Drewatt’s Magazine

Issue 11 April 2019

Following on from the snow, spring has sprung at Dreweatts!
The grounds of Donnington Priory with its abundance of flora and fauna offer the perfect place to explore. Join us at our auction preview of The Spring Sale and while away a few hours viewing the sales, enjoying a coffee and delicious treat at our on-site café and wandering around the beautiful grounds.

Best wishes,
Jonathan Pratt
APRIL AUCTIONS

3 APRIL
OLD MASTER, BRITISH AND EUROPEAN PAINTINGS INCLUDING SPORTING ART

The first of two fine art auctions taking place on 3 April, starts with a beautiful collection of Sporting Art. Amongst the works on offer is a small collection of sporting pictures from the estate of internationally acclaimed racehorse trainer, the late Peter Walwyn MBE, and a selection of work by artist Roy Miller.

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3 APRIL
MODERN AND CONTEMPORARY ART

The sale features important works by artists such as Terry Frost, Denis Mitchell, John Armstrong, Francis Newton Souza and Brian Shields. Jennie Fisher, Head of Pictures, presents some of her highlights from the auction.

The auction includes a number of significant St. Ives School works from a private collection. In particular, ...

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16 & 17 APRIL
THE SPRING SALE

This year’s Spring Interiors sale is split into two days with Day One featuring three specialist sections dedicated to European ceramics and glass, decorative arts post 1860 as well as country sporting items. Day Twoincludes the usual mix of Dreweatts’ Interiors - furniture, carpets, works of art, lighting and clocks - with lots spanning from the 17th century up to the more elaborate Regency and Victorian periods.

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26 APRIL
FINE AND RARE WINES AND SPIRITS

Mark Robertson, Head of Wine offers the advice, 'Try and drink more Madeira' as he muses on the forgotten delights of this rich and complex wine and its long overdue renaissance.

Catalogue coming soon!

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30 APRIL
WORKS ON PAPER FROM THE ISLAMIC AND NEAR EASTERN WORLDS

The sale contains a wide selection of rare and fine printed books and manuscripts, with 114 lots ranging from the fifth to the early twentieth century AD.

Highlights include a grand and early manuscript collection of Persian poetry by Nur ad-Din Abd’ul Rahman Jami, known as the Haft Awrang (lot 78, est. £7,000-10,000), from fifteenth-century Timurid Persia.

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DAILY ONLINE AUCTIONS
All aboard! Dreweatts Timed Online has moved!

The new premises can be found at:
1 Hambridge Lane
Newbury
Berks RG14 5TU
t: 01635 553548
e: timedonline@dreweatts.com

Our Timed Online Auctions feature a wide range of affordable and unique antiques and collectibles with new things listed daily.

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NEWS AND EVENTS
MARY HARE
We are delighted to announce that Mary Hare School for deaf children is our charity of the year for 2019.

Mary Hare plans to build a brand new, bespoke Primary School on its site near Newbury, Berkshire. The whole project will cost £6 million and the School aims to raise half of this from a fundraising appeal.

Dreweatts will be collaborating with the school on a variety of fundraising initiatives over the coming months including a charity art auction in September.

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OAKLEY HOUSE
Gathered across four generations and many continents, this unique collection from Lord Wraxall's final residence at Oakley House offers a fascinating and highly attractive mix of inherited and newly bought works from around the world. From Old Master paintings, Asian works of art, Continental furniture, decorative items and medals, to more modern works by the likes of Henry Moore, Jacob Epstein, Walter Sickert and Edward Seago | Auction date: 1 May.

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VALUATION DAYS
Come and meet our specialists to discuss and value your items free of charge at one of our valuation days:

Newbury
5 April
Antiques, Jewellery, Fine Art

Bristol
12 April
Antiques, Jewellery, Fine Art

London
Tuesdays | Jewellery, Watches, Silver
25 April | Fine Art

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THE COLLECTORS GUIDE
Charlotte Schelling, European Sculpture and Works of Art specialist, introduces a notable Private Collection of Early English and Continental Metalware featured in Day Two of our Spring Sale on 17 April, as well as offering her tips on building your own collection and what to look out for.

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INVITING ENTRIES

FINE SCULPTURE
Already consigned: ‘Flanders Mud’ is a powerful work by Philip Blacker, the renowned contemporary equestrian sculptor. This large bronze is the fourth cast of what was to be an edition of six, but Blacker has decided to make this cast the last one, as he turns his attention to new projects. The first three sold privately, so the opportunity to secure one of these bronzes is unlikely to arise again soon.

Fine British and European Sculpture and Garden Ornament | 25 June
Consignment deadline | 21 May

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MARCH HIGHLIGHTS

An exhibition quality 10 ¼ inch gauge model of the Great Western Railway Star Class 4-6-0 live steam tender locomotive 'Polar Star' No. 4005
Sold for £100,000
The Transport Sale
12 March

An Edwardian aquamarine & diamond brooch, circa 1910.
Provenance: formerly the property of
Viscountess Astor | Sold for £67,500
Fine Jewellery, Watches, Silver, Objects of Vertu and Fine Pens |
13 March

A pair of Regency mahogany pedestals, circa 1815, each with lobed border above tapering bodies
Sold for £28,750
Fine Furniture, Carpets, Ceramics and Works of Art | 27 March

Aldous Huxley, Brave New World, first edition, signed by the author
[London, Chatto & Windus, 1932]
Sold for £15,000
Modern First Editions |
28 March
LINKS WE LOVE
Lot 149 | Hurstbourne, an Arts and Crafts Hammersmith carpet
By Morris & Co., circa 1880-1890, depicting prominent coats of arms; one for the 5th Earl of Portsmouth, the other for his wife
Beatrice Mary Pease | View lot

'Brave New World' for Modern Firsts at Bloomsbury Auctions
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ABOUT DREWEATTS 1759
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