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TREAT

STUDIO

CERAMICS

This John Ward vase (est

£700–£1000) is for

sale at Sotheby’s Made

in Britain auction on

13th September

TREAT

INUIT ART

If tribal art is your

bag look at lesser-

known arts of the

Inuit people such as

this amulet that sold

for £750 at Woolley

& Wallis

BEST

BUYS

The key pieces to look out

for and the sort of prices

you can expect to pay in the

salesroom this autumn

STEAL

ERCOL FURNITURE

Snap up desirable Ercol pieces at

auction – this mid-century oval coffee

table in elm sold at Sworders for £120

STEAL

WATCHES

Get the vintage look for less

with a Longines 1972 watch in

9 carat gold – this one sold for

£260 at Fellows

STEAL

ANTIQUE CHINA

Two 200-year-old Worcester

dessert plates and a coffee

cup and saucer in the ‘Queen

Charlotte’ pattern sold for a

bargain £100 at Woolley &

Wallis this May

SPLASH

FRENCH GLASS

Lalique glass of the rst half of the 20th

century is the name to go for. This early design

a ‘Perruches’ vase no 876 designed by René

Lalique in 1919 sold for £13750 at Christie’s

SPLASH

DANISH SILVER

Elegant and great value you can’t go wrong

with Danish silver by Georg Jensen – this footed

bowl c1924 sold at Christie’s for £2250

SPLASH

STATEMENT FURNITURE

Go for the talking point with something unusual such as

this pair of late 19th-century mahogany display cabinets

that sold for £15000 at Bonhams

TREAT

19 -CENTURY ART

Invest in antique art while prices are low –

George Weatherill’s late 19th-century painting

Sandsend sold for £1300 at Tennants

TREAT

ARTS AND

CRAFTS

FURNITURE

This 1897 oak Abingwood

chair by George Walton

sold at Woolley & Wallis

for £1200

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