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THE ART MARKET WEEKLY
Dealer hails victory over St James’s lease
by Laura Chesters
A high court judgment could pave the Left: the English way for more affordable rents for art School double and antiques dealers in St James’s. portrait, c.1650, After a six-year legal battle, textile dealer sold for a S Franses was victorious in a dispute with hammer price its landlord over a new lease and rent at the of £220,000 at gallery in Jermyn Street. Trevanion. 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
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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. to Bristol’s firstEst. £20,000-25,000*edition, signed presentation first edition [one of c.50in gilt copies], and set signed with 86 presentation precious stones, [?1905]. first edition,Paris, signedTeriade, presentation 1950. firstEst. £10,000-15,000* edition, signed by the author 2Est. vol., £20,000-25,000* 200 fine hand-colour plates, 1796. boundin gilt and in dark set with brown 86 preciousmorocco stones,elaborately [?1905]. tooled oneParis, of Teriade, 300 copies, 1950. shippingEst. £10,000-15,000* and merchant life, c.1750-1850. inscription from the author to the inscription from the authorEst. £2,000-3,000* to his teacher, 1909. inscriptionEst. from £8,000-12,000* the author to Roy de and 7 performers, [1945]. Est. £20,000-25,000* inEst. gilt £2,000-3,000* and set with 86 precious stones, [?1905]. Paris,Est. £8,000-12,000* Teriade, 1950. Est. £10,000-15,000* DuchessPart of a of collection Clermont-Tonnerre, of over 30 lots 1922. on Est. £2,000-3,000* Maistre, 1948. Est. £3,000-4,000* Part of a collection of over 30 lots on Est. £2,000-3,000* Est. £8,000-12,000* Est.botanical £6,000-8,000* subjects. Est. £4,000-6,000* Partbotanical of a collection subjects. of over 30 lots on botanical subjects. Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper Signed and Inscribed: A Gentleman’s Library of Modern Literature Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper Auction: Thursday 15th July, 11:00am | 220 Queenstown Road, London SW8 4LP Auction: Thursday 15th July, 11:00am | 220 Queenstown Road, London SW8 4LP Auction: Wednesday 7th July, 11:00am | 220 Queenstown Road, London SW8 4LP Auction: Thursday 15th July, 11:00am | 220 Queenstown Road, London SW8 4LP Bidding and information: [email protected] | +44 (0) 20 7871 2640 Bidding and information: [email protected] | +44 (0) 20 7871 2640 Bidding and information: [email protected] | +44 (0) 20 7871 2640 Bidding and information: [email protected] | +44 (0) 20 7871 2640 For illustrated catalogues and detailed condition reports, please visit: forumauctions.co.uk For illustrated catalogues and detailed condition reports, please visit: forumauctions.co.uk For illustrated catalogues and detailed condition reports, please visit: forumauctions.co.uk For illustrated catalogues and detailed condition reports, please visit: forumauctions.co.uk *Buyer’s premium (plus VAT if applicable) applies to all lots at 25% of the hammer price. *Buyer’s premium (plus VAT if applicable) applies to all lots at 25% of the hammer price. *Buyer’s premium (plus VAT if applicable) applies to all lots at 25% of the hammer price. *Buyer’s premium (plus VAT if applicable) applies to all lots at 25% of the hammer price.
PAGE 002-003 2499.indd 2 24/06/2021 17:07:59 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, ThePyne History (William of the Henry) Royal Residences..., ProdomusKepler (Johannes) dissertationum GeographiaePtolomaeus 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 3The vol., History first ofedition, the Royal Queen Residences..., Caroline’s cosmographicarum,Prodomus dissertationum continens editedGeographiae 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. copy,3 vol., 1819.first edition, Queen Caroline’s Mysteriumcosmographicarum, Cosmographicum..., continens secondedited 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. Est.copy, £3,000-4,000* 1819. secondMysterium edition, Cosmographicum..., 1621. Est.second £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* Est.second £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) AShakespeare 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. extractedA 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. Est.extracted £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, TheOmar Rubaiyat..., Khayyám. LegerCirque, (Fernand) manuscriptAn 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. boundThe Rubaiyat..., in dark brown morocco elaborately tooled Cirque,one of 300 copies, shippingmanuscript and material merchant relating life, c.1750-1850. to Bristol’s firstEst. £20,000-25,000*edition, signed presentation first edition [one of c.50in gilt copies], and set signed with 86 presentation precious stones, [?1905]. first edition,Paris, signedTeriade, presentation 1950. firstEst. £10,000-15,000* edition, signed by the author 2Est. vol., £20,000-25,000* 200 fine hand-colour plates, 1796. inbound gilt and in dark set with brown 86 preciousmorocco stones,elaborately [?1905]. tooled oneParis, of Teriade, 300 copies, 1950. Est.shipping £10,000-15,000* and merchant life, c.1750-1850. inscription from the author to the inscription from the authorEst. £2,000-3,000* to his teacher, 1909. inscriptionEst. from £8,000-12,000* the author to Roy de and 7 performers, [1945]. Est. £20,000-25,000* Est.in gilt £2,000-3,000* and set with 86 precious stones, [?1905]. Paris,Est. £8,000-12,000* Teriade, 1950. Est. £10,000-15,000* DuchessPart of a of collection Clermont-Tonnerre, of over 30 lots 1922. on Est. £2,000-3,000* Maistre, 1948. Est. £3,000-4,000* Part of a collection of over 30 lots on Est. £2,000-3,000* Est. £8,000-12,000* Est.botanical £6,000-8,000* subjects. Est. £4,000-6,000* Partbotanical of a collection subjects. of over 30 lots on botanical subjects. Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper Signed and Inscribed: A Gentleman’s Library of Modern Literature Fine Books, Manuscripts and Works on Paper Auction: Thursday 15th July, 11:00am | 220 Queenstown Road, London SW8 4LP Auction: Thursday 15th July, 11:00am | 220 Queenstown Road, London SW8 4LP Auction: Wednesday 7th July, 11:00am | 220 Queenstown Road, London SW8 4LP Auction: Thursday 15th July, 11:00am | 220 Queenstown Road, London SW8 4LP Bidding and information: [email protected] | +44 (0) 20 7871 2640 Bidding and information: [email protected] | +44 (0) 20 7871 2640 Bidding and information: [email protected] | +44 (0) 20 7871 2640 Bidding and information: [email protected] | +44 (0) 20 7871 2640 For illustrated catalogues and detailed condition reports, please visit: forumauctions.co.uk For illustrated catalogues and detailed condition reports, please visit: forumauctions.co.uk For illustrated catalogues and detailed condition reports, please visit: forumauctions.co.uk For illustrated catalogues and detailed condition reports, please visit: forumauctions.co.uk *Buyer’s premium (plus VAT if applicable) applies to all lots at 25% of the hammer price. *Buyer’s premium (plus VAT if applicable) applies to all lots at 25% of the hammer price. *Buyer’s premium (plus VAT if applicable) applies to all lots at 25% of the hammer price. *Buyer’s premium (plus VAT if applicable) applies to all lots at 25% of the hammer price.
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SILVER & OBJECTS OF VERTU TUESDAY 13TH & WEDNESDAY 14TH JULY 2021 AT 10AM
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1. By Gilbert Marks, a pair of lateVictorian silver candlesticks, 2. By Gerald Benney, a matched modern threepiece silver coffee set, London 1899/1900, also signed Gilbert Marks 1900 London 1973 and 1976 Estimate £8,00012,000* Estimate £4,0006,000* 3. Selected boxes from The Lion Collection 4. A fine George III silver twohandled tea urn, by Paul Storr, London 1814 Estimates range from £6001,000* Estimate £10,00015,000*
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Fearsome €9.5m bid for Chenghua gilt bronze
Continued from front page The bronze has a provenance to the Gumpel presentation inscription dated collection sale held in 1904 1473. Cast in several pieces, it at Hôtel Drouot, Paris (it stands 3ft 1in (94cm) tall and is pictured in the depicts Vajrabhairava, the catalogue), and was later destroyer of death, with 34 sold in 1975 by New arms, 16 legs, and a nine-faced York dealership Alan head. Hartman Rare Art. It came for sale last Anxi palace inscription week from a Swiss The inscription to the base says private collection. it was ‘bestowed’ on the Anxi Nagel said bidders Palace on the second day of the for the piece included 11th month in the ninth year of “Chinese museums the Chenghua period – and billionaires as November 2, 1473. well as a European The occupants of the Anxi museum” before it palace, located next to the was knocked down to central palace of the empress, “an important Asian were typically favourite private collector” at a concubines. price that rose to To date, only two imperial €14.07m when premium objects are known that can be and taxes were added. directly connected to the The previous German palace through such detailed auction record was held inscriptions – the other a by the Max Beckmann Chenghua mark (inset Buddhist embroidery of the painting Die Egyptterin above) and period bronze of same period dated to the sold by Grisebach in Vajrabhairava, dated 1473 – birthday of the Chenghua Berlin in 2018 for €9.5m (£8.64m) at Nagel. (1465-87) emperor in the year €4.7m. 1471. Roland Arkell
Franses hails court victory over Jermyn Street lease
Continued from front page allows a landlord to oppose the grant of a new tenancy where it S Franses director Simon intends to redevelop the Franses said: “This is an It will be property. However, in this case incredibly important judgment interesting to it was determined that a new and is great news for us and for “ lease should be granted to S tenants. There are 12 empty, or see what impact Franses despite the landlord’s soon to be empty, shops along this has on rents plans. Jermyn Street. elsewhere in St Franses added: “This period “We want art and antiques James’s and has been very tough for us. galleries to know that this area During the pandemic we had is now affordable. This is one of Mayfair no income and had this court the few central London case to deal with. But we are locations that are now attractive thankful for the result.” for galleries again.” years and there may need to be and function of St James’s, December 2018 (after earlier Painstaking research Steep rises some reappraisal as landlords including its art galleries…’. decisions and appeals) which He added: “It was thanks to the Christopher Battiscombe, take stock of the long-term However, increasing rents had ordered the landlord to painstaking research into rental director general of The Society impact of the Covid crisis.” and competiton from fashion grant a new lease. comparables by our expert of London Art Dealers, said: St James’s and Mayfair had and luxury retailers had forced The Cavendish Hotel (a [John Buckingham of Union “This is a very encouraging historically been the centre of many galleries to move upstairs subsidiary of Singapore’s Land] that we were able to decision and it will be the art world in London. away from street level or out of CapitaLand) had planned to rebut the over-optimistic interesting to see what impact In 2016, Mayfair and St the area altogether. redevelop the space and had forecasts of the landlord’s it has on rents elsewhere in St James’s received designated The S Franses court case hoped S Franses would leave surveyor.” James’s and Mayfair, where protection by Westminster City centred on a dispute over the when the previous lease had The dealership is now over two-thirds of SLAD Council planners as part of a lease and rent at 80 Jermyn come to an end in 2015. undertaking a refurbishment of members are based. new policy for central London. Street, where the gallery has The 2018 Supreme Court the gallery which is currently “There is little doubt that The St James’s Special Policy operated for 27 years. ruling effectively altered the open by appointment only. It rents in these areas have risen Areas (SPA) seeks to ‘protect The six-year battle included interpretation of the Landlord will reopen fully next year once very steeply over the last few the unique historic character a Supreme Court ruling in and Tenant Act 1954 which the works are complete. 6 | 3 July 2021 antiquestradegazette.com
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Lot 1554 Lot 1558 A pair of late 18th century natural pearl and diamond chandelier earrings A pair of mid 19th century diamond and ruby drop earrings (Burma, no heat) Estimate £8,00012,000* Provenance: Edith VaneTempestStewart, Marchioness of Londonderry (18781959) Lot 1557 Estimate £15,000–20,000* A Victorian sapphire and diamond brooch pendant (12.33cts, Sri Lanka, no heat) Lots 1550, 1551 & 1552 Estimate £10,00015,000* Three impressive diamond rings Estimates range £8,00015,000*
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Covid easing delays impact event planning Large parts of the country retail, galleries and museums list are car boot sales and fetes) outdoor events have been able by Matt Ball moved into Level One earlier in remain open. are allowed outdoors with up to to take place with a maximum June, and some islands went 4000 people standing. of 100 attendees for the majority Pauses to lockdown easing down to Level Zero. However, England of venues. There is a maximum across the UK may affect many parts of the central belt England is currently at Step NI and Ireland of 200 people permitted for plans for larger art and are in Level Two, where there Three of its roadmap, with Step On June 17 in Northern Ireland outdoor venues with a minimum antiques events, fairs and are stricter limits. Four delayed from June 21 to a relaxation of some rules was accredited capacity of 5000. markets in the coming weeks, Retail services, galleries and July 19. Currently, indoor events put back until July 5, subject to This move had come after while in Ireland a lifting of museums have been open for can have a maximum of 1000 review on July 1. museums, galleries, click and restrictions has begun. some time in Scotland but people or 50% of the venue Currently indoor gatherings collect services (May 10) and restrictions remain on events. capacity. Outdoor events can are allowed but to determine non-essential retail (May 17) Scotland At Level Zero, indoor events have 4000 people or 50% of the maximum number of people had reopened in the previous First Minister Nicola Sturgeon are permitted with a maximum venue capacity. permitted to attend, a risk month. announced last week that capacity of 400 people and In Step Four larger events are assessment must be carried out. From July 5, subject to lockdown easing in Scotland outdoor free-standing events permitted. Indoor gatherings of 15 people review, indoor events can have would be paused for three are permitted with a maximum or fewer do not need a risk a maximum of 50 attendees at weeks. capacity of 1000. Wales assessment. the majority of venues, with 100 Rather than go ahead with a At Level One, indoor events Wales is moving from alert At outdoor gatherings up to allowed in larger venues. relaxation of rules on June 28, can have a maximum capacity Level Two to Level One, the 500 people can attend. An Outdoor events will be the current situation will remain of 200 while outdoor free- least restrictive. increase in these numbers is allowed a maximum of 200 in place until July 19. standing events can take place Some changes were likely as part of any changes on attendees for the majority of The plan is for all of Scotland with up to 500. announced on June 21 but so July 5. venues, with 500 people to move to Level Zero on that At Level Two, the numbers was a four-week pause to any Over the EU border in the permitted at outdoor venues date and to remove all are 100 and 250 respectively. further relaxation of the rules. Republic of Ireland, which has with a minimum accredited remaining major restrictions on The delay in Scotland comes The next lockdown review will operated a longer and stricter capacity of 5000. August 9, although a return to after other parts of the UK had now be on July 15. lockdown regime than any part Further increases in the full office working will be also delayed easing of some From Monday, June 7, of the UK, gradual easing is numbers permitted at indoor phased in rather than take place restrictions, effectively delaying regulated events in the under way. and outdoor events are under immediately. the return of larger events while principality (on the permitted From June 7 organised consideration for August.
Duke’s launches ‘collection Italy seeks to open its art market care service’ with new role with export threshold changes Dorset auction house Duke’s is “The UK and European The export of Italian art has world-renowned artistic and this change will hopefully creating a heritage and regional auction market is become easier following cultural value. result in greater revenues and valuations division and has hired vibrant right now and has seen changes made to the country’s “It has policed and battled a wider international audience a former surveyor of The an upsurge in interest in recent cultural laws. for decades to stem the illegal for Italy’s art market, much Queen’s Works of Art to form the years,” he told ATG. The changes were made last export of artistic and cultural more is required to make Italy new team. Bird said at Duke’s he will be year but now the art market artefacts from its a serious challenger to France’s Rufus Bird – previously a “developing a new collection has begun to test the new borders. However, this has positioning as the EU’s new art director at Christie’s – filled that care service for private system with more Italian severely hampered Italy’s market powerhouse post royal role between 2018-21 and collections” and will give auction houses offering art standing in the international Brexit. was a deputy surveyor from strategic advice on private online. art market as a pro-trade “To keep ahead of the 2010-17. He is currently retained sales. He is also advising on the Until last year, Italian law destination. chasing pack France made as a consultant on furniture and sale of private collections and would only permit the export “There have long been calls much more radical reforms to historic interiors to the Royal country house auctions. of works of living artists or for their strict export laws to be its export system. It will be Collection Trust. Laura Chesters those who died less than 50 relaxed and these amendments interesting to see if other key
Photo: Julian Calder Photography years ago. Older pictures, are a small step in that markets of the EU, such as regardless of value, required an direction giving more freedom Spain, begin to follow Italy export licence. to the lower end of the market, and France’s lead.” In 2017, a reform extended allowing its dealers and French online auction the ‘deceased artist clause’ to citizens greater participation platform Drouot Digital has 70 years and also introduced a in the international market.” started to notice a change for value threshold of €13,500 Italy’s changes have not Italian auction houses. below which art and antiques gone as far as France, which Antoine de Rochefort, CEO could move freely. It came into made a number of amendments of Drouot Digital, said: “Many effect in the autumn of 2020. in January this year following Italian auctions are now listed Rudy Capildeo, partner at years of consultation. Among on various online marketplaces law firm Charles Russell the changes is the doubling of seeking to appeal to an Speechlys, said: “Italy is the value threshold for international audience.” inevitably protective over its paintings more than 50 years For instance, Drouot deep and rich cultural old to €300,000 (from currently has listings from 20 patrimony, being a country €150,000) (as reported in ATG Italian auction houses, Above: Rufus Bird has joined Duke’s. that sits on centuries worth of No 2478). including Finarte, Bertolami, accumulated artefacts of Capildeo added: “While Cambi and Capitolium art. 8 | 3 July 2021 antiquestradegazette.com
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Pick of the week ‘Puritan’s warning’ over a fad for patches Continued from front page “non-objectified portrayal of a black lady” as key to the interest in the work. Catalogued as ‘English school, c.1650’ and given “You could well imagine how museums on both a £2000-4000 estimate at the June 23 sale, it drew sides of the Atlantic would desire such an image with extraordinary interest from dealers, private buyers present needs to broaden subject matter and diversity and one or two institutions, as well as the 171 people in public collections.” ‘watching’ the lot on thesaleroom.com. While the identity of the artist and sitters is The pre-sale bids had already reached £21,000 unknown, Trevanion’s catalogue entry suggested that before it was offered from the rostrum but, with all the painting may have been intended as ‘a moralistic eight phone lines booked including from bidders in warning to the viewer’ about the wearing of patches. the US, Italy and The Netherlands, it underwent a Patches had been used for centuries to cover up seven-minute bidding battle before coming down to an scars, sores and pustules, including those caused intense two-way contest between a private collector by venereal disease like syphilis. But during the 17th Above: detail of the painting sold at from Hampshire and another buyer also based in the and 18th centuries, these patches, especially those Trevanion for £220,000. UK. It was knocked down to the latter at £220,000, made from expensive materials like silk or velvet, also generating a round of applause in the saleroom. came to be worn as adornments and were cut into occur on ‘nightwalking’ (prostitution) and licentious The price was a house record for Trevanion. decorative shapes as can be seen here. behaviour during Cromwell’s rule. Among the underbidders was London dealer Philip The fashion seemingly became fairly widespread The ‘puritan’s warning’ explanation of the picture Mould, who told ATG: “It was not artistically a work and was associated with vanity and promiscuity by was also implied by the inscription above the women of note but, given its date and subject matter, this puritans. In 1650 Parliament debated passing an that reads: I black with white bespott y white with was amply compensated for by its socio-historical act against the ‘vice of painting and wearing black blacke this evil proceeds from thy proud hart then take importance.” He pointed to the wearing of patches patches, and the immodest dress of women’. Although her: Devill. being rarely seen in formal portraiture as well as the it did not make it into law, a wider crackdown did Alex Capon
join Adam Partridge Auctioneers. His positive Webb’s launches approach to life, brilliant work Wellington team ethic and extensive knowledge New Zealand auction house and experience is perfect to Webb’s, in Auckland, has Precious lead our teams and help to take created a new art team in metals the business forward.” Wellington, with the appointments of Carey Young On Friday, June 25, Above: Malcolm Barber and David Maskill. of Bonhams. Young joins as fine art Michael Bloomstein of Appeal after silver specialist and is returning to Brighton was paying the stolen from hall the firm she worked for between following for bulk scrap Barber promoted at Above: Aaron Dean has joined A group of silver and silver 2011-14. against a gold fix of: Bonhams HK auction house Adam Partridge. plate items has been stolen Maskill has been appointed $1783.25 €1493.43 £1281.80 from the Cutlers’ Hall in Bonhams has promoted as an art consultant and is a Dean joins Adam Sheffield and police are seeking Malcolm Barber to co-chairman specialist in 18th century Gold Partridge saleroom information on the incident. and CEO Asia in Hong Kong. French art and in the history of 22 carat: £1133.86 per oz The theft took place on May He has previously held the posts prints. (£36.46 per gram) Aaron Dean has joined Adam 28 when the Grade II* building of group managing director and Partridge as senior valuer and was broken into and the silver group CEO working in the US 18 carat: £927.70 (£29.83) auctioneer. was taken from a locked for the auction house. Sotheby’s starts 15 carat: £773.09 (£24.86) Dean had previously worked display case. Edward Wilkinson will leave sales in Germany at Dreweatts and Gorringe’s Among the missing his role of executive director 14 carat: £721.55 (£23.20) and jointly founded Shropshire collection is a 2ft 4in (70cm) Asia, becoming worldwide Sotheby’s is to launch sales in 9 carat: £463.85 per oz auction house Trevanion & silver presentation salver and a director of Indian, Himalayan Germany and has opened a Dean in 2014. He left the firm 1783, 6in (16cm) high George and south-east Asian art in new office at The Palais (£14.91 per gram) in 2019 to move to Cheshire III candlestick. London. Oppenheim in Cologne. 12 Month High: ▲ £18.32 with his partner and took a For the full list and images It will hold auctions in the 12 Month Low: ▼ £14.19 career break. contact Colonel Philip Bates, city of Modern & Having returned to the CEO of the Company of Contemporary Art, Design, Hallmark Platinum auction world this year as a Cutlers in Hallamshire, at Photography and Luxury and £21.36 per gram general valuer, Dean will philip.bates@cutler- has three scheduled sales this continue to specialise in books, hallamshire.org.uk autumn. The inaugural sale of Silver historic documents and Anyone with information on Modern & Contemporary Art ephemera and maintains his this incident should call 101 will be held online on £15.58 per oz for 925 interest in other categories quoting crime reference September 10-17. standard hallmarked including furniture, clocks and number 14/825513/21 from Sotheby’s said Cologne 12 Month High: ▲ £17.65 works of art. Sheffield Police or call becomes its sixth selling Adam Partridge said: “We Crimestoppers anonymously Above: Carey Young and location in Europe joining 12 Month Low: ▼ £11.51 are very excited to have Aaron on 0800 555 111. David Maskill of Webb’s. London, Paris, Geneva, Zurich 10 | 3 July 2021 antiquestradegazette.com
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TOP SELLING LOTS Photo: Larbig Mortag. Bonhams, London, June 23 Patinated bronze figure of ‘Peter Pan’ by Sir George James Frampton (British, 1860-1928), dated 1913, 19in (48cm) high on marble plinth. Estimate: £20,000-30,000 Most read Hammer: £25,000
Right: among the lots coming up The most viewed stories for for sale at Sotheby’s in Cologne week June 17-23 on Tennants, (above) is Ohne Titel (Blauer antiquestradegazette.com Leyburn, June 19 Oktant) by Adolf Fleischmann, Mary Fedden 1951, estimated at €7000-9000. 1 Court judgment on (1915-2012), rent for St James’s Redcliffe Road, gallery ‘will impact signed and and Milan. Sotheby’s first wider market’ dated 1946, oil on canvas, opened an office in Germany Julier appointed 2 Rolex Daytona is £30 2ft 6in x 20in (in Munich) in 1969. by Hotlotz bargain in lockdown Separately Sotheby’s is (75 x 50cm). launching a summer Hotlotz in Singapore has 3 Silver buyers release Estimate: private sales gallery in hired Grace Julier as a pent-up demand £6000-8000 Monaco, running from valuer and appraiser. Hammer: £17,000 4 Saleroom pulls July to October. She was previously at ‘looted artefacts from Read more about Mallams in the UK. Maqdala’ after German sales in Bonhams, London, June 23 Ethiopian appeal ATG’s feature this Late 15th century south German or Tyrolean carved week (page 38-39 Left: Grace 5 A Newlyn fisherman wood, polychrome and parcel gilt decorated figure of & 42). Julier. picture and a Jacobite a male saint, possibly St John attributed to Michael goblet are among five Pacher (c.1435-98), 2ft 7in (78cm) high. lots to watch at Estimate: £8000-12,000 Mudge Green stands auction Hammer: £16,000 out in Taylor clock sale HIGHEST MULTIPLE OVER TOP ESTIMATE Highlights from the first tranche of the clock collection of Isle of Man entrepreneur and horologist Dr John C Taylor (b.1936) were offered for sale by dealership Carter Marsh in London last week. Close to half of the Part I catalogue was sold on the June 23 opening day at the Mayfair galleries of furniture dealer Ronald Phillips, with other sales anticipated later in the week. The In Numbers exhibition, featuring all 46 pieces, will now be offered in Carter Marsh’s Winchester premises from July 3-24. The leading individual sale completed prior to opening was the Mudge Green, one of two shagreen-cased marine timekeepers 101.38 Toovey’s, Washington, West Sussex, June 23 made by Thomas Mudge as he pitched for the Longitude Prize Circle of Domenico Beccafumi, a 17th century pen and ink study of a in 1777. It had been bought by Dr Taylor at Sotheby’s in 2004 for The number of carats in a river god, probably Scaldis, 4 x 8in (10 x 21cm). $1.24m and was priced at £1.2m. pear-shaped D colour flawless Estimate: £100-150 English Golden Age sales included an exceptional Charles II diamond to be offered at Hammer: £9500 table clock by Henry Jones (1642-95). Made c.1673, around the Sotheby’s Hong Kong in a time Jones left the apprenticeship of Edward East and started to single-lot live auction on work independently at the Inner Temple, it houses a full Grande July 9. The auction house Busby, Bridport, June 17 Sonnerie striking movement in a flat-topped ‘transitional’ burr said it would accept payment Regency ebonised chess table with walnut case of a type that would become Jones’ trademark. in Bitcoin or Ether for the fold-out painted chess board. Described as the maker’s chef d’oeuvre and dubbed ‘the item, estimated at HK$78- Estimate: £80-120 Masterpiece Jones’, it was ticketed at £255,000. 118m (approximately Hammer: £3000 Taylor’s collection is perhaps the £7.23m-10.93m), making finest assemblage of English it the highest estimate Golden Age and precision ever for a physical object timekeepers in private hands. offered for purchase with The dispersal of more than 150 cryptocurrency. clocks, watches and instruments will be conducted via a number Elstob & Elstob, Ripon, June 19 of catalogued selling exhibitions, Nineteenth century Chinese silk perhaps over two years. embroidery in a pierced hardwood Roland Arkell frame, 18in (45cm) square. Estimate: £50-70 Hammer: £3000 Right: Charles II table clock by Henry Jones Source:Source: Bid Bid Barometer Barometer is isa snapshot a snapshot of sales of sales on thesaleroom.com on thesaleroom.com for January for June 8-16, 17-23, 2019. 2021. ‘Highest‘Highest pricemultiple over overestimate’ top estimate’= Our selection = Our of selection items from of theitems top from10 highest the top hammer 20 highest prices hammeras a from the Dr John C Taylor pricesmultiple as of a the multiple high estimate of the high paid estimateby internet paid bidders by internet on thesaleroom.com bidders on thesaleroom.com collection. ‘Top‘Top sellingselling lots’ lots’ = =Our Our selection selection of itemsof items from from the top the 10 top highest 20 highest hammer hammer prices paidprices by internetpaid by internetbidders on bidders thesaleroom.com on thesaleroom.com
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goldA £48,000 Nathaniel Marchant intaglio from a celebrated collection leads Roland Arkell’s saleroom round-up of jewellery highlights Above: one of the ‘lost’ Marlborough gems, a Nathaniel Marchant intaglio ring sold for £48,000 at Christie’s. Below: a sardonyx cameo depicting Napoleon as a classical emperor by Niccolò Morelli – £22,000 at Chiswick Auctions. The collection of about 800 engraved gems formed by the nobleman and politician George Spencer, 4th Duke of Marlborough (1739-1817), was the largest and most important of the age. Commissioning a Marchant It resided at Blenheim Palace until it was sold intaglio was expensive and by the 6th Duke en bloc at Christie, Manson & “ Woods in 1875 to David Bromilow (1809-98) of subject to a waiting list Bitteswell Hall, Leicestershire, for £35,000. The valuation was conducted by ‘the eminent expert Signor Castellani’, the celebrated Italian revivalist jeweller. It was then dispersed piecemeal by Christie’s again in June 1899. Marlborough collection. This highly finished The present whereabouts of some two-thirds example sold on June 8, depicting Nike, goddess of the gems sold in the auction is now unknown, of Victory, pouring from a jug into a patera, although the Beazley archive in Oxford possesses beside a wreathed altar, is copied from a small impressions and electrotype copies of virtually Etruscan marble relief in the British Museum. It every Marlborough gem as well as the cataloguer’s was acquired at the 1899 sale by Charles Newton- notebooks. It was these that were published in Robinson (1853-1913) and resold again in 1909 2009 as The Marlborough Gems: Formerly at Blenheim when it was bought by an ancestor of the vendor, Palace, Oxfordshire. Hugh Meyer Sassoon (b.1929). As the market for glyphic art strengthens, some Christie’s estimated it at £3000-5000 – a very of the ‘lost’ gems are surfacing. Two appeared attractive number in the light of the £100,000 at UK regional sales in 2019: a sard intaglio bid for a Marchant carnelian intaglio ring of ring thought to depict the Roman politician and the Apollo Belvederes as part of a single-owner general Mark Anthony (£36,000 at Cheffins) collection at Sotheby’s in 2018, or indeed the and a Renaissance period sapphire intaglio surprise £39,000 bid for another of a classical carved with the bust of Julius Caesar (£62,000 at female at Tennants in January 2019. Woolley & Wallis). Bidders responded accordingly and it sold at Another, signed for the celebrated Georgian £48,000 (£60,000 including buyer’s premium). glyptic arts in France, extending the Prix de Rome gem engraver Nathaniel Marchant (1739-1816), to gem engravers from 1805 and fostering a school emerged at Christie’s (25% buyer’s premium) on Napoleon’s favourite engraver for students of the subject under Roman-Vincent June 8 as part of a sale of furniture and chattels The best cameos and intaglios continue to shine Jeuffroy of the Paris Mint. from a number of titled UK sources. at auction. A carved sardonyx cameo depicting Many gem engravers chose to portray the Commissioning a Marchant intaglio was Napoleon as a classical emperor sold for £22,000 emperor and his family. However, Niccolò Morelli expensive and, after he returned from Rome with (estimate £600-800) at a sale of Silver and Object (whose clients included Francis I of Austria and a big reputation in 1789, subject to a waiting list. of Vertu held by Chiswick Auctions (25/12% Count Sommariva) was considered his favourite, In 1792 he published the Catalogue of One Hundred buyer’s premium) on June 11. and virtually the empire’s official, engraver. Impressions from Gems engraved by Nathaniel Marchant Unknown to the local vendor, who had kept it in In November 2020, Bonhams offered a cameo – listing the various subjects in his oeuvre and the a drawer, it was of the period c.1810 and is signed believed to be a portrait of Marie, Countess names of the social elite who commissioned them. Morelli for the Roman engraver Niccolò Morelli Walewska, (1786-1817), the Polish noblewoman The 4th Duke of Marlborough was perhaps (1771-1830). Measuring 1¾in (4cm) and mounted in and mistress of Napoleon Bonaparte, who bore Marchant’s most notable early patron. Ten gold, it is housed in a later ebonised frame. him a son in 1810. It was unsold with a guide of works by, or attributed to, Marchant were in the Napoleon gave much encouragement to the £15,000-20,000. n 12 | 3 July 2021 antiquestradegazette.com
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In the thrifty years after the Wall Street Crash, many Cartier jewels used fewer earring suite combining around 10ct of large diamonds and more colourful secondary stones. What they lost in intrinsic diamonds with approximately 150ct of emerald-cut aquamarines value they more than made up for with the ‘wow’ factor. (the largest weighing 19.83ct) was offered here with a guide of £15,000- Two Cartier jewels offered by Elmwood’s (20% buyer’s premium) in London 20,000 but sold at £30,000. on June 10 dated from c.1940: a bracelet comprising circular carved rock crystal Ten phone lines were also booked for a 1940s dress ring with a central stone links punctuated by sugarloaf coral cabochons, and an arrow-form clip brooch of 13.04ct, between geometric shoulders set with step cut tourmalines and set with a row of step cut tourmalines with old cut diamonds providing contrast. single cut diamond. It was probably Brazilian and of a colour that today would Both fully signed, the former also with French assay marks, these performed be designated ‘Martha Rocha’ (after the 1950s beauty queen known for her with gusto – selling at £16,000 (estimate £5000-8000) and £8500 (estimate captivating blue eyes). The hammer price was £8500 (estimate £2000-3000). £6000-8000) respectively. Good coloured stones and signed pieces remain the strength of the jewellery The aquamarine was another stone championed by Maison Cartier and the market. So too are modernist pieces by the Cool Britannia generation of Grima, top French ateliers during this challenging post-Depression era. Like tourmalines Donald and De Temple. and topaz, the pale blue beryl was pushed to the forefront of jewellery design. Elmwood’s offering of 1970s jewels included a pair of green tourmaline This auction included, as the property of a lady, a number of (unsigned) earrings by Andrew Grima, each set in diamond-accented fan borders (£5500 to aquamarine jewels acquired by the owner’s family from SJ Phillips in the a collector), and an abstract 18ct yellow gold brooch with diamond accents with 1970s. At the time many of these large diamond-highlighted pieces were being marks for Gillian Packard, London 1970 (£1500). broken up but the survivors that have Many jewels of this period use semi-precious minerals as primary stones – appeared on the market in but there are always exceptions. Unmarked but also dating from c.1970 was a recent years have done diamond cocktail ring by Charles de Temple that comprised a central round cut so with great aplomb. diamond of 2.78ct against a textured ground of two-coloured gold and smaller A 1950s necklace, diamond highlights. Offered in a Charles de Temple box, Elmwood’s said it got brooch and away to a collector at the lower end of a £15,000-20,000 guide. 3
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1. Cartier tourmaline and diamond clip brooch – £8500. 2. Cartier rock crystal and coral bracelet c.1940 – £16,000. 3. Aquamarine and diamond necklace, brooch and earring suite – £30,000. 4. Charles de Temple diamond cocktail ring – £15,000.
Boucheron bought direct from the Bond Street shop
Halls’ (23% buyer’s premium) Summer auction in Shrewsbury on June 16 included a private collection of nine pieces of Boucheron jewellery. Below: 1960s Boucheron diamond Purchase receipts indicated they had been acquired from the atelier’s ribbon necklace – £15,000. Bond Street shop in the 1960s. Bought for £490 on September 30, 1966, was Right: 1960s Boucheron enamel and a blue enamel and diamond flower brooch diamond flower brooch – £6500. designed as five blue enamel ‘petals’ with a central brilliant cut diamond ‘stamen’ and three pave diamond ‘leaves’. Offered in its original Boucheron box with a photocopy of the receipt, it sold 60 years later for £6500. Sold at £15,000 was a diamond ‘ribbon’ necklace set with brilliant cut stones within baguette cut links. It was not stamped but again came in its original fitted box accompanied by a photocopy of a Boucheron insurance valuation dated October 23, 1964, for £2000.
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Liver bird brooch made as a wartime order
This liver bird brooch shown far right, hallmarked for 1943, appears to have been commissioned as a bespoke order for Margaret Hall, the daughter of a lord mayor of Liverpool who, from 1935-6, was herself the lady mayoress of the city. During wartime, she commissioned the brooch from Birmingham jeweller Alabaster & Wilson. In keeping with restrictions placed on jewellers during the period, the piece was made in bi-colour 9ct gold. Right: a liver bird brooch The design was remade from 1952 for sale by together with pictures of Boodle & Dunthorne – the original sketches for the original designs (left) a number of different treatments still survive in by Alabaster & Wilson and the factory archives. the recipient, Liverpool Lady Margaret Hall’s brooch came for sale at the Mayoress Margaret Hall (above). Wilson55 (22% buyer’s premium) Fine Jewellery & Watches sale in Nantwich on June 17 with a guide of £300-4000. Offered with its original box in ‘fair to good condition with some repair work to the reverse’, it took £1800. Royalist stalwart A blue enamel and diamond ring containing a Left: two views of an 17th century stone with a royal provenance was enamel and diamond offered with an estimate of £3000-5000. with a 17th century royal The later (probably Victorian) mount bears provenance – £6800. an inscription reading: Given by King Charles the 2nd to the Hon’ble Charles Bertie, Son of Montague Earl of Lindsey 1649. The 1.5ct diamond is certainly in keeping for the period, with a He was present at the surrender of Oxford in June Charles Bertie was the 2nd Earl’s fifth son and ‘candlelight’ rose cut. 1646, attended the king in 1647, and finally served as would have been around nine years old in 1649 This ring was inherited by the vendor’s late a commissioner for the Treaty of Newport in 1648, when, in the year of the regicide, the diamond husband, who bore a direct line to Montagu a failed treaty between Parliament and Charles I was reputed to be given to him by Charles II as Bertie, 2nd Earl of Lindsey (1608-66), a Royalist intended to end hostilities. a gesture of thanks for the family’s loyalty and who raised a regiment of cavalry in Lincolnshire He continued to attend the king during his trial service to the Royalist cause. The selling price at the outbreak of the English Civil War. and accompanied his body to burial. was £6800.
Colour and texture are key to Kashmir sapphire appeal
Kashmir sapphires have acquired a near-legendary just five years between 1882-87, when the supply the last lot of the day, it more than doubled the top status, due to their lustrous cornflower colour, soft was depleted. estimate to bring £32,000. velvety texture and extreme rarity. A new mine was later opened and periodic Deposits of the sapphires were first discovered mining has been carried out since, but Prominent Thornes and mined in the early 1880s, following a the vast majority of Kashmir sapphires A yet more spectacular Kashmir sapphire was landslide in a remote valley. Hearing of these found on the market today were offered for sale at Doyle in New York on June sapphires, brighter than any previously mined during this short period. 17 after descending in three generations of the discovered, the Maharaja of Kashmir Certification is a must. The prominent Thorne family of New York. purchased the mine and worked it for 19th century sapphire and The Thorne fortune had its beginnings in 1795 rose-cut diamond ring with a Quaker country store in Washington, New offered at Fellows’ York, and grew to encompass wool importing, cattle (23/15% buyer’s and sheep breeding and leather manufacturing. premium) Fine This Belle Époque brooch, c.1910, centred by a Jewellery auction on 5.12ct sapphire was first owned by Phebe Ketchum May 27 came with Thorne (1865-1931) who, with her husband Edwin a 2019 report from Thorne (1861-1936), lived in an elegant Fifth SSEF, stating that the Avenue townhouse and homes in Millbrook and stone weighed 6.381ct, Long Island. was from Kashmir and The stone came with an AGL report stating the showed no signs of heat colour as an intense ‘royal blue’. It was estimated treatment. at $100,000-200,000 and did considerably better, It stole the show when, as selling at $325,000 (£250,000).
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The star of Chiswick Auctions’ (25/12% buyer’s premium) Jewellery auction on May 28 was an Art Deco diamond and rock crystal Cartier brooch, c.1925. Offered in the west London saleroom with an appealing estimate of £12,000-15,000, an array of 13 different phones as well as online bidders sent it to £120,000 (£150,000 including premium). Specialist Sarah Duncan described the brooch as “a wonderful example of the influence Indian art had on the jewellery being created by Cartier. The family history, compounded by the fact that this piece has never before been on the open market, made it very desirable to our international bidders.” The brooch was formerly owned by the New York socialite Augusta McCagg (1895-1965), who was related to some of the most prominent families in America including the Kings, the Fishes, the Browns and the Vanderbilts. She split her time between Newport, Rhode Island and New York City. McCagg never married and the brooch had passed down together with a dozen other pieces through the family, now based in the UK. Ramshaw ring towers Also of note was a private London collection from a personal friend of jewellery designer Wendy Ramshaw (1939-2018). Highlights included two of Ramshaw’s well- known ring towers, one hallmarked 1986 made of 18ct gold and diamonds which sold for a hammer price of £2600, the other of silver and moonstone from 1969 which took £1700 from an online bidder. Above: Art Deco diamond and rock crystal Cartier brooch owned by Augusta McCaig (right) Right: a gold and diamond ring and brass – £120,000 at Chiswick Auctions. ring tower by Wendy Ramshaw – £2600.
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A MAGNIFICIENT DIAMOND BRACELET, BY BULGARI, CIRCA 1950 Already consigned This Rare1980’s Panther Ring by Cartier The highly articulated bracelet designed with three rows of brilliant-cut diamonds within claw-setting, mounted Est.1887 Enquires: in platinum, diamonds approximately 20-22cts total, Claire Mestrallet signed Bvlgari, with maker’s case, length 17cm [email protected] ADAM’S Tel: + 353 1 676 0261 Ireland’s Premier Jewellery Auctioneers SOLD FOR €30,000 www.adams.ie
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Heigh-ho, off to sale we go
The appeal of this bracelet hung with eight enamel charms depicting Snow White and Seven Dwarfs (above and detail right) lies in its Disney subject matter and its association with Cartier. The originals of this design were made by the French atelier, c.1938, with a similar bracelet produced two years later to mark the release of Pinocchio. They are hugely popular in the market: one sold for $65,000 at Doyle in New York in October 2020. This humbler example, made in gilt metal rather than 14ct gold, is not in the same league but it nonetheless took a surprise £850 (estimate £30-40) at the Cotswold Auction Company (22% buyer’s premium) in Cirencester on May 18. The Snow White charm had a substantial chip; otherwise it could have brought more. At New Jersey firm Happy birthdays for Rago in October 2020 another sold at $3500. four generations An episode of BBC Antiques Roadshow filmed at Windermere and broadcast in February included this 18ct gold and pearl necklace by HG Murphy (above). Originally a gift to Angela Scott-Nicholson on her 21st birthday in 1931, it had passed by descent to new owners through four generations on each of their 18th birthdays. It was valued by jewellery specialist John Benjamin at £10,000-15,000. The piece, in its original fitted box with the Falcon Studio printed logo, comprises seven graduated gold discs, five set with natural saltwater half-pearls within stylised swirling leaf and spiral motifs and a twisted wirework borders. It comes for sale at Woolley & Wallis of Salisbury on July 15 with an estimate of £8000-12,000. Back in July 2018, the firm set a record for Murphy when a circular pendant centred by an oval cabochon blue sapphire within borders of enamel, gold strapwork rubies and emeralds sold at £56,000. This latest piece, from a cache of items from the Murphy family was chosen as the front-cover illustration to Paul Atterbury and John Benjamin’s The Jewellery and Silver of HG Murphy (2005) where the original drawing for the gold and pearl necklace, c.1930, is illustrated (below).
Archaeological revivals to dig
These two fine examples of archaeological revival gold jewellery come for sale in the regions in July. This unmarked pendant locket, c.1870, offered at Tennants in Leyburn (above left), is a copy of an Etruscan 5th century BC pendant in the form of the river god Achelous which was found at Chiusi and formed part of the famous Campana Collection now in the Musée du Louvre, Paris. The locket is decorated throughout with the granulation and filigree decoration that, relearned in the mid- 19th century, was such an important aspect of revivalist goldsmithing. Estimate at the Summer Fine Sale on July 17 is £3000-£5000. Etruscan-style Castellani The biggest name in Etruscan-style jewellery is the Italian goldsmith Fortunato Pio Castellani. An adviser on the excavation of the hugely influential Regolini-Galassi tomb in one of the wealthiest Etruscan family tomb of Caere in 1836, he was himself a collector of antiquities. The family emporium next to the Trevi Fountain in Rome was a must for Grand Tourists. The gold and enamel fringe Etruscan-style brooch (above right), guided at £2200-2500 at Sworders in Stansted Mountfitchet on July 27, dates from c.1860 by which time the business had passed to two sons Alessandro (1824-83) and Augusto (1829-1914). tennants.co.uk sworder.co.uk
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PAGE 012-16, 018 2499.indd 6 25/06/2021 11:27:47 Lot 356: Presentation bronze military figure of a Swedish Life Guard by Alfred Ohlson (1868-1940), Fine Militaria Auction presented to a Swedish officer who was killed in action during the Finnish Civil War in 1918 Wednesday 7th & Thursday 8th July Est. £600-£800 Sale commences at 10.30am, viewing is by appointment only (plus 24% BP*)
Lot 215: 3rd Volunteer Lot 492: Rare personal flag / pennant of Lot 29: Victorian 30th Battalion Lancashire Kriegsmarine Grand Admiral / Admiral (Cambridgeshire) Regiment of Fusiliers officer’s Busby Inspector Erich Raeder 1943-45 Foot officer's shoulder belt plate Est. £500-£700 Est. £1,500-£2,500 pre-1855 (plus 24% BP*) (plus 24% BP*) Est. £800-£1,200 (plus 24% BP*)
Lot 481: Imperial German Saxon Lot 463: WWI German trench artillery enlisted ranks armour (Sappenpanzer) set Lot 355: Royal Air Force three-bladed propeller from a Pickelhaube / Kugelhelm Lot 696: 19th century French mantel Est. £1,500-£2,500 Percival Pembroke aircraft Est. £800-£1,200 clock, Napoleon Bonaparte on horseback (plus 24% BP*) Est. £1,000-£1,500 (plus 24% BP*) (plus 24% BP*) Est. £400-£600 (plus 24% BP*)
For more information please contact our Military Specialist BID LIVE at www.candtauctions.co.uk Matthew Tredwen +44 (0)1233 510050 C&T Auctioneers & Valuers [email protected] BP* - Buyer’s premium of 24% incl. VAT @ 20% High House Business Park, Ashford TN26 2LF
Royal Doulton Prestige Figure ‘The Charge Of The Light Brigade’ HN3718. Part of a large single owner collection.
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Buyer’s premium 20% including VAT. Terms: cash/banker’s draft/debit/credit cards. Online auction plus telephone & commission bids. View our catalogue and bid by telephone or online via the saleroom at (Just off the A465, midway Abergavenny and Hereford) www.nigel-ward.co.uk On-site parking Special early July ONLINE-ONLY two-day sale of Monday 5th - Tuesday 6th July ANTIQUE & COUNTRY FURNITURE, PORCELAIN, SILVER, PAINTINGS, Commencing 9.30am both days OBJETS D’ART & COLLECTABLES Many quality items to hand briefly including: set of 18 mahogany buttoned dining chairs, early 19thC This sale also features a 1985 Rolex linen press, good Edwardian drawleaf dining table, etc. CHINA 18thC Sèvres and Meissen custard GMT-Master reference 1655 calibre 3075, cups, Louis Philippe part coffee set, mid-19thC Paris inkwell, first period Worcester porcelain, English a range of military wristwatches to include earthenware including Yorkshire ram figure, James Neale jug, early 19thC Masons ironstone, BFA shire ‘Dirty Dozen’ Eterna and Record plus horses and Great Escape, etc. MISCELLANEA Luristan ‘silver’ beaked vessel c.1000 BC, antique vintage Omega and Rolex. Thai standing Buddha, Chinese art including Emperor and Fortnightly online sales featuring Empress figurines, cased fan, Canton enamels, fine early fine art, furniture, jewellery, armorial bellarmine, Russian lacquer boxes, interesting Pallisers bar-fitter’s vending machine, stereoscopic viewer, watches and collectables Japanese okimono of gent seated, Newlyn copper tray, gold charm bracelet, etc. Estate Clearance Specialists 1973 Rolex Explorer II 2.20ct diamond ring OUTSIDE, VINTAGE & HOUSEHOLD EFFECTS Model number 1655, Square emerald cut single calibre 1570 from a stone, clarity VVS2-VS1. Friday 2nd JULY at 9am private collection. ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES https://www.the-saleroom.com/en-gb/auction-catalogues/ Saturday 3rd JULY at 9am nigel-ward-and-company 01543 251081 www.richardwinterton.co.uk [email protected] The Lichfield Auction Centre, Wood End Lane, Fradley Park WS13 8NF
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Brooches ready to catch the eye
A selection of very different brooches coming up for sale in the UK regions in July: 1. An early 20th century diamond and 1 demantoid garnet caterpillar brooch, estimate £800-1200 at Lawrences of Crewkerne on July 22. 2 2. A pair of gem-set duck brooches by OJ Perrin modelled as ducks with a cabochon chrysoprase eye, estimate £600-800 at Lyon & Turnbull in London on July 1. 3. A gold and platinum amethyst, cabochon turquoise and diamond brooch-pendant by George Weil, c.1970, centred with an oval faceted amethyst, estimated to weigh 46.14ct, guide £2000-3000 at Lindsay Burns in Perth on July 20-22. 4. An Edwardian diamond and platinum bow brooch-pendant set with a central old cut diamond estimated to weigh 1.17ct, guide £4000-6000 at Dreweatts in 3 4 Newbury on July 7.
SUMMER FINE ART AUCTION
Wednesday 7th July at 10am The auction includes silver, jewellery, THE REGION’S coins , ceramics, glass, paintings & prints, NEW AUCTIONEERING metalware, clocks and furniture etc. A selection of Ceramics SERVICE
A 19th Century ebonised Bracket Clock with Cambridge We're an exciting new Auction chimes. Est: £700-1000 House with 100+ years experience (you may recognise some of the team from their ERNEST WALDRON WEST (1904-1994). 'The Last A near pair of 18th Century Delft blue and white previous lives at Brightwells). Supper', oil on canvas, 6ft x 14ft 10 1/2in. Est: £1,000-1,200 We'd be delighted if you join Jars 29 and 30cm high. Est: £3,000-6,000 our next sale on Wednesday 7th July. We have a varied and interesting collection on offer. Online bidding only of course, although we can place bids on your behalf if helpful. A collection of Staddle Stones
An 18th Century Harpsichord An unusual antique Continental by Jacobus & Abraham Kirkman, Folk Art fruitwood Desk. A Blue Topaz and Seed Pearl London 1787. Est: £15,000-20,000 Est: £400-£600 Necklace. Est: £200-300 T: 01568 600929 [email protected] To view the fully illustrated catalogue online and bid live visit www.minsterauctions.co.uk minsterauctions.co.uk Condition reports and additional images available on request. We can also bid on your behalf or telephone bidding is available. Viewing is strictly by appointment only on Saturday 3rd July Amtex Building, Southern Avenue, 9am-1pm and Monday 5th and Tuesday 6th July 9am-5pm. Leominster, Herefordshire, HR6 0QF
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PAGE 012-16, 018 2499.indd 7 25/06/2021 11:31:13 Thomas Del Mar Ltd BRITAIN’S LEADING INDEPENDENT AUCTIONEERS OF ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOUR & MILITARIA
ANTIQUE ARMS, ARMOUR & MILITARIA WEDNESDAY 30 JUNE 2021 AT 12 NOON INCLUDING PROPERTY SOLD AS PART OF OLYMPIA AUCTIONS’ FUNDRAISING INITIATIVE FOR THE WALLACE COLLECTION, WESTMINSTER ABBEY AND THE GRANGE FESTIVAL
Lot 318: A RUSSIAN SWORD FOR Lot 220: A SIAMESE BRAVERY, TO EMIL, PRINZ ZU (THAI) SILVER-GILT SAYN-WITTGENSTEIN-BERLEBURG MOUNTED SWORD BY MANUEL, 11TH MARQUIS OF (DHAB), 19TH CENTURY BEDMAR, DATED 1857 £8,000-12,000 £7,000-10,000
Lot 35: AN ENGLISH Lot 222: A NORTH INDIAN Lot 373: A PAIR OF DUTCH SILVER-ENCRUSTED Lot 332: A SOUTH GERMAN ETCHED, SWORD WITH GEM-SET JADE BRONZE CANNON, DATED 1646 RAPIER, CIRCA 1620 GILT AND EMBOSSED BURGONET, HILT AND GEM-SET GOLD £15,000-20,000 £3,500-4,500 AUGSBURG, CIRCA 1555-60, THE MOUNTS ETCHING ATTRIBUTED TO JÖRG SORG £15,000-20,000 £40,000-60,000
Lot 342: A COMPOSITE GERMAN Lot 273: AN ETHIOPIAN SILVER- Lot 214: A SOUTH-WEST CHINESE GOTHIC BREASTPLATE, LATE Lot 360: A NORTH GERMAN PIERCED MOUNTED SHIELD, 19TH CENTURY, CUIRASS (PIXIONGJIA), YI OR 15TH CENTURY AND EMBOSSED BRASS PLAQUE TH ALMOST CERTAINLY MADE FOR NUOSU PEOPLE (LOLO), 19 / £5,000-6,000 WITH THE ARMS OF JULIUS, DUKE OF TH A ROYAL PRESENTATION EARLY 20 CENTURY BRUNSWICK, DATED 1588 £3,000-4,000 £2,500-3,000 £6,000-8,000
Lot 333: A COMPOSITE SOUTH GERMAN BLACK-AND-WHITE THREE-QUARTER ARMOUR (HARNASCH), SECOND HALF OF THE 16TH CENTURY £7,000-9,000
Lot 370: A PAIR OF ENGLISH ENAMELLED STIRRUPS, LONDON, Lot 233: AN INDIAN SECOND HALF OF THE 17TH CENTURY, Lot 165: A CASED PAIR OF CARVED IVORY HILT WORKSHOP OF STEPHEN PILCHERD FLINTLOCK DUELLING FOR A TALWAR, 19TH OR ANTHONY HATCH PISTOLS BY JOSEPH MANTON, Lot 279: A PAIR OF MEXICAN CENTURY £5,000-8,000 LONDON, FOR 1813 ‘CONQUISTADOR’ STIRRUPS, LATE £500-700 £12,000-16,000 17TH CENTURY/18TH CENTURY £5,000-8,000
Lot 328: A GUIDON OF THE LONG/ LOWER ASHTON LIGHT DRAGOONS £1,800-2,500 Lot 131: A PERCUSSION COLT Lot 393: A COMPOSITE MIQUELET-LOCK PATERSON NO. 2 MODEL POCKET TH CARBINE WITH GERMAN BARREL, 16 REVOLVER, CIRCA 1837-40 CENTURY AND BRESCIAN LOCK AND £40,000-60,000 MOUNTS, CIRCA 1660 £7,000-8,000
Lot 138: A CASED D.B. PERCUSSION Lot 184: A CHINESE BOW CASE SPORTING RIFLE BY CHARLES (DASÛWAN), QING DYNASTY, LANCASTER, CIRCA 1840 Lot 424: A CASED SET OF ADAMS 18TH/19TH CENTURY, POSSIBLY £2,500-3,000 Lot 397: A PERCUSSION PATENT 1851 REVOLVERS OF FOR THE IMPERIAL GUARD SPORTING RIFLE MADE FOR EXHIBITION QUALITY PRESENTED £700-900 CHARLES JOHN BRANDLING BY KING WILLIAM III OF HOLLAND WITH FINE OTTOMAN (1817-99), 13TH NOVEMBER 1868 Lot 388: A SILESIAN WHEEL- BARREL, BY WILLIAM £30,000-40,000 LOCK BIRDING TSCHINKE, DAVISON, NEWCASTLE, 17TH CENTURY CIRCA 1820 £6,000-8,000 £2,500-3,500
Lot 402: A PAIR OF GERMAN WHEEL-LOCK BELT PISTOLS, NUREMBURG, CIRCA 1570-80 Lot 407: A PAIR OF VIENNESE £35,000-40,000 FLINTLOCK PISTOLS FOR A MEMBER Lot 362: AN IRON PLAQUE, PROBABLY MILAN OF THE BRUNSWICK AND LÜNEBURG CIRCA 1560-70 FAMILY BY PLONER, CIRCA 1720 £22,000-28,000 £20,000-30,000
PAGE 019 2499.indd 1 24/06/2021 16:02:49 Auction Reports Hammer highlights
A man who served to please Some buyers at Suffolk auction had been guests at collector’s Georgian-themed dinners
by Terence Ryle 2 1 Led by a £4100 18th century portrait miniature, a diverse single collection offered at Stowmarket by Bishop & Miller (22% buyer’s premium) on May 21 received an enthusiastic response. Of 827 lots bought by Richard Miller (1947-2018), a man with many interests and a good eye, some 98% got away, frequently well above estimates. Most of the buyers were English collectors, some of whom had been guests at the Georgian-themed dinners Miller and his wife Sheila held at their London and Suffolk homes. Meals were served on pewter, which was offered in 17 multiple lots 1. George Engleheart miniature – £4100 in this sale, such as the four (9½in at Bishop & Miller. 24cm) dished plates by John Jackson of London (1689-1716) sold at £120. 2. Eden taxidermy with Adam and Eve as Drinks came in 18th and early frogs – £3100. 19th century glasses. A group of 3. A 15th century stone Green Man head three George III ale glasses doubled – £2800. expectations at £110. 4. A c.1600 Alberghetti bronze mortar – Photography fan £600. A 15th century stone Green Man head – £2800. Of Miller’s widely varied antiques 4 enthusiasms, that of pioneering 5. A c.1180 cast bronze of St John – photography had its obvious source. £3100. He had begun work as a 17-year- 3 old photographic printer and rose to being head photographer at the Also from Napoleonic times was £100-150 estimate it went to £2900. London art and photography firm the top decoration, the Waterloo Standout among eight otherwise AC Cooper. Miller had begun work Medal awarded to artilleryman standard animal taxidermy lots Leading the 15 early examples was as a 17-year-old James Walker. Complete with clip was an unusual 12½in (32cm) wide an ambrotype, an 1854 improvement “ and ring suspension, it doubled the display of Eden but depicting Adam photographic printer of the glass plate variant of the mid-estimate at £1500. and Eve as frogs under the serpent- wet plate collodion process which and rose to be head Miller’s interest in medieval entwined apple tree. It was undated superseded Daguerreotypes. photographer material was reflected in a dozen in the catalogue against a £120-180 Depicting a Crimea War veteran pieces including a c.1180 solid cast- estimate sold at but sold at £3100. wearing his medals and the 1856 bronze figure of St John mourning pattern hussar tunic, it was pitched the crucifixion. Mortar fascination at £60-90 and made £650 from an 5 Similar to one in the Hayward Yet another of Miller’s enthusiasms online bidder. Gallery’s 1984 English Romanesque was 17th century bronze mortars. Art 1066-1200 exhibition, the 3¼in A dozen English examples went for Militaria man (8.5cm) tall engraved and gilded two- and low three-figure sums but The military aspect was undoubtedly figure doubled the top estimate in a c.1600 example attributed to one a bonus for Miller, who had a wide selling at £3100. of the famous Alberghetti family’s interest in militaria reflected in about Other medieval lots included 15th workshops in Ferrara, Florence and 40 items of weaponry, clothing and century pilgrim badges making two- Venice doubled top hopes at £600. accoutrements. or low three-figure sums, while adding The sale-topping miniature Top weapon was a 1796 pattern a pagan note was a 15th century portrait, one of seven on offer, light cavalry officer’s sabre retailed British carved stone head of the depicted one Hon Berkeley Paget by the famous Swiss-born London Green Man. This 7in (18cm) tall head and more importantly was signed for gunmaker Durs Egg with the blade pitched at £800-1200, took £2800. noted artist George Engleheart, 1804. engraved for the Holborn importer J Eighteenth century or possibly This 3¾in (9.5cm) tall gilt-framed J Runkel, Solingen along with a stand earlier, a carved wood crowned angel work had featured in a 1929 V&A of arms, the royal cipher GR and a with widespread 2ft 10in (86cm) exhibition of his work– and against a horseman. Estimated at £1000-1500, wings and holding a shield also sold £1000-1500 estimate it sold here at it made £3500. well above modest hopes. Against a £4100 via an online bid. n 20 | 3 July 2021 antiquestradegazette.com
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The best-performing lots in the tribal art sale at Woolley & Wallis (25% buyer’s premium) in Salisbury on June 8 were these two pieces: an Ibibio mask (idiok ekpo) sold at £30,000 and a Nicobar standing male figure (kareau) that brought £34,000. Expressive idiok ekpo represent spirits and were used in the dances of the Ibibio, who live east of the Niger Delta in south-east Nigeria. Finely carved with a particularly ‘strong’ face, this 10in Above: oak and iron-bound cellaret (25cm) example is painted black with white pigment to the painted HMY Britannia RYS – £400 at teeth within an articulated jaw. Bishop & Miller. It was thought to be late 19th or early 20th century in date: the British Museum has a mask from the same group it acquired in 1899. Guided at £600-800, it came for sale from the estate of Above: Ibibio mask (idiok ekpo) Wonderful Peter Mactaggart (1931-2020) whose family ran an antiques – £30,000 at Woolley & Wallis. shop in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, from the late 1940s to the Left: Nicobar standing male ways to wine early 1970s. figure kareau( ) – £34,000. Kareau were placed inside the entrance of huts to scare and dine away the spirits on the islands of Nicobar in the Bay of Bengal. This particular model standing 2ft 6in (76cm) high, with While wine served by Richard and remains of burnishing to the coiffure and pigment to the prints and drawings department at the British Museum from Sheila Miller was generally drunk from face, would have held a spear in the right hand to ward off 1954-73 and one of the so-called Monuments Men who Georgian glasses, it could come to the unwelcome intruders. worked in Italy during the latter stages of the Second table via these later talking points. Estimated at £2000-3000, it had a provenance to the World War. The 16in (40cm) wide oak and iron- antiquarian Edward Croft-Murray (1907-80), keeper of the Roland Arkell bound cellaret, above, is painted HMY Britannia RYS built by D & W Henderson Ltd, 1893, Glasgow, Buried at sea off Left: Steiff hot water the Isle of Wight on the night of July Cuddly and bottle bear – £6000 8th 1936. Built for Edward VII, the at Special Auction yacht was inherited by George V who warm bear Services. instructed that she be scuttled after his death. Pitched at £100-150, the Some of the zest has gone out of Right: Steiff Man cellaret sold at £400. the teddy bear market since the from Mars – £2800. The contrasting aluminium ice crazy days of two decades ago. bucket, below, was stamped to the Leading the sale at Special base with an airship and Zeppelin – Auction Services (20% buyer’s presumably a survivor of the luxurious premium) in Newbury on June 8 and successful passenger airships was a very rare Steiff ‘hot-water’ Graf Zeppelin I and II which flew bottle bear c.1907. £16,200 while more recently SAS sold an example in 2014 for the world before being taken out of It retained the original tin canister with screw cap at each £12,500. The most recent example was estimated at £6000- service after the 1937 Hindenburg end that, filled with water, could be inserted into the bear and 8000 and got away at the lower end of expectations. disaster and scrapped for war secured by a lace fastening and was sold with an old leather material in 1940. suitcase in which it had been stored for many years. A tag inside Humpty Dumpty as Martian Against an £80-120 estimate it read: Mrs Marshall and EJ Marshall, 47 Croft Lane, Bromborough, The same suitcase included a Chad Valley model of Bonzo, made £480. Wirral, Cheshire. The vendor had inherited it and two other toys c.1920, (£270) and another Steiff rarity: the 12in (28cm) Man from his grandmother. from Mars or Humpty Dumpty soft toy, c.1912-13. It is estimated that between 1907-14 only 90 of these rarities The character Humpty Dumpty, created by Lewis Carroll for were made by Steiff. They may have been expensive to produce his 1892 Alice Through the Looking Glass, was under copyright, and priced too highly in the market. so Steiff named its version Man from Mars. The felt version of Specialist Daniel Agnew had sold three in the past: the first the toy does appear from time to time, but this mohair version is at Christie’s South Kensington in 2002 (£28,000), the second believed to be the first offered at auction. at (also CSK) made £26,000 in 2006 and was later resold for The hammer price was £2800. Football history-making stopwatch The stopwatch used by English referee Jack competed at the June 14 Luxury Watch Sale Taylor in the 1974 World Cup final sold for a for the lot. The stopwatch was consigned by within-estimate £3300 at Fellows (23/15% Taylor’s family. buyer’s premium) in Birmingham. He gave it to his daughter, Jayne Willis, It was used by Taylor to time the fastest over 40 years ago. It had remained – Above: aluminium ice bucket goal ever scored in a World Cup final – the untouched – in a cabinet since the 1980s. stamped to the base with an penalty by Johan Neeskens in the second Taylor is one of only three Englishmen to airship and Zeppelin – £480 at minute. It was also the first-ever penalty have refereed a World Cup final. The watch Bishop & Miller. awarded in a World Cup final. still works, and was offered in its original Three separate internet bidders Omega box (right). antiquestradegazette.com 3 July 2021 | 21
PAGE 020-21 2499.indd 2 24/06/2021 16:05:14 SPIRIT & SPLENDOUR: A PRIVATE COLLECTION OF 20TH CENTURY SCULPTURE THURSDAY 8 JULY AT 1PM
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PAGE 023 2499.indd 1 25/06/2021 09:55:03 Auction Reports Art market
Poppies blossom outside London Godward oil on canvas is latest in a run of strong fine art results beyond the UK capital
by Alex Capon 1 2
An unusual number of high prices for pictures has been recorded outside London this season. While major sums in recent weeks were posted by 20th century artists such as Alfred Munnings (£105,000 at Gildings) and Algernon Newton (£225,000 at Duke’s), the good run continued into the middle and end of May with sales of two 19th century paintings for six-figure sums in Edinburgh and Newbury. Godward at peak of powers John William Godward’s (1861- 1922) sumptuous 1898 oil on canvas Poppies came to the Lyon & Turnbull (25/20% buyer’s premium) Five Centuries sale from the estate of Dr Helen EC Cargill Thompson (1933-2020). She was a public-spirited size work by the artist’s standards 2005. The price at L&T was also the 1. Poppies by John William Godward Glaswegian who donated her but it had substantial commercial top result for a picture sold outside – £360,000 at Lyon & Turnbull. collection of Contemporary art to potential thanks to its technical London so far this year. Strathclyde University and her silver qualities such as the elegant textures 2. Karva Chauth by William Daniell – collection to The Glasgow School of to the marble, fabrics and flesh, as Daniell in demand £110,000 at Dreweatts. Art – and proceeds from the sale of well as the luxuriant composition. Meanwhile, strong interest for 19th 3. The Temple of Saturn, the Forum this trademark aesthetic picture were Estimated at £100,000-150,000 century works also boosted the latest and the Colosseum, Rome by Bridell – pledged to Strathclyde. at the sale in Edinburgh on May 20, auction of Old Master, British and £30,000 at Dreweatts. Cargill Thompson had owned it attracted international bidding and European Art at Newbury saleroom 4. Arch of Titus at Rome looking the painting for many years. Signed was sold at £360,000. With premium Dreweatts (25% buyer’s premium). towards the capital by Frederick and dated ’98, the 2ft 6in x 2ft (76 added, the price was £447,000. The May 27 sale offered a Bridell – £31,000 at Dreweatts. x 61cm) oil on canvas was painted L&T picture specialist Nick depiction of a young woman by Godward – the ‘High Victorian Curnow said: “It is an exquisite performing a ritual on the moonlit 5. Lindisfarne Castle with Horse Dreamer’ – at the peak of his powers. painting and has been much admired banks of the Ganges river by English and Rider in the foreground by It depicted the model Ethel since it initially came in for sale. In artist William Daniell (1767-1837). Frederic, Lord Leighton – £10,000 at Warwick (16 when she posed for this very good condition, we are pleased Indian scenes are Daniell’s most Dreweatts. picture) in classical attire against a it has found a new home with a UK- famous and commercial works and 6. Tea Clippers Racing Up Channel by meticulously painted backdrop of based private buyer.” have made strong six-figure prices at Thomas Somerscales – £35,000 at lavender and red poppies. The auction record for Godward auction on around 10 occasions. Dreweatts. The subject and style was typical stands at £900,000 for Far Away Born in Kingston upon Thames, of Godward’s output. He painted Thoughts sold at Christie’s in Surrey, Daniell became an assistant numerous works of reclining December 2012, but this appears to to his uncle, the landscape painter and based on his drawings) are rarer women in classical settings and, be the highest price for the artist at a Thomas Daniell (1749-1840), still and highly prized. while they may have represented a UK sale outside London other than following the early death of his father. The 4ft 7in x 3ft 7in (1.4 x 1.08m) Victorian visual fantasy, he made the £440,000 for the rediscovered A Aged 16, he accompanied his uncle to oil on canvas at Dreweatts was a large great efforts to ensure the details of Cool Retreat II, another work showing India to work on producing a series of and moody picture. It was exhibited the architecture and costume were a reclining classical maiden, that prints. He remained there for 10 years at the Royal Academy in 1837, titled historically accurate. This was a mid- sold at Gorringe’s in Lewes in March until returning to England in 1794. The Hindoo Girl’s Offering, and came to The sets of aquatints they auction from a UK private collector. produced on their return, published The subject was particularly as a volume titled Oriental Scenery, appealing to bidders. Showing a were a great success as the British scene from the Karva Chauth festival, public lapped up the atmospheric the young woman is pictured lighting views of scenery and architecture. a small earthenware lamp and Although copies of the prints casting it off to the water. According appear fairly often at auctions today, to the Royal Academy listing, the original drawings and sketches are women were ‘convinced if the lamps rarer and larger and fully completed continue to burn until they fade 5 oil paintings (usually produced later into the distance, that their absent 24 | 3 July 2021 antiquestradegazette.com
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was acquired by shipbroker and x 1.06m) signed oil on canvas from merchant James Watson. The 1906 was a vintage example of his 4 paintings, both signed oils on English sailing pictures and it came canvases from 1862, were bought fresh to the market having again been department Brandon from London dealer Arthur Tooth in Berwick House for over a century. Lindberg said: “It was and Sons. Interestingly, the Yorkshire-born very encouraging to Almost identically sized at artist retains a large following in see so many bidders approximately 2ft 10in x 4ft 1in Chile after spending almost 30 but, having handled (88cm x 1.24m), one depicted The years in the country painting local British 19th century Arch of Titus at Rome looking towards landscapes and marine scenes art for over two the capital and the other showed The relating to Chilean naval history. decades, I know how Temple of Saturn, the Forum and the Estimated at £6000-8000, this strong the market Colosseum beyond. example of his work sold at £35,000 can be for great The works dated from Bridell’s to an international collector. images, with good spell in Italy in 1858-62, a period Elsewhere, the expected highlight provenance, that are deemed the most successful and from a group of nine pictures that fresh to the market productive of his short career (like his came directly from the family of and well-priced.” mentor Richard Parkes Bonnington, the artist Samuel Pepys Cockerell lovers would remain constant; on Lindberg pointed out that the 70 he died young of tuberculosis). (1844-1921) failed to get away on the the contrary, should they become pictures from the Berwick House They demonstrated the way the day. This was a portrait of Cockerell extinguished, it is held to be an collection at the sale, which included artist vividly captured the sense of the himself by George Frederic Watts augury of calamity’. some notable Victorian works, had classical past but also the everyday estimated at £30,000-50,000. Estimated at £10,000-15,000, not been on the market for 150 years lives of shepherds, herdsman and Instead, the top-selling lot from Dreweatts reported that the painting and drew a good response “even for townspeople going about their work. the consignment was one of three attracted worldwide interest and works that were not necessarily by Both works were estimated at small oil sketches by Cockerell’s it was eventually knocked down at the most important artists of the £20,000-30,000 at Dreweatts. friend and mentor Frederic, Lord £110,000. The sum was the highest period”. Selling to different UK buyers, The Leighton (1830-96) depicting the price for the artist since Christie’s “I think this area still represents Arch of Titus… took £31,000 and The 16th-century Lindisfarne Castle in offered three fine topographical tremendous value for money and Temple of Saturn… made £30,000. Holy Island, Northumberland, at works in December 2016, where one collectors are coming to realise that,” Apart from a view of Lake Como different times of the day. example made £400,000 and two he added. from 1861 that sold for €42,000 This example, a 2 x 6in (6 x 16cm) fetched £120,000 apiece, and also (£37,660) at Pandolfini Casa d’Aste oil on canvas laid down on board, just scraped into the top 10 prices Bridell’s Rome in Italy in December 2009, these included a horse and rider in the for the artist (source: Artprice by Furniture from this Shropshire estate were the highest prices for the artist foreground and was estimated at Artmarket). was sold by Dreweatts earlier in May. at auction (source: Artprice by £2500-3500. It sold at £10,000 to In any case, the result provided On May 27 two views of the ruins Artmarket). a UK collector who also secured a decent contribution to Dreweatts’ of ancient Rome by Frederick Lee Another lot from the Berwick another Lindisfarne view at £8000. overall £1.28m total (including Bridell (1831-63) caught the eye in House collection bringing demand The third Lindisfarne picture buyer’s premium) with 72% of the particular. was Tea Clippers Racing Up Channel was unsold at the auction but sold 384 lots sold. They had been in Berwick House by Thomas Jacques Somerscales afterwards for £5500 to another Joint head of Dreweatts picture since the 1870s when the property (1842-1927). The 23in x 3ft 6in (59cm collector. n
Wardle waxes lyrical with classical theme
Works by the prolific Arthur Wardle (1864- allude to the mythological figure of Cygnus 1949) appear regularly on the market, most who, in many of the myths in which he often his paintings of dogs and other hunting appeared, was transformed into a swan. animals. This 3ft 7in x 5ft (1.08 x 1.53m) Estimated at £30,000-50,000 at Dreweatts’ Left: An Idyll signed oil on canvas was more unusual, sale on May 27 (see main story), it failed to of Summer however. meet its reserve on the day but the auction by Arthur An Idyll of Summer was exhibited at the house reported that it sold post-sale for Wardle – a Royal Academy in 1900 and appears to be a £40,000 after strong interest came from £40,000 rarer example of his works with a classical two UK private collectors who missed the aftersale at theme. The bucolic scene was thought to opportunity to bid on the day. Dreweatts.
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PAGE 024-25 2499.indd 2 25/06/2021 14:14:57 Auction Reports Books and works on paper
Marketing – Middle Ages style More manageable version of monumental Nuremberg Chronicle makes five-times top guide
by Ian McKay
From the Middle Ages to the Moon was the title given to a London sale that presented a wide-ranging assortment of books, manuscripts and even photographs that ranged in date from the 12th century to the present day. Two of the rarer and more successful of 200 or so lots in that Christie’s (25/20/14.5% buyer’s premium) auction of April 14-28 were versions of Hartmann Schedel’s 1 2 well-known Nuremburg Chronicle, or 1. A spread from the 1493, scaled down Liber Chronicarum. version of the Liber Chronicarum that Sold at £55,000 was a copy of made £48,000 at Christie’s. Anton Koberger’s original and 2. A spread from the Armenian Four monumental 1493 edition that was Gospels manuscript sold at £48,000. once part of the library of Michael Abel, a Lutheran teacher and 3. A plate from the 1597, first issue of humanist poet who almost a hundred Tagliacozzi’s De Curtorum Chirurgia years later was appointed poet per insitionem, the first book devoted laureate by Rudolph II of Vienna. exclusively to plastic surgery, sold at That was a high-estimate result, £35,000. but sold at £48,000 rather than 4. Joseph Severn’s preferred the suggested £5000-8000 was a posthumous portrait of John Keats, 1496, first edition in German of an which made £40,000. abbreviated version of that famous 5. Specially bound for the dedicatee, this work published as Das Buch der 1599 Prague first of Ogrod Krolweski (The Croniken und Geschicten. Royal Garden) by Bartosz Paprocki in a Translated by Georg Alt and now lightly restored but contemporary printed by Johann Schönsperger Polish armorial binding made £22,000. in Augsberg, this edition with 3 4 its simplified layout and smaller woodcuts was intended to be a in a Sotheby’s sale of 1990. posthumously painted portraits of more manageable and marketable Specially bound for the dedicatee, the poet John Keats made by Joseph version of the grand folio volumes the alchemist and Protestant activist Severn. Framed with a lock of his of the original. Though showing Piotr Gorajski of Gora, a 1599 Prague hair, it is the second of two such some repairs and losses, the binding Keats’ sufferings at first of Ogrod Krolweski (The Royal portraits that he painted of the poet was a contemporary German one the time were so Garden) by Bartosz Paprocki made who had died in his arms in Rome in of elaborately tooled half calf over “ £22,000. February 1821. wooden boards. dreadful that he The work presents a historical Keats’ sufferings at the time, said would sometimes chronicle of events in Poland and Severn, were so dreadful that he Armenian gospels weep on waking to neighbouring areas of Moravia, what would sometimes weep on waking to Another notably more expensive than find himself still alive is now the Czech Republic and Slavic find himself still alive. predicted lot to reach £48,000 was a states, and is profusely illustrated This second of those two portraits, decorated manuscript of 15th or 16th with woodcut portraits of rulers, in which the poet is seen with his century Egyptian origin containing battle scenes and town views. head raised and his eyes open, rather accounts of the lives of saints Filias, than looking down at his book, was Philotheos, Mercurios and others, Heads in hands the one that Severn preferred and along with other Coptic devotional Shown side by side above are two later chose to exhibit. texts. very different works that share one Once part of the extensive private A third lot bid to that same curious similarity in the pose of the collections of a former head of level was an illuminated vellum figure depicted. Sotheby’s book departments, the late ‘Four Gospels’ manuscript in the On the left is a woodcut illustration Roy Davids (1942-2017), it was last Armenian language. from a very rare, example on large, seen at Bonhams in 2005, when in Described as an attractive example thick paper of the 1597, first issue of one of several Knightsbridge auctions of late Armenian illumination, dated Gaspare Tagliacozzi’s De Curtorum of his collections – one focused 1703 and boasting what Sotheby’s Chirurgia per insitionem, the first book on portraits of writers, artists and called bold, formalised decoration devoted exclusively to plastic surgery. musicians – it realised £18,000. and appealing miniatures painted in It sold for a low-estimate £35,000. On its return to the rooms this year it clear, bright colours, it was last seen 5 Seen next to it is one of two made £40,000. n 26 | 3 July 2021 antiquestradegazette.com
PAGE 026-27 2499.indd 1 25/06/2021 11:08:53 Send your books news to Ian McKay at [email protected]
Defective but in demand British and Irish book auctions Jun 29* 4 47 lots Books, Comics & Ephemera, Capes Dunn - Stockport 0161 432 1911 A copy of Ratzer’s Plan Jun 29* 4 23 lots Books & Ephemera, Duke’s Avenue Auctions - Dorchester 01305 257544 of the City of New York... Jun 29* 4 20-lot Book & Ephemera Section, Aldridges - Bath 01225 462830 offered as part of a Doyle Jun 30 4 Books & Works on Paper, Chiswick Auctions - London 020 8992 4442 (26/21/15% buyer’s Jun 30* 4 Books, Ephemera & Photographs, C&T Auctioneers - Kenardington 01233 510050 premium) sale of April 29 Jun 30* 4 Signed WW2 Military Books, Chaucer Auctions - Folkestone 0800 1701314 left much to be desired. Jun 30* 4 21 lots Books, Maps & Ephemera, Clarks Auction Rooms - Liskeard 07756 070198 However, such is its Jun 30* 4 5-lot Book Section: Arms & Militaria Sale, Thomas Del Mar - London 020 7602 4805 rarity that the defective Jun 30* 4 4-lot Map Section, Sworders - Stansted Mountfitchet 01279 817778 and discoloured condition ends Jun 30* 4 Historical Documents & Indian Ephemera Sections, Mullock’s - Church Stretton 01694 771771 of some of the 16 sections ends Jun 30* 4 6 lots Books & Maps, Criterion - London 020 7359 5707 into which it is divided Jun 30, Jul 7 & 9* 4 Autographs, Chaucer - Folkestone 0800 1701314 could not prevent it from Jul 1* 4 30-lot Book & Map Sections, Martel Maides - St Peter Port 01481 722700 doubling the high estimate Jul 1* 4 21-lot Book & Map Sections, Gardiner Houlgate - Corsham 01225 812912 at $120,000 (£86,020). Jul 1* 4 11-lot Book Section, Taylors Auction Rooms - Montrose 01674 672775 An expansion of an Jul 1* 4 15-lot Comics Section, Sheffield Auction Gallery - Sheffield 0114 281 6161 earlier survey of New Jul 2* 4 120-lot Book & Map Section, W&H Peacock - Bedford 0123 426 6366 York carried out by John Jul 2* 4 5-lot Book Section, Durrants - Beccles 01502 713490 Montressor, and drawn Jul 3* 4 11-lot Book Section, Barry L Hawkins - Downham Market 01366 387180 up as part of a 1766-67 Jul 3* 4 Book Section, Nigel Ward - Pontrilas 01981 240140 survey of Manhattan Jul 3* 4 Book Section, Lacy Scott & Knight - Bury St Edmunds 01284 748625 made by a surveyor and ends Jul 4* 4 24-lot Book Section, Thimbleby & Shorland - Reading 0118 950 8611 engineer in the Royal ends Jul 4* 4 Ephemera & Book Sections, Southgate Auctions Rooms - London 020 8886 7888 American Regiment, Lt Jul 6 4 Roger Martin Coll’n Western MSS & Miniatures, Bloomsbury Auctions - London 020 7839 8880 Bernard Ratzer, the map Above: a 1776 second-issue example of Jul 6* 4 12-lot Book Section, Special Auction Services - Newbury 01635 580595 was first issued in 1770. This Ratzer’s Plan of the City of New York... made Jul 6* 4 10 lots Books & Maps, Rogers Jones & Co - Colwyn Bay 01492 532176 example, however, was a second $120,000 (£86,020) at Doyle. Jul 6* 4 Book & Ephemera Sections, Thomas N Miller- Newcastle 0191 265 8080 issue of 1776. Jul 7 4 Signed & Inscribed: A Library of Modern Literature, Forum Auctions - London 020 7871 2640 The focus of Ratzer’s map Below: Orville Wright takes to the air in Jul 7* 4 7-lot Book Section, Bonhams - London 020 7447 7447 or plan is lower Manhattan, 1903 – $5500 (£3945). Jul 7* 4 Book Section, Halls - Shrewsbury 01743 450700 delineating the streets, naming Jul 7* 4 Book Section, Anthemion - Cardiff 029 2047 2444 farms, major roads, cemeteries, churches, a synagogue and a brewery. Jul 7* 4 Autographs & Memorabilia, Chiswick Auctions - London 020 8992 4442 The topography extends north to what today would be 50th Street and below the Jul 7-8* 4 Comics Section, Adam Partridge - Liverpool 01625 431788 map in this 4ft x 3ft (1.22m x 92cm) Plan... is shown a panoramic view of the city Jul 7-20 Modern Books & MSS, Sotheby’s - London 020 7293 6182 from Governors Island. Jul 8 4 Online: Books & Works on Paper, Forum Auctions - London 020 7871 2640 First flyer Jul 8* 4 15-lot Book Section: James Bond Sale, Ewbank’s - Woking 01483 223101 Jul 8* 4 11-lot Map & Book Sections, Burstow & Hewett - Battle 01424 772374 Inscribed “To Surprise Lake Camp/with best wishes/Orville Wright”, a photograph 4 of the historic first leap into the air of Wright Flyer 1 on December 17, 1903, sold at Jul 8* 7-lot Map Section, Parker Fine Art Auctions - Farnham 01252 203020 4 $5500 (£3945). Wilbur is seen running alongside at the wing tip as brother Orville Jul 8* 6-lot Book Section, Wilson55 - Nantwich 01270 623878 4 takes to the air. Jul 8* Book Section, Greenslade Taylor Hunt - Taunton 01823 332525 ends Jul 9* 4 Book Section, British Bespoke Auctions - Winchcombe 01242 603005 Jul 9-11* 4 Cricket, Football & other Sports Memorabilia, Knights - Norwich 01263 768488
Sales marked with an * are those in which books and ephemera form part of a larger sale. Sales marked 4 are viewable on thesaleroom.com Auctioneers are asked to send details of specialist book sales, as well as those sales that may contain significant book and ephemera sections, to: Ian McKay Tel: +44 (0)1795 890475 email: [email protected]
Welcoming consignments for our forthcoming calendar: Signed and Inscribed: A Gentleman’s Library Wednesday 7th July of Modern Literature Fine Books, Manuscripts & Works on Paper Thursday 8th July Books and Works on Paper (Online) Thursday 15th July Catalogues sell for six-figure sums Books and Works on Paper (Online) Thursday 29th July Modern Literature (Online) Thursday 5th August Two lots offered as part of a Chinese works of art auction held by Christie’s (25/20/14.5% Books and Works on Paper (Online) Thursday 19th August buyer’s premium) on May 12 brought matching bids of £110,000 – far, far in excess of Books and Works on Paper (Online) Thursday 26th August their estimates. Modern Illustrated Books and Private Press (Online) Thursday 9th September One offered 1072 Christie’s catalogues relating to Chinese and Japanese art sales dating from the 1930s to the present day, while the other presented an even larger group of 1547 Sotheby’s catalogues. The latter, covering Chinese and other Asian works of arts Catalogues and bidding at: forumauctions.co.uk sales dating from the 1940s to the present day, also included duplicates. antiquestradegazette.com 3 July 2021 | 27
PAGE 026-27 2499.indd 2 25/06/2021 13:14:03 Previews Our weekly selection from salerooms
An early wassail bowl and cover comes for sale at John Joseph Miller and Woolley & Wallis as part of the Furniture and Works Leslie John Miller are of Art sale on July 6-7. believed to be the only This textbook Charles II example made in lignum father and son to be vitae, c.1660-70, comes for sale from the estate of awarded the Polar Peter Mactaggart (1931-2020) whose family ran an Medal. Their honours antiques shop in Welwyn, Hertfordshire, from the are coming up for late 1940s to the early 1970s. auction at Warren & Remarkably the lid retains, to the underside, Wignall on July 14. its brass and Surrey enamel type roundel or ‘print’ Both served on depicting the Royal Coat of Arms of Charles II. the RRS Discovery/ When the piece was featured in Apollo magazine Discovery II. The group in December 1936 as part of an article titled comprises George V First The Wassail Bowl and the Custom of Wassailing World War and later trio; Polar Medal with Antarctic 1929-31 bar, British War Medal and at Christmas Time the author Owen Mercantile Marine War Medal, all inscribed JOHN J. MILLER, and George VI Polar Medal Evan-Thomas wrote: “This is the with Antarctic 1931-35 bar inscribed LESLIE JOHN MILLER. only wassail bowl I have ever The lot includes a display of photographs and newspaper articles and with John seen containing under the lid its Joseph’s membership certificate for the Antarctic Club. original ‘print’.” The medals have been consigned to the Leyland, Lancashire, saleroom by direct family Estimate £6000-8000. descent. Estimate £7000-10,000. woolleyandwallis.co.uk* warrenandwignall.co.uk*
This pair of late The silver and jewellery sale at Dreweatts in 19th century Newbury on July 7 includes this 6¼in (16cm) pottery chargers high 17th century straight-tapered tankard by offered by Anthony Ficketts. Special Auction It carries the date letter that corresponds Services in to the period July 13, 1659, to July 12 1660, Newbury on July raising the possibility that it was made 6 carry the mark during the final days of the de facto republic for the French ‘father led by Richard Cromwell or during the very of art pottery’ Theodore early days of the restoration of Charles II. Deck (1823-91) and the signature The armorial shield for Stafferton is later. of Ernest Carrière (1858-1908). They measure 15in (37cm) including the frames. Estimate £5000-7000. Carrière was part of Deck’s studio and a celebrated painter of the day. A similar dreweatts.com* pheasant dish designed by Deck and executed by Carrière in part of the collection at the V&A. Estimate £2000-3000. specialauctionservices.com*
This Eterna ‘Dirty Dozen’ military wristwatch is a good example of the strict specifications laid out by the British MoD in the Second World War. Twelve companies delivered on the contract for soldiers’ timepieces – civilian watches being deemed not accurate enough – yet apparently few of the firms involved kept a tally of numbers produced. Whereas Omega’s Dirty Dozen is known to have been McTear’s glass and ceramics sale in Glasgow on July 1 includes this made 25,000 times, research suggests as few at 5000 of the Clarice Cliff Stamford pattern tea for two service in the Blue Chintz design. Eterna variation were produced. Missing a saucer, the estimate is £200-300. This example, appearing in Richard Winterton’s July 5 sale mctears.co.uk* in Lichfield, ‘running, functioning and in very good condition’, is estimated at £600-800. The sale also features a swathe of vintage Omega and Rolex, The Islamic & Indian art sale at Chiswick including a 1973 stainless steel Rolex Explorer II reference 1655, calibre 1570 (estimate Auctions in London on July 16 includes, £10,000-12,000) and a 1985 Rolex GMT-Master ref 1655 calibre 3075 (£9000-12,000). estimated at £1500-2000, an 18th richardwinterton.co.uk* or early 19th century Dutch colonial tortoiseshell and silver mounted casket. Boxes such as this, fashioned by craftsmen in Batavia (modern-day Jakarta), are traditionally associated with This walrus ivory gambling ball or teetotuml carries the storage of betel nuts and vine leaves. an estimate of £1500-2000 in a timed sale of The centuries-old Indonesian Jewellery, Silver, Watches and Objet d’art held by habit of chewing betel nut, the David Lay in Penzance which ends on July 4. fruit of the reach palm, was Probably dating from the 17th century, multi- quickly adopted by settlers from the Dutch East faceted balls such as this were used in lotteries, India Company who appreciated both its psychoactive properties and its the crown seal suggesting it had been approved for importance as a local social ritual. accuracy. chiswickauctions.co.uk* davidlay.co.uk* 28 | 3 July 2021 antiquestradegazette.com
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Three catalogues have been published for the July Fine Art Sale at Potteries Auctions – one for each day of the sale comprising more than 2000 lots in total. Among the Wedgwood on offer from July 8-10 is this (71cm) high white on pale blue limited-edition snake handled vase and stand, estimated at £800-1600. potteriesauctions.com* This mystery amethyst snake necklace, from a house in the Windermere area, is estimated at £5000- 8000 in a timed online sale ending on July 4 at Cumbrian saleroom 1818 Auctioneers. It is being sold by family members who never knew of its existence until a house was emptied when its owner died. The early 20th century serpent collarette necklace is covered with amethysts on articulated links which give its slithery appearance. The head of the snake, which has The July 1-2 sale at Duke’s in Dorchester includes this pair of Limoges enamel emerald eyes, is covered in amethysts too with rose cut panels. Both are dated1559 and signed PR for Pierre Reymond (1513-84). diamond chips. Each measuring 6in (15cm), one depicts a bishop in a red robe and the Tested as being of gold and silver, it is offered in its other a soldier in a relaxed stance with a sword to his waist. They were original case with a receipt from Byworth Antiques, London, probably once part of a larger altar piece. dated 1974. Estimate £500-1000. 1818auctioneers.co.uk* dukes-auctions.com*
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This framed A pair of French 19th century ormolu-mounted white marble candelabra after etching on the model by Jean-François Lorta are to be offered in Tennants Summer Fine Annam appliqué Sale on July 16-17 with an estimate of £30,000-40,000. to wove by Classical, robe-clad female figures representing summer and autumn Henri Matisse bear aloft incense burners and candle arms lavishly garlanded with fruit and (French 1869- flowers, and the pair stand on 19th century octagonal marble pedestals. 1954) titled The figures are inspired by the famed Four Seasons candelabra made by Martiniquaise, sculptor Lorta in 1788 for two of Louis XV’s daughters, Adelaïde and Victoire, 1946, has an to decorate the grand salon of the Château de Bellevue on the outskirts of estimate of Paris. The set was removed following the Revolution, and firstly resided in £8000-12,000 Empress Josephine’s salon in the Tuileries before being split up and housed in at Roseberys Fontainebleau and Versailles. London on The set was later reunited at the Louvre in the late 20th century, where it July 7. remains today. Martiniquaise tennants.co.uk* means ‘woman from Martinique’. This work comes with a provenance from Jane Kahan Gallery, New York, according to label verso. Roseberys’ second Modern & Contemporary Prints & Multiples auction of the year is the debut sale for the new head of department and specialist, Ed Plackett. He This silver and gilt vinaigrette, hallmarked for John Hart, was head of sale in 19th century European Birmingham 1805, is one a number made shortly after the British art at Christie’s South Kensington for 10 victory at Trafalgar. The grille incorporates an image of HMS years, followed by three years at Bonhams Victory and the inscription Trafalgar October 21st 1805, while to Bond Street as a head of department in the cover is a portrait of Nelson within an oval cartouche and the Impressionist pictures, then four years in correct legend of England expects every man will do his duty. a commercial gallery mainly dealing with It has a guide of £2800-3200 at the July 3 sale held by Barry modern prints and a further five years as an Hawkins in Downham Market, Norfolk. independent dealer. barryhawkins.co.uk* roseberys.co.uk*
Three-day Auction of Rare 20th Century Pottery, Antiques, Jewellery & Collectables Thursday 8th, Friday 9th & Saturday 10th July Superb auction of rare Moorcroft, Royal Doulton, Beswick, Minton, etc. Extensive collections of Wade & Wedgwood. Antiques, Fine Art, Collectors’ Items Collectors’ & Oriental items, camera equipment, scientific Lot 1775. items, taxidermy, militaria & silverware. Fantastic collections of & Interiors Auction Rolex antique & gold coins, vintage wristwatches, jewellery & more. Oyster SATURDAY 3RD JULY AT 10AM Perpetual (Please note earlier starting time of 10am) Datejust Lot 245. gent’s William Please note that following Government guidelines regarding corona virus safety measures, wristwatch Moorcroft and in line with the auctioneering industry, this is an online only auction, with the added rare fish convenience of telephone bidding and the facility to leave commission bids, please do vase contact us to discuss further. Browse our fully illustrated online catalogue with multiple images, descriptions & information, and Silverdale Salesroom condition reports, please do contact us if you require any further details regarding any lots you are Unit 4a, Aspect Court interested in bidding on. Silverdale Enterprise Park Lot 871. Wedgwood Newcastle-under-Lyme We have created customer safe-zones in our saleroom for viewings by appointment only of Lot 1468. Compact Kern limited edition ST5 6SS specific lots you wish to inspect in greater detail, please contact us to make a booking. Aarau bijou plate camera snake-handled vase Tel: 01782 638100 Sale catalogue available online, every lot illustrated. Email: enquiries@ For further information visit www.potteriesauctions.com potteriesauctions.com or contact us for a free digital catalogue.
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Alan Davie, CBE, RA, HRSA, RWA, L.S. Lowry (1887-1976), ‘The Harbour’, A rare USA Presidential Life PLEASE CONTACT (1920-2014),‘Sound of mauve’, oil on pencil signed limited edition lithograph Saving Medal awarded to John paper, provenance: Gimpel Fils Gallery with Fine Art Trade Guild blind stamp, Fox for assistance in rescuing and provenance the crew of the Northern Belle, off the coast of Kent, 5th/6th January 1857. One of only 21 struck at the request of US President Franklin Pierce, one example is in the National Martine Museum in Greenwich, and one is in America’s National Georgian Irish Numismatic Collection mahogany silver table Elizabethan seal, c.1587, wax great seal and hand-written ink on vellum Charlotte Scott Smith Dan Connor Susan Glinska The Old Granary, Waterloo Road, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 3JQ UK Auctions Fairs & Dealers International Tel: 01580 715857 Email: [email protected] charlottescottsmith danconnor susanglinska Full catalogue available online from Friday 25th June @antiquestradegazette.com @antiquestradegazette.com @antiquestradegazette.com www.bentleysfineartauctioneers.co.uk +44 (0)20 3725 5602 +44 (0)20 3725 5605 +44 (0)20 3725 5607
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QUARTERLY FINE SALE Tuesday 13th July Wednesday 14th July Thursday 15th July Silver & Jewellery at 10am Pictures, Ceramics, Works of Art Furniture at 10am & Clocks at 10am Viewing: Friday 9th July 9am-5.15pm, Saturday 10th July 9am-1pm, Sunday 11th July 2pm-4pm, Monday 12th July 9am-5.15pm
Lot 1010. A Flight & Barr (Worcester) Lot 241. An Omar Ramsden walnut and silver Lot 609. An Art Deco ruby and diamond cluster ring, inkwell attributed to Baxter mounted mazer bowl the central, octagonal ruby within surround of round Estimate £600-£800 Estimate £1,500-£2,000 (plus 27.6% BP*) brilliant-cut diamonds, together with a report from (plus 27.6% BP*) GCS, London, stating the ruby weighs approximately 2.0cts, origin is Myanmar (Burma) with no indications of heating, ring size O Estimate £4,000-£6,000 (plus 27.6% BP*)
Lot 767. Jan Hendrick Verheyen (1778-18460 Lot 763. Walter Richard Sickert (1860-1942) after Lot 1652. A 19th century Flemish scarlet tortoiseshell The Domplen and Square, Utrecht, John Gilbert, ‘The River’; circa 1930/1931, an ‘Echo’ Lot 1242. An early 19th century satinwood ebony and ivory inlaid cabinet on a stand oil on panel, 45 x 37cm signed and inscribed oil on canvas, 63 x 57cm and lithograph workbox Estimate £4,000-£6,000 (plus 27.6% BP*) Estimate £6,000-£8,000 (plus 27.6% BP*) Estimate £6,000-£8,000 (plus 27.6% BP*) Estimate £1,500-£2,000 (plus 27.6% BP*)
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1 2 Exhibitions roll back the years Three long-standing businesses hold shows to mark major anniversaries in 2021
painter Alfred Stevens (1823-1906). Haynes family firm by Gabriel Berner 1. Haynes Fine Art turns 50 this year Stevens enjoyed a glittering career in With stock of up to 2500 paintings and offers Pêcheuses sur la Rivage by Paris at the time of the Impressionists at any time, Haynes Fine Art is Eugène Boudin, 6¾ x 9½in (17 x 24cm) Antiques Trade Gazette and Napoleon and is best known for his pictures of recognised as one of Britain’s largest oil on paper on canvas, for £95,000 mark significant anniversaries this elegant modern women. provincial fine art dealers. The as part of a summer exhibition to year – as do several venerable names Previously unrecorded, the family-run business, which specialises celebrate the landmark. in the art dealing business. canvas was described by James as in British and European paintings, London dealer John Mitchell “excessively dirty and yellowed” sculptures and works of art from the 2. Priced at £145,000, L’Ours blanc launched his eponymous gallery when it arrived at the gallery and 19th-21st century, turns 50 this year. or Le Repos du Modèle by Alfred specialising in traditional British and says the cleaning had been “nothing It was established in the Cotswolds Stevens, 8½in x 2ft 3in (22 x 70 cm) European paintings 90 years ago. short of miraculous”. in 1971 by Tony Haynes Senior and is oil on canvas, features in an exhibition With a background in picture He adds: “It shows the painting run today by his son, Tony Haynes. marking the 90th anniversary of John conservation, he took a hands- – among other attributes – to be a An exhibition to celebrate the Mitchell Fine Paintings. on-approach to art dealing virtuoso exercise in different shades anniversary takes place at Picton 3. This Greek black-figure eye and imparted to his clients a of white, off-white, cream and grey, House, the gallery’s flagship space amphora from Athens, 16½in (42.2cm) comprehensive understanding of the in the tradition of the greatest Old in the Cotswolds, from July 3- terracotta, has an asking price of processes involved in the creation of Masters.” September 4, and its Belgravia gallery £120,000 from Charles Ede, which the works he sold. He adds the unusual landscape in London from July 8-September 4. turns 50 this year. This emphasis on the physical shape of the canvas is almost Prices range from £800 to £650,000. condition of paintings continued unknown in the artist’s oeuvre. “We have pulled out all the with his children who took over the Other highlights include a stops to present a full catalogue of business, and then his grandsons hitherto unrecorded Italian kitchen international 19th and 20th century Ede, as well as to both Martin and James and William Mitchell, who run scene still-life by Giuseppe Recco art, and key contemporary names,” myself,” says Charis Tyndall. “I John Mitchell Fine Paintings today. (1634-95) priced at £95,000 and says Tony Jr. think it is an under-appreciated area “We pride ourselves on the fact an “immaculately preserved” Among them is an oil by Eugène but one which appeals to not only that not only do we research and Scandinavian-inspired landscape by Boudin (1824-98) depicting the more seasoned buyer of ancient write about our paintings, but that 17th century Dutch painter Jacob fisherwomen by the shore, available art, but also the modern eye of the we are equally happy to hang and van Ruisdael (c.1628-82), which is with an asking price of £95,000, and contemporary collector.” light them in clients’ homes as well available to buy for £275,000. a large oil by Edouard Léon Cortès A hardback book will also be as help with the cleaning, restoration (1882-1969) of the artist’s signature produced to coincide with the and repairs: an academic grasp of Paris streetscape, Boulevard de la exhibition and an opening party paintings balanced by practical Madeleine. is planned for October 14 with the know-how,” says James. exhibition running for a fortnight To celebrate the milestone the Greek black-gaze focus until October 29. Mayfair gallery holds a special Also marking 50 years in the trade is For those unable to wait, the summer exhibition showcasing a London antiquities gallery Charles gallery has recently released its varied stock of traditional pictures, Ede. Dealer Charles Ede (1921-2002) summer digital catalogue. Focused including paintings, pastels and opened the gallery in Brook Street in on the theme of ‘collecting the past’, drawings dating from the 17th to 1971 and his son James took over the it features ancient art arranged in late 19th centuries. The show, at the daily running of it in 1986. Today, various domestic settings throughout gallery’s space in Brook Street until the gallery is run by directors Martin an imaginary day. July 21, is accompanied by a fully Clist and Charis Tyndall. The catalogue includes a Greek illustrated edition of Gallery Notes, The pair are holding an official black-figure eye amphora from the publication it launched back in 50th celebration in October with an Athens in the manner of the the 1950s. exhibition dedicated to Greek black- Antimenes Painter, which is listed A key work available for sale at glaze pottery at the gallery’s current for sale at £120,000. n £145,000 is L’Ours blanc or Le Repos du 3 space in Three King’s Yard. johnmitchell.net Modèle, depicting a reclining model “This is a field which much haynesfineart.com on a polar bear skin by Belgian appealed to Charles and Jamie charlesede.com 32 | 3 July 2021 antiquestradegazette.com
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Lyons debut in sculpture park The web shop window This unique steel sculpture is among a series Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. of monumental works by the late Michael Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week. Lyons (1943-2019) on display at Thirsk Hall & Sculpture Park in North Yorkshire thanks to This mixed- London gallery Willoughby Gerrish. media High Priest, which is available to buy for work titled £70,000, is typical of the Yorkshire-based Countenance sculptor’s large-scale steel creations, which by Eileen Agar were inspired by his connection with the (1899-1991) surrounding landscape. is offered by The ability to produce sculpture in the Darnley Fine outdoors provided Lyons with, in his own words, Art, priced at “the freedom to cut metal and smoke cigars”. £4000. Willoughby Gerrish, which has represented the Agar artist’s estate since last year, chose the Lyons combined sculptures to headline its first exhibition at the elements of sculpture park. The site is run by the gallery and Cubism and covers over 20 acres of open parkland, woodland, Surrealism in formal and walled gardens. her drawings, The exhibition runs until September 25 and paintings and collages throughout her nearly 70-year career. also includes works by Austin Wright, Geoffrey Clarke, Gerald Laing, Richard Hudson She spent time forming friendships with artists such as Pablo Picasso and and Emily Young. Fantisek Foltýn in the 1930s-40s and was the only professional British woman artist willoughbygerrish.com who exhibited at the 1936 International Surrealist Exhibition in London. Countenance echoes elements of Agar’s silhouetted collages.
darnleyfineart.com 5 Questions One half of the master there have been some astonishing prices drawings gallery Härb at auction. In the secondary market we Nuti, Liberté Nuti is a have also seen strong demand, much of specialist in Modern which is coming from Asia. and Impressionist art TIMED AUCTION OF with a particular focus 4 What is one great discovery PHILATELY INCLUDING THE BASIL on works on paper. you’ve made? LEWIS COLLECTION OF STAMPS & POSTAL HISTORY, SPECIALISING Härb Nuti is taking part in London Art Years ago, I went to a suburb of London A group of seven IN HONG KONG & ARGENTINA; penny blacks Week, which runs from July 2-16. and in shabby garden there stood a PICTURES, BOOKS & PRINTS; Est. £200-300 haerbnuti.com wonderful Camille Claudel sculpture. GENERAL ANTIQUES & (plus 26.4% BP*) HOUSEHOLD CHATTELS After 40 years under the rain, the patina Andrew Geddes 1 How did you get your start as a was of course in need of a little clean. SATURDAY 10th JULY at 10.30am 1783-1844, oil on canvas, Viewing: 91 x 71 cm. dealer? by appointment for the stamps (Saleroom Two), Est. £700-1,000 I began my career in the Impressionist 5 Who do you admire in the art/ for the remainder (Saleroom Three) (plus 26.4% BP*) Friday 9th July 9am-9pm and Modern art department at Christie’s, antiques world? Our London office and reception at 97 Old Brompton Road, South Kensington SW7 3LD, where I worked for 20 years. Ten years I love and admire my friend Ann Dumas, is now open, where items may be consigned for sale. Tel: 020 7591 0159 ago, I set up the private sale division of the who is a curator at the Royal Academy Illustrated catalogue available at thesaleroom.com and ukauctioneers.com department in London, which was the first and the Houston Museum of Fine Station Road, Semley, Shaftesbury, Dorset, SP7 9AN BP* - Buyer’s premium of glimpse of being a dealer. I then left to Arts. She has the most passionate and Tel: (01747) 855122 Website: www.semleyauctioneers.com 26.4% incl. VAT @ 20% work as international director for Hauser curious mind and has mastered the & Wirth to develop its Impressionist and art of explaining with simplicity the Modern secondary market sales, before most complex ideas and events which Find us on setting up with Florian Härb last year. happened at the turn of last century. It is HORNERS THE NORFOLK AUCTIONEERS wonderful to be inhabited by your passion Selling since 1890 2 What challenges are facing the like she is and take on new challenges Acle Auction Centre, Norwich Road, Acle, NR13 3BY. trade in the coming months? such as her new position in Texas. Freephone: 0800 975 4416. E-mail: [email protected] Brexit is a big problem, particularly in view of moving works of art between ONLINE AUCTION OF OPHTHALMIC ANTIQUES & COLLECTABLES SATURDAY 10TH JULY - COMMENCING 10AM. Left: Portrait the UK and the EU. The red tape is fantastical and so are the costs. of Mrs Dorothy A SUPERB LIFETIME PRIVATE COLLECTION FOR EXORS. R.M LING DECEASED. Paley (1936) by 3 Henri Matisse 350 + Lots Include: A Vast Range of Fine Lorgnettes, Dozens of Beautiful Opera Have you noticed any collecting Glasses, Miniature Scopes, Quizzers, Monoculars, Range of Cut Glass Monocular is for sale trends in the last 6-12 months? Scent Bottles, Numerous Pince-Nez, Many Spectacle Cases (silver, gold, 1 wood), The trends are towards more from Härb Nuti Railway Goggles, Gas Mask Goggles, Outstanding Sticks containing figurative works and colour. Despite all during London Compasses & Telescopes. expectations, the market is strong and Art Week. POA. Fully illustrated catalogue at www.horners.co.uk. Auction live online at www.the-saleroom.com Viewing Friday 9th July 10am – 4pm If you would like to be featured in 5 Questions, please contact [email protected] w w w . h o r n e r s . c o . u k antiquestradegazette.com 3 July 2021 | 33
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Duchess daughters reunited via dealer and saleroom
These pastel portraits depicting Georgiana which has given me time Georgiana and Henrietta Cavendish, to have a little Craion [sic] picture of the two legitimate daughters of Georgiana finished by Russal [sic] – it Georgiana Duchess of Devonshire, is drawn in the cap she wore while are soon to hang side by side for the she had her cold & which I thought first time in over a century. became her much.” The pair were painted in 1790 The museum bought the portrait of by the artist John Russell (1745- Georgiana last year at French auction 1806), a foremost pastellist of his house Artcurial for €45,500 and day, and have been acquired by the purchased the Henrietta portrait from Nationalmuseum in Stockholm for its John Mitchell Fine Art in London collection of British art. The pastels for £22,000 this year. were last exhibited together in Paris in The gallery’s William Mitchell said: 1908 and hung alongside each other at “After several years of waiting for the Royal Academy in 1790. others to share in our unswerving faith Countess Spencer, the Duchess of in this flawless and exceptional pastel, Devonshire’s mother, commissioned a medium still seen as esoteric by too the portraits. In a surviving letter many collectors, this happy outcome Above: pastel portraits of Georgiana and Henrietta Cavendish by John Russell between the pair, she wrote: “The is vindication of our conviction that have been acquired by Nationalmuseum in Stockholm. Duke is not yet gone my Dearest quality will always prevail.”
New faces at London firms
Colnaghi has appointed Lily D Snyder as managing director of Modern and Contemporary art in North America, a newly created position at the long-running gallery. Snyder’s appointment establishes a permanent presence in New York for Colnaghi’s Modern and Contemporary art department. She will also spearhead initiatives to promote the gallery’s international work, including exhibition curation, international art fair participation, and expansion of the firm’s online presence. Snyder joins Colnaghi after 12 years at Sotheby’s where she served as vice president for business Above: installation view, Calida Rawles: A Dream for My Lilith, 2020, Los development, global fine arts, advising private clients on Angeles, courtesy of the artist and Various Small Fires of Los Angeles appraisals, consignments, purchases through auction and Above: Lily D Snyder, managing and Seoul. private sales. director of Modern and She said: “The gallery’s 250-year history and its Contemporary art NA, Colnaghi. reputation as a leader in collecting and dealing across mediums, disciplines, and periods in art history have Sixteen new members together secured its place not just as a gallery, but as an art and art world institution, and I look forward to amplifying that focus in the interest of helping clients bring breadth and depth to their boost US association collecting interests.”
Over a dozen fine art dealers have joined The Art Dealers Association Children’s books of America (ADAA) in one of the largest new member classes in the Book dealership Peter Harrington has welcomed Dr Philip Errington as senior rare books organisation’s history. specialist. He has a focus on children’s books and manuscripts and previously worked at The 16 new members admitted this year mainly specialise in the Sotheby’s as a director. fields of Modern and Contemporary and include: Andrea Crane Fine Art, During his time at Sotheby’s Errington was involved with the auction of JK Rowling’s Andrew Edlin Gallery, Karma, Kurimanzutto, Lisson Gallery, Robert manuscript of The Tales of Beedle the Bard which sold in 2007 for £1.95m, and in 2013 achieved Mann Gallery, Nara Roesler, Cristin Tierney Gallery, Totah (all New York); a world-record £150,000 for a first- Sprüth Magers, Various Small Fires, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Jonathan edition copy of Harry Potter and the Novak Contemporary Art (all Los Angeles); Document, Patron (both Philosopher’s Stone annotated by the Chicago); and Jenkins Johnson Gallery (San Francisco, Brooklyn). author. To become an ADAA member, candidates must be nominated by an He has worked with famous existing member and participate in a year-long application process. They children’s authors and illustrators must also have been in business for at least five years. including Rowling, Quentin Blake, “I’m honoured to mark my first year heading the ADAA Membership Judith Kerr and Richard Adams. Committee with this tremendous expansion of our national membership,” said Robert Grosman, ADAA membership committee chair. “The scope of their combined experiences and perspectives add to the dynamic network of leading gallerists and dealers shaping the ADAA’s activities and impact.” Left: Dr Philip Errington, senior artdealers.org rare books specialist, Peter Harrington 34 | 3 July 2021 antiquestradegazette.com
PAGE 032-35 2499.indd 3 24/06/2021 15:29:25 East to west is a cool move for dealer Phil
After 10 years based at London’s Old Spitalfields Market, Phil Taylor Cool Stuff is moving west to the antiques hub of Lillie Road in Fulham. Taylor, who is a frequent exhibitor at events such as the Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair in Battersea, is opening two new galleries located at 313-315 Lillie Road. An opening night is planned for July 1, from 7pm. The galleries will feature Taylor’s signature style – he specialises in Mid-century and industrial lighting, furniture, aeronautical antiques posters and other decorative items – in addition to 18th and 19th century rustic furniture, antique Kilims, carpets and rugs, pottery and modern art. Taylor told ATG: “It’s a step up. The shop in Spitalfields was just a pop-up so it wasn’t going to last. When the Lillie Road shops became available I knew they would get snapped up so I took them.” The new premises open with an exhibition of recent works by Tannaz Oroumchi concentrating on different perceptions of space and its use in an urban setting. It runs until August 26 with monthly Contemporary art exhibitions planned to follow. For the latest news and stock see Taylor’s Instagram, @philtaylorscoolstuff. Above: Phil Taylor Cool Stuff is moving to galleries in Lillie Road, Fulham.
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Chelsea Antiques Fair is to return later this year under the ownership of an n online dealing platform. Red Boxx Art, Caroline Penman, who has run the venerable event at the Chelsea Old Town Hall since the early 1980s, had recently Offering zero emissions been looking to sell the event. She has now agreed a deal for an undisclosed fee with 2Covet.com founders Manchester Steve Sly, Charles Wallrock (both dealers) and marketing specialist Zara Rowe. While coronavirus restrictions remain in place there is no confirmed date for the first transport for art and fair. However, an event in autumn this year is planned. ‘Return to former glory’ Sly, Wallrock and Rowe created 2Covet.com n Grundy Art Gallery, in 2019 as a platform for dealers to sell online. Pick antiques in the Sly said: “With the continued threat of Covid on our minds we strongly feel the of the market will relish smaller boutique events So what am I bid for week such as the historic Chelsea Antiques Fair. It Blackpool is a time to return the fair to its former glory years.” my great-great aunt? The fair would normally run in March North-West and nationally but last year’s edition was cancelled due to A nude study by Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) found time and is now in the National Portrait Gallery. the virus. plenty of admirers when it appeared at the latest fine art The auctioneer on the rostrum on January 28 was her The autumn event will host around 30 sale held by Penzance saleroom David Lay (18% buyer’s great-great niece Caroline Lay, who is art sale manager at dealers, initially inviting 2Covet members premium). the auction house. and former Chelsea exhibitors, across a Dating from c.1913, it depicts Ella Naper – the same The catalogue entry suggested this was an ‘early study seven-day event. sitter who appears in the artist’s most famous painting of Ella Naper that led to Knight’s most celebrated work’. Self-portrait with nude which dates from around the same Continued on page 8 Continued on page 5 We aim to have a fully electric Forthcoming Auctions Fine Art & Antiques | 20th February Signed & Designed | 5th March See details on page 7 fleet by 2023 Jewellery, Watches & Silver | 20th March
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