Fire Control Room by Eric Ravilious which had a price tag of £200,000 from The Fine Art Society.
Running from September 28-October 1. the event reported a 10% jump in visitor numbers across the event (compared with last year) with close to 11,000 people coming through the door.
Gay Hutson, fair director at BAF, said: “Importantly it was the quality of the visitors, particularly on the first day, which pleased exhibitors. The general mood was upbeat and everyone agreed that the fair looked terrific with a good range of both 20th and 21st century work.”
A number of exhibitors were new to the fair including The Fine Art Society. Among its sales was Fire Control Room by Eric Ravilious which had a price tag of £200,000.
Fellow newcomer Oliver Brooke-Walder of Brooke-Walder Fine Art had a number of sales including Glyn Philpot’s Square in Ostend, 1936, which had an asking price of £50,000.
Another newcomer, Eastbourne’s Emma Mason, sold a number of works by Alistair Grant (1925-97) priced between £650 and £3000.
A view of the South Downs, Cloud Shadows of Spring, from c.1925-26, by CRW Nevinson, sold with an asking price of £85,000 by the Portland Gallery.
A view of the South Downs, Cloud Shadows of Spring, c.1925-26, by CRW Nevinson with an asking price of £85,000 was among the sales by the Portland Gallery.
Patrick Bourne & Co sold about 10 works to new clients, including three by Alfred Wallis (1855-1942).
An Jo Fermon at Whitford Fine Art, whose sales included works by Albert Irvin (1922-2015), said: “I have not seen such an amazing turnout of people on opening day before, which included a number of the ex-pat community of London.”
