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Christie's to handle Nick Gifford-Mead's scaling-down Sale
London UK
Thursday 29 October, 10.30am
Christie’s South Kensington
NICHOLAS Gifford-Mead started dealing in architectural antiques over thirty-five years ago and has been specialising in fire furniture, particularly in chimneypieces, ever since. Adopting the fundamental ethos that the stock must be original or sympathetically restored to realise it's true form, Nicholas travels extensively to source his stock in order to furnish some of the most prestigious houses in Great Britain and abroad, and Christie’s South Kensington is proud to be the next venue to be supplied with a selection of this stock which will be for sale in October 2009.
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Best Bookshop in the World
Maastricht, The Netherlands - An ancient church has been transformed into an awe-inspiring bookshop. Merkx & Girod, the Architects, designed a three storey black steel book shelf, accessible by a lift and stairs, and also giving a wonderful view of the nave of the church. Since it's closure the church had been used as a warehouse and an enormous bike car park.
Inhabitat
Seven figure sum of Treasure found in a Field
Staffordshire, England - A hoard of Anglo Saxon gold and silver has been found in a farmers field in Staffordshire. The stash is five times bigger than the 1.5kg find in 1939 at Sutton Hoo. Terry Herbert who found the loot in a farmer friends field has been metal detecting for 18 years and said 'it is what metal detectorists dream of'. The boxes of treasure comprise of 1,500 pieces; 5kg of gold and 2.2kg of Silver, and could take more than a year to be valued.
BBC News
Olympian Stone Capital Theft
Olympia, Greece - A police investigation is underway after a capital was allegedly stolen from a Byzantine church built on the site of Pheidias' workshop. The capital measured approximately 30cm by 30cm by 20cm.
Looting Matters
Germans resist EU Bulb Changeover
GERMAN consumers (and, one suspects, plenty of others in Europe) are hoarding traditional light bulbs before the phase-out starts with 100-watt bulbs, according to Der Spiegel. Some Germans have bought enough light bulbs to last them for the next two decades ...
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Campaign to take down fake Stonehenges
The Burren, County Clare, Ireland - Children from local schools, local landowners and officials have started a campaign to remove the mini dolmens cropping up all over the Burren in County Clare. The mini dolmens are smaller versions of the large limestone structures made by Bronze Age man...
EDIE blog
The notorious Robin Symes
A SALE without reserve will be held of The Robin Symes Collection by Bonhams, 7 October in Oxford. Lots include marble, columns, capitals, fabrics and decorative antiques.
Bonhams
Bob Lovell moves Antique Oak Flooring
London UK - BOB Lovell reports that The Antique Oak Flooring Co has relocated to larger premises in London, near Chingford, at Sewardstone Hall Farm, Sewardstone Road, London E4 7RH.
The Antique Oak Flooring Co
Reuse of the Week:
Cryptical crate man
You're lucky if you spot the mysterious Crate Man of Oz, built by Sam, Jerome, Ed and Gab. When they don't have better things to do, they are creating giant men from old milk crates The crate men are normally in the midst of some daring feat, like climbing over or sitting on top of very high walls and fishing in dangerous places.
Crate Man on Facebook
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Salvo Mag . . .
Salvo mag 281 Aug/Sep
GARDEN SPECIAL
Whats inside. . Exploding German balls and big sales at Salvo Fair 2009, strategy for sustainable construction, earliest known signed piece by Austin & Seeley, Garden and Cosmos: The Royal Paintings of Jodhpur, a classical allegory in an Italian renaissance garden, Chelsea Flower Show, Waddesdon Manor, Gaze auction highlights, Pugin & the Gothic revival sale. .
 Robots descend on Salvo Fair 09Robots join the 5,154 other visitors who came to rummage amongst the architectural salvage, garden antiques and reclaimed building materials
 Earliest known signed piece by Austin & SeeleyEntered into Lapada's object of the year competition.
 Garden and CosmosThe royal paintings of Jodhpur
 Mars out, Venus inAn Italian renaissance garden
 Chelsea Flower ShowThemes of reclaim, recycling and eco-friendly
 The wonders of WaddesdonAn architectural treasure and one of the finest Victorian gardens.
For a free copy of SalvoNEWS send a self addressed envolope to Salvo Llp, 10 Barley Mow Passage, London W4 4PH
Fairs
29 September - 4 October 2009
The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair
The Marque Battersea, London UK
6 - 7 October 2009
Swinderby Antiques Fair
Swinderby, Notts, UK
8 - 9 October 2009
Newark Antiques Fair
Newark, Notts, UK
Auctions
20 October 2009
Billingshurst, W Sussex
Garden Ornament & Fossil Decoration
Live Auction Tuesday 20th, Sealed Bid Auction Friday 23rd, Gardens open for viewing from Friday 16th to Tuesday 20th, 10am-4pm. Catalogues now available Tel (UK) 01403 331331.
31 October 2009
Gaze, Roydon Road, Diss
Architectural Building Materials
Starting at 9.30am at T W Gaze Diss Norfolk, Viewing Thursday prior 2pm-8pm, Friday 10am-5pm, sale morning from 8.30am. Tel (UK) 01379 650306. Fax 01379 644313.
FAIRS & AUCTIONS: Please send details as early as possible, and by Thursday of the week prior at the latest
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Theft Alerts
Latest Theft Alerts from SalvoWEB.com
 STOLEN: Marble chimney in the Italian style (XIXec). Anachronistic dedicated inscription on each side of the lintel. Stolen from Aix En Provence in France on 18 Jul 2009
STOLEN: 19th century white painted iron garden seat 48 inches wide. Stolen from Braintree, Essex on 26 July 2009.
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STOLEN: 12 Stone Architectural Staddle Stones. Stolen over the bank holiday weekend 30/08/09-31/08/09 from D.J.Giles in Stokenchurch.
STOLEN: Pair stone acorn urns from top of steps. Stolen from Shepton Mallet on 30 August 2009.
STOLEN: fine antique lead figure of a maiden, known as Flora. Stolen from Braintree, Essex on 26 July 2009.
STOLEN: Lead statue of two naked male wrestlers after the antique. Stolen from Braintree, Essex on 26 July 2009.
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STOLEN: antique garden furniture; an antique wrought iron garden seat. 2 antique chairs and 1 seat, wrought iron, painted dull green. A pair of very heavy tables with removable slate tops. all stolen from SBL Hitchin on 22 / 23 July 2009.
 
STOLEN: Two mantle piece clocks Stolen from Moira Northern Ireland on 14 Jun 2009.
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STOLEN: About 120 metres of reclaimed Yorkstone flags in random rectangular format. Thicknesses from 2.5 inches up to 4 inches. Pallets left on site so stone probably hand loaded onto truck. Stolen from Buriton near Petersfield on 19 June 2009.
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