Among the works that sold at the CADA Fair was this view of ‘The Town Hall and North & South Bridge Street, Banbury Oxon’ by William Frederick Austin (1833-99). It was sold by Newman Fine Art for a sum in the region of £2000.
He added that CADA have had two membership applications from dealers since the event, which is now in its fourth year and fielded 24 exhibitors, plus (for the first time) five guest exhibitors from the BADA.
Around 4000 people visited the fair, mostly British but with some Chinese, Indian, American and Japanese.
Derek Newman of Newman Fine Art said he’d had his best sales in four years of exhibiting at the fair, and they included this view of The Town Hall and North & South Bridge Street, Banbury Oxon by William Frederick Austin (1833-99). The watercolour and pen and ink, signed and dated 1863, sold for in the region of £2000.
The next CADA Fair at Blenheim Palace is from April 21-24, 2016.
