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 2454 | antiquestradegazette.com | 15 August 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 Face coverings Film producer buys Seacole now mandatory at auction rooms bust for 101 times the estimate across England A terracotta sculpture of Mary Seacole by Alex Capon (1805-81) sparked fierce competition at Dominic Winter. Wearing a face covering when Bidding at the South Cerney auction house attending an auction house in England began with 12 phones competing for the has now become mandatory. sculpture of Seacole, who nursed soldiers The updated guidance also applies to visitors to galleries and museums. during the Crimean War. Since July 24, face coverings have been It eventually came down to a final contest compulsory when on public transport as involving underbidder Art Aid and film well as in supermarkets and shops including producer Billy Peterson of Racing Green dealers’ premises and antique centres. The government announced that this Pictures, which is currently filming a would be extended in England from August biopic on Seacole’s life. 8 to include other indoor spaces such as Peterson will use the bust cinemas, theatres and places of worship. as a prop in the film. It will Auction houses also appear on this list. then be donated to the The measures, brought in by law, apply Mary Seacole Trust Continued on page 5 and be on view at the Florence Nightingale Museum. New venue The hammer price of £101,000 (plus 24% in London for buyer’s premium inc VAT) at the July 30 sale (against an Firsts book fair estimate of £700-1000) took the The Antiquarian Booksellers’ Association auction house hugely by surprise. (ABA) is moving its annual flagship event Firsts – London’s Rare Book Fair from Battersea Continued on page 4 to Chelsea. It will next take place from May 21-23, 2021, at the Saatchi Gallery, and will include for the first time a ticketed preview Right: this 30cm (12in) high terracotta night on May 20. bust of Mary Seacole sold for £101,000 The decision to move from Battersea at Dominic Winter on July 30. Continued on page 4 50,000 Auction catalogues Scanned or hard copy thecatalogstar.com Tel: 01225 829 090 PROOF OF PROVENANCE. 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Sign up today for free and stay one step ahead antiquestradegazette.com/morningbriefing 2 | 15 August 2020 antiquestradegazette.com PAGE 002 2454.indd 1 07/08/2020 12:09:22 WWAd04-098 ATG 244x335mm.qxp_Layout 1 30/07/2020 15:58 Page 1 MODERN BRITISH & 20TH CENTURY ART INCLUDING THE ESTATE OF DAME ELISABETH FRINK AND LIN JAMMET WEDNESDAY 26TH AUGUST 2020 AT 10AM Henry Moore OM, CH (1898­1986) Mary Fedden OBE, RA, RWA (1915­2012) Lynn Chadwick CBE, RA (1914­2003) Upright Connected Forms White Arches (detail) Sitting Woman III Signed and numbered 3/7 and stamped with the foundry mark Signed and dated 1955 Numbered and dated c30 7/9 1986 MORRIS SINGER FOUNDERS LONDON Oil on canvas Bronze Patinated bronze on a wooded base, conceived in 1979 50.5 x 60.9cm 14.5cm high 20.5cm high (excluding wooden base) Estimate £15,000­20,000* Estimate £8,000­12,000* Estimate £25,000­35,000* Viewing by appointment only ENQUIRIES Victor Fauvelle | +44 (0)1722 446961 | [email protected] 51­61 Castle Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire SP1 3SU www.woolleyandwallis.co.uk *Visit woolleyandwallis.co.uk/buying for additional charges on final hammer price LIVE PAGE 003 2454.indd 1 06/08/2020 16:58:22 News Sotheby’s introduces new fee on top of the hammer price and buyer’s premium house said the new premium is tiered fee structure means the buyers were from Asia. have proven to be incredibly by Laura Chesters to cover “the overhead costs overall fee increase is most The results covered its year resilient, and demand for qual- relating to our facilities, prop- notable at the top end. to date for the period January ity across categories is Sotheby’s has introduced a new erty handling and other Sotheby’s recently to the end of July. Sotheby’s is unabated. The power of Asia, fee called an ‘Overhead Pre- administrative expenses, and announced it had sold $2.5bn now a private company follow- combined with the sophistica- mium’ that is payable by all reflects the increasing costs (£1.9bn) of art, antiques, luxury ing its purchase by telecoms tion of established collectors auction buyers across its sale- associated with delivering items and collectables so far businessman Patrick Drahi in and the appetite of new clients, rooms and online auctions great service and experiences this year, including more than 2019 and does not have to was central to our success over globally. in a highly competitive $285m (£216m) in online-only reveal its performance pub- the past seven months, and par- The charge, which is 1% of marketplace”. auctions and $575m (£436m) licly. It did not publish ticularly since March. the hammer price, is on top of Sotheby’s last raised its buy- in private sales. information relating to profit “And although driven by the regular buyer’s premium er’s premium in February 2019 It said 30% of all its bidders or how the period compared to necessity, it’s clear that our cli- and any other fees such as local but the fact that the new over- and buyers were under 40 the previous year. ents’ interest and confidence in taxes and artist’s resale right. head premium is a flat during this period and nearly CEO Charles Stewart said: technology has fundamentally In a statement, the auction percentage and not part of the 20% of its new bidders and “The art and luxury markets changed.” Seacole sculptor was Crimea soldier related to the queen Continued from front page Chris Albury at Dominic Winter said: “Needless to say, we are in shock. We had thought it might go over £20,000 but we are as flabber- gasted as the vendor.” D-Day veteran Three views of The bust came from the collec- the terracotta tion of the late Jack Webb bust. (1923-2019), a D-Day veteran who became a Camden Pas- sage antiques dealer and passionate collector of mili- taria and objet d’art.