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Following a four-day hearing, culminating on June 18, the High Court case of S Franses Limited v Cavendish Hotel (London) determined the rent set in a new lease for the gallery should be £102,000, less than half the previous passing rent of £220,000. Pick Continued on page 6 of the week Sino-Tibetan bronze sets new £220,000 for enigmatic German record Stuttgart auction house Nagel called it faces of the Interregnum ‘beyond doubt one of the most important Believed to date from the mid-17th century, this double who died in 2019. It had been kept for at least a century gilt-bronzes to appear on the market for portrait is a fascinating painting on many accounts. at Gredington, the family’s Shropshire manor house which many years’ – and the monumental Ming Depicting a black woman from the Cromwellian period was demolished in 1980. The artwork came to nearby dynasty Sino-Tibetan figure of the wrathful makes it rare enough, but the fact that she appears dressed saleroom Trevanion (20% buyer’s premium) along with deity Vajrabhairava did not disappoint. as a social equal to her counterpart makes it rarer still. The other paintings, books and works of art from Lord Kenyon’s It became the most expensive work of art two figures, whose clothes, hair and jewellery point to the estate. ever sold in Germany when it made €9.5m fashions of the period, are also shown wearing decorative Lord Kenyon was quoted in a 1949 article in Country Life (£8.64m) on June 23. patches to their faces – an equally voguish feature that as saying: “We have a curious picture which has hung here Key to its significance is its impressive added another layer of curiosity to the work. for many years, but of which I know of no real explanation.” size, extraordinary detail and an imperial The 2ft 1in x 2ft 6in (64 x 75cm) oil on canvas had been in the collection of Lloyd Tyrell-Kenyon, 6th Baron Kenyon, Continued on page 10 Continued on page 6 Old Masters at shipping art and antiques • Bespoke secure packing • Door-to-door worldwide delivery • Loss and damage warranty available • Customs and shipping documentation support e: [email protected] w: packsend.co.uk/art-shipping t: 0345 873 9990 PAGE 001,006,008 2499.indd 1 25/06/2021 16:40:03 Pyne (William Henry) Kepler (Johannes) Ptolomaeus (Claudius) Thorburn (Archibald) Pyne (William Henry) Kepler (Johannes) Ptolomaeus (Claudius) Thorburn (Archibald) The History of the Royal Residences..., Prodomus dissertationum Geographiae libri octo, Birds of Prey, PyneThe History (William of the Henry) Royal Residences..., KeplerProdomus (Johannes) dissertationum PtolomaeusGeographiae libri(Claudius) octo, ThorburnBirds of Prey, (Archibald) Baldwin3 vol., first (James) edition, Queen Caroline’s Capote (Truman) cosmographicarum, continens Crowley edited(Aleister) by Gerard Mercator, oneForster of 150 (E.M.) copies, 12 colour plates The3 vol., History first ofedition, the Royal Queen Residences..., Caroline’s Prodomuscosmographicarum, dissertationum continens Geographiaeedited by Gerard libri octo,Mercator, Birdsone of of 150 Prey, copies, 12 colour plates Anothercopy, 1819. Country, Breakfast at Tiffany’s. MysteriumA Short Novel Cosmographicum..., and Three Stories, Konx Om secondPax. Essays edition, in Light, 1584. signedHowards by End,Thorburn, 1919. 3copy, vol., 1819.first edition, Queen Caroline’s cosmographicarum,Mysterium Cosmographicum..., continens editedsecond by edition, Gerard 1584. Mercator, onesigned of 150by Thorburn, copies, 12 1919. colour plates firstEst. £3,000-4,000*edition, signed by the author, 1962. first edition, signed bysecond the author, edition, [1958]. 1621. number 93Est. of £6,000-8,000* 500 copies, Crowley’s own Est.first £5,000-7,000* edition, signed by the author, 1910. copy,Est. £3,000-4,000* 1819. Mysteriumsecond edition, Cosmographicum..., 1621. secondEst. £6,000-8,000* edition, 1584. signedEst. £5,000-7,000* by Thorburn, 1919. Est. £2,000-3,000* Est. £1,500-2,000* Est. £6,000-8,000* copy, 1907. Est. £5,000-7,000* Est. £3,000-4,000* secondEst. £6,000-8,000* edition, 1621. Est. £6,000-8,000* Est. £5,000-7,000* Est. £4,000-6,000* Est. £6,000-8,000* Genet16th century (Jean) Almanac.- Ginsberg (Allen) Fénelon (François de Salignac) Golding Shakespeare(William) (William) HughesBetjeman (Langston) (Sir John) 16th century Almanac.- Fénelon (François de Salignac) Shakespeare (William) Betjeman (Sir John) MiracleThe Prognosticacion de la Rose, for ever of Erra Pater, Howl and other poems ,Les Aventures de Telemaque, The Inheritors,A Midsommer Nights Dreame, NotCollection Without of Laughter, printed and manuscript 16thThe Prognosticacion century Almanac.- for ever of Erra Pater, FénelonLes Aventures (François de Telemaque, de Salignac) ShakespeareA Midsommer Nights(William) Dreame, BetjemanCollection of(Sir printed John) and manuscript firstmanuscript edition, in signed Tudor presentationEnglish, [c. 1580s]. first edition, signed presentation2 vol., most inscription plates before from letters, 1785. first edition,extracted E. M.from Forster’s the second copy, folio, signed 1632. firstmaterial edition, relating signed to Betjemanpresentation from a Themanuscript Prognosticacion in Tudor for English, ever of [c. Erra 1580s]. Pater, Les2 vol., Aventures most plates de Telemaque, before letters, 1785. Aextracted Midsommer from Nights the second Dreame, folio, 1632. Collectionmaterial relating of printed to Betjeman and manuscript from a inscriptionEst. £10,000-15,000* from the author to the author, [1956]. Est. £4,000-6,000* presentationEst. £3,000-4,000* inscription from the author, 1955. inscriptionsecretary who from worked the author with tohim his for manuscriptEst. £10,000-15,000* in Tudor English, [c. 1580s]. 2Est. vol., £4,000-6,000* most plates before letters, 1785. extractedEst. £3,000-4,000* from the second folio, 1632. materialsecretary relating who worked to Betjeman with him from for a Boris Kochno, 1946. Est. £4,000-6,000* Est. £2,000-3,000* publisher,many years, 1930 1939-45. Est. £10,000-15,000* Est. £4,000-6,000* Est. £3,000-4,000* secretarymany years, who 1939-45. worked with him for Est. 2,000-3,000* Est.Est. £1,000-1,500*£20,000-25,000* manyEst. £20,000-25,000* years, 1939-45. Est. £20,000-25,000* Stieglitz (Alfred, editor) Hobbes (Thomas) Orwell (George) Le Carré (John) Stieglitz (Alfred, editor) Hobbes (Thomas) Orwell (George) Le Carré (John) Isherwood (Christopher) Kerouac (Jack) McCullers (Carson) Mishima (Yukio) Camera Work: A Photographic Quarterly, Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme & Power Homage to Catalonia, Call for the Dead, Camera Work: A Photographic Quarterly, Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme & Power Homage to Catalonia, Call for the Dead, Goodbye to Berlin, Book of Dreams, The Ballad of the Sad Café, The Sound of Waves, Stieglitz (Alfred, editor) Hobbes (Thomas) Orwell (George) Le Carré (John) numbers 42-48 in 6 vol., 1913-1916. of a Common-Wealth, first edition, 1938. first edition, signed presentation numbers 42-48 in 6 vol., 1913-1916. of a Common-Wealth, first edition, 1938. first edition, signed presentation first edition, signed by the author, 1939. signed presentation inscription from first edition, signed presentation inscription first English edition, signed Camera Work: A Photographic Quarterly, Leviathan, or The Matter, Forme & Power Homage to Catalonia, Call for the Dead, Est. £20,000-30,000* first edition, first issue, 1651. Est. £4,000-6,000* inscription from the author, 1961. Est. £20,000-30,000* first edition, first issue, 1651. Est. £4,000-6,000* inscription from the author, 1961. Est. £4,000-6,000* the author to Lucien Carr, [1961]. from the author to David Diamond, 1951. presentation inscription from the numbers 42-48 in 6 vol., 1913-1916. of a Common-Wealth, first edition, 1938. first edition, signed presentation Est. £4,000-6,000* Est. £6,000-8,000* Est. £4,000-6,000* Est. £6,000-8,000* Est. £4,000-6,000* Est. £3,000-4,000* author to Tennessee Williams, 1957. Est. £20,000-30,000* first edition, first issue, 1651. Est. £4,000-6,000* inscription from the author, 1961. Est. £1,500-2,000* Est. £4,000-6,000* Est. £6,000-8,000* Kraft (Johann) Omar Khayyám. Leger (Fernand) An excellent archive of printed and Kraft (Johann) Omar Khayyám. Leger (Fernand) An excellent archive of printed and ProustPomona (Marcel) Austriaca, Sassoon (Siegfried) The Rubaiyat..., White (Patrick)Cirque, Williamsmanuscript (Tennessee) material relating to Bristol’s KraftPomona (Johann) Austriaca, OmarThe Rubaiyat..., Khayyám. LegerCirque, (Fernand) Anmanuscript excellent material archive ofrelating printed to and Bristol’s Sodome2 vol., 200 et Gomorrhe fine hand-colour II, plates, 1796. Sonnets, bound in dark brown morocco elaborately tooledThe Aunt’sone Story, of 300 copies, Theshipping Glass andMenagerie, merchant life, c.1750-1850. Pomona2 vol., 200 Austriaca, fine hand-colour plates, 1796. Thebound Rubaiyat..., in dark brown morocco elaborately tooled Cirque,one of 300 copies, manuscriptshipping and material merchant relating life, c.1750-1850.