The opening night of our South African National Antiques Fair which was held in Johannesburg in October 2009 at the Wanderers Club.

Lucinda Nicholson,
Eloise Giampaolo

Gala Opening Night

Enquiries

Merle Thomas and Sarah
Heep from St John's

Nadia Dolak and Tina Rost

Lynne Wapniek, Talia
and Sharon Fihrer

Michael Prior, Cilla Whitty,
Arlene and Jules Schneid

Alan Amory, Barbara Fisher,
Stefan Prinsloo, Ginny Little

Shire & Justin Kerrod,
Eileen Potgieter

SAADA's gala opening was
in aid of St John's

Take it for Granted's
garden stand

The White House Gallery

Kunsthandel J.W.C. Dullaert

Lynn Grant, Caroline Menell

Jennifer Jones,
Judy McMenamin

Michael de Pinna, Peta Eggierth-Symes, Peter Eggierth-Symes, Carolyn Steyn, Zwelaki Mankazana, H.R.H. Princess Zenani Dlamini

Georg Kahle, Tandi Reilly

Dorianne Weil (Dr D.), with
her daughter Jemma-Claire

Persian House

Unicorn Antiques

Jeremy Stephens Antiques

Right: Late Victorian longcase clock in an oak case by JJ Stockall & Sons of London. The Substantial eight day three train weight driven movement chiming on tubular bells every quarter hour on either Westminster or Whittington. Circa 1895.

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Jock of the Bushveld

The Kalk Bay shop has two copies of one of the most sought after Africana first editions:

Jock of the Bushveld

Written in 1905, the book recounts Fitzpatrick’s days as a transport rider during the Transvaal gold rush. Fitzpatrick would often tell these adventure stories to his four sons. Encouraged by his friend Rudyard Kipling, he wrote the story of Jock, the irrepressible Bull Terrier (Staffie). The book was published in 1907 and reprinted a further four times in that year alone, due to its overwhelming reception with the public. It was illustrated by Edmund Caldwell who was one of Mary Tourtel’s brothers (Mary Tourtel was the creator of Rupert the Bear). After the first edition there were some changes made by the artist when inaccuracies in his drawings were bought to his attention, such as the drawings of a dung beetle pushing his load with his front legs rather than his back legs on pages 65, 337 and 457; and on page 316 a horse is shown trying to climb an impossibly high bank.
The book went on to be published in many different editions and languages, and Jock was forever immortalized as a literary hero.
Fitzpatrick (1862-1931) was imprisoned for a few months in 1896 for high treason for his role in the Jameson raid. He was knighted in 1902.

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