Ones to watch at Woolley & Wallis
Woolley and Wallis is hoping to continue its long-standing run as the UK’s leading regional auction house with a series of strong sales in the spring of 2020. With 30 specialist sales in Jewellery, Silver, Ceramics, Paintings, Asian Art, Furniture, Militaria and Tribal Art across the year, Woolley and Wallis caters to private collectors, dealers and interior designers alike.
The saleroom’s first offering of the new year is the Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks sale which includes a rare Victorian mahogany ‘Jupe’ extending dining table by Johnstone and Jeanes. The circular table was patented by Robert Jupe in 1835 and measures just over 2 metres in diameter when fully extended. It carries a pre-sale estimate of £30,000–50,000.
The Jewellery sale on 23rd January includes a collection of early cameo and intaglio rings, which hopes to capitalise on the department’s sale in 2019 of one of the lost Marlborough gems for £77,500. For those with more traditional tastes a good selection of modern and antique pieces are included with varying estimates.
Woolley and Wallis prides itself on its
handling of the sale of private collections, and several are already lined up for 2020. The Judith Howard Collection of Sèvres Porcelain is being sold in early February and includes some 700 pieces of porcelain from the famous Royal Manufactory with estimates ranging from £100 to £30,000. The Tribal Art sale, also in February, will include an important private collection of native North American art, while later in the year, the June sale of Modern British and 20th Century Art includes items from the estates of the sculptor, Dame Elisabeth Frink, and her artist son, Lin Jammet.
More details of forthcoming auctions, and how to consign items, can be found at woolleyandwallis.co.uk