Contents
VOL 55 NO 3 AUG 2020
THIS MONTH
REGULARS 3 Editor’s Hello: Georgina Wroe introduces the issue, the first of the ‘new’ normal
58 Top of the Lots: A lifetime collection of jazz records goes under the hammer, along with an unusual gaming table
RARE JAZZ RECORDS ON SALE GARDEN STATUARY 20TH-CENTURY ARTISTS
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AUGUST 2020
IN THE SPOTLIGHT
ARTS & CRAFTS
FURNITURETHE GENIUS OF THE FURNITURE DESIGNER EDWARD BARNSLEY BROUGHT INTO FOCUS
Bid for Success
Avoiding the pitfalls of buying online
Gray Matters Why everyone is talking about the Irish modernist
Eileen Gray
FOCUS ON: GREAT DANE THE ENDURING APPEAL
OF GEORG JENSEN
18TH-CENTURY WRITING BOXES Lifitng the lid on the most ingenious designs with their secret drawers and hidden compartments
ALSO INSIDE Valuing Chinese porcelain • Sale results • Latest lockdown news
COVEROpen for business – the showroom of Tetbury dealer Brownrigg Interiors and Decorative Antiques, brownrigg-interiors.co.uk
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6 Antique News: With galleries and museums starting to reopen there is much to report on
61 Fairs Calendar: With lockdown easing, we reveal the fairs taking place this month
10 Your Letters: A selection from the postbag including one correspondent who corrects a correction chair
62 Auction Calendar: Online, timed and in the saleroom, discover the auctions in August
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11 Subscription Offer: Save 33 per cent on an annual subscription and receive a free book worth £65
12 Around the Houses: All the latest from UK and US auction houses with a world record setting guitar and collection of New Hall porcelain
22 Waxing Lyrical: David Harvey puts campaign writing boxes and their ingenious makers in the collecting spotlight
25 An Auctioneer’s Lot: Charles
Hanson is stopped in his tracks by the collection of Winston Churchill’s chauffeur
34 Cool and Collectable: In the year marking the 250th-anniversary of William Wordsworth’s birth, Paul Fraser looks at poets’ memorabilia
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36 Saleroom Spotlight: The collection of the sculptor Dame Elisabeth Frink goes under the hammer this month in Wiltshire
45 Why I Collect: Venezuelan collector
Randall Salas has been collecting signed covers of Time and Newsweek since he was a boy
56 Book Offers: Discover the latest
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savings to be made on books from our sister publisher ACC Art Books
66 Marc My Words: Antiques
Roadshow favourite Marc Allum on the importance the Cotswolds had on his career
FEATURES 16 Gray Matters: A look at the work of the Irish-born modernist designer Eileen Gray whose genius has been sadly overlooked
26 Natural Bedfellows: The careers of 20th-century artists Charles Mahoney and Dorothy Bishop are brought to life by their daughter
30 King Edward: Edward
Barnsley the son of arts and crafts designer Sidney Barnsley is put in the spotlight by specialist dealer Holly Johnson
38 By Georg! The silver of the
Danish designer Georg Jensen is greatly sought after by collectors. Mark Littler reports
42 Bidding Online Q&A: With armchair buying soaring, Mark Gilding reveals the pleasures and pitfalls of buying online
48 Gardeners’ World: Lockdown has made us fall in love with our outdoor spaces, James Rylands presents the in-vogue antique statuary and ornaments
52 Short and Sweet: The reign of the Yongzheng emperor lasted only 13 years but sparked huge artistic endeavour, writes Sam Howard
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