Aubrey Dawson of new saleroom Aubreys.
Former Dawsons duo open own firm
Auctioneer and valuer Aubrey Dawson and jewellery expert Rachel Hutchinson, both previously of Dawsons in Maidenhead, have formed a new auction house called Aubreys Auctioneers & Valuers.
Focusing on online only and live sales, the main office and showroom is in the grounds of Loseley Park near Guildford, Surrey, and open Monday to Friday, 10am to 5pm. It also has a London valuation office based at 12 Hay Hill in Mayfair, again open 10am to 5pm, Monday to Friday.
Rachel Hutchinson of new saleroom Aubreys.
The first live auction is taking place at 10am on July 25 at Loseley Park, featuring jewellery, silver, fine art and watches, with viewing days on July 22-23.
For further information see aubreys.com.
Jolly good to go in new Bonhams team
Émilie Jolly of Bonhams.
Bonhams has appointed Émilie Jolly as head of the new African and Oceanic art department in Brussels.
Jolly joins from German auction house Lempertz in Brussels, where she was a specialist in African and Oceanic art and then director from 2021. She contributed to Brussels exhibitions Pierre Dartevelle: 50 Years of Collecting (2018), Ancestral Visions: Papua New Guinea Art from the Sepik Ramu (2019) and Polynesian Art (2023).
Bonhams acquired Paris and Brussels-based auction house Cornette de Saint Cyr in 2022. It confirmed an inaugural auction is scheduled in Brussels in December.
Sotheby’s shakes up global fine art roles
Sotheby’s has announced a series of changes to its global fine art team.
Helena Newman will become chairman of Impressionist and Modern Art Worldwide, while also continuing in her roles as European chairman as well as conducting sales on the rostrum.
Alex Branczik returns to the firm’s London headquarters after three years leading Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary business in Asia where he was based in Hong Kong. His new title is chairman and head of Modern and Contemporary art Europe.
James Sevier becomes deputy chairman , Contemporary art, Europe, and Michael Macaulay will assume the position of deputy chairman, he ad of Contemporary art, Europe.
André Zlattinger will assume responsibility for the Impressionist, Modern and Modern British teams in his new role as deputy chairman, head of Modern art, Europe. Zlattinger returned to Sotheby’s in September last year following 12 years at Christie’s.
André Zlattinger of Sotheby’s.
After a decade with Christie’s, Elaine Holt has been appointed to lead Sotheby’s Modern and Contemporary art team in Asia. A native of Hong Kong, she helped expand the Impressionist and Modern art division of Christie’s Asia.
She will be joined by two new senior specialists in Contemporary art: Joseph Yang who joins from Poly Auctions this August and Boris Cornelissen, who returns to Sotheby’s in October after four years running his own gallery in Australia.
Penny Red could be UK’s costliest stamp
The Plate 77 Penny Red (on the left) offered by Paul Fraser Collectibles is accompanied by a four-penny stamp.
Paul Fraser Collectibles is offering what it bills ‘the UK’s most valuable postage stamp’.
The Jersey-based dealership has secured one of only three Plate 77 Penny Reds from 1864 left in private hands and has placed a £650,000 price tag on the stamp.
Another Plate 77 Penny Red sold for a record £550,000 in 2012, although the current example is in finer condition.
During the Victorian period, an extraordinary 21bn Penny Reds were issued in total, but just nine examples are known to exist from printing plate 77.
The Penny Red replaced the Penny Black in 1841 and British postal authorities continued to issue them until 1879.
The authorities produced only one sheet of 240 stamps from printing Plate 77 before they realised the plate was defective. They destroyed the printing plate and the sheet, but nine stamps somehow escaped the incinerator.
This example was discovered by a Manchester stamp dealer in 1920.
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The hammer price of the newly discovered American portrait miniature of George Washington by Charles Willson Peale which was offered at south London saleroom Roseberys on July 9, double the top estimate. As reported in ATG No 2650, it is extremely rare to see a portrait miniature of a founding father by Peale at auction, with only four appearing on the market in recent years and all of those in the US.
Portrait miniature of George Washington by Charles Willson Peale, £50,000 at Roseberys on July 9.
