Bookstall is on today, Dec 1st

Well, so much for getting this thing on the go again! Hopefully I'll get my A into G and start doing things again. There's been lots of things I should've posted about, but I've just been useless. I'll try to cover some of them after the fact.

   Anyway, for the first time in about six weeks I'll be doing the stall today. The weather has just been lousy each Saturday previously. Consequently I've built up a lot of stuff and I'm drowning in it, so I'm keen to get rid of lots of books. There are a number of wine boxes and dozens of cigar boxes. Christmas is coming so come on down to the Market to find a stocking filler.

   As an incentive, the first person to repeat the following phrase will get a couple of catalogues for free.

                    "Kevin Pietersen is a show pony with bad technique."

   An easy one to remember, I'm sure you say the same thing all the time. Andrew.

   P.S. Hopefully I'll get home to see highlights of the mighty All Blacks smashing the English.

  

Bookstall is on today Sept 15th

   I'm back. Looks like being a good day. Lots of new stuff including books on graffiti art in San Fran, L.A., Mexico & Japan. Lots of cigar boxes (but no wine boxes this week) and a few other things including a quantity of Jazz CDs. There are a load of new books in the free box as well. Come on down.

   As an incentive, the first person to repeat the following phrase will get 2 catalogues free.

     "I'd rather have a free bottle in front of me  than a pre-frontal lobotomy."

   Come to the park, buy books on art. Andrew.

Bookstall is on today Aug 4th

The sky is cloudy but hopefully I can dodge the showers when I'm pushing the trolley. I've a load of new items this week including a set of Picasso-themed dominoes but only a couple of small wine boxes that wont last long so be quick.

   As an incentive, the first person to repeat the following phrase will be entitled to choose 2 free catalogues off the stall:

                       "Tweeters have smaller brains."

   Am I the only person who is completely fed up with hearing inane tweets on every BBC news programme? Nothing of any importance is ever said. It makes ya wanna go postal. Andrew.

Bookstall is on today July 28th

   I may be running a bit late as I was watching the Opening Ceremony last night and am a bit behind getting ready. The sky is cloudy but I don't think any rain is forecast. I've many new things this week and also 7 wine boxes (3 large, 4 small) but they wont last long so be quick.

   As an incentive, the first person to repeat the following phrase will be entitled to choose 2 free catalogues off the stall:

                       "You're absolutely right, Paul McCartney can't sing."

   Come on, I can't be the only person to think so. Andrew.

10 Raymond Ching paintings to be sold in Auckland July 26th

   The International Art Centre in Auckland, New Zealand is to auction ten works by Raymond Ching, the New Zealand-born wildlife artist in its Important, Early & Rare New Zealand Art sale on July 26th. Here are a few of them:

Wedgetail Eagles and Corellas 

Oil on board 79cm x 92cm.

Estimate: NZ$25,000-35,000

North Island Saddlebacks

Watercolour 69cm x 52cm

Estimate: NZ$18,000-22,000

Pair of Wekas

Acrylic on paper 71cm x 55cm

Estimate: NZ$15,000-20,000

Stitchbirds

Watercolour 69cm x 53cm

Estimate: NZ$10,000-14,000

New Zealand Blue Duck

Watercolour 73cm x 52cm

Estimate: NZ$15,000-20,000

Goshawk

Watercolour 71cm x 55cm

Estimate: NZ$15,000-20,000

   There are 118 lots in the auction which you can view here. If you want to see a large image of any lot then paste this into a new window and change the '81' to the lot number that you choose:
                            http://images.internationalartcentre.co.nz/_auctions/2012/2012-07/81-H.jpg

2012 Olympic logo - Antipodean designer?

   Last year there was a threat of an Iranian boycott of the Olympic Games due to the choice of the Olympic logo, in that if you rotated and re-arranged the numbers it would be possible to spell 'ZION'. This is quite plainly ridiculous.

   No, it is perfectly obvious that the designer at Wolf Olins was from, or had a close affinity to, the Antipodes. Either that or the Games organisers sought to harness a little of our sporting prowess to empower the athletes from Great Britain and other nations. What other reason could there be for stylised maps of both New Zealand and Australia appearing on the logo?

Map of Nu Zild a.k.a. Godzone

Number One

Map of Straya

The Big Fat Zero

 Completely evident isn't it! Now, whenever you look the Olympic logo you will not be able to see anything other than little old Enzed and that other island.

Bookstall is on today July 21st

   I don't flipping believe it! Blue sky and no prospect of rain. Quite a few new things this week and a large number of cigar boxes as well. There's a free box under the table so have a browse in there as well.

   As an incentive, the first person to repeat the following Henry David Thoreau quote will be entitled to two free catalogues.

        'The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation'.

   See you soon, Andrew.

Bookstall is NOT on today July 6th

   The weather forecast is too dodgy today to do the market, so I'm going to put my feet up and watch the Tour de France on ITV4. Maybe summer will arrive for next week. Andrew.

Bookstall is on today June 30th

   Hopefully this early rain will stop and I'll be able to get to the market. Quite a few new things this week and a number of catalogues for forthcoming sales. There's a free box under the table so have a browse in there as well.

   As an incentive, the first person to repeat the following Henry David Thoreau quote will be entitled to two free catalogues.

        'The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation'.

   See you soon, Andrew.

Vintage posters online auction at Onslows 29th June

   Onslows are holding the first of its bi-annual online auctions of vintage posters on June 29th. 372 lots covering travel, wartime and general advertising themes.

Norman Wilkinson (1878-1971) Launch of T.S.S Duke of York, Queen's Island, Belfast, original poster printed for LMS by London Lithographic c.1935 - 102 x 127 cm £1500-1800

   You can view the catalogue here.

5 Maori taiaha at auction at Mallams, Oxford, 29th June

As part of The Gentleman's Library sale at Mallams in Oxford are five Maori taiaha with estimates starting around the £150-200 mark.

   You can view the lots here.

Bookstall is on today 23rd June

I'm running late so basically this is a repeat of last week's post. It's another blustery day but hopefully it will not rain. Lots of new stuff this week, come on down for some cheap art books. There's a free box under the table so have a browse in there as well.

   As an incentive, the first person to repeat the following song lyric by Alexei Sayle from his classic 'Ello John, Got a new motor? will be entitled to two free catalogues.

        "I keep tropical fish - in me underpants'.

   They don't write them like that anymore! See you soon, Andrew.

Maori whaleone club at Tennants, Leyburn, |N. Yorks, June 22nd

   There is a Maori whalebone club coming up for sale at Tennants Auctions, in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, on Friday, June 22nd as part of its Militaria & Ethnographica sale.

   'A 19th Century Maori Whalebone Wahiaka (Hand Club), with fine aged patina, of curved form, the handle pierced through for attachment and terminating with the head of a mythological figure with inlaid red sealing wax eyes, the tapered blade pierced along one edge, the opposing edge carved in relief with a Tiki figure with abalone shell eyes inlaid with red sealing wax, overall length 31.5cm.'

    You can view the catalogue online here. There's a taiaha also up in the same sale.

   Update:  The taiaha sold for £800 and the wahaika sold for a whopping £19,000 against an estimate of £2,000-3,000!

Bookstall is on today June 16th

   Well, where's that week gone? It's another blustery day but hopefully it will not rain. Lots of new stuff this week, come on down for some cheap art books. There's a free box under the table so have a browse in there as well.

   As an incentive, the first person to repeat the following song lyric by Alexei Sayle from his classic 'Ello John, Got a new motor? will be entitled to two free catalogues.

        "I keep tropical fish - in me underpants'.

   They don't write them like that anymore! See you soon, Andrew.

Bookstall is on today June 9th

   Well, it's a blustery day but hopefully it will not rain. Lots of new stuff this week, come on down for some cheap art books.

   As an incentive, the first person to repeat the following song lyric by The Boss will be entitled to two free catalogues plus an extra one if you can name the song.

        "Like a river that don't know where it's flowin'
         I took a wrong turn and I just kept goin'.

   Kinda sums up the bad life choices I've made so far! See you soon, Andrew.

Raymond Ching painting at Woolley & Wallis, Salisbury, June 13th

There is a painting by the New Zealand-born wildlife artist Raymond Harris-Ching at the Salisbury, Wiltshire, auction rooms of Woolley and Wallis on June 13th.

Head of a wedge-tailed eagle. Signed and dated 1991
Oil on panel. 13¾"x13"
Estimate: £3,000-5,000

   You can view the catalogue here. It's lot 395.

   There are several Raymond Ching works coming up for auction at the International Art Centre in Auckland, New Zealand on July 26th. More details to follow.

2 Adam Styka paintings at auction this month

   There are a couple of Adam Styka paintings coming up at auction this month. First up is an oil on canvas at Sotheby's in London as part of the European Paintings sale on June 11th.

The Idyll - oil on canvas. 32"x25½"
Estimate: £20,000-30,000

   You can see the auction catalogue here.

   The following day, on June 12th, Bukowski's Auctions in Stockholm will offer another Adam Styka oil on canvas:

Under the African sun - oil on canvas.

32"x26". Estimate: £37,350-42,650

   You can see the auction catalogue here.

   If you want to see big pictures of the above two lots then use these two:

   http://www.sothebys.com/content/dam/stb/lots/L12/L12101/066L12101_6FTHM.jpg
   https://d2mpxrrcad19ou.cloudfront.net/item_images/296045/8258541_fullsize.jpg

   Be warned - if you have a slow connection speed it will take a while!

African & Oceanic Art at Sotheby's Paris June 12th

   Sotheby's in Paris is holding a sale of African and Oceanic Art on June 12th. Whilst the majority of the 137 lots on offer are from Africa (as you'd expect at a French sale) there are a few from the Pacific region including three Maori lots shown below. The estimates will make your eyes water, though.

Maori feather box, length 48cm. Estimate: €30,000-40,000

Maori greenstone tiki, height 13½cm. Estimate: €40,000-60,000

Maori whalebone club, length 47cm. Estimate: €15,000-20,000

   You can view the catalogue online here.

   If you want to look at big images of the three lots above then use these:

   http://www.sothebys.com/content/dam/stb/lots/PF1/PF1208/159PF1208_6FQVJ_4.jpg
   http://www.sothebys.com/content/dam/stb/lots/PF1/PF1208/194PF1208_6G566_1.jpg
   http://www.sothebys.com/content/dam/stb/lots/PF1/PF1208/196PF1208_6G567_2.jpg

Umm, I think my ADD kicked in. I apologise for being so slack. I let alot of good things go by without publicising them. Hopefully, I can get my A into G.

Vintage Posters at van Sabben, Hoorn, Holland April 21st

   Today saw a sale of vintage posters at van Sabben Auctions, Hoorn, in Holland. 887 lots of affordable items. Unsold lots are available for direct purchase.

Edward Reginald Mount (1906-1979) - Bones make Explosives

50cmx74cm, ca. 1940's. Sold for €264

   You can view the catalogue online here.

Bookstall is NOT on today April 21st

   I know that it is sunny outside, but I have to make a decision on Wednesday as to whether or not to do the stall or not. The forecast was for rain from lunchtime onwards, so I decided to put my feet up this weekend. I'll probably do a raindance a little later to try to make me feel better. Hopefully the weather will be a bit more settled next week. Andrew.

Bookstall is on today April 7th

   Another fine day by the looks of it, and I might even be on time today! Many new things this week including a couple of boxes of Impressionist catalogues as well as catalogues for forthcoming sales including a Grosvenor School prints one coming up on the 17th. Issues of Art of England May 2012 are only a pound, and, as usual, all the other catalogues are £2.00 each. Come on down.

   The first person to repeat the following phrase will get to choose 2 free catalogues or 8 catalogues and magazines out of the 50p box.

                         'Size of an elephant'

   This is a line from The Arabian Knights, a cartoon that used to run in The Banana Splits show from my childhood. IMPORTANT! 'Size' should be a long sound, and you should clap your hands once after you save the phrase. Andrew.

Street Art auction at Cornette de Saint Cyr, Paris, April 5th

   Cornette de Saint Cyr Auctions in Paris is staging a Street Art sale on April 5th. 83 lots.

Gully - Nighthawk, 2010. Aerosol, marker and acrylic on canvas. 114x195cm. Estimate: €2,000-3,000

   You can view the catalogue online here.

   If you like Street Art, you may wish to check out Graffiti Art Magazine, published with French and English text. Online content appears to be in French only. Further details can be found at www.graffitiartmagazine.com

Adam Styka painting at Aguttes, Paris, April 4th

   As mentioned elsewhere on this blog, I like the paintings of the Polish painter Adam Styka. There is an oil painting coming up at Aguttes Auctions in Paris on the 4th of April. Visitors to my site from the Middle East may be disappointed that there are no boobies on display, however there is a fine pair of asses instead!

Au bord du Nil - oil on canvas. 29"x36". Estimate: €20,000-22,000

   You can view the catalogue here. The painting is lot 65. If you want the code for the painting then paste the following into a new window:
      http://www.aguttes.com/vo/vo04042012/images/aguttes_04042012-065.jpg

   There's another Styka coming up at Sotheby's later this month - more on that one later.

Bookstall is on today March 31st

   Another dry day and lots of stuff I haven't had on the stall before. I've a number of Dale Chihuly books, but only one copy of each and once they're gone they're gone. Come on down. As an incentive the first person to say the following phrase will get two free catalogues or 8 out of the 50p box:

                              O-oh Chongo!

   This is, of course, a line from Danger Island which was all the rage in the playground of Maidstone Road Infant School circa 1970. Next week will be The Arabian Knights. Andrew.

Street Art at Piasa Auctions, Paris, March 30th

C215 (b.1973) - Sans titre. Estimate: €3,000-4,000

Piasa Auctions in Paris will offer 25 lots of Street/Graffiti art as part of its Contemporary & Urban Art sale on March 30th. There are 209 lots in total.

C215 (b.1973) Sans titre. Estimate: €2,000-3,000

   You can view the catalogue online here. The Street Art starts at lot 184.

Urban Art sale at Bonhams London March 29th

Bonhams on New Bond St, London, will offer 87 lots of Urban/Street Art on March 29th including 17 works by Banksy carrying estimates from £2,500-80,000.

   From the press release: 'Leopard and Barcode by Banksy was acquired directly from an exhibition entitled Existencilism at the 33⅓ Gallery, Los Angeles by the present owner and is the first time that the work has been seen at auction. Numbered 1/5, it has attracted a pre-sale estimate of £60,000 – 80,000.
  
   The sale features seventeen works by Banksy in total, with several outstanding originals. One of the highlights is Girl and Balloon, 2009 (estimate £15,000-25,000), where the artist has painted his iconic image directly onto the cardboard backing of an Ikea frame. Next to the Swedish company's label on the reverse he has added the word "quality."

   Highlights also include Bomb Hugger, 2002 (estimate £40,000-60,000) and Love is in the Air, 2002 (estimate £40,000-60,000), both acquired from the Existencilism exhibition in Los Angeles; and a screen print of British supermodel Kate Moss, 2005, which has been estimated at £30,000-50,000.

   More affordable works include CND Soldiers, 2006 (estimate £3,000-5,000; Nola (Pea Green/Blue Rain), 2008 (estimate £5,000-8,000); Trolleys, 2007 (estimate £3,000-5,000); and Morons, 2007 (estimate £3,000-5,000).'

   You can view the catalogue online here.

   If you want a bigger image of the above picture then put this code into a new window:
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Bookstall is on today March 24th

   Yay, I've a new-old laptop, so I'll be getting back to posting on here from now on. It's a beautiful day so there's no excuse for staying inside. Come to the park and buy books on art. There's alot of new stuff this week, and the catalogues are all £2.00 or less except those for forthcoming sales (like the Urban Art sale cat at Bonhams next week for £4). There are three really nice wine boxes, loads of cigar boxes starting at £1.00 and I've got a dozen wooden bottle openers at £1.50 each.

   As an incentive, the first person the say the following phrase will be able to choose 2 free catalogues (or 8 from the 50p box). It's a repeat of the Banana Splits one from December.

                "Fleagle, Bingo, Drooper and Snork".

   Not difficult is it? Next week will be one from Danger Island followed by The Arabian Knights. Aah, memories. See you later. Andrew.

Bookstall is on today, Sat 25th February

Sorry I haven't posted anything lately, my laptop has conked out and I'm in the process of getting another one. Lots of new books on the stall this week including catalogues from this month's Impressionist and Contemporary Art sales in London. I've lots of cigar boxes and a few wooden wine boxes as well. Also, though all the catalogues are £2.00 or less, there will be a 50p/free box for catalogues that I'm fed up of pushing home on my trolley. Maybe someone will actually pick up one of them and look inside.

   Also, the first person to say the following phrase will get two free catalogues:

                         "Some folks rob you with a six-gun, some with a fountain pen."

   It's a line from Pretty Boy Floyd  by Woody Guthrie.