“Lots of people think ordinary is good until they see the best.”
Cheltenham dealer David Pickup on Thomas Chippendale in the lead up to the furniture maker’s tercentenary.
“Sometimes even art dealers buy things they don't want to sell. Today's acquisition: W.B.Yeats by Mancini 1907 that has never left the family.”
Philip Mould's Twitter post about a portrait of WB Yeats by Antonio Mancini for which he bid £90,000 at Sotheby’s this week.
“Faced with the problem of having a seven-foot long hand-coloured engraving the question is – what do you put under it?”
David Harvey of WR Harvey who came across the perfect seven-foot long Regency sideboard. He will offer both at the Chester Antiques Show.
“While I’m ready to retire from my role at The Met, I know I still have time for another adventure in my career.”
Curator Carlos Picón who joins dealership Colnaghi as director of its new gallery in New York.
“Although some of the themes are a little risqué the majority are very Carry on Camping.”
Auctioneer Catherine Southon on a collection of Smilby’s Playboy cartoons going under the hammer in November.
