Island Life Magazine Ltd February/March 2014

ANTIQUES Items which recently sold... Tips! Rex Gully: Ask an expert! Knibb lantern clock Sold for £17,500 A rare Lantern Clock made by Joseph Knibb 'Putney Bridge with Rowing Boat Underneath' Watercolour in the 17th century Sold for £1,400 to a London collector Island Auction Rooms HRD Auctions Oriental bronze incense burner Chinese Republic style tapered vases Sold for £4,000 Sold for £1,200 to an overseas collector Originally bought for just £3 at a car boot sale Island Auction Rooms String of pearls Sold for £10,000 Dating from the 1920s these pearls were of exceptional form and HRD Auctions Early 19th Century brass inlaid bracket clock Sold for £950 to a mainland clock specialist quality. Island Auction Rooms HRD Auctions HRD Auctions - 01983 402222 Island Auction Rooms - 01983 863441 I on of glass in starting a collecti f you are interested nd. Firstly, mi points to bear in there are several key that you portantly, buy items and possibly most im behind your nt is the driving force like. Even if investme y have in your se are items you ma desire to collect, the important years to come so it is possession for many s to look out cally pleasing. Name to find them aestheti , Galle and e of Wight Glass, Loetz for include Daum, Isl lique pieces Lalique. Pre-war La sting are particularly intere as they will have been designed and overseen self. by Rene Lalique him enth Closer to home, eighte is century English glass nt. me est also a good inv Furnishing your home Buying at auction is an excellent way to furnish your home, whether you are a first time buyer or an established home owner looking to add to or change your existing style. Although there is always an enormous temptation to visit the ‘one stop’ option of a department store, why not take a little more time and make your home unique with statement antique or vintage furniture and garden pieces. At their auction rooms in Brading Hose Rhodes Dickson always have a wide range of furniture available, both in the modern and vintage and fine art and antique auctions. In their January sale they also had an enormous selection of gardenalia, ranging from staddlestones to wirework plant stands, and rhubarb forcers to an antique potting bench. All pieces sold very successfully, showing that there is still a strong market for interesting and unusual furnishing pieces, for both interior and exterior design. www.visitilife.com 39

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