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THIS MONTH

Contents

VOL 57 NO 9 MARCH 2023

REGULARS 3 Editor’s Welcome: Georgina Wroe introduces the March issue which sees ceramics in the limelight and reveals three hot collecting categories in 2023

6 Antique News: A round-up of all the latest events from around the country including an exhibition of Andy Warhol’s lesser-seen textiles

10 Your Letters: This month’s postbag reveals some very personal reflections on the bombing of Hiroshima

BOOK OFFERS ANTIQUE TEXTILES COME TO AUCTION PERIOD OAK ON SALE

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GLAZE of GLORY

Why work by the pioneering potter Lucie Rie has the market in a spin

Inside: NATIONAL TREASURE HENRY SANDON’S COLLECTION UNDER THE HAMMER BARKING MAD THE REASON WE CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF DOG PORTRAITS

MARCH 2023

IN THE FIRING LINE

POTTERY BY THE MARTIN BROTHERS

Ticket to ride The sports stubs taking the market by storm

Women Artists 3

Every collector should know about

Ceramics special

Behind the scenes at two important exhibitions

taking place this month

ALSO INSIDE A Gillows stand in the spotlight • Auction results • Columnists

COVERA bowl by Lucie Rie, part of Sotheby’s selling exhibition Form: (Women) Makers from March 10-16, with bidding open from March 2-16, image courtesy of Sotheby’s

12 Around the Houses: Princess Diana’s favourite ballgown goes under the hammer and a banner celebrating the end of slavery creates a stir

16 Waxing Lyrical: David Harvey is upstanding for a pair of salver stands by the renowned maker Gillows

25 Subscription Offer: Save 50 per cent on the annual subscription to Antique Collecting and receive a book worth £75 free of charge

26 Saleroom Spotlight: The Beedham collection of the finest period oak goes under the hammer in Suffolk

38 Puzzle Pages: Crossword editor Peter Wade-Wright puts us through our paces with two pages of head-scratching posers

52 An Auctioneer’s Lot: Charles Hanson is left standing when a fleet of classic cars is discovered in a barn

54 Top of the Lots: The closing of a London antique textiles shop sees a mouth-watering array of tapestries come to market, while a rare stained glass window is set to shatter records

56 Book Offers: Discover the latest titles from out sister publisher ACC Art Books and save more than a third on the RRP into the bargain

58 Fair News: An announcement from two major London fairs plus other events taking place around the UK this month

59 Fairs Calendar: Plan your ‘antiquing’ month with our guide to all the latest fairs near you and in the rest of the UK

60 Auction Calendar: Our up-to-date listings will help you navigate all the best sales taking place this month

66 Marc My Words: Fresh from a trip to India, Antiques Roadshow specialist Marc Allum gives a global perspective

FEATURES 18 Hound for Hound: Behind the scenes of a new exhibition exploring how artists have portrayed dogs down the centuries

28 The Brothers Whim: 150 years since the inauguration of the famous Martin Brothers pottery in 1875 and a century on from the death of Robert Wallace Martin, a new exhibition and sale puts the brothers back in the spotlight

34 Femme Fatales: As the market wakes up to women artists of the avant-garde working in 19th-century Paris, we put three in the spotlight

40 National Treasure: The outstanding collection of long-standing Antiques Roadshow favourite and ceramics expert Henry Sandon is offered for sale in Gloucestershire

44 We Love Lucie: The 20th-century pioneering potter Lucie Rie is put in the limelight alongside a guide to collecting her work

48 Triple Jumps: Memorabilia expert Paul Fraser urges us all to take a look at three collecting categories set to transform the market this year

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