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 2488 | antiquestradegazette.com | 17 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 Coin auction houses end Murrle Bennett: the four-year joint venture are nine staff members (the by Laura Chesters Anglo-German style group has a total of 60 staff). It intends to hold its first auction Jewellery by the Anglo-German firm Murrle Bennett, London coin specialists back at 399 Strand in the which thrived for two decades before the First World Baldwin’s and St James’ autumn. War, appeals today for the reasons it did in the early 20th Auctions have ended their St James’ Auctions, founded tie-up after four years. by Stephen Fenton of century. The jewellery is good quality, effortlessly stylish The stopping of the joint dealership Knightsbridge and (in comparison with handmade or precious stone venture was without costs and Coins, will continue to be jewels of the period) relatively affordable. Stanley Gibbons Group based at 10 Charles II Street, St (owner of Baldwin’s) said it was James’s, in London. The Murrle Bennett output, which embraced all flavours a “major milestone” to “bring Alongside Fenton there are of European Art Nouveau, is a focus of this week’s coin auctions back in house nine full-time employees plus jewellery feature on pages 12-18. after a four-year hiatus”. four external consultants. The Baldwin’s will now run its first St James’s sale without auctions from the newly Baldwin’s is scheduled for refurbished 399 Strand where mid-May. Stanley Gibbons Group is based. Within Baldwin’s there Continued on page 4 Shops and centres open doors again this week Antiques shops and centres, will have to wait until at least auction houses and outdoor May 17 in England and Wales. markets will welcome In Scotland limited non- customers back to their essential retail reopened from premises in England and Wales April 5 and ‘click and collect’ Right: a Murrle Bennett this week after government services from all retailers could 15ct gold necklace with confirmation that the resume from that date. cabochon turquoise and reopening of the economy can However, the remaining freshwater pearl drops, continue. retail – including art and sold for £1600 at the From April 12 art and antiques shops and auction Dominic Winter auction in antiques retail, auction houses houses – are expected to be South Cerney on March 24. and markets (all classed under able to open their doors to the A detail of the impressed the wider non-essential retail public from April 26. 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Indoor venues such as fairs, museums and galleries Continued on page 4 Old Masters at shipping art and antiques • Bespoke secure packing • Door-to-door worldwide delivery • Loss and damage warranty available • Customs and shipping documentation support e: [email protected] w: packsend.co.uk/art-shipping Follow us on Twitter Antiques Trade Gazette is published and originated by Metropress Ltd, Contents@ATG_Editorial Issue 2488 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 In The News page 4 & 6 Commissioning Editor Anne Crane Extraordinary auction result for Alice Boyd work Chief Production Editor Tom Derbyshire Digital & Art Market Editor Alex Capon S Franses lease dispute goes back to court Reporter Frances Allitt Remarkable family sporting archive on offer Marketing Manager Beverley Marshall Print & ProduCtion Director Justin Massie-Taylor News Digest page 8-9 SUBSCRIPTIONS ENQUIRIES Polly Stevens +44 (0)20 3725 5507 Includes our pick of the week [email protected] EDITORIAL +44 (0)20 3725 5520 Feature - jewellery [email protected] ADVERTISING Focus on Murrle Bennett – plus auction +44 (0)20 3725 5604 [email protected] highlights and previews page 12-18 AUCTION ADVERTISING Charlotte Scott-Smith +44 (0)20 3725 5602 Auction Reports [email protected] NON-AUCTION & FAIRS AND MARKETS HAMMER HIGHLIGHTS Copy and taste ADVERTISING Mdina glass and Osman silver shine page 20 Dan Connor +44 (0)20 3725 5605 Version of the Uffizi’s Apollino [email protected] ART MARKET takes £190,000 in its own right CLASSIFIED page 8 Rebecca Bridges +44 (0)20 3725 5604 Sister act: Augustus John portraits page 22-24 [email protected] BOOKS AND WORKS ON PAPER INTERNATIONAL ADVERTISING Susan Glinska +44 (0)20 3725 5607 The lessons in life of Sara North page 26-28 [email protected] Francine Libessart +44 (0)20 3725 5613 [email protected] Previews page 30-31 CALENDAR CONTROLLER Rachel Fellman +44 (0)20 3725 5606 [email protected] Dealers’ Diary ATG PRODUCTION +44 (0)20 3725 5620 Early examples of campaign furniture page 34-36 Muireann Grealy +44 (0)20 3725 5623 SUSTAINABLE RESOURCES International Events page 37-45 This product is produced from sustainably managed forests and controlled UK Auction Calendar page 46-52 sources. 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Sign up today for FREE and stay one step ahead antiquestradegazette.com/morningbriefing 2 | 17 April 2021 antiquestradegazette.com PAGE 002 2488.indd 1 09/04/2021 12:53:40 WWFREE_ATG_244x335mm.qxp_Layout 1 31/03/2021 12:24 Page 1 NEW DATE JEWELLERY THURSDAY 29TH APRIL 2021 AT 10AM (POSTPONED FROM 28TH JANUARY) A sapphire and diamond ring, 15.22cts, SSEF certification: Burma, no heat A very fine 19th century Etruscan Revival ram’s head gold bangle Estimate £32,000 ­ 35,000* Estimate £6,000 ­ 8,000* A collection of antique rings and pendants, George III – late Victorian A late 19th century diamond­set crosslet brooch by Fabergé Estimate £4,500 ­ 12,000* Estimate £15,000 ­ 20,000* Viewing by appointment only ENQUIRIES Charlotte Glyde FGA | +44 (0)1722 424586 | [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 2488.indd 2 09/04/2021 11:58:29 News S Franses returns to court over lease dispute Left: 80 Jermyn by Laura Chesters believes the landlord is acting extent of the decline of rental unreasonably in not agreeing to Street, St James’s, values. Six of the immediately a rent reduction for the period has been home to adjacent retail premises in Tapestry and textiles specialist the gallery was closed during the textiles dealer Jermyn Street are now vacant or S Franses is to face its landlord pandemic. S Franses for more empty. Of those that remain in court for the fourth time next The long-running than 25 years. many tenants have been granted month. disagreement began when rent holidays by landlords such A four-day hearing for S Franses’ 25-year lease at 80 as The Crown Estate.” Franses Limited v Cavendish Jermyn Street came to an end in James Cooksey, director of Hotel (London) Limited is 2015. The Cavendish Hotel (a central London at The Crown scheduled for May 24 in the subsidiary of Singapore’s rent of the new lease are the further five-figure legal costs Estate, said it is “focusing High Court. CapitaLand) did not grant substance of the continued since the Supreme Court support… on the smaller The case regards a dispute Franses a new lease and instead dispute and S Franses hopes to decision in 2018.” independent [businesses]. For over the lease and rent at 80 said it planned to redevelop the negotiate reduced rent because Franses added: the most part that has been in Jermyn Steet, St James’s, where space into two shops. of the coronavirus pandemic “Unfortunately, it has also not the form of rent-free periods or, the gallery has operated for After earlier decisions and and the decline in rental values been possible to reach in this last quarter, 50% of more than 25 years. appeals, the Supreme Court in the area. agreement on any rent holiday normal rent.” A Supreme Court ruling in ruled unanimously in favour of S Franses director Simon or rent abatement with S Franses is represented by 2018 ordered the landlord to the tenant on December 4, Franses said: “The landlord still CapitaLand during the David Cooper & Co and grant a new lease.