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Contents

VOL 55 NO 1 MAY 2020

CONTENTS

57 Top of the Lots: A round up of some of the online sales taking place in the month of May

58 Book Offers: Brush up on your antiques savvy with our latest offers

64 Subscriptions Offer: Save 50 per cent on an annual subscription and receive a free book worth £65.

66 Marc My Words: Antiques Roadshow’s Marc Allum is missing the rough and tumble of a visit to the saleroom

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UNDERVALUED ARTISTS TOP COLUMNISTS COIN COLLECTING FOR BEGINNERS

ANTIQUE

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MAY 2020

Ceramic Masterclass

CELEBRATING 100 YEARS OF

THE LEACH

POTTERY

The LOCK DOWN Special

From online sales to home learning, how to make the best of collecting

from home

TURN OVER A NEW LEAF

CHINESE BOOKS

ANCIENT & MODERN

Everything you need to know

A TIME TO BUY: A GUIDE TO 007 MEMORABILIA

SEE PAGE 24

Red Hot Investment

Discover why Vladimir Lenin is creating a buzz

among collectors

COVERFlowers in vase with blue and white decorative plate and wallpaper © Polly Wreford, Narratives Lifestyle Images

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

6 Antique News: With many events shelved, now is the time to gallery hop online

10 Around the Houses: Our auction

round up of sales both before and

after the lockdown

22 Waxing Lyrical: Fine furniture expert David Harvey falls in love with a Regency chiffonier

29 Your Letters: One reader reveals

her love of Ladybird books

FEATURES 14 Within Leach: On the centenary of the Leach Pottery, studio ceramics have never been more popular among collectors

19 Mad About the Girl: The unsung artist Madeline Green is put in the spotlight by her great niece

24 Premium Bond: It might be on hold, but the latest 007 film has put Bond memorabilia back

in the collecting spotlight

30 In the Manor Of: Jane Oakley shines a light on the artists’ communes of Connemara, Great Bardfield and Benton End

37 Market Report: Pontus Silfverstolpe considers the virus’s long-term effects on the industry

34 Virtual Reality: How is the antiques business coping under the UK lockdown?

42 Saleroom Spotlight: One of the best pipe collections in the world goes under the hammer later in the year

44 Profile: Behind the scenes with dealer Phil Mires

38 The Armchair Collector: From podcasts to books, our guide to thriving in isolation

48 Wax Works: Ruth Ord-Hume reveals the fascinating world of the 18th-century wax portrait modeller

47 An Auctioneer’s Lot: Charles Hanson is charged with selling a fleet of vintage Humbers

54 Coining It In: Can you make a mint from numismatics? Nigel Mills thinks so

52 Cool and Collectable: Expert

Paul Fraser celebrates the 150th anniversary of the birth of the Russian leader Lenin

60 Pressing Matters: Collecting Chinese books might just be your next collecting obsession, writes Lazarus Halstead

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