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AUCTION Sales round-up A ROUND the HOUSES A 90-year-old beer can sets a record in America, while a 2,000 year-old marble foot of a Roman soldier runs away in London Lyrics by the American singer Bob Dylan sold for £407,000 in California, photo credit Val Wilmer for Getty Images Julien ’s Auctions, Beverly Hills A typewritten early draft of Bob Dylan’s Mr Tambourine Man, once consigned to the bin, sold for a mid-estimate $508,000 (£407,000) at the California auction house. Dylan threw the papers into a wastepaper bin at the home of journalist Al Aronowitz (1928-2005). Across four sides of yellow paper, three drafts show Dylan’s most successful song evolving. “ Take me on a trip please on your magic soundin' ship ,” became, “take me for a trip upon your magic swirlin’ ship ,” in the version Dylan sang before Th e Byrds made the song a global pop hit in 1965. Typed deletions and Dylan’s own handwritten alterations are scattered through the document. re n-Marsh rty Dozen’ missioned by Kinghams, Moreton-in-Marsh One of the ‘Dirty Dozen’ watches commissioned by the Ministry of Defence in WWII, sold for £2,210 at the Cotswolds auction house’s recent sale. f Defence in r £2,210 at the ction house’s 45 before the d the armed ed more reliable g devices than of civilian es, pocket nd military-issued It was 1945 before the MOD decided the armed forces needed more reliable timekeeping devices than the mixture of civilian wristwatches, pocket watches, and military-issued timepieces from earlier conflicts. from earlier 12 watch companies were contracted to create wrist watches for the British armed forces according to a specific set of criteria, including IWC, Record, Jaeger LeCoultre, and Longines. ch companies were d to create wrist or the British armed ording to a specific eria, including IWC, aeger LeCoultre, gines. a produced st watches with es suggesting only 1,000 to 5,000 were ed making them y grail’ for watch ors. Grana produced the fewest watches with estimates suggesting only around 1,000 to 5,000 were produced making them the ‘holy grail’ for watch collectors. The Omega ‘Dirty Dozen’ watch sold for £2,210 in the Cotswolds ers, Leyburn Tennants Auctioneers, Leyburn Novelty animal-themed brooches were in high demand in the North Yorkshire house’s recent sale, with a brooch modelled as an elephant roaring past its low estimate of £150 to fetch £850. The realistically designed piece was by the American goldsmith and jewellery designer Henry Dunay (1935-2023) who was apprenticed by the New York jeweller Rudolph Cacioli at the age of 14 and went on to become known for his scratched surface technique known as sabi. At the same sale a silver trompe l’oeil tea-caddy, with the Cyrillic mark ПЕД, for St Petersburg, 1882-1899, more than doubled its estimate of £300-£500 to sell for £1,300. estimate of £300-£500 to sell for £1,300. The basketweave caddy’s inside cover includes the Cyrillic maker’s mark ПЕД 12 ANTIQUE COLLECTING The annotated lyrics show the evolution of one of Dylan’s yrics lution lan’s wn best-known works The elephant brooch by the American maker Henry Dunay measures 4.1cm The elephant brooch by the American maker Henry Dunay measures 4.1cm by 4.5cm by 4.5cm
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The allegorical scene of Daniel in the Lion’s Den dates to 1730 and sold for £500 Chiswick Auctions, London A collection of nine Georgian peep shows – the cutting edge of popular entertainment in the mid 18th century – made £4,000 at the auction house’s recent sale beating their individual estimates of £300-£500. The hand-coloured engravings, which when layered create a three-dimensional scene when looked at through a special viewer, were by the Augsburg engraver, printer and publisher Martin Engelbrecht (1684-1756) who made “perspective theatre” – more commonly known as the peep show – famous throughout Europe. Engelbrecht’s designs, covering subjects from court life to religious and allegorical themes, are highly collectable today. Halls, Shrewsbury A painting by noted Scottish artist Anna Katrina Zinkeisen (1901-1976) of the wife of her cousin’s son nudged towards its low estimate when it sold for £2,700 at the Shropshire auction house. Now largely forgotten, Anna Zinkeisen and her sister, Doris, were once the toast of London’s society. During the 1920s and 30s they were the bright young things of the art world. At age 15, Anna won a scholarship to the Royal Academy Schools and first exhibited at the Royal Academy at age 18. Both sisters were appointed offi cial war artists during WWII Anna Katrina Zinkeisen (1901-1976) a portrait of Anna Christina Mackay sold for £2,700 Apollo Art Auctions, London A wonderfully realistic marble depiction of a Roman legionary’s left foot doubled its low guide price of £30,000 to sell for £60,000 at the London auctioneer’s recent sale. Dated to 150-200AD, each toe and toenail is shown in admirable detail, as well as the ornate nature of the wearer’s caliga – the shoe of the legionaries. The thick-soled, open-toed boot is adorned with spiral and studs and plant motifs along the sides. The footwear is finished with a folded lion skin at ankle height. The marble left foot may have been modelled on a Roman legionary Lawrences, Crewkerne A still life attributed to the Dutch golden age master Willem Claesz. Heda (15941680) led the Somerset auctioneer’s recent sale when it sold for £65,000, well beyond its guide price of £10,000-£15,000. The work was attributed to the Dutch master Willem Claesz. Heda (1594-1680) Depicting a cut pie with a half-peeled lemon, glassware and a nautilus shell on a dish, it was one of six exceptional works from a private collection in Dorset. Heda, known for his innovation of the ‘late breakfast’ genre, was renowned for achieving a variety of surfaces, such as polished silver, glistening oysters, and reflective glass, while working almost exclusively in shades of grey. In his work, lemons – an exotic import – typically represent wealth, while the half-filled Roemer, a goblet similar to a rummer, alongside the sumptuous pie appear to warn of the sins of excess. The Cotswold Auction Company, Cirencester A traditional gypsy caravan rolled past its low estimate of £2,000-£3,000 to fetch £7,000 at the Gloucestershire auction house. The caravan, known as a ‘bow-top vardo’, had come from the garden of Dunkirk Manor, Amberley, near Nailsworth, in the same county. Specialists believe the caravan may have been built in the style of William ‘Billy’ Wright (1844-1909) and dates to the late ‘50s or early ‘60s, with the wheels and undercarriage possibly pre-Victorian. Wright apprenticed as a joiner in Leeds in 1865. At the age of 21, he was asked to repair a broken livingwagon and thereafter decided to start building them himself. The ‘bow-top vardo’ appealed to buyers looking for a freewheeling lifestyle ANTIQUE COLLECTING 13

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AUCTION Sales round-up

A ROUND the HOUSES

A 90-year-old beer can sets a record in America, while a 2,000 year-old marble foot of a Roman soldier runs away in

London

Lyrics by the American singer Bob Dylan sold for £407,000 in California, photo credit Val Wilmer for Getty

Images

Julien ’s Auctions, Beverly Hills A typewritten early draft of Bob Dylan’s Mr Tambourine Man, once consigned to the bin, sold for a mid-estimate $508,000 (£407,000) at the California auction house.

Dylan threw the papers into a wastepaper bin at the home of journalist Al Aronowitz (1928-2005). Across four sides of yellow paper, three drafts show Dylan’s most successful song evolving. “ Take me on a trip please on your magic soundin' ship ,” became, “take me for a trip upon your magic swirlin’ ship ,” in the version Dylan sang before Th e Byrds made the song a global pop hit in 1965.

Typed deletions and Dylan’s own handwritten alterations are scattered through the document.

re n-Marsh rty Dozen’ missioned by

Kinghams, Moreton-in-Marsh One of the ‘Dirty Dozen’ watches commissioned by the Ministry of Defence in WWII, sold for £2,210 at the Cotswolds auction house’s recent sale.

f Defence in r £2,210 at the ction house’s

45 before the d the armed ed more reliable g devices than of civilian es, pocket nd military-issued

It was 1945 before the MOD decided the armed forces needed more reliable timekeeping devices than the mixture of civilian wristwatches, pocket watches, and military-issued timepieces from earlier conflicts.

from earlier

12 watch companies were contracted to create wrist watches for the British armed forces according to a specific set of criteria, including IWC, Record, Jaeger LeCoultre, and Longines.

ch companies were d to create wrist or the British armed ording to a specific eria, including IWC, aeger LeCoultre, gines. a produced st watches with es suggesting only 1,000 to 5,000 were ed making them y grail’ for watch ors.

Grana produced the fewest watches with estimates suggesting only around 1,000 to 5,000 were produced making them the ‘holy grail’ for watch collectors.

The Omega ‘Dirty Dozen’ watch sold for £2,210 in the

Cotswolds ers, Leyburn

Tennants Auctioneers, Leyburn Novelty animal-themed brooches were in high demand in the North Yorkshire house’s recent sale, with a brooch modelled as an elephant roaring past its low estimate of £150 to fetch £850.

The realistically designed piece was by the American goldsmith and jewellery designer Henry Dunay (1935-2023) who was apprenticed by the New York jeweller Rudolph Cacioli at the age of 14 and went on to become known for his scratched surface technique known as sabi.

At the same sale a silver trompe l’oeil tea-caddy, with the Cyrillic mark ПЕД, for St Petersburg, 1882-1899, more than doubled its estimate of £300-£500 to sell for £1,300.

estimate of £300-£500 to sell for £1,300.

The basketweave caddy’s inside cover includes the

Cyrillic maker’s mark ПЕД

12 ANTIQUE COLLECTING

The annotated lyrics show the evolution of one of Dylan’s yrics lution lan’s wn best-known works

The elephant brooch by the American maker Henry Dunay measures 4.1cm

The elephant brooch by the American maker Henry Dunay measures 4.1cm by 4.5cm by 4.5cm

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