20 30th June 2012 auction previews


1. Just after completing his run as an Olympic Torchbearer in 1948, Gerry Cranham rescued this poster from a lamp-post. A member of Reading and District Athletics Club at the time, Mr Cranham went on to become a well- known horseracing photographer. The original 2ft 6in x 20in (76 x 51cm) poster by Walter Herz (b.1909), consigned by Mr Cranham’s son, is estimated at £1000-1500 in Onslows’ internet auction of vintage posters on June 29. The photograph also shown is of Gerry Cranham during that 1948 relay and is thought to be in Windsor Great Park. Contact 01258 488838 www.onslows.co.uk


2. A highlight at Fieldings Auctioneers’ July 7 sale in Stourbridge is a box containing personal effects reputed to have belonged to Captain William Kidd, the well-known Scottish sailor who was convicted of piracy and hanged in London on May 23, 1701. The vendor had bought the lot along with a number of other pirate items from an auction at Oakden & Co of Eastbourne in 1950, where they had formerly been in the collection of the late Hubert Palmer, a lawyer and collector of pirate relics. The £800-1200 estimated lot contains an 18th-century carved oak bible box, a leather-bound King James II bible and a small oak-framed mirror, each with the initials WK next to a skull and crossbones. Contact 01384 444 140 www.fieldingsauctioneers.co.uk


3. Hot on the heels of Bloomsbury’s Post War British Art and Modern prints sales is Urban Contemporary, a 120-lot auction held on July 3 at the auction house’s rooms in Mayfair, London. Among the star attractions here is Moona Lisa, a unique rendition in gold by Bristol-based artist Nick Walker. From a UK private collection, the 3ft 3¼in x 2ft 3½in (1m x 70cm) piece is estimated at £6000-8000.


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The sale will also include works by Banksy, Damien Hirst and recently departed American graffiti artist Stay High 149. Contact 020 7495 9494 www.bloomsburyauctions.com


4. A collection of Cornish Troika pottery will go under the hammer at Lawrences of Crewkerne’s three-day, mixed-discipline sale on July 3, 5 and 6. Set up by Leslie Illsley, Benny Sirota, and Jan Thompson, Troika was made between 1963 and 1983 at the Wheal Dream site in St Ives. The eight-lot group at Lawrences includes coffin and disc- shaped vases and this 6in (16cm) circular piece with stylised symbols estimated at £80-120. Contact 01460 73041 www.lawrences.co.uk


5. Richard Winterton Auctioneers of Lichfield, Staffordshire will be offering for sale on July 5 a corporate collection of original artwork to include works by


Vida Gabor, Jean Chaleye, Sue Ryder and Byron Howard among others. Illustrated here is a large oil painting of the Palazzo Uguccioni in Piazza Signoria, Florence, by Peter Kuhfeld, an English figurative painter who came to prominence in the mid 1980s as an up-and-coming member of the New English Art Movement. Measuring 4ft 5in x 9ft 10in (1.36 x 2.1m), the work has an estimate of £2000-3000. Contact 01543 251081 www.richardwinterton.co.uk


Correction In last week’s ATG previews an incorrect website address for Halls auction house was given. The correct address is www.hallsgb.com/fine-art


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TWO HIGHLY IMPORTANT CARVED IVORY PIECES IN THE GENRE OF ‘SCRIMSHAW’, C. 1857 Approx. 30in and 24in respectively Estimates: £30,000-50,000 each


THURSDAY 28TH JUNE AT 1PM


Antiques & Collectors’ Sale Wednesday 4th July at 10.30am


Viewing Tuesday 3rd July 9.30am - 7pm


Venue: Clive Pavilion, Ludlow Racecourse, Ludlow, Shropshire SY8 2BT Viewing: morning of sale 9am to 12.45pm


The Old Shippon, Wall under Heywood, Church Stretton, Shropshire, SY6 7DS Tel: 01694 771771


Email: info@mullocksauctions.co.uk www.mullocksauctions.co.uk


Victorian George Jones & Sons


A Goldscheider figure of a


Majolica strawberry dish and spoon dancing lady, 13” high 14” long


Two early 20th century Oxford and Cambridge racing oars and seats


Bourne End Auction Rooms, Station Approach, Bourne End, Bucks SL8 5QH Telephone No. 01628 531500 Fax 01628 522158 www.bourneendauctionrooms.com


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