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News from our November 2012 Fine Art Sale....

The lithograph above (Rain, Lake Zillebeke) by Paul Nash was from an 1918 exhibition called “The Void of War”. Nash had been a war artist in France and like many thousands of others, was profoundly affected by his experience. The six lithographs shown in that exhibition are widely considered to be his best prints. The print was part of a large collection put together by Julian Andrews, an arts envoy for the British Council.

Although based in Wales, the executors chose David Lay to sell the Andrews estate. This print sold for £18,000. The collection also included works by Graham Sutherland, Richard Long, John Piper & Andy Goldsworthy. It was a sale of collections, with a number of significant consignments, all achieving excellent results.

A sharp contrast in style to the Nash, these three heads in computer collage and acrylic by the singer David Bowie sold individually, but made a staggering total of £6,500.

             

 

 

 

Successes from our October 2012 Antiques & Selected Items Sale....

 

The remnants of this Edward East, 17th century bracket clock, with verge escapement, seven pillar movement, the dial engraved with masks and scrolling foliage and signed to the backplate "Eduardus East Londini", realised a fantastic £27,000.

Also, an 18th century Highland Militiaman's American & Canadian, engraved New York map powder horn, depicting a map of forts, settlements and rivers of strategic importance during the early stages of the French Indian War, circa 1756 sold for £7,000

 


 

RARE COLLECTION OF ST IVES PAINTINGS FOR AUCTION

A collection of paintings notable for its rare provenance, and reflecting an Exeter solicitor’s infatuation with the St.Ives art scene, will come under the hammer at The Penzance Auction House on Thursday 12 April.

The 14 works, by artists including Jack Pender, Tony O’Malley and Wilhelmina Barns-Graham, were collected by Henry “Harry” Stamp between the early 1960s and his death in 1989.

His daughter Judith Venning, now living in Hayle, recalled:  “After he had begun visiting St.Ives, he soon became captivated by the ‘modern art’ scene and spent long hours visiting the galleries in the town.

“He would leave Mum and the three children on the beach to play while he toured the galleries and met the artists in their workshops, endlessly discussing colour and form.”

Auctioneer David Lay commented:  “The collection for sale is just 14 lots, but it is wholly exceptional in that the pictures come with notes and some original receipts.  Today such provenance is very rare and greatly appreciated by collectors.”

Judith Venning added:  “Once my father’s pattern of regular visits to St.Ives had been established, the traditional art on the walls of his home was quickly replaced by the work of artists from the St.Ives galleries.

“He was soon visiting St.Ives so often that he bought a small cottage at Trencrom and his family believed that but for his death at the relatively early age of 68 he would have moved to Cornwall to live permanently and immerse himself in the local art scene.”

As he was not a gifted painter himself, Mr Stamp offered his legal services wherever he could and was pivotal in helping set up the Spacex Art Gallery in Exeter.

His collection is being offered for sale on behalf of the estate of his widow, Pauline Stamp, and is expected to fetch in the region of £20,000.  

To listen to this and other auctions from David Lay on line, in real time and to place bids, please visit www.the-saleroom.com or follow them on Twitter @PenzanceAuction for notifications of upcoming auctions and results.

       

                       Judith Venning and David Lay discussing Mr Stamp’s paintings

 

 

 

 

Top Sellers from the March Collectors Sale

        

  Rhodesia - The Double Head Issues.                                                Rhodesia - The Admiral

  SOLD £9,000                                                                                 Head Issue.

                                                                                                     SOLD £4,200

       

    1893 gold and silver proof set.                       1937 coin set.

    SOLD £8,800                                                SOLD £3,600

 

     

   Straits Settlements.                           Straits Settlements.                Straits Settlements.

   SOLD £3,600                                    East India overprinted             1879 surcharges

                                                         SOLD £2,200                          £1,900

 

 

Top Sellers from the February Antiques Sale

       

  A Chinese Ming period    A group of four Chinese carved ivory     Two 22ct. gold Lord Baden

  bronze figure of             figures.                                              Powell commemorative medals

  Kuan Ti.                       SOLD £3,700                                       by Johnson Matthey & Co.

  SOLD £5,500                                                                         SOLD £2,800

               

  Two Battle of Britain, 22ct. gold     A Victorian, 15ct gold collar.         An enamelled portrait of

  commemorative medals by          SOLD £2,700                              Napoleon by Henry Pierce

  Toye, Kenning & Spencer Ltd.                                                       Bone.

  SOLD £2,800                                                                              SOLD £1,800

 

       

  A Rene Lalique "Faucon"     An Art Deco style ceiling light.             A Napoleon III ormolu and

  glass car mascot.               SOLD £1,500                                    porcelain casket by Tahan

  SOLD £1,700                                                                           Paris.  SOLD £1,500

 

 

     

  A mid Victorian tea and     A Japanese Musashiya            A set of Royal Copenhagen botanical

  coffee service.                  Yokohama dragon bowl.         side plates.

  SOLD £1,425                   SOLD £1,200                         SOLD £1,500

 

     

  A 18th century oak low dresser.                                      An early 18th century walnut veneered

  SOLD £1,350                                                               cabinet.  SOLD 1,300

 

Top Sellers from the January Art Sale

        

   Lot 290. Sir Terry Frost R.A.        Lot 308. Paul Feiler.                    Lot 132. Howard Hodgkin.

   SOLD £9,950                            SOLD £4,500                              SOLD 4,500

 

       

   Lot 268. Ben Nicholson.         Lot 373. Patrick Heron.             Lot 193. Patrick Heron.

   SOLD £2,700                       SOLD £2,500                             SOLD £2,400

        

    Lot 68. Hector Caffieri.                      Lot 258. Barbara Hepworth.  Lot 257. Barbara Hepworth.

    SOLD £2,000                                   SOLD £1,600                      SOLD £1,600

      

   Lot 354. Samuel John Lamorna Birch.          Lot 203. william Heaton Cooper.

   SOLD £1,400                                            SOLD £1,300

 

       

        Lot 112. Simeon Stafford.

        SOLD £1,200

 

Top Sellers from the December Antiques Sale

 

      

   A South Devon Railway  A 19th century Chinese              A British Railways poster after Frank

   brass hand lamp.         cloisonne bowl.                         Sherwin.

   SOLD £2,300               SOLD £1,100                            SOLD £800

  

           

   A Nicole Freres cylinder music box.               An advertising tableau by Sutton & Sons, Reading.  

   SOLD £800                                                SOLD £700

 

      

   A British Rail Western Region   A British Railways poster after   A British Railways poster after

   St. Ives travel poster.             Frank Mason.                          Frank Mason.

   SOLD £650                            SOLD £600                             SOLD £480

 

               

    A Bernard Leach fireplace.                                     A Kangxi fluted,         A Chinese Kangxi

   SOLD £1,500                                                        baluster lidded          lidded baluster vase.

                                                                             vase in Dutch taste.   SOLD £720                                                                              SOLD £600   

 

         

   A Harvey & Gore diamond &     An S.J. Phillips     A pair of S.J. Phillips    A Wartski emerald &

   emerald en tremblant             diamond &          emerald & diamond     diamond ring.

   butterfly brooch.                    emerald cluster    set pendant earrings.   SOLD £4,200

   SOLD £8,800                         pendant.             SOLD £5,400

                                              SOLD £5,800

 

                

  A Newlyn silver and             A Wartski diamond and opal brooch.              A Wartski lady's

  enamel necklace.               SOLD £ 1,900                                             diamond set cocktail

  SOLD £2,000                                                                                      watch.

                                                                                                          SOLD £700

 

      

   A pair of 19th century boulle cabinets.      A rosewood table by Gillows, Lancaster.

   SOLD £3,600                                        SOLD £2,400

 

           

  A 19th century Black Forest      A George III oak Welsh dresser.    A George I walnut veneered

  tin plate model of a                SOLD £2,400                               chest on stand.

  timepiece.                                                                               SOLD £1,500

  SOLD £1,600

 

 

Top Sellers from the October Art Sale

 

           

    Lot 312.  Sandra Blow.                           Lot 441. Alfred Wallis. Schooner in heavy seas off

    SOLD £14,000                                      the end of Smeaton's Pier, St. Ives.                                                                SOLD £5,800

        

   Lot 69.  Dame Laura Knight.                     Lot 313. William Watson.

   Mousehole.                                            Early morning, sheep on the coast of Canarvon.     

   SOLD £5,500                                          SOLD £5,000

 

                

      Lot 422.  Walter Langley.                         Lot 506.  Joan Gillchrest.

      A portrait of the Newlyn artist's model        Winter's day.

      Kate Jeffrey.                                           SOLD £3,000

      SOLD £3,700

  

      

   Lot 453.                               Lot 528.  Fred Yates.                Lot 505.  Joan Gillchrest.

   Elizabeth Adela Forbes           The Market House, Penzance.   Seagulls at St. Ives.

   Head of a girl.                      SOLD £2,300                           SOLD £1,600

   SOLD £2,900

 

     

   Lot 85.  Reuben Chappell.                            Lot 416.  Sir Terry Frost R.A.

   A ship portrait, Mary Barrow of Barrow.            Black ink.

   SOLD £1,300                                              SOLD £1,000

 

      

  Lot 173.  Fred Yates.        Lot 67.  Denys Law.                     Lot 566.  Chris Insoll.

  The Harbour Wall             Fishing boats, Newlyn Harbour.     Poppies still life.

  SOLD £900                      SOLD £850                                SOLD £820

  

 

Top Sellers from the October Antiques Sale

 

         

   A late 17th century brass horary Gunter's quadrant.     Four Clarice Cliff octagonal tea plates.

   SOLD £4,200                                                          SOLD £1,250

 

           

   A Black Forest hall bench.                                                    A Sheraton period, pen & ivory

   SOLD £4,300                                                                     mounted tripod table.

                                                                                          SOLD £2,300

            

    A Goldscheider lamp base         An English guitar by Panormo,  A 19th century Bohemian, blue

    after a model by Otto Petri.       London 1832.                         glass jug and goblets.

    SOLD £1,100                           SOLD £1,000                          SOLD £1,050

 

                     

       A Qianlong tureen and cover.                            A late Victorian fruit basket by Daniel &

       SOLD £950                                                     John Welby.            

                                                                            SOLD £900

          

    A rare Troika, St. Ives,        A belle epoch continental diamond     A 1920's/30's Crysede linen

    River Thames plaque.         and enamelled brooch.                     beach jacket.

    SOLD £900                        SOLD £800                                      SOLD £720

                           A French Empire secretaire abattant.                 A set of eight George III country chairs in

   SOLD £1,200                                                 Regency style.

                                                                      SOLD £1,050

 

Top Sellers from the August Collectors Sale

 

    

  A DFM group of five.                                       A DFM group of six.

  SOLD £2,400                                                 SOLD £2,100

 

      

  A DFC group of five.                                          A DFM group of five.

  SOLD £2,000                                                    SOLD £1,800

 

        

  "A Handful of Dust"  first edition.                 "Reubens Rambles Travels       Samuel Crumpe.

  SOLD £1,400                                             Through the Counties of          "An Inquiry into the

                                                                 England."                               Nature & Properties

                                                                 SOLD £1,250                          of Opium."

                                                                                                             SOLD £1,250

 

 

Top Sellers from the July Art Sale

          

  Lot 534.                       Lot 379.  Bryan Pearce.                         Lot 528.  Alfred Wallis.

  Dame Barbara              SOLD £9,000                                        SOLD £7,000

  Hepworth R.A.

  Four-Square

  (Four Circles)

  maquette

  SOLD £60,000

 

        

  Lot 298.  Wilhelmina Barnes Graham.           Lot 504.  Breon O'Casey.

  Nocturne.                                                   Waterfall II

  SOLD £4,000                                              SOLD £3,000

 

 

 

  Lot 131.                          Lot 401.  Ben Nicholson.            Lot 346.  Mary Feddon.

  Archibald Thorburn.          Sienna.                                    Landscape.

  Mallard rising.                  SOLD £2,300                            SOLD £2,000

  SOLD £2,400

 

    

  Lot 363.  John Wells.                                           Lot 172.  Fred Yates.  Mousehole harbour.

  SOLD £6,000                                                      SOLD £2,000

 

   

  Lot 141.  George Hackett.       Lot 230.                                Lot 531. George B. P. Lillington.

  Pompeii plates, circa 1794.     Augustus Morton Hely-Smith.   SOLD £1,500

  SOLD £1,900                        Whither away.

                                             SOLD £1,750

 

Top Sellers from the July Antiques Sale

 

       

  A Japanese sword katana.                An early 19th century        A Victorian penny farthing .

  SOLD £2,600                                  English tortoiseshell         SOLD £1,800

                                                      veneered tea chest.

                                                      SOLD £800

 

           

 A Fijian kinikini or club, with carved blade.                                  An Istoriato Italian majolica

 SOLD £2,500                                                                          dish in Renaissance style.

                                                                                             SOLD £5,500

 

        

   A large Janet Leach stoneware     A Dame Lucie Rie porcelain bowl.       A Keith Murray, Stevens

   globular vase.                           SOLD £980                                      & Williams, Royal Brierley

   SOLD £1,150                                                                                  oviod glass vase.

                                                                                                       SOLD £900

 

           

   A Leach stoneware tile                      An American 14k full hunter      A gentleman's 18ct gold-

   SOLD £810                                      pocket watch by Waltham.       cased Minerva chronometer.

                                                        SOLD £1,200                          £1,000

 

       

   A 19th century mahogany double sided desk.                       An Anglo-Indian carved teak

   SOLD £1,500                                                                    occasional table.

                                                                                         SOLD £1,450

 

                                                 

                   An eight day rosewood                            An 18th century armoir.

                   long case clock.                                      SOLD £800

                   SOLD £850