summer Prices ranged from £200-£50,000,


and sales at the top end of this bracket included a pen and watercolour of The Colosseum from the Palatine Hill (pictured here) sold for the asking price of £50,000 and a watercolour over pencil of the Tomb of Caecilia Metella, sold for £25,000. Crispian Riley-Smith, MDL founder


and organiser, sold over 20 of the drawings, prints and paintings from the collection of Professor Raymond E. Pahl, FBA (1935-2011), including a Venetian drawing by Jacopo Negretti (1480-1528), entitled Palma Il Giovane, 1621, to a US collector, and Studies of Men and Women in Arab, Medieval and other Costumes, a pen and ink by the Circle of Melchior Lorck (c.1527-1594), to a British collector. Meanwhile, on the contemporary side,


Day and Faber sold 15 of the drawings and notebooks by the ex-saxophonist of Supertramp, David Winthrop (b.1948), to private collectors, with works ranging from £500-£2500. Returning to MPW, co-founder


Johnny van Haeften’s sales included the still-life by Laurens Craen, shown here, which had an asking price of £300,000. A few doors along, fellow Duke Street resident Rafael Valls, who this year had an exhibition of Monochrome Masterworks dedicated to grisaille and brunaille painting from 1550-1800, felt that visitor numbers had increased on last year. Newcomer Angus Haldane said:


“As a first-time participant, it has been a great success. Our exhibition has seen a steady flow of visitors, including many new private clients, and feedback has been really positive. Sales include a painting to a descendant of the sporting artist Charles Cooper Henderson.” Another first-timer, Theo Johns Fine


Art, sold three paintings after a busy first weekend, one of which was an 1885 oil sketch of a beggar woman by the Dutch Javanese painter Jan Toorop (1858-1928).


Left: this Suffragette necklace will be among the items offered by jewellers Anderson Jones at Stonyhurst College, priced at £1500.


Below left: Man in Cloth Cap by the Oldham- born artist John Thompson (1924-2011), oil on canvas, priced at £2750 from Jo Bennett at Stonyhurst College.


the market is turning – fingers crossed for everyone’s sake”. Kicking off proceedings is her


established fair at Stonyhurst College, near Clitheroe in Lancashire, from August 10-12, an event that tends to attract visitors from across Lancashire, Cumbria, North Yorkshire and the Lakes. Galloway Fairs organised their first event at the Elizabethan manor house, which is now a boarding school, 17 years ago and have been returning twice a year ever since. This time there are around 30


exhibitors, including regular local exhibitor Angling Antiques of Barnard Castle, who bring all things fishing related, alongside Bryan Chew, who travels all the way from Dorset with period oak furniture, and the Cheshire dealers Melody Antiques (who also brings oak country furniture), M&N Oriental Rugs and Jo Bennett with modern and contemporary art. Other exhibitors from the North of


... but Susan’s still very busy


SUSAN Galloway, owner of Galloway Antiques Fairs, has had a bit of time out since her last event in April. Her Culford School fair was cancelled


in July, but before the end of the year she will pack in six events at venues ranging from Scone Palace in Scotland to Goodwood House in West Sussex. All are already full or only have a


limited number of stands left, which Susan hopes is a “good sign that maybe


England include Corn Mill Antiques from Skipton, with small furniture, porcelain and decorative items; clock specialists Drop Dial of Bolton; silver dealer Jack Shaw of Ilkley and John Newton of Hull, a porcelain dealer. Anderson Jones and Scarab are among the jewellers. New exhibitors include Moorcroft


Cottage of Cumbria, predictably with pottery by William Moorcroft from 1898- 1945, but also offering items by Georg Jensen, Tiffany, Lalique and Clarice Cliff. Other-first timers include Somerset- based silver and jewellery dealer S&A Thompson, Loungy Upholstery of Cumbria, specialists in traditional upholstery and restoration work, and HD Asian Art of Leeds with both antique and contemporary Asian art.


Q


Antiques Trade Gazette 19 10 uestions


ADRIAN MIBUS Whitford Fine Art, St James’s, London www.whitfordfineart.com


1 How long have you been dealing? 40 years.


2 What was your first job? Art teacher in Australia.


3 The best and worst thing about being a dealer? Best, discovering a really exciting artwork! Worst, not buying a great work because it seemed too expensive.


4 What has been you best buy and your biggest mistake? Best buy, Roses of Heliogabalus by Alma Tadema – not most profitable, but most memorable. Biggest mistake, dumping the 1929 Buick I bought for £15 while still at school.


5 What is your dream object? 1935 Alfa Romeo.


6 What is the biggest threat, in your opinion, to the trade at the moment? The introduction of Artist’s Resale Right.


7 Guiltiest pleasure? Trying to beat my son’s score on our vintage pinball machine.


8 Any advice for those starting out in the trade? Befriend a good established dealer.


9 Michelin Star or greasy spoon? My wife’s cooking – she warrants her own Michelin star.


10 What gadget would you be lost without? Tweezers, for my collection of Chinese stamps.


If you are a dealer and would like to be featured in 10 Questions email annabrady@atgmedia.com


ANTIQUES & INTERIORS


AUCTION OF ANTIQUE & HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE & EFFECTS OBJETS D’ART, PORCELAIN, GLASS & COLLECTABLES


Tuesday 31st July at 10am Chapel Walk Saleroom, Chapel Walk, Cheltenham, GL50 3DS


Victorian Broadwood mahogany repetition grand piano Est. £500-£800


Tel: 01242 256363


07542 724938 (sale week only) Email: info@cotswoldauction.co.uk Catalogue on www.cotswoldauction.co.uk and www.invaluable.com


Furniture: George III oak dresser, Victorian aesthetic Japanese occasional table, Victorian Broadwood grand piano, Victorian rosewood breakfast table, Victorian snooker table, Georgian walnut chest of drawers, Smith Beck & Beck barometer. Pictures: A.C. Baldwin, Audrey Philips, Clara Playsled, P. Karly, Aboriginal spot paintings. Carpets; Oriental and Aboriginal; Ceramics: Royal Crown Derby, Royal Doulton, Moroni Pesaro, Meissen, Minton, Kangxi export vase, Turkish ‘Isnik’ guglet, Greek ‘Attic’ vessel. Glass, Metalware: Georgian brass candlesticks, Georgian brass candlesticks, Georgian brass warming pan, Japanese bronze vases. Books: T. Hardy ‘Anniversary edition’, G. Eliot, C. Dickens. Collectables: Victorian scrapbook, Flintlock pistol, Stamps, Coins, Hardy and other fishing rods and reels, Aboriginal ‘Totem’(?), didgeridoo. Silver and Jewellery: 18ct gold solitaire ring, Omega pendant watch, Breitling Navitimer watch, Lotus pendant enamel fob watch, Rolex Oyster wristwatch


On view: Saturday 28th July 10am-1pm, Monday 30th July 10am-6pm and morning of sale from 8.30am Live bidding on www.the-saleroom.com


AT THE MEMORIAL HALL, WHITCHURCH (between Ross-on-Wye and Monmouth) on Saturday 28th July at 10am


Furniture including 19thC 80in oak dresser base, early 19thC oak longcase clock – Hillsley, set six oak, set six elm dining chairs, set six kitchen chairs, 62in early 20thC mahogany double display cabinet, 48in 19thC mahogany linen press, 38in walnut & other mahogany chests of drawers, 56in Victorian mahogany mirrored dressing table, 48in A & C dresser, various settees, limed pine bedroom suite by Richardson of Highgate, John Broadwood & Son upright oak cased piano. Pine including two painted chests of drawers and others, pair of double wardrobe cupboards and others, 41in stripped pine dresser, two kitchen tables, shelves, etc. China including miscellaneous Minton items – Haddon Hall pot, Royal Worcester and Beswick figures including Beswick shire horse, pair of 19thC Derby cabinet plates. Quantity of gaudy Welsh items, collection of over 200 egg cups, collection old ceramic pug figures. Glass including table lamp, red coloured decanter and others including pair of fern leaf decanters. Silver, Plate and Jewellery including miscellanious silver items. Jewellery including 18thC diamond ring. Pictures & Prints including 19thC needlepoint picture, prints of pugs including Louis Wain ‘Under the Mistletoe’. Miscellaneous including set of pre-war travelling luggage, Keshan carpet 3.5m x 2.4m, collection of Matchbox cars etc., Royale pram, book of British Sporting prints – Ariel press, album first day covers, Mamod steam car, miscellaneous. Toys etc,Victorian two seater canopied garden chair, two patterns for casting steam engine wheels, walnut brass bound writing slope, etc.


Viewing: morning of sale from 8.30am


Please check late entries on our website • No catalogues •10% buyer’s premium + VAT Tel: 01989 768320 Sale day Tel: 07712 631566 www.morrisbricknell.com


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