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The undoubted star of our July 29th Fine Art Sale will be this 1958 oil on canvas “In the City” by the Indian artist Ram Kumar.

Born in 1924, the artist still lives and works in New Delhi. His paintings continually command high results at auction, particularly his figurative works of this period - a similar, slightly earlier work, fetched $1m in New York in 2008.

To coincide with Asian Art Week in London, the painting is currently being exhibited by the Grosvenor Gallery in Ryder St, SW1 until June 11th.

In preparation for the July sale, Lays have worked closely with the Grosvenor Gallery and their sister gallery, Vadehra in New Delhi, who are the foremost experts and dealers in Kumar’s work.

 

 

 

 

Please view our catalogues for the Paintings, Prints & Other Art Sale, July 29th, 2010, starting at 11.00am & for the Chestnut Appeal Charity Auction, starting at approx. 5.45pm

The lot numbers for the Charity Sale will be prefixed by the number 1000, thus will start at 1001. This will correspond to the Chestnut Appeal catalogue Lot 1.

 

Viewing times for the Art Sale, 29th July

Saturday 24th July 9am - 1pm. Wednesday 28th July 9am - 7pm. Sale day morning 09.00am till start of sale at 11.00am.

 

 

 

 

 

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Samplers are perennial saleroom favorites and this fine example was no exception. Dated 1834, it was stitched with a three masted ship, roses and thistles and a country house. It sold for £1,550. At the other extreme, a small Victorian sampler stitched by seven year old Harold Thompson made £200. Lay's doesn't recall ever having a sampler sewn by a boy!

 

Lays are well-known for selling Cornish Studio Pottery, but this little

5 1/2 inch vase was sold even before it was catalogued.

Co-incidentally, our valuer had just accepted the piece for auction when, on the same morning, a client called in wanting to buy a Janet Leach piece at auction. The two were instantly brought together and a month later, the client did indeed buy the vase for approximately £100 per inch.

 

DAME LAURA KNIGHT R.A. Mousehole.

Although contemporary and abstract art is still flying high, the more traditional work of quality is still attracting buyers. This unsigned Laura Knight drawing of Mousehole had such detail and quality. Thought to be a study for a proposed oil painting (Laura's pencilled colour notes were dotted here and there), Lays discovered that it was later produced as a print. It sold for a pleasing £5,500 in our October Art sale.

The large jewellery section of Lays Antiques Sales is one of the most popular, being an eclectic mix of fine jewellery, good watches and a wide range of bijouterie. Collectable seal fobs and desk seals always attract buyers and this was no exception. The unusual carved ivory hand was set with three different seals and made its mark at £1,200.