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CONTENTS

Contents

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RARE WHISKY UNDER THE HAMMER BOOK OFFERS DISCOVERING MINIATURES

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MARCH 2020

TRAIL BLAZING WOMEN 5

Every collector should know about

Plus: ANIMAL MAGIC TAXIDERMY

IS BACK

ESSENTIAL GUIDE TO IRISH

FURNITURE THE JEWELLERY OF ARTHUR AND

GEORGIE GASKIN

SPOTLIGHT ON

WILLIAM AND

EVELYN DE MORGAN THE VICTORIAN POWER COUPLE

Wheels of Fortune

Is now the time to invest

in a classic

car?

Best of British

BEHIND THE SCENES AT THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF

ART AS IT UNVEILS ITS NEW ‘BRIT’ GALLERIES

ALSO INSIDE Waxing lyrical with David Harvey • Sales reports • Profiles

COVERChristopher Dresser (18341904) Wave bowl, c. 1880. Image courtesy of the Metropolitan Museum of Art

REGULARS 3 Editor’s Hello: Georgina Wroe introduces the March issue

55 Fair Play: Meet the men and women behind some of this month’s events, ranging from The Open Art Fair to TEFAF Maastricht

6 Antique News: A whistle-stop tour of everything that is making waves in the world of antiques and fine art

60 Fairs Calendar: Never miss another event with our guide to this month’s fairs

10 Around the Houses: A round up of

the best-selling lots from recent sales

18 Your Letters: A reminder that sustainability is at the heart of today’s antiques

26 Profile: Behind the scenes with

handbags expert Popsy Kundi

62 Auction Calendar: Keep up to date with our easy-to-read guide to all the notable sales taking place in March

66 Marc My Words: Forget antiques, ‘Roadshow’ specialist Marc Allum reveals his yearning to be a blue badge guide

32 Cool and Collectable: With International Women’s Day coming up, Paul Fraser considers the collecting power of five females

34 Waxing Lyrical: Fine furniture specialist David Harvey joins the

team with a new column, this month on Regency gout stools

35 Subscription Offer: Save 33 per cent on the annual rate and get a free book worth £65

41 An Auctioneer’s Lot: Charles Hanson is moved by a Somme diary penned by a 20-year-old solider in the trenches

46 Book Offers: Save up to 35 per

cent on a range of titles from our sister publisher ACC Art Books

50 Top of the Lots: Discover the pieces making the headlines at this month’s sales, including a highly-anticipated single owner collection of portrait miniatures

52 Saleroom Spotlight: William McNab previews a sale of whisky, including a a near-complete year run of The Macallan 18-Year-Old from 1963 to 1997

FEATURES 14 Married to the Job: Anthony Bernbaum puts the jewellery of

husband and wife designers Arthur and Georgie Gaskin in focus

20 Irish Vogue: On the eve of St Patrick’s Day, we put Irish vernacular furniture from chairs to settlebeds in the spotlight

28 Wheels of Fortune: Ever had your heart set on an old banger? Everything you need to know about what’s driving the market

36 Animal Magic: Once shunned and now all the rage, Mark Littler reveals why taxidermy is collecting’s hottest property

42 Best of British: On the eve of the much anticipated opening of the British Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, we take an exclusive backstage tour

48 Art Lovers: Long before Posh and Becks, William and Evelyn De Morgan was the power couple of Victorian design. A guide to both

their work

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