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    THE TREASURE HOUSE FAIR IN LONDON FROM JUNE 26

    Monday, June 16th, 2025

    Coulbourn and Sons will bring this 18th century child’s wardrobe in the form of a doll’s house to the Treasure House Fair in London.

    No less than 70 internationally renowned exhibitors will take part in the Treasure House Fair at the Royal Hospital, Chelsea in London from June 26-July 1.  Among leading British dealers taking part are Ronald Phillips, Richard Green, Osborne Samuel, Wartski, Adrian Sassoon, Butchoff Antiques, MacConnal-Mason, Godson & Coles, Koopman Rare Art, Frank Partridge, S.J. Phillips, Adrian Alan and Frank Partridge.  They will present a spectacular selection of furniture, silver, decorative arts and jewellery.

    International galleries include three New York institutions: the antique jeweller À La Vieille Russie, silver specialists S.J. Shrubsole and the leading authority in antique porcelain Michele Beiny.  “We like to think of ourselves as a festival rather than an art fair” director and co-founder Thomas Woodham-Smith said.  His grandmother was the historian Cecil Woodham-Smith, author of The Great Hunger.  The Treasure House Fair was founded in 2023 by Woodham-Smith and Harry Van der Hoorn, co founders of the famed Masterpiece fair which ran from 2009-2022.

    Phillip Mould will bring this c1932 Still Life with Fan by Vanessa Bell to the Treasure House Fair.

    THREE DAYS OF SALES AT SHEPPARDS COMING UP THIS WEEK

    Sunday, December 4th, 2022
    The Bonnettstown Hall Irish side table. UPDATE: THIS WAS UNSOLD

    An Irish 18th century five pillar dining table (€50,000-€80,000) is the top lot at three days of sales at Sheppards from Tuesday December 6. The fascinating selection on offer includes fine wines headed by six bottles of Premier Cru Classe Pessac-Leognan, Chateau Haut Brion, 2009 (€5,500-€6,500) along with antique furniture, jewellery, art including a portrait of a lady in a green dress by Vanessa Bell, vintage designer dresses and handbags and collectibles including a Charles X ormolu and bronze cathedral clock by Schuller, Paris with painted porcelain plaque after Raphael Sanzio.

    There are some fine 18th and 19th century chimney pieces, Donegal and Persian rugs, an Irish 18th century side table (€8,000-€12,000), baronial armchairs and an 18th century Chinese lacquered cabinet (€3,000-€5,000) among more than 1,400 lots. Viewing for a sale entitled  Bonnettstown Hall, Kilkenny and other important clients is underway in Durrow and the catalogue is online.

    VANESSA BELL (1879 – 1961) – Portrait of a lady in a green dress. (1959). UPDATE: THIS MADE 6,500 AT HAMMER