On The
Hill near ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH, Leicestershire, DE73 8AT.
PORTOBELLO ROAD ANTIQUES MARKET. Tel: 07876
500685. 7am-5pm at Portobello Road, Notting Hill,
LONDON, W11 1AN.
SUNDAYS
JUNCTION 24 LTD. Tel: 07770 623782. Flea Market,
at Sedgemore Auction Centre, Market Way,
NORTH PETHERTON, Somerset TA6 6DF.
CLOCKTOWER ANTIQUES MARKET. Tel: 020 7237 2001
9am-4pm at 166. Greenwich High Road, LONDON SE10
8NN. Outdoor market with 50 stalls.
BREEDON ANTIQUES FAIRS. Tel: 07909 622123. Antiques,
Collectors’ and Craft Fair, 9.30am-4.30pm at Breedon Priory
Garden Centre, Ashby Road, Breedon On The Hill near
ASHBY-DE-LA-ZOUCH, Leicestershire, DE73 8AT.
CHARNOCK’S ANTIQUES. Tel: 07885 701841. Antiques
& Collectors’ Fair, 9.30am-3.30pm at the Lancastrian Suite,
Park Hall Hotel, Park Hall Road, CHARNOCK RICHARD,
near Chorley, Lancashire, PR7 5LP
SUNDAY COLLECTORS’ DRIVE IN. Tel: 01253 782828.
Clitheroe Auction Mart, at Salthill Trading Estate, Lincoln
Way, CLITHEROE, Lancashire BB7 1QW. 7am-4pm (trade
from 8am). Antiques, Collectables and Second Hand.
Indoors and Outdoors. Trade from 8am
MONDAY - SUNDAY
KIRKHAM ANTIQUE FAIRS. Tel: 01772 685178.
PRESTON, Lancashire, PR4 2RE1
To advertise your fair or market contact: Paul Toberman on +44 (0)20 3725 5603
Above: Antiques at the Mill manager Steve Adamson with Anita Manning.
Mill becomes a telly favourite
EARLIER this year Kirstie Allsopp and film crew dropped into Antiques at the Mill, an antiques
centre near Bingley in West Yorkshire.
Filming nearby for Channel 4’s Love It or Lose It, Allsopp had popped in for a browse and so
impressed was she by the four-storey centre, and in particular its furniture, that she dragged in
the crew and spent the afternoon talking to camera about the virtues of ‘brown’.
Now BBC Two’s Antiques Road Trip’s Anita Manning has been filming nearby for the 2016
series. Locations include Antiques at the Mill, which opened last year in Cullingworth Mill, a 19th
century former worsted mill.
Centre manager Steve Adamson says Manning “bartered a few good half prices with me on some
c.1900 agricultural tools including a hay rake and a wooden shovel, plus a vintage sewing box”.
Manning established Great Western Auctions in Glasgow in 1989 with her daughter Lala.
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Specialists thrive at latest St Ives days out
LINDA Parkhouse had some interesting comments to make in answer to my question
about noticeable buying trends among the 45 standholders at antiques fairs run by
Day Out Events.
For the past five years she has been co-organiser of these two-day events in the
riverside town of St Ives, near Cambridge.
She says: “We have noticed that landscapes from the Victorian era seem to be
more popular over the past year or so than previously and that’s both watercolours
and oils.
“Our new postcard dealer, Stan Woodhouse from Norfolk, seems to be
permanently busy on his stand – he’s been at the last of our five fairs – while our local
militaria specialist, John Morgan, also attracts a great deal of interest. So specialisms
seem to be doing OK.”
Held six times a year, the next St Ives Antiques and Art Deco Fair at the Burgess Hall
in Westwood Road is on Sunday and Monday, August 30-31.
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AUGUST 19
SUNDAY
AUGUST 23
ASTRA ANTIQUES CENTRE.
Tel: 01427 668312. Antiques Fair,
8am-5pm at Old RAF Hemswell,
Nr. Caenby Corner, Hemswell Cliff,
Gainsborough, Lincolnshire,
DN21 5TL.
GNB FAIRS. Tel: 01702 410171.
Country House Hotel Antiques
& Collectors’ Fair, 10am-4pm at
Lyndford Hall, Mundford, Thetford,
Norfolk, IP26 5HW.
GPM TRADING. Tel: 01636 642809.
Newark Antiques Fair, 6.30am at
Newark Rugby Club, Newark,
Notts, NG24 1WN.
THE PRIDE OF LINCOLN ANTIQUES
FAIR. Tel: 07815 463815. Antiques
Fair, 8am-3pm at The Pride of
Lincoln Hotel, Whisby Road,
Lincoln, LN6 3QZ.
THURSDAY
AUGUST 20
IACF. Tel: 01636 702326. Newark
International Antiques & Collectors’
Fair, 9am-6pm at Newark &
Notts Showground, Newark,
Nottinghamshire, NG24 2NY.
(Day 1 of 2)
SIMPLY THE BEST ANTIQUE FAIRS.
Tel: 07581 397721. Antique and
Collectors’ Fair, 9.15am-4.15pm at
St Mary’s Church Hall, Betws-yCoed, North Wales, LL24 0AD.
FRIDAY
AUGUST 21
CRISPIN FAIRS. Tel: 07710 620968.
Watts on Friday Collectors’ Fair &
Flea Market, 9am-3pm at Watts
Hall, Christchurch, Uxbridge,
UB8 1SZ.
IACF. Tel: 01636 702326. Newark
Fair, 8am-4pm at Newark &
Notts Showground, Newark,
(Day 2 of 2)
SATURDAY
AUGUST 22
LINDIFAYRE. Tel: 01895 634000
/ 07710 620968. Antiques &
Collectables, 9am-4pm at Loddon
Hall, Twyford, Berkshire, RG10 9JA.
UNICORN ANTIQUE & COLLECTORS
FAIR. Tel: 07800 508178. Antique
& Vintage Fair, 9am-4.30pm at
Pavilion Gardens, St. John’s Road,
Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6XN.
(Day 2 of 2)
MONDAY
AUGUST 24
IACF. Tel: 01636 702326. Newbury
One-Day Antiques & Collectors’
Fair, 8am at Newbury Racecourse,
Newbury, Berkshire, RG14 7NZ.
TUESDAY
AUGUST 25
SALISBURY ANTIQUE AND
COLLECTORS MARKET. Salisbury
Antique and Collector’s Market,
7am-2pm at United Reformed
Church, Fisherton Street, Salisbury,
Wiltshire, SP2 7RG.
SUNBURY ANTIQUES MARKET.
Tel: 01932 230946. Antiques &
Collectors’ Market, 6.30am-2pm
at Kempton Park Racecourse,
Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex,
TW16 5AQ.
THURSDAY
AUGUST 27
Tel: 07581397721. Antique and
Collectors’ Fair, 9.15am-4.15pm at
FRIDAY
AUGUST 28
MERCATOR TRADING LTD.
Tel: 01635 30535. The Old Toy
Soldier Show (UK), 6.30am-4pm
at Holiday Inn, Coram Street,
Bloomsbury, London, WC1N 1HT.
Watts on Friday Collectors’ Fair &
UB8 1SZ.
UNICORN ANTIQUE & COLLECTORS
FAIR. Tel: 07800 508178. Antique
& Vintage Fair, 9am-4.30pm at
Pavilion Gardens, St. John’s Road,
Buxton, Derbyshire, SK17 6XN.
(Day 1 of 2)
LOMAX ANTIQUES FAIRS.
Tel: 01379 586134. Southwold Fine
Art & Antiques Fair, 11am-5pm at
Saint Felix School, Southwold,
Suffolk, IP18 6SD.
(Day 1 of 3)
SATURDAY
AUGUST 29
C-LIVE ANTIQUES FAIR. Woodhall
Spa Antique & Collectables Fair,
10am-4pm at St Peter’s Church
Hall (opposite The Golf Hotel), The
Broadway, Woodhall Spa, Lincs,
LN10 6ST.
HOYLES PROMOTIONS. Tel: 01253
782828. Lytham Vintage and
Antiques Market, 9am-4pm at
Lytham Assembly Rooms, Lytham
Town Centre, Dicconson Terrace,
Lytham, Lancashire, FY8 5JY.
Suffolk, IP18 6SD.
(Day 2 of 3)
MISSING BOOK FAIRS. Tel: 01245
361609. Dunmow Book Fair, 10am4pm at Foakes Hall, Stortford Road,
Great Dunmow, Essex, CM6 1DG.
PIGLET ANTIQUES. Tel: 07817
851721. Hungerford Antiques
Market, 8am-4pm at Hungerford
Arcade, 26 High Street,
Hungerford, Berkshire, RG17 0NF.
SHEPHERD & WILLIAMS. Tel: 07816
220136. The Big Chester Fair, 9am3.30pm at Northgate Arena, Victoria
Road, Chester, CH2 2AU.
SUNDAY
AUGUST 30
ANTIQUES 2 GO. Tel: 01327
871797. Lamport Hall Antiques,
Vintage & Collectors’ Fair, 9am4pm at Lamport Hall, Lamport,
Northants, NN6 9HD.
(Day 1 of 2)
BATH VINTAGE & ANTIQUES
MARKET. Tel: 07723 611249.
Vintage & Antiques, 9.30am-4pm
at Green Park Station, Green Park
Road, Bath, BA1 1JB.
BREWINS BRUINS. Tel: 01929
761398. Purbeck Antiques and
Collectors’ Fair, 10am-4pm at
Furzebrook Hall, Furzebrook, near
Wareham, Dorset, BH20 5AR.
DAY OUT EVENTS. Tel: 02392
261338. St Ives Antiques Fair,
10am-4pm at Burgess Hall,
One Leisure Centre, St Ives,
Cambridgeshire, PE27 6WU.
(Day 1 of 2)
GNB FAIRS. Tel: 01702 410171.
Antiques & Collectors’ Fair,
10am-4pm at Brentwood Centre,
Doddinghurst Road, Brentwood,
Essex, CM15 9NN.
(Day 1 of 2)
Suffolk, IP18 6SD.
(Day 3 of 3)
B2B EVENTS. Tel: 07774 147197.
Malvern Flea and Collectors’
Fairs, 7.30am-3.30pm at Three
Counties Showground, Malvern,
Worcestershire,
DAY OUT EVENTS. Tel: 02392
261338. St Ives Antiques Fair,
10am-4pm at Burgess Hall,
One Leisure Centre, St Ives,
Cambridgeshire, PE27 6WU.
(Day 2 of 2)
GNB FAIRS. Tel: 01702 410
171. Antiques & Collectors’ Fair,
10am-4pm at Brentwood Centre,
Doddinghurst Road, Brentwood,
Essex, CM15 9NN.
(Day 2 of 2)
MAGNUM FAIRS. Tel: 01491
681009. Antiques & Collectors’
Fair, 9am-4pm at River Park Leisure
Centre, Gordon Road, Winchester,
Hampshire, SO23 7DD.
MELFORD OLD SCHOOL. Tel: 07799
590459. Antique & Collectors’
Fair, 9.30am-4pm at Lavenham
Village Hall, Lavenham, Suffolk,
CO10 9QT.
TAKE FIVE FAIRS. Tel: 020 8894 0218.
20th Century Decro Fair, 9am-3pm
at Woking Leisure Centre, Kingfield
Road, Woking, Surrey, GU22 9BA.
TUESDAY
SEPTEMBER 1
IACF. Tel: 01636 702326. Ardingly
Fair, 9am-5pm at The South of
England Showground, Ardingly,
West Sussex, RH17 6TL.
(Day 1 of 2)
Wiltshire, SP2 7RG.
WEDNESDAY
SEPTEMBER 2
IACF. Tel: 01636 702326. Ardingly
International Antiques & Collectors
Fair, 8am-4pm at The South of
England Showground, Ardingly,
West Sussex, RH17 6TL.
(Day 2 of 2)
THURSDAY
SEPTEMBER 3
Tel: 07581 397721. Antique and
Collectors Fair, 9.15am-4.15pm at
FRIDAY
SEPTEMBER 4
Watts on Friday Collectors Fair &
UB8 1SZ.
MONDAY
AUGUST 31
GALLOWAY ANTIQUES FAIR.
Tel: 01423 522122. Arley Hall
Antiques Fair, 10.30am-5pm at
Arley Hall, Northwich, Cheshire,
CW9 6NA.
(Day 1 of 3)
ANTIQUES 2 GO. Tel: 01327
871797. Lamport Hall Antiques,
Vintage & Collectors’ Fair, 9am4pm at Lamport Hall, Lamport,
Northants, NN6 9HD.
(Day 2 of 2)
PENMAN ANTIQUES FAIRS.
Tel: 01825 744074. Petersfield
Antiques Fair, 10.30am-5.30pm
at Festival Hall, Heath Road,
Petersfield, Hampshire, GU31 4JW.
(Day 1 of 3)
SATURDAY
SEPTEMBER 5
ANTIQUE FORUM. Tel: 01782
393660. Antique & Collectors Fair,
9am at Uttoxeter Racecourse, Wood
Lane, Uttoxeter, Staffordshire,
ST14 8BD.
(Day 1 of 2)
B2B EVENTS. Tel: 07774 147197.
Detling Antiques & Collectors Fair,
8.30am-5pm at Kent Country
Showground, Near Maidstone,
Detling, Kent, ME14 3JF.
(Day 1 of 2)
CONTINUITY FAIRS. Tel: 01584
873634. Builth Wells Antiques
Fair, 8.30am-5pm at Royal Welsh
Showground, Builth Wells,
(Day 1 of 2)
DERWEN ANTIQUES FAIRS.
Tel: 01267 220260. Antiques &
Vintage Fair, 10am-5pm at St
Peters Civic Hall, 1 Notts Square,
Camarthen, SA31 1LU.
CW9 6NA.
(Day 2 of 3)
LONDON COIN FAIRS LTD.
Tel: 01694 731781. Coin Fair,
9.30am at Holiday Inn London,
Coram Street, Bloomsbury, London,
WC1N 1HT.
MAINWARING’S SEASIDE
BROCANTES. Tel: 01227 773037.
Mainwaring’s Seaside Brocantes,
10am-4pm at St Mary’s Hall, Oxford
Street, Whitstable, Kent, CT5 1DD.
Antiques Fair, 10.30am-5.30pm
(Day 2 of 3)
Tel: 07581 397721. Antique &
Collectors Fair, 9.15am-4pm at St
Mary’s Church Hall, Betws-y-Coed,
North Wales, LL24 0AD.
SUNDAY
SEPTEMBER 6
ADAMS ANTIQUES FAIRS. Tel: 020
7254 4054. Royal Horticultural Hall
Antiques Fair, 10am-4.30pm at
Lindley Hall, near Elverton Street, 80
Vincent Square, Chelsea, London,
SW1P 2PE.
ANTIQUE FORUM. Tel: 01782
393660. Antique & Collectors Fair,
10am at Uttoxeter Racecourse,
Wood Lane, Uttoxeter,
Staffordshire, ST14 8BD.
(Day 2 of 2)
ARTHUR SWALLOW FAIRS.
Tel: 01298 27493. Lincoln Sunday
Antiques Market, 7am-3pm at
Lincolnshire Showground, Lincoln,
Lincolnshire, LN2 2NA.
ARUN FAIRS. Tel: 01903 734112.
Rustington Antique & Collectors’ Fair,
10am-4pm at The Woodland Centre,
Woodlands Avenue (off A259),
Rustington, West Sussex, BN16.
B2B EVENTS. Tel: 07774 147197.
Detling Antiques & Collectors Fair,
10am-3.30pm at Kent Country
Showground, Near Maidstone,
Detling, Kent, ME14 3JF.
(Day 2 of 2)
BATH VINTAGE & ANTIQUES
MARKET. Tel: 07723 611249.
Vintage & Antiques, 9.30am-4pm
at Green Park Station, Green Park
Road, Bath, BA1 1JB.
BIG SURREY FAIRS LTD. Tel: 07939
302425. Antique & Collectables,
9am-4pm at Tolworth Rec Centre,
Nr Hook Junc. Fullers Way N (A3
Kingston By-Pass), Surbiton,
Surrey, KT6 7LQ.
CONTINUITY FAIRS. Tel: 01584
873634. Builth Wells Antiques
Fair, 10am-5pm at Royal Welsh
Showground, Builth Wells,
(Day 2 of 2)
Antiques & Collectables, 10am3pm at St Crispins Sports Centre,,
Wokingham, Berkshire, RG40.
CW9 6NA.
(Day 3 of 3)
GNB FAIRS. Tel: 01702 410171.
Antiques & Collectors’ Fair, 9am3.30pm at The Cameo Hotel, Old
London Road, Copdock, Ipswich,
IP8 3JD.
MISSING BOOK FAIRS. Tel: 01245
361609. Peterborough Book
Fair, 10am-4pm at Highgate Hall,
Overend, Elton, Near Peterborough,
PE8 6RU.
Antiques Fair, 10.30am-5pm
(Day 3 of 3)
THE BEST OF FAIRS. Tel: 01787
280306. Copdock Antiques &
Collectables Fair, 7am-3pm at The
Village Hall, Copdock, Suffolk,
IP8 3JN.
WATFORD MILITARIA. Tel: 01438
811657. Watford Militaria &
Medal Fair, 10am-2pm at The
Bushey Arena, Bushey, Watford,
Hertfordshire, WD23 3AA.
MONDAY
SEPTEMBER 7
IACF. Tel: 01636 702326. Runway
Monday at Newark Antiques &
Collectors Fair, 8am at (Adjacent
to the Newark Air Museum, and
the Newark and Nottinghamshire
Showground), Newark,
TUESDAY
SEPTEMBER 8
Wiltshire, SP2 7RG.
SUNBURY ANTIQUES MARKET.
Tel: 01932 230946. Antiques &
Collectors’ Market, 6.30am-2pm
at Kempton Park Racecourse,
Sunbury-on-Thames, Middlesex,
TW16 5AQ.
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Noelle McElhatton
email: editorial@atgmedia.com
Catalogue could uncover Ripper revelations
Above: the Troika fruit bowls mentioned in the letter
below and right, a yellow-glazed ‘floating vase’.
Troika pottery
bears fruit
MADAM – I would like your interested readers to be
aware of what is going on in the Troika pottery world.
I have collected Troika pottery for some years now
and part of my collection was filmed for the 2007 21st century edition of the
BBC Antiques Roadshow at Bexhill-On-Sea.
Included in the pieces filmed was the rarest lot: a Troika bowl of fruit, one of
only five that were produced by the pottery.
Some time ago I did contact you by email in the hope that maybe one of
your readers might know the whereabouts of perhaps another one of these
extremely rare bowls of fruit.
Hence, I thought your readers might be interested to know that a while ago
another one ‘surfaced’ which I have managed to purchase, so now there are
just three left out there.
This piece is different to the first, in that the recess of the bowl is glazed
black and it has an extra apple which leads me to wonder: were they all
different in one way or another?
Since the 2007 filming I have managed to collect more rare Troika pieces
including a ‘floating vase’ with an all-over yellow glaze, this being one of only
five yellow-glazed Troika items ever produced, and also a Troika ‘scarab tile’.
Above are photos of the two bowls of fruit I now own and the ‘floating vase’.
I initially began to collect this pottery because I felt that it was years ahead
of its time when it started back in the early 1960s and even now it still sits
comfortably in the 21st century.
Nigel Keith
Via email
Passing on VAT to customers is your choice
MADAM – Re: Letter from Helen Martin
and Alan Yourston of B2B events, ATG
No 2203.
What is all the fuss and confusion? It
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something I look forward to.
If you decide to pass this VAT on to
your customers it is your choice. I am VAT
registered and have a substantial VAT bill
every quarter.
I do not charge my customers VAT
on top of their purchase but offset this
within my prices.
If we would like to have a real debate
about VAT, I can give you a subject which
would make a huge difference to the
trade.
Why is it that I pay VAT on my profit
from the point of purchase to the point
of sale? I cannot factor in any restoration
costs into this. My restorer is not VAT
registered so I have no reclaimed VAT
from him either.
My argument is that to get an item to
the point of sale is the cost of the item
plus restoration costs. Surely VAT should
be paid on point of sale to sale price,
because this is my actual profit?
If I was one of the many stallholders
frequenting the large showground fairs
I would happily pay the VAT and keep
quiet – or else HMRC may start to dig
deeper.
Philip Crosthwaite
Cloverleaf Home Interiors
MADAM – This is a very long shot, but I
am always optimistic.
I am an author (The Diary of Jack
the Ripper among many others). I need
to find the catalogue of a Branch &
Leete auction in Liverpool in April 1889,
which details the sale of artefacts from
Battlecrease House in the city.
The late owner of the house, James
Maybrick, is high on the list of Ripper
suspects and I now need to authenticate
some artefacts that have emerged
recently.
It seems a John Matson (?) many years
ago bought furniture from Battlecrease
House, long after the Maybricks had left.
This included a desk, which was sold on
to a Mrs Maitland.
Her antiques shop was in or near
Scotland Road in Liverpool in the late
1960/70s.
John Nolan, an antiques dealer of
Southport, in turn bought the desk from
her. There was a velvet purse inside the
desk and we know that James Maybrick’s
wife, Florence, did have a collection of
velvet bags and purses.
After her husband’s death, Florence
was convicted of his murder by
poisoning.
Can any readers possibly point me in
the right direction to track down that
auction catalogue?
Shirley Harrison
Via email
New group is heaven scent
MADAM – The Australian Chapter
past president, met with members from
of the International Perfume Bottle
around Australia on a Skype conference
Association (IPBA) will meet on
call on IPBA Day, October 18, 2014,
September 19 in Sydney, Australia, for
where they shared their passion for
their inaugural meeting.
collecting perfume bottles and other
Perfume bottle and ephemera
vintage vanity items.
collectors are coming from as far away
Since it all began there have been
as New Zealand and Perth (which is
occasional meetings with members in
about 2800 miles from Sydney).
small, informal coffee shop sessions
In 2013, Marie Cashman, a retired
in Sydney, but Marie wanted to see
nurse, became curious to know if there
if there was any interest in distant
were other perfume bottle collectors in
members getting together for a miniAustralia. She began collecting at the
convention.
age of 16 when she fell in love with
The location is at Marie’s
the design of perfume bottles and
residence in Frenchs Forest,
found she could not throw them away
Sydney. There are about
once they were empty.
30 members and guests
She joined the IPBA in 2006 after
expected to attend with the
an internet search brought her to the
number still growing. The
IPBA website, and has a wide
agenda is a full one including
and varied collection.
a show and tell session, a
Marie initially thought
business meeting including
about setting up a
the election of officers
Facebook Chapter for
and a buy, swap and sell
Australian members since
session.
the biggest challenge for
A special highlight will be
a gathering
a presentation by Andrea
is the size of
Lowenthal on Australian
the country
perfumes – The Golden Years,
– almost as big
looking at turnas the US with
of-the-century
only a handful
perfume bottles.
of collectors,
Above: 1920s Kangaroo figural bottle,
Since the launch
and they are
unidentified perfumer, Pour Vous,
of the Facebook
scattered.
Czechoslovakian blown glass, presumed to be
Chapter, the
The
Hetra Co. Information and photo by Ken Leach.
membership in
Facebook
Australia has gone
Chapter was launched in May 2014 and
from about 15 members to 30 including
has been very successful.
two young collectors (ages seven to 18)
The IPBA has about 1000 members
in a very short time, and two quality
in 22 countries around the world. The
newsletters have been produced.
Australian Facebook Chapter is the
For more information visit the IPBA
second international chapter of the
website at perfumebottles.org.
IPBA alongside a very active chapter in
the UK and the first Facebook chapter.
Teri Wirth
Following this success, Marie and
Vice president, International
Susan Arthur, the IPBA’s immediate
Perfume Bottle Association
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