A new website and an entire new system: it takes some time. We know a few texts don’t match the accompanying photos, we’re working on that. Meanwhile we hope the bidding system will be ready at the end of the week, allowing you to leave absentee bids through the website. Feel free to send us an e-mail with your maximum offer, any time you see an item of your liking.
Great auctions in September, and lots more to come.
While we’re focussing on the September sales (2nd, 3rd, 16th and 17th), I can’t keep myself from publishing already one photo from I painting we’ll be auctioning in October. It’s by Florent Willems, good XIXth century Belgian painter of “scènes galantes”. Bought by the previous owners at Verkoopzaal Leys when I was a rookie there in the seventies. “L’oiseau apprivoisé” it’s called. “The tamed bird”.
yes, there is a “Day Three”
As we have so many lots to auction, we shall be auctioning some 3 or 400 lots the day after the wine auction of Tuesday 16th. In other words: Tuesday September 16th: Fine wines.
Wednesday September 17th: Art and Antiques (the catalogue numbers above 800).
Thursday, August 14th
Yesterday at the end of the day we found a genuine Albert Saverys between other paintings. A nice still life with à phaisant, today a very nice painting showed up, signed by a painter called P. Jacobs and dated 1831. It’s a 19th century interpretation of a David Teniers theme: card players before an inn. The quality is very good, it’s got the original frame, but I haven’t got a clue as who this Mr. Jacobs may be. There is a Paul Emil Jacobs in that period, but he painted in a totally different manner.
Evening
We’re already preparing the October auction as well. We picked up two nice pieces of Chinese carved furniture, a desk and a hall bench. As well as high class paintings by Florent Willems, Léon Brunin and others. And “Travellers before an inn” by old master Barend Gael. Good little old panel with horses and men. And a mother suckling her baby.
Mother’s Day
Careful: Friday, August 15th is a holiday, Jordaens will be closed.
Congrats, all you mothers.