Bloomsbury Auctions

Apollo, July, 2004 by Samson Spanier

Bloomsbury Auctions, London, is expanding to cover new fields beyond books. It has changed its name from 'Bloomsbury Book Auctions' and has moved to Maddox Street, within walking distance of Sotheby's and Christie's. The most prominent new department is 'Impressionist, modern and contemporary', which is run by Richard Aronowitz-Mercer, formerly at Sotheby's and the Ben Uri Gallery, north London, where he was curator. The first sale by the new departnent is on 7 December and will include Dora Carrington's painting Parkland (left). Bloomsbury intends to sell the more affordable Impressionist and modern work such as ceramics, and to lead the market in the sale of work by contemporary artists. Other new departments are 'Modern and contemporary prints', 'Pens and pencils' and 'Chess and games'.

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