Antiques Trade Gazette CSK‘s ski sale on January 25 also


provided options for those on a tighter budget. Pictured here is a selection:


of the slopes…


Left: Emil Cardinaux’s St Moritz winter scene sold for £19,000 and a topical poster for Davos by Emil Cardinaux made £17,000.


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Gd Hotel des Rasses by J.C. from 1916, Swiss – £950.


Trink Coca Cola from c. 1955 – £900.


Val D’Aosta


undated, Italian – £500.


“When a sought-after artist and a prestigious resort combine, bidding can be particularly fierce”


Important but secondary considerations include style, rarity, artist and condition. Having said that, there are exceptions to the formula, as illustrated by the top lot at this year's CSK sale. Offered as the penultimate lot, the 3ft 3½in x 2ft (1m x 63cm) 1930 work was by the well-known poster artist Roger Broders (1883-1953). Depicting the relatively unknown St Pierre de Chartreuse resort in the French Alps, the de Vaugirard, Paris printed lithograph was also “rare,


in good condition and had a good all-round general winter scene”, said Ms Tomkinson. After a lengthy bidding battle it sold on the phone for £26,000 against a £5000-7000 estimate. This price makes it a record for the artist at auction. When a sought-after artist and a


prestigious resort combine, bidding can be particularly fierce. Such was the case again this year for posters by Emil Cardinaux (1877-1936) of St Moritz, the glamorous ski destination in Switzerland. Leading the way was a 4ft 2½in x 3ft (1.28m x 91cm) condition A poster from 1920 advertising the resort’s famous Palace Hotel. Examples of this iconic design printed by Wolfsberg, Zürich are offered at the ski sale most years, with this one selling for double the bottom


peaks… in Bond Street


Theodore Compton (1849-1921), Alexandre Calame (1810-64), and Tousaint-Gabriel Loppe (1825-1913). Prices range from £1200 to £65,000 for Compton’s The Weissmies seen from the Lagginhorn, depicted on the cover of catalogue, although the average price is a more affordable £15,000. The main buyers in this field are


British clients with additional residences in Switzerland, France and the Austrian Alps, and obviously a keen interest in the subject matter. Some of them may well have been bidding at Christie’s Ski sale,


reviewed above. So far William has sold four paintings


and has two on hold – a good tally less than two weeks after opening. Whatever happens on the sales side,


however, William also values swapping mountaineering stories with clients, many of whom know well the locations shown in the paintings. For those no longer able to climb or ski, the visit to 44 Old Bond Street will often evoke fond memories. Contact: 0207 493 7567 www.johnmitchell.net Emma Strowbridge


estimate to take £20,000 over the phone – the highest price seen at auction for this poster. The next lot was an identically sized


1918 work of a general winter scene in St Moritz featuring horse sleigh rides and cross-country skiing. It sold to a different private buyer on the phone for £19,000 against the same £10,000-15,000 estimate. Designs by less-known poster artists


of St Moritz also commanded healthy prices. A winning bid of £19,000 via an internet client in Italy secured a striking 2ft 2½in x 3ft 2½in (67 x 98cm) design promoting Engadin St Moritz by Anton Christoffel (1871-1953) for over three times the £6000 low estimate. There was also keen bidding for a 1928 design of a saxophone-playing snowman by Charles Kuhn (1903-99) which sold on the phone for £12,000 – four times the top estimate. A 3ft 4in x 2ft 1in (1.02m x 64cm)


1955 poster by Alex Walter Diggelmann (1902-87) of the St Moritz snow hare, the ski resort’s logo before it was replaced officially in 1986 with the trademark sun and Top of the World sign, fetched a treble-top-estimate £9500 via the phone. Such was the appeal of the St Moritz name that all 17 posters for the resort consigned for sale here found buyers and alone contributed over £115,000 to the total. Other popular Swiss resorts at CSK


included Davos, Klosters and Zermatt. Cardinaux’s 4ft 2½in x 3ft (1.29m x


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Forsanose from c.1934, Swiss – £350.


Engelberg


Wintersport by Otto Ernst from c.1930, Swiss – £800.


Royal Mail Line cruises to Norway by Freda Beard, English – £500.


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