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.