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William & Mary burred walnut escritoire c1690 |
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George II mahogany serpentine commode probably by Wright & Elwick c1750 |
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James II ebony basket top bracket clock by Charles Gretton, London c1685
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John Frederick Herring
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Hepplewhite period mahogany & satinwood banded serpentine card table c1780
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George II carved mahogany foot stool c1740 |
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A pair of 18th century Italian over painted & silver leaf carved console tables c1740
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Sheraton period satinwood & burr elm demi-lune pier table c1790
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George III mahogany Gainsborough chair c1770
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Sheraton period satinwood & tulipwood banded Pembroke table c1790
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Regency mahogany & brass inlaid kneehole desk, probably by Gillows - c1810
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Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
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Not quite an accurate image of the MD
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Merry Christmas! |
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With the end of 2009 approaching much
faster than most of us would like to imagine, may we take this
opportunity in our last newsletter of the year, to wish all our customers and friends a very Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year. Thank you for your custom and support
throughout the year.
So what do we think 2010 has in store for the world of art
and antiques? With horror stories a plenty about the state of Britain's
finances, the intended stealing by Brown and Darling of as much money as
they can from anyone who is earning 20p an hour more than the minimum
wage, may put the shivers up many. Will this wholesale robbery change
anything? I don't think so. There will always be a demand for the best
in art and antiques and Millington Adams hope to bring you the best at the
most affordable level we can.
For the UK, I think that a sensible approach in encouraging entrepreneurial
enterprises to create wealth and employment, so increasing tax revenues
naturally, aligned to the elimination of the horrendous waste and
unnecessary expense in the public sector may be the answer. However I
digress....
If you fancy a last minute Christmas present then just get in touch - Merry
Christmas! |
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Off to the London International Fine Art Fair (...at Olympia)
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With a plethora of fairs now planned in London for June 2010, we have to ask ourselves is this going to get a little confusing for collectors and art lovers? Answer = Yes! Masterpiece the top of the market everything fair, a supposed replacement for Grosvenor House with an extension to include yachts, watches cars and w.h.y., as reported in our last news letter, is still awaiting planning permission but now appears to be at least off the ground. Art Antiques London
organised by Brian and Anna
Haughton, scheduled to run
concurrently with Olympia, this time
in a tent in Hyde Park opposite the
Royal Albert Hall. This is
effectively an established event
absorbing the International Ceramics Fair and Seminar previously staged in The Park Lane Hotel, Piccadilly,
and already has some large names already signed up.
Despite the confusing variety of events occurring at the same time, it may be a bonus for all concerned. The message
emanating to the world is that in June, London is the place to go for the more luxurious things in life. For our money though, it does seem that Mr Lester may have stolen a slight advantage. By making Olympia step up a rung
in quality and presentation, and by giving the fair a much needed boost in marketing, visibility and stature he might just win the extra numbers and calibre of visitors required to make the event a success.
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Mr Lester's London International Fine art fair (at Olympia) looks the front runner for many exhibitors on next June's busy London Fair scene. |
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Event timetable for 2010
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Our current planned event list is very similar to 2009. We may change things around a bit later so watch this space! |
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Our events timetable for 2010 is looking remarkably similar to
2009, with 6 fairs likely to
be on the cards in the
coming year. With a peak of
ten fairs a year two of
years ago, that rate of
exhibiting was
becoming rather a lot, so
six it has been since 2007.
The fairs we envisage attending in 2010 are probably the best in the UK at the
present, with only
one little question mark hanging over June, where it seems Mr Lester's new Olympia appears to be in pole position compared to the newly
announced, yet untried and tested, upmarket events in the same month. Although we have an application in to exhibit at Masterpiece, apart from the top rung dealers their plans seem less well established for us mere mortals! So, as I have written earlier in this newsletter,
Olympia will probably be the place for us,
and we hope it will be happening there. Any
savvy visitor, especially from abroad, will make sure that they
attend all events in any case. See you somewhere in 2010! |
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The Millington Adams Autumn Catalogue
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Our first catalogue has been out for a couple of months now. we hope you like it. In the spring we will producing our next
one with some exciting new artworks. The current edition, produced entirely in-house, has 60 pages of our current stock of fine period furniture, clocks and fine
paintings. Our site millingtonadams.com will of course have our full inventory.
To save many trees and obviously the high printing costs "Autumn 2009" will only be available on the internet, yet in a traditional catalogue format where you can just leaf through the pages at will and if so desired link directly from the catalogue to our an website to check availability and pricing. We think that it is a great addition to our portfolio for customers who would rather browse traditionally instead of looking through a website.
Just click on the adjacent image
to view our Autumn 2009
catalogue, we hope you like it and would welcome any suggestions you may have to
Sles@millingtonadams.com |
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Website videos well received
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Showing the video's shot at LAPADA's Berkeley Square event has been largely well received, but it is now time to use the facility for a slightly more interesting use. In future we will be uploading
descriptive videos on interesting or unusual artworks, which may be a help to those of you who would like to see and hear a little more in detail about them.
We will be working on these new videos n the next few weeks and will be adding them soon. They will be published
initially on the home page and eventually will be moved to a page where they can be accessed by clicking on a thumbnail, watch this space for more news. |
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The BADA Fine Art & Antique
Fair
-17th to 23rd March 2010
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With 2009 drawing to a close we are now finished our exhibitions on the UK fair circuit. With the last event of the year at Olympia in London not setting the world on fire, we can
look forward to the rebranded and American run London International
Fine Art Fair at Olympia (LIFAF) in June 2010, with the promise of
Maastricht like presentation, quality and stature. We shall have
to see how it all turns out. In the meantime though, there is one fair which many still regard as the best in the UK, the BADA Fair. |
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The central aisle at the 2009 BADA Fair at Duke of York Square, London.
Next years event runs
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This is held from the 17th to the 23rd March 2010 in the Duke of York Square, just off Sloan Square in London. With the demise of Grosvenor House, until we see how Mr Lester's summer Olympia performs, the BADA fair is the top UK Fine Art and Antiques Fair. See you there! |
Recent Acquisitions
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Along the left hand side of this newsletter are shown our most recent acquisitions, these have been added to our web site
www.millingtonadams.com
since our last newsletter in November. Click on any picture or the text below it to go to our site and view the piece in more detail, with full descriptions, pricing and zoom-able pictures. We will be adding more pieces as they become available over the winter, keep an eye on the site for more information.
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The M.D's Blog
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Adams, our M.D. has now has a blog with an offbeat look at the antiques trade
and other things happening in the world. You can comment with your own views on
any article by clicking on the comment "balloon" to the top right of each
article. I hope you find it interesting and comments would be most welcome. You
can find Marcus's blog at
www.marcusadams.eu.
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