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Going Green!
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With all the current "who ha" about re-cycling and controlling our waste
and the inevitable disappearance of landfill sites, I see that one of our
colleagues in the trade is starting an "Antiques are Green" campaign.
We say good on him!
I suppose it
has to be said that fine period pieces of between 200 and 350 years are
the ultimate recycled item - why waste more of the worlds resources
flattening more rain forests, buying brand new rather overpriced furniture with trendy yet quickly
dated styling when you can have a lovely period piece, that someone has actually spent time, effort, with
consummate skill and craftsmanship in creating, that is now 300 years old and looks absolutely fabulous.
Will that new piece of trendy designer furniture be around in 300 years, I think not. Our dealer colleague has been quoted
as saying "The customer is now feeling more comfortable about the purchase in the knowledge that 'antiques are green'. They can justify their purchase and they now have that feel-good factor on top. |
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Antiques are the ultimate in green
re-cycling. |
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Animals, Genre, Sporting, Marine and Landscapes...
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| Martin Theodore Ward's - Flushing Then Out - in the 19th century and Sporting section |
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We have just added some more categories to our paintings section to help you find the type of picture you want. Underneath the
"Paintings" menu heading you can now
select from the following sub-menus:
Animals, Genre, Landscapes, Marine &
Nautical and Sporting.
As each picture may appear in more than one category, you can still view a gallery full of 19th century paintings or if you are looking for a field sports subject then click on
"Sporting" which will help narrow down the selection. Remember, if you know the artist, then just use the search box at the top right of every page to search for that artists name. Easy? I hope so!
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Contemporary art market faces heavy re-valuation.
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Pablo Picasso - La Fille de l'artisite a deux ans et demi avec un bateau - A casuality in a recent New York sale.
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The once booming
contemporary art market is
certainly feeling a change
from the early days of the heady
"noughties", for
example in New York
contemporary sales recently
the once extremely bullish
estimates have been replaced
by realistic ones enabled
the New York flagship sales
of post-War and contemporary
art to set solid selling
rates. But, for both major
houses, the financial gulf
between this year and 2008
even was enormous.
Sotheby's sale for instance
on the 5th May was the
smallest New York
contemporary auction since
May 2003. With a very thin
catalogue, the sale total
only achieved $40.1m down
over 85% on the 2008 sale.
One of the casualties of
this sale with a heady estimate of $16-24m was Pablo Picasso's -
"La Fille de l'artisite a deux ans et demi avec un bateau" a study of his then 2½ year old daughter.
Christies held a sale the
following day of 54
contemporary works, the
pre-sale estimate was
$71-104m, vastly reduced in
terms of volume and price
over 2008, the sale
eventually achieved $80.9m
against last years total of
$294m. These still may seem
like telephone numbers but
percentage wise they are
considerably diminished on
the previous years results,
an indication of what is to
come? Well read on.
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So where does this leave the art
market? The traditional art
market has historically been
less susceptible to the wild
hormonal and financial swings of
the modern market. This is
probably because buyers are more
mature, not necessarily in age
but in taste, and are also
buying out of desire rather than
supposed investment potential.
It has so far suffered little
from the economic downturn
however we will monitor interest at Olympia
and the big London sales and keep
you posted.
A report last year in the Sunday
times business section just
before the "credit crunch"
started to bite did conclude
that due to the volatility of
the contemporary art market,
where generally the buyers are
in there for gain rather than
pleasure, the author
would stick his money in traditional
art all day long - not as trendy but
then not as dangerous either.
Safe but sure? I would certainly
think so. We can help you out
with traditional art, visit
www.millingtonadams.com to
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Paintings like William Weekes' early 20th century study of geese chasing an old soldier, entitled "Suspicion" is both humorous and decorative. |
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Olympia International Fine Art & Antiques Fair
- 4th to 15th June 2009
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Probably one of the largest and with most eclectic mix of fine furniture, antiques and art is the Summer International Fine art and Antique Fair, held every year at the Olympia Exhibition centre in Kensington, London. With a mix of modern and traditional, international and home grown it is certainly a venue and an event not to be missed.
This year it is open from the 5th to the 14th June with a collectors preview on the 4th June. Millington Adams are located on stand G68 on the ground floor and would be delighted to welcome you to our stand, should you wish to visit the fair. In case you do and have not already received a ticket from us by post or by e-mail, you can click on the adjacent invitaiton to print out a ticket for 2 people valid on preview day and for the rest of the fair. We look forwrd to seeing you at Olympia!
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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
April. We have had some spectacular
pieces which we have recently acquired
from a collection in the midlands, some
are shown here and we hope to have most
of these at the Olympia Fair. 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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| Marcus
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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