Bestanddeel Gurney MSS 2.17 - Sotheby's Auctions and Phillips Auction

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Gurney MSS 2.17

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Sotheby's Auctions and Phillips Auction

Datum(s)

  • 1921 - 1997 (Vervaardig)

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Bestanddeel

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1 folder

Context

Naam van de archiefvormer

(1911-2001)

Geschiedenis van het archief

Directe bron van verwerving of overbrenging

Inhoud en structuur

Bereik en inhoud

Sotheby's Auctions and Phillips Auction:

Receipt of private sale of lot 202 from Sotheby's (7 May 1980).

Watercolour "Shoulder of Ben Hee" by John Pedder:

  • Note regarding the watercolour (31 May 1983).
  • Correspondence from Bing, Michael at Sotheby's regarding the watercolour (1 letter / 6 June 1983).
  • Recommendation for sale of watercolour (9 June 1983).
  • Property receipt for watercolour (14 June 1983).
  • Agreed reserve for watercolour (30 August 1983).
  • Receipt for watercolour (30 August 1983).
  • Settlement statement for watercolour (30 September 1983).

17th century cope hood:

  • Recommendation for sale and property receipt from Sotheby's of 17th century cope hood (28 November 1983), with Gurney's handwritten note "asked for it back 12/5/84".

Wooded river landscape in the style of Edward Charles Williams:

  • Correspondence from Williams, E. at Sotheby's (1 letter / 1 December 1983).
  • Recommendation for sale of painting (22 December 1983).
  • Receipt (16 February 1984).
  • Receipt (23 February 1984).

Five ancient Egyptian pottery vessels:

  • Correspondence to/from Sotheby's detailing Gurney's sale of the vessels, which had been presented to his parents in 1912 by his uncle Professor John Garstang after an excavation (3 letters / 17 April 1988 - 27 April 1988).
  • Property contract for the sale of the vessels (26 May 1988).
  • Recommendation for the sale of the vessels (10 June 1988).
  • Details of agreed reserve for the vessels (12 December 1988).

Correspondence from Forge, Oliver at Sotheby's (1 letter / 4 January 1989).

Sale no. 27539 (Scripophily & Paper Money):

  • Receipt of sale from Phillips (2 February 1989).
  • Details of lot numbers from Phillips (2 February 1989).

Offprint/Photocopy:

  • Sotheby Sale Catalogue (Catalogue of the Amherst Collection of Egyptian & Oriental Antiquities), London (13-17 June 1921), p. 74-79 ("Objects from Tell El Amarna").

Newspaper articles:

  • Alberge, Dalya and Daniel McGrory, "Smuggled art clampdown by Sotheby's", ? (17 December 1997), p. ?.
  • Farrell, Stephen, Dalya Alberge, Jill Sherman and Richard Owen, "Sotheby's suspends second employee: DTI inquiry into London art market", ? (7 February 1997), p. ?.
  • Farrell, Stephen, "Secrets of the chandelier bids", The Times, (7 February 1997), p. 17.
  • Watson, Peter, "Sotheby's must show it is clean", ? (3 March 1997), p. 20.
  • ? , "A reasonable bid: Sotheby's imperfect inquiry has still yielded worthwhile results", The Times, (17 December 1997), p. ?.
  • ?, "Art and Craft: How Sotheby's can clear its name", ? (7 February 1997), p. ?.

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