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To print, your print settings should be ‘fit to page size’ or ‘fit to printable area’ or similar. Problems? See our guide: https://atg.news/2zaGmwp 7 1 -2 0 2 1 9 1 ISSUE 2489 | antiquestradegazette.com | 24 April 2021 | UK £4.99 | USA $7.95 | Europe €5.50 S E E R 50years D koopman rare art V A I R N T antiques trade G T H E KOOPMAN (see Client Templates for issue versions) THE ART M ARKET WEEKLY [email protected] +44 (0)20 7242 7624 www.koopman.art Kempton back with a bang – and entrance fees Sunbury Antiques Market, better known simply as Kempton due to its Surrey racecourse location, last week became the first open-air fair to return after the most recent lockdown. The event’s Covid-restricted capacity of 300 stalls sold out quickly when organiser Sunbury Antiques announced new dates in March, with queues of buyers forming before opening time at 6.30am. “Demand was such that we could have sold out 10 times over but for this first fair we Milking the sale tried to accommodate traders with existing bookings from postponed dates,” said Edward Cruttenden, who with wife Jennie of ‘Breadboard runs Sunbury Antiques. Entrance ways were reduced from three Annie’ collection to two, with stalls primarily sited outside. “Hopefully in future we will be able to The mouthwatering kitchenalia collection of Annie Marchant increase stall capacity,” Cruttenden said. (1951-2020) certainly served to please when it came to auction The next Kempton fair is on April 27. on April 12-13. The sale total at Canterbury Auction Galleries (20% buyer’s premium) was a premium-inclusive £212,110 Staggered entry against hopes of around £100,000 for a total of 624 lots. Another innovation for Tuesday, April 13, ‘Breadboard Annie’, as she was affectionately nicknamed was a staggered entry for buyers – required in the early days, collected everything related to the unfitted by the local council and racecourse owner kitchen. After her death in January 2020, more than 300 items the Jockey Club to prevent overcrowding. were donated to the Jacobean Kiplin Hall and Gardens near This tiered system was reinforced by a Catterick in North Yorkshire, according to her wishes. The other break with Kempton’s entry policy which items from her vast collection and stock came for sale in Kent. has stood for 40 years. Having long prided It was a milk churn and cover that made the top price, selling itself on being the only major antiques fair at £4000 – 10 times the low estimate. to eschew an entry fee, last week it The early 20th century 21in (54cm) high white glazed pottery Above: Pure Milk two-handled introduced a charge of £10 from 6.30- vessel printed with a rural idyll with milkmaid and cow and the churn and cover – £4000 at 8.30am, followed by £5 for customers legend Pure Milk carried a logo for the Dairy Outfit Co Limited, Canterbury Auction Galleries. coming from 8.30-10am. After 10am entry Pick Office Kings Cross London. The period photograph above showing was free. Top right: photo of the Dairy female workers at the King’s Cross operation sold at £70 (offered The new admission policy was agreed Outfit Co Limited in King’s of the together with an image of a separate subject). after meetings with the Jockey Club. Cross, London (sold for £70). week Continued on page 6 Continued on page 4 KYRE PARK, TENBURY WELLS, WORCESTERSHIRE, WR15 8RW WED-SUN 10-5PM - WWW.KYREPARKANTIQUES.CO.UK NOW OPEN Follow us on Twitter Antiques Trade Gazette is published and originated by Metropress Ltd, Contents@ATG_Editorial Issue 2489 trading as Auction Technology Group Ltd Read top stories every day on our website antiquestradegazette.com auctiontechnologygroup.com Find us on: Follow us on Twitter Chief Executive Officer John-Paul Savant Chief Operating Officer Richard Lewis @ATG_Editorial Find us on: Publishing Director Matt Ball Editor-at-Large Noelle McElhatton Deputy Editor, News Laura Chesters Deputy Editor, Features & Supplements Roland Arkell Commissioning Editor Anne Crane Chief Production Editor Tom Derbyshire Digital & Art Market Editor Alex Capon Reporter Frances Allitt Marketing Manager Beverley Marshall In The News page 4 Print & ProduCtion Director Justin Massie-Taylor EU cultural goods consultation deadline looms SUBSCRIPTIONS ENQUIRIES Polly Stevens +44 (0)20 3725 5507 Documentary Liverpool jug emerges at auction [email protected] EDITORIAL +44 (0)20 3725 5520 News Digest page 6-7 [email protected] Includes Bid Barometer ADVERTISING +44 (0)20 3725 5604 [email protected] Auction Reports AUCTION ADVERTISING Charlotte Scott-Smith +44 (0)20 3725 5602 HAMMER HIGHLIGHTS [email protected] Best of the East and West in Sussex page 10-12 Salisbury inspires NON-AUCTION & FAIRS AND MARKETS Jeremy Lamond and the ADVERTISING ART MARKET Dan Connor +44 (0)20 3725 5605 Woolley & Wallis team [email protected] Majestic peaks depicted by Loppé page 14-15 look forward to returning CLASSIFIED Rebecca Bridges +44 (0)20 3725 5604 BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER to auction action [email protected] page 23 Roman relics and much more in Glos page 18-19 INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING Susan Glinska +44 (0)20 3725 5607 [email protected] Previews page 23-25 Francine Libessart +44 (0)20 3725 5613 [email protected] CALENDAR CONTROLLER Dealers’ Diary Rachel Fellman +44 (0)20 3725 5606 [email protected] Bordeaux accepts the avant-garde page 28-31 ATG PRODUCTION +44 (0)20 3725 5620 Muireann Grealy +44 (0)20 3725 5623 International Events SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES Includes overseas sales listing page 33-44 This product is produced from sustainably managed forests and controlled UK Auction Calendar page 46-52 sources. It can be recycled. recycle Fairs, Markets & Centres Antiques Trade Gazette, Paper trail Harlequin Building, Outdoor events preparing to reopen page 53-55 65 Southwark Street, Print fair to be held in form of London SE1 0HR tour across London galleries +44 (0)20 3725 5500 Letters & Obituaries page 58-59 page 29 antiquestradegazette.com Printed by Buxton Press Ltd SK17 6AE Get your Morning Briefing from Antiques Trade Gazette If you want to keep on top of the latest news in the art and antiques world, signing up to Antiques Trade Gazette’s Morning Briefing email is a must. Free and delivered straight to your inbox on any device – mobile, tablet, laptop – the Gazette Morning Briefing keeps you informed with the latest news while at home and on the move. Sign up today for FREE and stay one step ahead antiquestradegazette.com/morningbriefing 2 | 24 April 2021 antiquestradegazette.com PAGE 002 2489.indd 1 16/04/2021 12:43:02 Who do you trust to deliver your precious finds? Last year our local teams collected, wrapped, protected and safely delivered over 40,000 lots from over 300 auction houses across the UK & Ireland. A rare 19th century folk art treen snuff box. Sold for £5,880 by Wilkinson’s Auctioneers. Collected, packed and safely delivered to a buyer in the USA by Mail Boxes Etc. Sheffield. Choose Auction Logistics from Mail Boxes Etc. with over 150 packing centres nationwide, we offer contactless shipping solutions and local support you can rely on when you need us most. mbe.co.uk/auction | 0800 623 123 Mail Boxes Etc. Stores are owned and operated by licensed franchisees of Mail Boxes Etc. (UK) Limited in the UK and Ireland. © 2021 Mail Boxes Etc. Services vary by location, participating stores only. PAGE 003 2489.indd 2 15/04/2021 14:09:48 News Final chance for EU cultural goods consultation However, specialists in the given his views. He said: “The atg.news/EUculturalgoods. However, all EU nations by Laura Chesters antiquities sector believe the terms of the regulations are Following Brexit, the UK will follow the new law when it proposals increase the still too loose, which could will not adhere to the new comes into force, expected to The art and antiques sector has administrative burden on the allow for systems abuse and regulations on this matter. be by 2025. until April 21 to submit art and antiquities trade and delay while seeing EU customs feedback on new rules on the will lead to confusion for overwhelmed. For any law to import of cultural goods border force, as they say the be effective, and to avoid A summary of the new regulations governing proposed by the European wording of the rules is not unintended consequences, its the import of cultural goods into the EU: Union. clear. terms and conditions need to n The measures, first be clearly defined. Cultural items such as antiques and books more than 200 years proposed in July 2017 by the Art trade concerns “Certain essential terms old and valued above €18,000 each that originated from outside European Commission, are Trade associations including under the proposals are not the EU will require the owner to produce an importer statement, designed to stop the movement The International Association defined clearly enough. This backed by detailed identifying documents, warranting that the within the EU of objects of Dealers in Ancient Art could create serious difficulties items have been legally exported. illicitly exported from their (IADAA), the British Art for customs enforcement in the n Cultural items such as archaeological works more than 250 country of origin. Market Federation (BAMF) execution of their duty, while years old originating from outside the EU will require lawful The regulation was drawn and The Antiquities Dealers’ also inadvertently bringing import licences from the country of origin, regardless of value. up in an attempt to stop Association (ADA) will be huge volumes of inappropriate Exemptions may apply if the country in which the item was created trafficking of looted antiquities submitting feedback.