ANTIQUESnews
Roll out the barrels Gavin Gardiner’s Modern & Vintage
Sporting Guns & Rifl es sale on 17 April at Sotheby’s in London will include a good selection of fi ne English and European sporting guns. Amongst the star lots include an exceptional pair of recently completed English over and under guns by London-maker Charles Lancaster, estimated at £18,000-24,000.
Whisky madness The forthcoming Whisky sale at Mulberry Bank Auctions in Glasgow
on 19 March includes one of the most important and comprehensive collections of old Macallan in the world. The private collection was built up over 30 years and comprises over 300 bottles of famous and rare examples from pre-war years, some dating from as far back as the 1920s, as well as more recent super-premium expressions.
PATRON SAINT OF THE ARTS The recent Lyon & Turnbull St Andrews Fine Art Sale saw 90% of lots being sold and a number of records being reached for individual artists. The star lot was Summer Evening, Ben Lister, Arran, by 19th century painter WH Paton (pictured), which fetched £19,000. A number of studies from George Leslie Hunter’s sketchbooks also performed well. The sale total exceeded £265,000.
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Over the asking price The recent Bonhams 19th Century Paintings, Drawings & Watercolours sale saw a number of lots exceed their pre-sale estimates. These included a detailed watercolour, Cock and hen Pheasant in a Woodland Clearing, by renowned Scottish artist Archibald Thorburn. The painting fetched £63,650 against an estimate of £30,000-50,000.
Searching the salerooms for interesting lots and the latest prices
MEY DAY CELEBRATIONS If you think you have an old master, or a piece of
rare porcelain, in your attic then come along to the Castle of Mey, which is hosting a charity valuation day by Bonhams prior to its offi cial re-opening on 1 May. All items will be valued by appointment only between 10am-5pm. To make an appointment call Lucy Clarke on 0131 225 2266.
Sales dates
NORTH Lindsay Burns, Perth
9 April: Antiques & Fine Art
EAST Lyon & Turnbull, Edinburgh
6 April: Interiors, 17 April: Scottish Contemporary & Post War Art, 24 April: Rare Books,
Shapes, Edinburgh
6 April: Fine Art & Antiques
Bonhams, Edinburgh
17 April: Scottish Art
Thomson Roddick, Edinburgh 4 April: Collectors Sale, 11, 18 April: General
WEST Great Western Auctions, Glasgow
13, 27 April: General
Mulberry Bank
Auctions, Glasgow
20 April: Fine Antiques & Collectables
SOUTH Thomson Roddick, Dumfries 9, 23 April: General
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