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Antique News
Wednesday, October 22, 2008
Antique News relaunch
Antique News have re-launched after 10 successful years on line, promoting the British antiques trade around the world to establish contacts between private and trade buyers and sellers.
Antique News
The traditional defies the credit crunch
Summers Place Auctions ltd, Billingshurst West Sussex
Live Auction 21st October 2008
James Rylands of Summers Place Auctions said, "If we were to split the sale into three parts new sculpture, traditional and fossil, the traditional would have performed the best. There were a lot of happy vendors from the trade and a lot more that lined the tent such as Alex and Adrian Puddy, Johnathan Barton and Will Fisher to name a few. We were happy with the sale as our core business is antique statuary and this performed well. There seemed to be an element of clients wanting to invest in solid assets in such economical uncertainty.
Nine out of the ten top lots were sold to private's, and there were a number of international buyers which reflects the international nature of our business. It seems that the credit crunch is not effecting the top end so much and in general good things are still fetching good money. Although, there seems to be a lot less players and an air of caution from buyers.
The sealed bid auction takes place on Friday 24th October, for which we have received a number of bids, but we are approaching it with a note of caution as I predict it will be patchy and a bit selective. Overall we are happy with the concept of the sealed bid, but with times as they are it seems that the lower and middle market pieces are proving more difficult to sell."
Above: A Coalbrookdale Oak and Ivy pattern seat, circa 1870, the back stamped CBDale & Co. no 30and with registration and pattern stamps, the pierced seat with retailers plate stamped J Edmundson & Co. Dublin, 152cm.; 60ins wide
Estimated Price: £3000-5000, Price incl premiums: £6875
Above: A lead shepherd boy by John Cheere, mid 18th century on stone base 132cm.; 52ins high and on associated gritstone pedestal, 220cm.; 87ins high overall
Estimated Price: £20000-30000, Price incl premiums: £28100
Above: A rare wrought iron bridge, circa 1840, 477cm.; 188ins long by 154cm.; 60ins wide tread width 81cm.; 32ins
Estimated Price: £8000-12000, Price incl premiums: £21500
Above: Antonio Frilli, An impressive carved white marble of a naked girl asleep in a hammock. Italian, late 19th century, signed A Filli, Florence on later pink veined marble plinth 122cm.; 48ins high by 190cm.; 75ins long by 61cm.; 24ins deep
Estimated Price: £50000-80000, Price incl premiums: £120500
Summers Place Auctions Ltd
Live Auction 21st October 2008
James Rylands of Summers Place Auctions said, "If we were to split the sale into three parts new sculpture, traditional and fossil, the traditional would have performed the best. There were a lot of happy vendors from the trade and a lot more that lined the tent such as Alex and Adrian Puddy, Johnathan Barton and Will Fisher to name a few. We were happy with the sale as our core business is antique statuary and this performed well. There seemed to be an element of clients wanting to invest in solid assets in such economical uncertainty.
Nine out of the ten top lots were sold to private's, and there were a number of international buyers which reflects the international nature of our business. It seems that the credit crunch is not effecting the top end so much and in general good things are still fetching good money. Although, there seems to be a lot less players and an air of caution from buyers.
The sealed bid auction takes place on Friday 24th October, for which we have received a number of bids, but we are approaching it with a note of caution as I predict it will be patchy and a bit selective. Overall we are happy with the concept of the sealed bid, but with times as they are it seems that the lower and middle market pieces are proving more difficult to sell."
Above: A Coalbrookdale Oak and Ivy pattern seat, circa 1870, the back stamped CBDale & Co. no 30and with registration and pattern stamps, the pierced seat with retailers plate stamped J Edmundson & Co. Dublin, 152cm.; 60ins wide
Estimated Price: £3000-5000, Price incl premiums: £6875
Above: A lead shepherd boy by John Cheere, mid 18th century on stone base 132cm.; 52ins high and on associated gritstone pedestal, 220cm.; 87ins high overall
Estimated Price: £20000-30000, Price incl premiums: £28100
Above: A rare wrought iron bridge, circa 1840, 477cm.; 188ins long by 154cm.; 60ins wide tread width 81cm.; 32ins
Estimated Price: £8000-12000, Price incl premiums: £21500
Above: Antonio Frilli, An impressive carved white marble of a naked girl asleep in a hammock. Italian, late 19th century, signed A Filli, Florence on later pink veined marble plinth 122cm.; 48ins high by 190cm.; 75ins long by 61cm.; 24ins deep
Estimated Price: £50000-80000, Price incl premiums: £120500
Summers Place Auctions Ltd
'Antique' Magazines
SalvoNEWS
Now the nights are drawing in and the credit crunch has set in, what could be better than sitting by the fire and reading an old edition of SalvoNEWS. Salvo are offering five back copies of SalvoNEWS for £10, they will be any edition from the many years we have been producing SalvoNEWS.
To receive the 5 five copies send a cheque to Salvo LLP, 10 Barley Mow Passage, Chiswick, London, W4 4PH or telephone 020 8400 6222 to pay over the phone and we will send you out your five copies and wish you happy reading.
Now the nights are drawing in and the credit crunch has set in, what could be better than sitting by the fire and reading an old edition of SalvoNEWS. Salvo are offering five back copies of SalvoNEWS for £10, they will be any edition from the many years we have been producing SalvoNEWS.
To receive the 5 five copies send a cheque to Salvo LLP, 10 Barley Mow Passage, Chiswick, London, W4 4PH or telephone 020 8400 6222 to pay over the phone and we will send you out your five copies and wish you happy reading.
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
NEC test
Antiques For Everyone, NEC Birmingham
Everyone is braced to see how Antiques For Everyone at the NEC Birmingham will fair in the current economic storm. From October 30th Birmingham's Exhibition Centre will house the last Antiques For Everyone in the current calender. Some 350 dealers have stands, although, some of the bigger names have pulled out and others have taken smaller spaces, but that is possibly just a sign of the times.
Since the worldwide banking crisis began fairs both in the UK and in the US have stood up a lot better than expected, thankfully so far there has not been any disasters.
Antiques For Everyone
Everyone is braced to see how Antiques For Everyone at the NEC Birmingham will fair in the current economic storm. From October 30th Birmingham's Exhibition Centre will house the last Antiques For Everyone in the current calender. Some 350 dealers have stands, although, some of the bigger names have pulled out and others have taken smaller spaces, but that is possibly just a sign of the times.
Since the worldwide banking crisis began fairs both in the UK and in the US have stood up a lot better than expected, thankfully so far there has not been any disasters.
Antiques For Everyone
Friday, October 17, 2008
SalvoNEWS 275
SalvoNEWS 275
A monthly magazine with lots of interesting stories about the trade, fairs, auctions, demolitions, things for sale and things wanted, it also keeps you up to date with the latest going's on at Salvo and how we can help you to make the most out of your business or help you to find the perfect object you've been looking for.
You can subscribe to the magazine for £50 a year which includes a free directory entry and listing on Google maps. Please send a message to Salvo if you require any further information.
Salvo Guide PDF
A monthly magazine with lots of interesting stories about the trade, fairs, auctions, demolitions, things for sale and things wanted, it also keeps you up to date with the latest going's on at Salvo and how we can help you to make the most out of your business or help you to find the perfect object you've been looking for.
You can subscribe to the magazine for £50 a year which includes a free directory entry and listing on Google maps. Please send a message to Salvo if you require any further information.
Salvo Guide PDF
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
The end of The Mall
The Mall, Camden London
The campaign to save The Mall in Camden Passage appears to be facing defeat, with the landlords of the North London antiques centre having evicted all the remaining dealers.
The iconic Grade II listed building at the head of the famous antiques thoroughfare, which formerly housed over 30 dealers, now lies empty with the shutters down. Members of the trade, local residents and Islington Council have expressed their outrage at the closure of what has been an important focal point for the trade and the community.
Islington Council leader James Kempton said, "This is a very sad day and one we all hoped could be avoided, but the developers are more interested in making a fast buck."
The owners of the Mall, the retail property investment company London & Associated Properties (LAP), gave dealers until October 1st. It is thought that LAP are attempting to convert the two floors of the building into single units in order to sell the space to a multi-national chain.
A number of dealers have moved across London to Gray's antiques centre in Mayfair. Mike Weedon of Camden Passage Associates said, "For the landlords to do this at a time when shock markets are falling and in the midst of a slump in commercial property seems foolhardy."
The public enquiry will be held on December 9-10 at The Crescent Suite Highbury, 70 Ronalds Road, London N5 1XA. Anyone wishing to speak should give their name at the door on arrival before 10am on December 9.
The campaign to save The Mall in Camden Passage appears to be facing defeat, with the landlords of the North London antiques centre having evicted all the remaining dealers.
The iconic Grade II listed building at the head of the famous antiques thoroughfare, which formerly housed over 30 dealers, now lies empty with the shutters down. Members of the trade, local residents and Islington Council have expressed their outrage at the closure of what has been an important focal point for the trade and the community.
Islington Council leader James Kempton said, "This is a very sad day and one we all hoped could be avoided, but the developers are more interested in making a fast buck."
The owners of the Mall, the retail property investment company London & Associated Properties (LAP), gave dealers until October 1st. It is thought that LAP are attempting to convert the two floors of the building into single units in order to sell the space to a multi-national chain.
A number of dealers have moved across London to Gray's antiques centre in Mayfair. Mike Weedon of Camden Passage Associates said, "For the landlords to do this at a time when shock markets are falling and in the midst of a slump in commercial property seems foolhardy."
The public enquiry will be held on December 9-10 at The Crescent Suite Highbury, 70 Ronalds Road, London N5 1XA. Anyone wishing to speak should give their name at the door on arrival before 10am on December 9.
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Reuse it don't loose it
reuseitdontloseit.co.uk, Newhaven East Sussex
The urge to re-use building materials is nothing new - the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII provided every village with a ready-made supply of high-quality stone - but it assumes fresh urgency in a credit crunch.
The husband and wife team of Daniel and Charis Hill have set up Tiger Enterprise. The firm differs from most architectural salvage firms in that it rescues new building materials rather than period features. Therefore, reusing materials that would have been written off as waste and gone straight to landfill, they are also helping builders to save money and reduce their carbon footprint.
“People can check out what we have on the website and we do sell stuff on eBay,” Daniel Hill says. “But most people come to the yard. These could be a DIY dad who wants a few bricks to build a barbecue in the garden or a builder who wants a few thousand for a garage extension. We also have new sanitary-ware - toilets, baths, sinks, Butler sinks - gates, timber both new and recycled, as well as all sorts of roof tiles.”
Tiger is able to thrive because builders routinely buy more materials than they need. “It is far cheaper for the builder to over-order than to run out during a project,” explains Hill, who has a BSc in construction management from London South Bank University. “When I was working for my father in his development business I began to notice just how much stuff was being chucked away. It really was staggering. The building industry in the UK produces an estimated 90million tonnes of unwanted building materials, of which about a third ends up in landfill.
"In the South East, as much as 20 per cent of new building materials ends up not being used. Developers, of course, pay for this to be taken away. I thought that here was a very lucrative opportunity, to re-use this waste and in doing so reduce the carbon footprint. So far this year we have diverted more than 600 tonnes of re-usable, unwanted but new building materials from landfill and saved 320 tonnes of carbon dioxide.”
The Hills' first yard for storing the materials was half a back garden that they rented for £20 a week, but they soon moved to an industrial estate in Newhaven, East Sussex. The business is growing so rapidly that they are now in the process of moving to a much bigger site in Brighton. When this move is completed, all the materials in the yard will be bar-coded and the details logged on a computer for ease of identification and distribution. For small and medium building sites, the company limits its free take-away service to within a ten-mile radius of Brighton and Newhaven. But the Hills have been negotiating with bigger housebuilding companies such as Berkeley Homes and Kier Construction, which does contract work for East Sussex County Council. These businesses are very supportive of the ethos behind Tiger Enterprise and are proud to display the certificates that they are awarded by the company showing that they are recycling their waste - albeit new building material - in an environmentally friendly way.
Reuse it don't loose it
Times Online
The urge to re-use building materials is nothing new - the dissolution of the monasteries by Henry VIII provided every village with a ready-made supply of high-quality stone - but it assumes fresh urgency in a credit crunch.
The husband and wife team of Daniel and Charis Hill have set up Tiger Enterprise. The firm differs from most architectural salvage firms in that it rescues new building materials rather than period features. Therefore, reusing materials that would have been written off as waste and gone straight to landfill, they are also helping builders to save money and reduce their carbon footprint.
“People can check out what we have on the website and we do sell stuff on eBay,” Daniel Hill says. “But most people come to the yard. These could be a DIY dad who wants a few bricks to build a barbecue in the garden or a builder who wants a few thousand for a garage extension. We also have new sanitary-ware - toilets, baths, sinks, Butler sinks - gates, timber both new and recycled, as well as all sorts of roof tiles.”
Tiger is able to thrive because builders routinely buy more materials than they need. “It is far cheaper for the builder to over-order than to run out during a project,” explains Hill, who has a BSc in construction management from London South Bank University. “When I was working for my father in his development business I began to notice just how much stuff was being chucked away. It really was staggering. The building industry in the UK produces an estimated 90million tonnes of unwanted building materials, of which about a third ends up in landfill.
"In the South East, as much as 20 per cent of new building materials ends up not being used. Developers, of course, pay for this to be taken away. I thought that here was a very lucrative opportunity, to re-use this waste and in doing so reduce the carbon footprint. So far this year we have diverted more than 600 tonnes of re-usable, unwanted but new building materials from landfill and saved 320 tonnes of carbon dioxide.”
The Hills' first yard for storing the materials was half a back garden that they rented for £20 a week, but they soon moved to an industrial estate in Newhaven, East Sussex. The business is growing so rapidly that they are now in the process of moving to a much bigger site in Brighton. When this move is completed, all the materials in the yard will be bar-coded and the details logged on a computer for ease of identification and distribution. For small and medium building sites, the company limits its free take-away service to within a ten-mile radius of Brighton and Newhaven. But the Hills have been negotiating with bigger housebuilding companies such as Berkeley Homes and Kier Construction, which does contract work for East Sussex County Council. These businesses are very supportive of the ethos behind Tiger Enterprise and are proud to display the certificates that they are awarded by the company showing that they are recycling their waste - albeit new building material - in an environmentally friendly way.
Reuse it don't loose it
Times Online
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