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ContentsVOL 58 NO 7 DEC/JAN 2023-24

BENTON END ARTISTS TO BUY IRITA MARRIOTT JOINS THE TEAM GIFT IDEAS

Post of Christmas

Past Seasonalstamps

tolookoutfor

DEC/JAN 2023-24

THE HOT MARKET for SKI LODGE CHIC

Why furniture designed for Swedish cabins is taking collectors by storm

Industry Experts 8reveal what they will

be collecting in 2024

Inside:WASSAIL&HE ARTY CHARLES HANSON RAISES A SPECIAL XMAS GLASS BRICK BY BRICK HOW TO BUILD A PROFITABLE LEGO COLLECTION

DECK the HALLS

From Chatsworth to Chartwell, discover the UK’s finest country houses

celebrating in style

ALSO INSIDE Focus on Tiffany lamps • Regency hunt table • Sale previews

COVERChristmas tree by stone fireplace, GAP Interiors/ Tria Giovan

REGULARS 3 Editor’s Welcome: Georgina Wroe introduces this month’s bumper

Christmas issue

THIS MONTH

6 Antiques News: What’s going on in December, as well as a look forward to some of the events taking place in January 2024

10 Your Letters: One reader sings the

praises of Ely cathedral, while another subscriber questions our enduring obsession with Napoleon

12 Around the Houses: A headless statue flies past its estimate, while in the United

States a picket fence from the “grassy knoll” makes a killing

16 Waxing Lyrical: David Harvey says

‘tally-ho’ to a mahogany Regency-era hunt table sure to have been used at a Boxing Day meet

24 Star from the East: New columnist Irita Marriott, star of many antiques TV shows, joins the team

26 Season to Give: Great ideas on what to give the antique collector in your life this Christmas time

33 Subscription Offer: Give the gift that keeps on giving this year – a subscription to Antique Collecting and you, or a friend, receives a free gift

34 Saleroom Spotlight: The collection of the best-selling Irish author Lucinda Riley goes under the hammer in Suffolk

52 Puzzle Pages: There’s a festive feel to this month’s quiz, courtesy of resident puzzle editor Peter Wade-Wright

54 Dear Santa: Industry experts reveal what they would most like to wake up to under the tree

55 An Auctioneer’s Lot: Charles Hanson raises a very special wassail cup to herald in the festive season

65 Fairs News: Two must-visit London fairs in January and one high-end art fair in Belgium are put under the collecting microscope

66 Fairs Calendar: All the latest events from around the country

68 Auctions Calendar: Never miss another sale with our up-to-date listings from around the UK

74 Marc My Words: Another slice of life from our columnist, the Antiques Roadshow expert Marc Allum

FEATURES 18 Pining for the Fjords: Andreas

Seising reveals why the

temperature is rising on pine furniture designed for Swedish lodges

28 We Love Lucy: The market for work by the Benton End artist Lucy Harwood is on the up. Antique Collecting goes behind the scenes at a new exhibition

36 King Louis: Art nouveau lights made by Louis Tiffany are back in vogue, but there’s more to his art than glass lamp shades

42 Lego Maniacs: The longed-for Christmas gift of many children, Lego sets are highly sought after today. But how do you build a collection?

45 Christmas Lickings: Stamp errors are highly collectable – none more so than Christmas stamp errors.

Antique Collecting reports

60 Top of the Lots: Cult ‘50s film posters go under the hammer, along with Gucci travel clocks owned by a circus magnate

62 Book Offers: Start 2024 as you mean to go on, increasing your knowledge with

a selection of erudite titles from our sister publisher ACC Art Books

48 Deck the Halls: Collectors can learn so much from a visit to one of the UK’s country houses. But which are putting on the best festive displays?

56 Call Collect: Stuck for a collecting obsession in 2024? Eight specialists reveal what they collect, and why

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