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Press cutting: 'A Chinese Mystery and a gleam in the dark', from 'The Daily Telegraph'
Article about the Chinese Export Silver exhibition at John Sparks Ltd
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JSP/12/02/18
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JSP, Box 22
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10 December 1990
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John Sparks Ltd archive
Stock books
Stock book (Nos. 1-8167)
Stock book (Nos. 1-6295)
Stock book (Nos. 1-3400)
Stock book (Nos. 1-6463)
Half-share stock book (Nos. 6.95-2.18)
Stock book (Nos. 1-7750)
Stock book (Nos. 1-12475)
Stock book (Nos. 1-4954)
Stock book (Nos. 1-3186)
Stock book (Nos. 1-5143)
Stock book (Nos. 15-9063)
Ledgers (account books)
General ledger (account book)
Sales ledger (account book)
Sales ledger (account book)
Sales ledger (account book)
Sales ledger (account book)
Sales ledger (account book)
Sales ledger (account book)
Sales ledger (account book)
Sales ledger (account book)
Sales ledger (account book)
Sales ledger (account book)
Sales ledger (account book)
Sales ledger (account book)
Bought ledger (account book)
Bought ledger (account book)
Daybooks
Sales daybook
Sales daybook
Sales daybook
Sales daybook
Sales daybook
Sales daybook
Sales daybook
Sales daybook
Sales daybook
Sales daybook
Sales daybook
Sales daybook
Sales daybook
Sales daybook
Sales daybook
Sales daybook
Sales daybook
Sales daybook
Sales daybook
Export sales daybook
'Rough daybook 1965'
'Rough daybook 1966'
Bought daybook
Commission daybook
Cashbooks
Cashbook
Cashbook
Cashbook
Cashbook
Cashbook
Cashbook
Cashbook
Journal (accounts)
New York office accounting records
New York private ledger (account book)
New York personal ledger (account book)
New York sales daybook
New York cashbook
Administrative records
Company minute book
Agent book
Valuation records
'A Valuation and Inventory of the Furniture and Effects at 128, Mount Street, W.1. The Property of:-...
Correspondence file: [name redacted]
Certificate of membership of the British Antique Dealers Association Ltd
Warrants of appointment
Royal warrant of appointment as antiquaries of Chinese works of art from King Gustaf VI Adolf of Swe...
Certificate of royal warrant of appointment as antiquaries of Chinese art from Queen Elizabeth The Q...
Catalogues and brochures
Exhibition catalogues
'An Exhibition of Japanese Porcelain of the 17th and 18th Centuries: March 22nd-April 12th'
'Notes for Collectors. No. 1 Chinese Glass Pictures and Mirror Pictures'
'John Sparks: A Celebration'
Sales brochures
'Chinese Birthday Cups'
Sales brochure for Chinese Caledon bowl
Sales brochure for Chinese hardstone snuff bottle
Sales brochure for Chinese Kangxi porcelain saucer dish
Sales brochure for red and blue carpet
Sales brochure for Chinese Yuan stem cup
Visitors' books
Visitor book of John Sparks Ltd and Alistair Sampson Ltd
Visitor book of John Sparks Ltd and Alistair Sampson Ltd
Advertising proofs
Proofs for company advertisements placed in 'Oriental Art' (magazine)
Proofs for company advertisements
Proofs for company advertisements
Scrapbook and press cuttings
Company scrapbook
Press cutting: photograph of the art dealer Major Michael Brett from the article 'The Curious Case p...
Photograph: 'Northwick Park - Front view'
Press cutting: 'The Curious Case pf the Chippendale Commode', from 'The Sunday Times'
Press cutting: 'Legal action over auction ring', from 'The Evening Standard'
Press cutting: Letter to the Editor by J L Rudé, from 'The Sunday Times'
Press cutting: letters to the Editor, from 'The Sunday Times'
Press cutting: 'How much it's worth to keep the rings away', from 'The Sunday Times'
Press cutting: 'Antique Dealers to Stop Rings', from 'The Times'
Press cutting: 'M.P.s want law to stop auction rings, from 'The Times'
Press cutting: news article about a meeting of the British Antique Dealers association called to res...
Press cutting: 'Two resign in antiques 'ring' row', from 'The Daily Telegraph'
Press cutting: 'Two antique dealers quit', from 'The Times'
Press cutting: 'Row over antique sales', from 'The Daily Express'
Press cutting: 'Bond Street in Revolt', from 'The Sunday Times'
Press cutting: Letter to the editor, from A M T Davis, from 'The Sunday Times'
Press cutting: 'Antique Sales: 14 Leave Council', from 'The Times'
Press cutting: '14 Antique Dealers Resign', from 'The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post'
Press cutting: 'Antique Dealers' Chief unable to take post', from 'The Times'
Press cutting: 'Yard check on antique price rings', from 'The Daily Mail'
Press cutting: 'Antiques Price Rings -Yard Acts', from 'The Evening Standard'
Press cutting: newspaper article about the incapacity of Secretary of the British Antique Associatio...
Press cutting: 'CID inquiry into antique 'rings'', from 'The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post'
Press cutting: 'Antique Dealers see M.P.s', from 'The Times'
Press cutting: ''Knock-outs' at dealers' HQ', from 'The Times'
Press cutting: from, 'Antique Dealers get third president in a month', from 'The Daily Telegraph and...
Press cutting: 'The only knock-down T'ang hall in the West goes up in London', from 'The Sunday Time...
Press cutting: 'Rare T'ang Polo Figure Fetches £3,500', from 'The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post'
Press cutting: 'Rare Piece', from 'The Evening Standard'
Press cutting: 'Mr Heath welcomes treasures', from undetermined publication
Press cutting: 'Move on Antique Buying Rings', from 'The Times
Press cutting: 'Antique Dealers' New Council', from 'The Times'
Press cutting: 'Antique Shops Make New By-Laws', from 'The Times'
Press cutting: 'Antique Dealers 'knock-out' pact', from 'The Times'
Press cutting: 'Antiques men declare war on 'fixers', from 'The Daily Mail
Press cutting: 'Knockout going, gone: Antique Dealers Outlaw any members who try to rig auctions', f...
Press cutting: 'Antique ring 'crooks' condemned', from 'The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post'
Press cutting: 'Bronze Bell of Chou Dynasty Goes to British Museum', from 'The Times'
Press cutting: 'A Pretty Gift', from 'The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post'
Photograph of painting 'Portrait of a Hong Merchant' by George Chinnery, with accompanying catalogue...
Press cutting: 'Five Antiques Firms Leave Association', from 'The Times'
Press cutting: 'Lord Margadale's Collection Sold', from undetermined publication
Press cutting: 'Antiques men in walk-out mystery', from undetermined publication
Press cutting: 'Antique dealers facing new threats, from MPs', from undetermined publication
Press cutting: '£16,500 paid for Ch'eng Hua bowl', from 'The Daily Telegraph'
Press cutting: 'Nothing Antique about these pieces', from undetermined publication
Press cutting: '£26,000 Cache', from undetermined publication
Press cutting: 'Against Nature', from undetermined publication
Press cutting: 'Chinese art realises £47,864', from 'The Financial Times'
Press cutting: 'Two 'attractive' Chinese pugs fetch £4,500', from 'The Times'
Press cutting: 'The Town with an £8,000 arts scoop', from undetermined publication
Photograph: 'R.M.O. De la Hey, director of Sparks with G. Sakamato'
Press cutting: 'Going Chinese' from 'The Daily Mail'
Press cutting: 'China Horse', from 'Reveille'
Press cutting: '£16,000 T'ang horse breaks record', from 'The Times'
Press cutting: '£16,000 T'ang horse', from 'The Daily Telegraph'
Press cutting: '£16,000 for T'ang horse a record', from undetermined publication
Press cutting: 'The Oriental Genius', from 'The Financial Times'
Press cutting: 'Record pottery price of £46,000 for Sung bowl 'from 'The Daily Telegraph',
Press cutting: '£46,000 price rise for bowl', from 'The Guardian'
Press cutting: 'Chinese bowl at record £46,000' from 'The Financial Times'
Press cutting: ''£46,000 record for Chinese bowl', from 'The Times'
Press cutting: 'Vast increases', from 'The Evening Standard'
Press cutting: Notice of the funeral of Peter Sparks, Chairman of John Sparks Ltd, from undetermined...
Press cutting: 'What's 1,000 years old and can earn £80 a week?', from 'The Daily Mail'
Press cutting: 'Peter Sparks' from 'The Antique Collector'
Press cutting: '90,000 gns for Sung dynasty bottle', from 'The Times'
Press cutting: 'Fall in Chinese ceramics', from 'The Times'
Press cutting: '15,000 gns. Chinese porcelain', from undetermined publication
Press cutting: '15,000 gns paid for vase', from undetermined publication
Press cutting: '£49,000 paid for a Ting-Yao basin', from 'The Times'
Press cutting: '£49,000 Chinese bowl', from 'The Daily Telegraph'
Press cutting: 'Chinese ceramics' peak £316,223', from 'The Financial Times'
Press cutting: 'Man spends £93,000 on Chinese art', from 'The Evening Standard'
Press cutting: '£18,000 For Ming Bowl', from undetermined publication
Press cutting: 'Chinese works of art realise £522,246', from undetermined publication
Press cutting: 'Across the Ages', from 'The Sunday Telegraph'
Press cutting: 'The Gifts of China', from undetermined publication
Press cutting: '£420,000 Ming is the Thing', from 'The Evening Standard'
Press cutting: 'London Art Dealers: The Top Twenty', from 'Connoisseur' magazine
Photograph: 'Peter Sparks at a Buckingham Palace Garden Party'
Press cutting: 'Variety proves both book and bugbear', from 'The Antique Trade Gazette'
Press cutting: 'Don't Miss London's Great Summer Antiques Fairs', from 'Antiques Monthly'
Photograph: 'John Sparks Ltd. stand at the Grosvenor House Antiques Fair 1984 June 18th-26th 1984'
Press cutting: untitled article about the sale of a Ming Chinese bowl, from 'The Times'
Press cutting: 'Not for Sale', from 'Interiors' (magazine)
Photograph: 'The 'Rogues' Gallery Connoisseur Magazine'
Photograph: 'John Sparks Ltd. Grosvenor House 1985'
Proof for an advert placed by John Sparks in 'The Connoisseur' (magazine), April 1902
Photograph: 'New York', exterior of John Sparks Ltd New York office
Photograph: 'John Sparks Ltd. Grosvenor House 1986'
Photograph: 'John Sparks Ltd. Grosvenor House 1986'
Invitation for the 60th anniversary of John Sparks Ltd at Mount Street celebration event
Photograph: 'Grosvenor House 1988'
Press cutting: 'Antiques Round Up', from 'The Daily Telegraph'
Invoice issued to a Mrs. Lemon by John Sparks Ltd, for the purchase of Kangxi period 'old Chinese wh...
Printing proof for advertising flyer for John Sparks Ltd Christmas display
Photograph: 'Grosvenor House 1989'
Invitation to private view of Exhibition of Modern European Pottery held by John Sparks Ltd
Order of service for the funeral of Peter Sparks, Chairman of John Sparks Ltd
Order of service for the funeral of Peter Vaughan, Director of John Sparks Ltd
Notice of the closure of the John Sparks Ltd premises due to the funeral of Peter Vaughan, Chairman ...
Press cutting: 'On the trail of a bargain', from undetermined publication
Photograph of the exterior of doorway of John Sparks Ltd premises, Mount Street, London
Photograph of the exterior of doorway of John Sparks Ltd premises, Mount Street, London
Photograph of the exterior of shop window at John Sparks Ltd premises, Mount Street, London
Photograph of the exterior of shop front of John Sparks Ltd premises, Mount Street, London
Photograph of the exterior of shop front of John Sparks Ltd premises, Mount Street, London
Photograph of the interior of shop window of John Sparks Ltd premises, displaying a bronze figurine ...
Photograph of the exterior of shop window of John Sparks Ltd premises, displaying a lacquer artwork,...
Photograph of the interior of John Sparks Ltd premises, displaying two blue and white vases lacquer ...
Photograph of the interior of John Sparks Ltd premises, Mount Street, London
Letter from John Sparks to 'Sir'
Photograph of Peter Sparks with Queen Mary leaving the premises of John Sparks Ltd
Business card for John Sparks Ltd
John Sparks Ltd object display label
John Sparks Ltd object display label, marked 'Mrs Elbrecht'
Photograph of Peter Vaughan, director of John Sparks Ltd standing next to a Buddhist stone statue
Photograph of Peter Vaughan, director of John Sparks Ltd in conversation with a group of unidentifie...
Clipping from Illustrated London News
John Sparks Ltd label for 'Original Pottery by Alan Spencer Green'
Photograph of a display of Chinese artworks, including a pair of hunting bird figurines, a pair of ...
Photograph of the interior of John Sparks Ltd premises at 128 Mount Street Gallery
Postcard from John Sparks used by the company to inform a client of completion of repairs
Invoice to Miss S. C. M. Scarisbrick for £800 for sale of 'an old Chinese gilt bronze figure of an ...
John Sparks Ltd letterhead paper (blank)
Photograph of Peter Vaughan (managing director of John Sparks Ltd), Michael Gillingham (director of ...
Photograph of unidentified man in formal suit
Photograph of unidentified man, seated wearing a blue jumper with Canadian flag motif
Advertising flyer for John Sparks Ltd Christmas display
Press cuttings on John Sparks Ltd and the Chinese art market in Britain
Press cutting: 'K'ang Hsi Stag Fetches £2,400', from undetermined publication
Photocopy of press cuttings about news articles and reviews of the Exhibition of Modern European Pot...
Press cutting: 'Originals in Pottery', from 'Yorkshire Evening Post'
Press cutting: 'Modern European Pottery', from 'The Gift Buyer' (magazine)
Press cutting: 'Studio Potters at the Sparks Gallery', from 'Pottery Gazette and Glass Trade Review'
Copy of press cutting of an article about purchase of a Ming period cup by John Sparks Ltd, from 'Th...
Copy of press cutting of an article about purchase of a Ming period cup by John Sparks Ltd, from 'Th...
Press cutting: 'Hunt the Knick-Knack', from 'London Life' (magazine)
Press cutting: 'The women who paid £420,000 for a bottle!' from 'The Evening Standard'
Press cutting: 'Fair Play', from 'Art & Antiques Weekly' (magazine)
Press cutting: 'Chinese Glass', from 'Antique Collector' (magazine)
Press cutting: 'Grosvenor House', from 'Traditional Interior Decoration'
Press cutting: 'Grosvenor House Antiques Fair 1988
Press cutting: 'Antiques: The Double Image: Looking into the World of Chinese Mirror Painting' / by ...
Press cutting: 'Agents and Aesthetics', from 'Landscape'
Press cutting: 'James Walford - Looking East', from 'Ceramic Review'
Press cutting: 'The Week Ahead', from 'The Daily Telegraph'
Press cutting: 'A Chinese Mystery and a gleam in the dark', from 'The Daily Telegraph'
Press cutting: 'Leading oriental dealer goes into receivership', from 'The Independent'
Photographic material
Photographs of John Sparks Ltd premises and activities
Photograph: ‘New York Exhibition, 1919’
Photograph: ‘Shanghai Office’
Photograph: ‘Glasgow Exhibition, June 1930’
Photographs of the interior of John Sparks Ltd gallery, 128 Mount Street, London
Photographs of John Sparks Ltd stands, Grosvenor House Antiques Fair
Albums containing photographs of artworks
'Reference Vol. I', album containing photographs of Chinese art
Reference ‘Vol. II’, album containing photographs of Chinese art
Reference album containing photographs of Chinese art
Photograph album containing photographs of Chinese ceramics
Photograph album containing photographs of Chinese ceramics
Photograph album containing photographs of Chinese ceramics
Photograph album containing photographs of Chinese ceramics
Photographs of artworks
Photographs of artworks: '17th and 18th century figurines of humans, animals, and birds'
Photographs of artworks: 'Blanc de Chine'
Photographs of artworks: 'Canton enamel'
Photographs of artworks: 'Cloisonné enamel'
Photographs of artworks: 'Early'
Photographs of artworks: 'Early pottery'
Photographs of artworks: 'Early wares'
Photographs of artworks: 'Ivory'
Photographs of artworks: 'Jade'
Photographs of artworks: Jade and hardstone carving
Photographs of artworks: 'Japanese'
Photographs of artworks: 'Lacquer and plaster'
Photographs of artworks: 'Later bronzes'
Photographs of artworks: 'Pictures and furniture'
Photographs of artworks: Porcelain and stoneware
Photographs of artworks: Porcelain and stoneware
Photographs of artworks: Porcelain and stoneware
Photographs of artworks: Porcelain and stoneware
Photographs of artworks: Porcelain and stoneware
Photographs of artworks: 'Sculpture'
Photographs of artworks: 'Silver'
Photographs of artworks: 'Snuff bottles and hardstone'
Photographs of artworks: 'Soapstone'
Labels and signs
Object display labels
Company nameplate
Company display sign
Records relating to the Dreyfus Collection
'Dreyfus collection papers'
'Chinese Works of Art in the Dreyfus Collection , Vol I.: to End of Ming'
'Chinese Porcelain: Volume 2.: Ch'ing Dynasty: Catalogue of the Dreyfus Collection'
'Dreyfus collection photographs'
Personal records of Michael Gillingham
Appointment diary, 'Hugh M. Moss Ltd Day Book'
Appointment diary
Appointment diary
Appointment diary
Message book
Personal organiser contact cards
Notes on the architectural features of seven English churches
Personal correspondence of Michael Gillingham
Letter from John Sabin (Osted) to Michael Gillingham (Alistair Sampson Antiques, London)
Letter from Richard Green (Richard Green antiques, London) to Michael Gillingham (Alistair Sampson A...
Letter from Colin J. D. Mackay (Director, Sotheby's) to Michael Gillingham (Alistair Sampson Antique...
Copy letter sent by [Michael Gillingham] to P. [Peter] W. Sparks (Somerton)
Copy letter sent by Peter W. Sparks (Somerton) to Michael Gillingham (Alistair Sampson Antiques, Lon...
Letter from Helen McKeag (The International Ceramics Fair) to Michael Gillingham (Michael Gillingham...
Press cuttings about closure of John Sparks Ltd, Michael Gillingham, and the Chinese art market
Photographs of a commercial display of Chinese artworks
Notebook: 'Exhibition Lists'
'Inventory of Chinese works of art at West Grange'
Sparks family papers
Sparks family scrapbook
Certificate of Marriage for John Sparks and Jane Dyke
Certificate of Birth for Jean [John] Sparks
Certificate of Baptism for John Sparks
Photocopy of Certificate of Competency as Master in the Merchant Service for John Sparks
Certificate of Marriage for John Sparks and Mary Waldock
Marriage Licence for John Sparks and Mary Waldock
Certificate of Birth for William Henry Sparks
Certificate of Birth for Ernest Sparks
Certificate of Right of Burial at Parish of Eastbourne for John Sparks and Mary Sparks
Certificate of Right of Burial at Abney Park Cemetery, Stoke Newington for John Sparks and Mary Spar...
Certificate of appreciation to Captain John Sparks presented by Marylebone Rife Club
Certified Copy of Entry in a Register of Births for Ernest Sparks
Similar items
Press cutting: '£49,000 Chinese bowl', from 'The Daily Telegraph'
Press cutting: 'A Pretty Gift', from 'The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post'
Press cutting: 'The Week Ahead', from 'The Daily Telegraph'
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Press cutting: 'Two resign in antiques 'ring' row', from 'The Daily Telegraph'
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