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VOL 55 NO 2 JUNE/JULY 2020

ART DECO ‘TUTMANIA’ JEWELLERY POSTERS SPECIAL FEMALE SILVERSMITHS

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BUY THE BOOK: COLLECTING WORKS BY CHARLES DICKENS

101 ‘MYSTERY’ CLOCKS UNDER THE HAMMER UP STICKS THE BEAUTY OF PRIMITIVE WELSH CHAIRS

MEMORABILIA SPECIAL

100 YEARS OF PROHIBITION

Discovery the era’s

best collectables

Italian

style

A guide to the whimsical delights of Piero Fornasetti

COMING OUT OF LOCKDOWN NEWS & COMMENT EXCLUSIVE

WHAT THE AUCTION HOUSES ARE DOING TO PROTECT US

ALSO INSIDE Banknotes with Errors • Latest Book Offers • The UK’s Best Columnists

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COVERA birdcage on antique bureau © Alun Callender, Narratives

CONTENTS

54 Book Offers: Make the most of the

remaining lockdown by getting stuck into a great book

56 Top of the Lots: More than 100

iconic Cartier mystery clocks are up for sale in July

58 Saleroom Spotlight: A single

owner collection of banknotes with errors just might spark a new collecting obsession

61 Auction Calendar: With the

lockdown starting to lift, auctions are back with a vengeance

REGULARS 3 Editor’s Hello: Georgina Wroe

introduces the summer double issue

6 Antique News: All the latest in the

time of Covid-19 from the world of fine art and antiques

10 Around the Houses: While the

sales may be online they are still producing some cracking results. We review the best of the bunch

13 Market Report: How will the ‘new

normal’ affect auctions as we used to know them?

20 Waxing Lyrical: With some elbow

grease and persistence, David Harvey reinvigorates a walnut escritoire

22 Subscription Offer: Save 50 per

cent on the annual subscription and receive a free book worth £65

66 Marc My Words: BBC Antiques Roadshow specialist Marc Allum

suggests best practice hasn’t always been the norm in lockdown

FEATURES 14 What the Dickens! Adam Douglas’

guide to collecting books by Charles Dickens in the year marking the 150th-anniversary of his death

24 Stick With It: Welsh stick chairs

have a charm all their own. Tim Bowen shines a light on the primitive designs

28 Torque Like an Egyptian: Close

to a century on from ‘Tutmania’, Inez Tobin lifts the lid on art deco Egyptian revivalist jewellery

36 Material Girls: Ashley Gray looks

at the unsung female designers behind some iconic mid-century textiles

32 Cool and Collectable: 100 years

on from prohibition, Paul Fraser has a thirst for its memorabilia

34 Your Letters: How lockdown has affected readers’ collecting habits

35 Market Report: Veteran auctioneer

John Gilding looks back on 40 years at the rostrum

42 An Auctioneer’s Lot: Chitty Chitty

Bang Bang causes a stir when it drives into Charles Hanson’s country house salerooms

42 Wit & Whimsy: The whacky

designs of Piero Fornasetti have never been more popular. Holly Johnson reveals everything a collector needs to know

46 Posters of an Exhibition: While

the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition is on hold, posters advertising the event are both decorative and interesting

50 Silver Streak: A new online

exhibition puts female 19th-century silversmiths in the spotlight

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