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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 ISSUE 2451 | antiquestradegazette.com | 18 July 2020 | UK £4.99 | USA $7.95 | Europe €5.50 koopman rare art antiques trade KOOPMAN (see Client Templates for issue versions) THE ART M ARKET WEEKLY [email protected] +44 (0)20 7242 7624 www.koopman.art Found in box of bric-a-brac, now at Christie’s by Laura Chesters A Mannerist bronze discovered in a box of bric-a-brac at an auction in South Africa is to be offered at Chris- tie’s in London. The 5in (12.9 cm) cast of Peasant Resting on his Staff, c.1600-20, attributed to Antonio Susini (1580-1624) after a model by Giam- bologna (1529-1608), has an estimate of £25,000-35,000. New hobby It was found by a retired couple who had The two rediscovered recently taken up buying and selling art and folios from the 1567 antiques as a hobby. They bid for the box lot copy of the Yongle and paid Rand260 (around £12). Dadian or Great Canon After a few days of research, they of Yongle sold for €6.4m (£5.82m) at Beaussant Continued on page 4 Lefèvre in Paris on July 7. Measuring 20 x 12in (50 x 30cm), the volumes used a bespoke heavy paper, an ink Left: a 5in (13cm), reserved for imperial or 8in including the Estimate €5000, use and distinctive wood later base, cast of bindings covered in Peasant Resting on yellow silk. his Staff, c.1600-20, sold for €6.4m attributed to Antonio Susini (1580-1624) Sections of Chinese encyclopedia surface in Paris after a model by Giambologna Two lost folios from the Yongle Estimated at €5000-7000, they Dadian (or Great Canon of Yongle) (1529-1608). It Dadian, the Ming dynasty encyclo- sold for a massive €6.4m (£5.82m) or remained the largest encyclopedia in has an estimate of paedia that has assumed national €8.13m once the 27% buyer’s pre- the world until the growth of Wiki- £25,000-35,000. treasure status in China, surfaced mium was added. pedia in 2007. for sale in Paris last week, writes Completed at the behest of the Gathering knowledge from 8000 Roland Arkell. third Ming emperor, the Yongle Continued on page 5 PAGE 001, 004, 005 2451.indd 1 13/07/2020 11:12:28 Follow us on Twitter Antiques Trade Gazette is published and originated by Metropress Ltd, Contents@ATG_Editorial Issue 2451 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 In The News page 4-5 Digital & Art Market Editor Alex Capon Reporter Frances Allitt Online sales rise by 4% in 2019 Marketing Manager Beverley Marshall ‘First signature’ tablet sells for £140,000 Print & ProduCtion Director Justin Massie-Taylor SUBSCRIPTIONS ENQUIRIES John Hampden Society buys lock of his hair Polly Stevens +44 (0)20 3725 5507 [email protected] EDITORIAL News Digest page 6-7 +44 (0)20 3725 5520 Includes our pick of the week [email protected] ADVERTISING Welcome back +44 (0)20 3725 5604 Feature - Ceramics & Glass [email protected] Shining the spotlight on the first AUCTION ADVERTISING Focus on the first major sale after lockdown major UK ceramics and glass Charlotte Scott-Smith +44 (0)20 3725 5602 [email protected] eases, plus highlights and previews page 10-16 auction since lockdown has NON-AUCTION ADVERTISING eased – as well as highlights and Dan Connor +44 (0)20 3725 5605 Auction Reports previews worldwide [email protected] page 10-16 CLASSIFIED ART MARKET Rebecca Bridges +44 (0)20 3725 5604 [email protected] How to pitch it right for Old Masters page 18-20 INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER Susan Glinska +44 (0)20 3725 5607 [email protected] Texas map three years before Alamo page 22-23 Francine Libessart +44 (0)20 3725 5613 [email protected] CALENDAR CONTROLLER Previews page 26-27 & FAIRS AND MARKETS ADVERTISING Rachel Tolley +44 (0)20 3725 5606 [email protected] Dealers’ Diary ATG PRODUCTION +44 (0)20 3725 5620 Scottish pioneer of Abstract art page 30-31 Muireann Grealy +44 (0)20 3725 5623 SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES International Events page 32-33 This product is produced from sustainably managed forests and controlled UK Auction Calendar page 36-41 sources. It can be recycled. Naming rights recycle Fairs & Markets Antiques Trade Gazette, How estimates can boost Harlequin Building, Don’t stress, says centre boss page 42-44 65 Southwark Street, demand when an Old Master is London SE1 0HR unattributed or loosely ascribed +44 (0)20 3725 5500 Letters & Opinion page 47 page 18-20 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 | 18 July 2020 antiquestradegazette.com PAGE 002 2451.indd 1 10/07/2020 14:37:15 CHARTERHOUSE Auctioneers & Valuers Country House Auction Summerfield House, Summer Lane, Exmouth EX8 5BD Wednesday 22nd July at 12 noon Viewing at Summerfield House (please park at Point-in-View Chapel across the road) on Monday 20th & Tuesday 21st 9.30am-5pm with the auction being conducted online only Italian inlaid cabinet, probably Milan with telephone and absentee bidding Large pair of mirrors, 214 x 169cm (2) Archibald Thorburn watercolour, 54 x 76cm Berlin bowl and cover, (one of two in the house) 33cm high Chinese silk embroidered screen Charles Frodsham bracket clock Large Chinese rouleau vase Mahogany serving table, 196cm wide The dining room Chinese scroll painting, 300cm (together) Online Classic & Vintage Car Auction Wednesday 29th July at 12 noon 1923 Morris Cowley Sports 1955 Bentley R-Type The Long Street Salerooms, Sherborne, Dorset DT9 3BS • Telephone 01935 812277 [email protected] • www.charterhouse-auction.com antiquestradegazette.com 18 July 2020 | 3 PAGE 003 2451.indd 1 09/07/2020 14:45:09 News Online sales rise 4% as demand increases of online art platforms that months and years that follow.” THE RISE AND RISE OF ONLINE SALES by Laura Chesters responded to the Hiscox survey Data from some of the larg- said they expect online sales to est auction houses operating in Online art, antiques and Online sales of art, antiques rise in the next 12 months. the UK found that online-only collectables sales and collectables reached Robert Read, head of Fine auction sales by Christie’s, $4.82bn 2013-19 $4.64bn $4.82bn in 2019, a rise of 4% Art at insurance firm Hiscox, Sotheby’s and Phillips reached from the previous year, and said: “Last year the story for $370m in the first half of 2020 $4.22bn digital demand is set to increase the online market was one of – 436% higher than the same $3.75bn further in the years ahead. subdued growth, against a period a year ago. The figures are from the backdrop of a slowing global Online-only sales accounted $3.27bn eighth annual Hiscox Online Art art economy.” for 28.3% of the total auction Trade Report, released last week. sales at these three auction $2.63bn Although the total has Digital bidding catalyst houses during the first half of increased year-on-year, the rate While the traditional art world 2020, up from just 1.2% in of growth of online sales has has undoubtedly been hit by 2019. $1.5bn slowed over the past few years. the events of the past few According to the Hiscox However, it is predicted months, early signs suggest report, sales of fine art account demand will increase in 2020 Covid-19 will be the catalyst for 32% of online sales of art, onwards as one of the effects of that kick-starts a new wave of antiques and collectables, the coronavirus lockdown has online art buying. while collectables, including been a surge in willingness of Read said: “Digital sales still stamps and memorabilia, buyers to view and purchase represent less than 10% of the accounted for a quarter; 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 high-value items online. overall art market, so we wait watches and jewellery have a Read the full report on Hiscox’s website via Despite a slowdown in the with bated breath to see how 23% share; decorative arts 12% hiscox.co.uk/online-art-trade-report overall global art market, 80% this might change in the and furniture 8%. John Hampden Society buys lock of hair believed to be his by Frances Allitt Left: lock of hair Oxfordshire. Both are believed thought to be from to have been taken from a body John Hampden, exhumed by Lord Nugent in English Civil War group The bought during the 1828 in an effort to determine John Hampden Society has Dominic Winter the cause of death.