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THIS MONTH

Contents

VOL 57 NO 3 AUGUST 2022

REGULARS 3 Editor’s Welcome: Georgina Wroe introduces this month’s issue with a focus on the best UK summer fairs

6 Antique News: Make the holiday season really special with three highly-rated exhibitions and all the latest from the world of fine art and antiques

60 Fairs Calendar: Make the most of the summer with all the latest must- visit events taking place around the UK this month

61 Auction Calendar: Never miss another sale with our up-to-date listings from the nation’s salerooms

AFRICAN-AMERICAN QUILTS A CHIPPENDALE-ERA BOOKCASE WATCHES

Blooming bargains! Experts reveal the UK’s hottest

antique-buying locations

LIFTING THE LID ON ‘JAR’

Discover the art jewellery of the world’s most elusive designer

AUGUST 2022

All Shook Up

Why Elvis memorabilia is really rocking

collectors

British Impressionists7

You should know about

CHAIR-RAISING REVOLUTION

How Thonet’s bentwood designs

turned furniture on its head

ALSO INSIDE Guide to collecting walking sticks • Sale results • Top book offers

COVERThe hall at Strawberry Hill House, Twickenham, at last year’s Flower Festival, photo credit Janne Ford, for more details on this year’s event turn to page 6

10 Your Letters: Concerns over auction house charges and the contents of a skip are the subjects of this month’s letters

12 Around the Houses: An unusual Star Wars outfit and Queen Victoria’s muchloved dominoes set both feature in this month’s sales

16 Waxing Lyrical: David Harvey opens the doors on a very special Chippendaleera breakfront bookcase

66 Marc My Word: With a summer of political wrangling in prospect, the BBC’s Antique Roadshow expert Marc Allum looks back on the golden age of political satire

FEATURES 18 Making an Impression Impressionism isn’t only a purely French affair, British painters also succeeded in the genre

23 An Auctioneer’s Lot: From butterflies to beetles, Charles Hanson digs into insects which delighted Victorian jewellers and their clients

24 Bargain Hunting: Ever wondered where the experts shop for antique bargains? We reveal the fairs that you should be visiting this summer

28 Cool and Collectable: Paul Fraser considers the effect the release of this summer’s blockbuster film Elvis will have on the King’s memorabilia

30 Citizen Cane: Anthony Moss is the owner of a staggering 2,600 walking sticks and canes. Ahead of his new book he shares his collecting tips

34 Subscription Offer: Save a third on the annual subscription price and receive a book worth £75 free of charge

44 Saleroom Spotlight: a Tudor manual on marking swans is one of the books under the hammer at a very special sale in Essex

50 Puzzle Pages: Pit your wits against our titan of testing Pete Wade-Wright

56 Top of the Lots: Silver ware from a 16th-century Norfolk manor house goes under the hammer, along with an Edoperiod suit of Japanese armour

58 Book Offers: The latest titles from our sister publisher ACC Art Books make essential holiday reading – plus subscribers save more than a third on the cover price

36 The Belle Jar: The elusive American designer Joel Arthur Rosenthal is responsible for some of the finest examples of post-war art jewellery.

Antique Collecting discovers more

40 High Flyers: The Rolex ‘Pepsi’ might sound like a refreshing summer drink, but to watch aficionados it is one of the world’s most collectable timepieces on the market

46 Bent in Shape: Dealer Edward Rycroft praises the bentwood designs of the ground-breaking Viennese furniture maker Thonet

52 Fabric of Society: African-American quilts go on show at an exhibition in Birmingham this month. Antique Collecting goes under cover

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