Press cutting: '15,000 gns paid for vase', from undetermined publication

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Clipping of newspaper article about the purchase by John Sparks Ltd of a blue and white meiping vase, bought at Sotheby's for 15,000 'guineas'

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Part of John Sparks Ltd Company scrapbook. [Reference: JSP/12/01]

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John Sparks Ltd ArchiveJSP

Stock booksJSP/01

Ledgers (account books)JSP/02

CashbooksJSP/04

Journal (accounts)JSP/05

New York office accounting recordsJSP/06

Administrative recordsJSP/07

Warrants of appointmentJSP/08

Catalogues and brochuresJSP/09

Visitors' booksJSP/10

Advertising proofsJSP/11

Scrapbook and press cuttingsJSP/12

Company scrapbookJSP/12/01

Press cutting: photograph of the art dealer Major Michael Brett from the article 'The Curious Case pf the Chippendale Commode' (The Sunday Times)JSP/12/01/001

Photograph: 'Northwick Park - Front view'JSP/12/01/002

Press cutting: 'The Curious Case pf the Chippendale Commode', from 'The Sunday Times'JSP/12/01/003

Press cutting: 'Legal action over auction ring', from 'The Evening Standard'JSP/12/01/004

Press cutting: Letter to the Editor by J L Rudé, from 'The Sunday Times'JSP/12/01/005

Press cutting: letters to the Editor, from 'The Sunday Times'JSP/12/01/006

Press cutting: 'How much it's worth to keep the rings away', from 'The Sunday Times'JSP/12/01/007

Press cutting: 'Antique Dealers to Stop Rings', from 'The Times'JSP/12/01/008

Press cutting: 'M.P.s want law to stop auction rings, from 'The Times'JSP/12/01/009

Press cutting: news article about a meeting of the British Antique Dealers association called to respond to allegedly fraudulent antique dealers ring operating in UK antiques market, from 'The Evening Standard'JSP/12/01/010

Press cutting: 'Two resign in antiques 'ring' row', from 'The Daily Telegraph'JSP/12/01/011

Press cutting: 'Two antique dealers quit', from 'The Times'JSP/12/01/012

Press cutting: 'Row over antique sales', from 'The Daily Express'JSP/12/01/013

Press cutting: 'Bond Street in Revolt', from 'The Sunday Times'JSP/12/01/014

Press cutting: Letter to the editor, from A M T Davis, from 'The Sunday Times'JSP/12/01/015

Press cutting: 'Antique Sales: 14 Leave Council', from 'The Times'JSP/12/01/016

Press cutting: '14 Antique Dealers Resign', from 'The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post'JSP/12/01/017

Press cutting: 'Antique Dealers' Chief unable to take post', from 'The Times'JSP/12/01/018

Press cutting: 'Yard check on antique price rings', from 'The Daily Mail'JSP/12/01/019

Press cutting: 'Antiques Price Rings -Yard Acts', from 'The Evening Standard'JSP/12/01/020

Press cutting: newspaper article about the incapacity of Secretary of the British Antique Association, from undetermined publicationJSP/12/01/021

Press cutting: 'CID inquiry into antique 'rings'', from 'The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post'JSP/12/01/022

Press cutting: 'Antique Dealers see M.P.s', from 'The Times'JSP/12/01/023

Press cutting: ''Knock-outs' at dealers' HQ', from 'The Times'JSP/12/01/024

Press cutting: from, 'Antique Dealers get third president in a month', from 'The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post'JSP/12/01/025

Press cutting: 'The only knock-down T'ang hall in the West goes up in London', from 'The Sunday Times'JSP/12/01/026

Press cutting: 'Rare T'ang Polo Figure Fetches £3,500', from 'The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post'JSP/12/01/027

Press cutting: 'Rare Piece', from 'The Evening Standard'JSP/12/01/028

Press cutting: 'Mr Heath welcomes treasures', from undetermined publicationJSP/12/01/029

Press cutting: 'Move on Antique Buying Rings', from 'The TimesJSP/12/01/030

Press cutting: 'Antique Dealers' New Council', from 'The Times'JSP/12/01/031

Press cutting: 'Antique Shops Make New By-Laws', from 'The Times'JSP/12/01/032

Press cutting: 'Antique Dealers 'knock-out' pact', from 'The Times'JSP/12/01/033

Press cutting: 'Antiques men declare war on 'fixers', from 'The Daily MailJSP/12/01/034

Press cutting: 'Knockout going, gone: Antique Dealers Outlaw any members who try to rig auctions', from 'The Daily Express'JSP/12/01/035

Press cutting: 'Antique ring 'crooks' condemned', from 'The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post'JSP/12/01/036

Press cutting: 'Bronze Bell of Chou Dynasty Goes to British Museum', from 'The Times'JSP/12/01/037

Press cutting: 'A Pretty Gift', from 'The Daily Telegraph and Morning Post'JSP/12/01/038

Photograph of painting 'Portrait of a Hong Merchant' by George Chinnery, with accompanying catalogue labelJSP/12/01/039

Press cutting: 'Five Antiques Firms Leave Association', from 'The Times'JSP/12/01/040

Press cutting: 'Lord Margadale's Collection Sold', from undetermined publicationJSP/12/01/041

Press cutting: 'Antiques men in walk-out mystery', from undetermined publicationJSP/12/01/042

Press cutting: 'Antique dealers facing new threats, from MPs', from undetermined publicationJSP/12/01/043

Press cutting: '£16,500 paid for Ch'eng Hua bowl', from 'The Daily Telegraph'JSP/12/01/044

Press cutting: 'Nothing Antique about these pieces', from undetermined publicationJSP/12/01/045

Press cutting: '£26,000 Cache', from undetermined publicationJSP/12/01/046

Press cutting: 'Against Nature', from undetermined publicationJSP/12/01/047

Press cutting: 'Chinese art realises £47,864', from 'The Financial Times'JSP/12/01/048

Press cutting: 'Two 'attractive' Chinese pugs fetch £4,500', from 'The Times'JSP/12/01/049

Press cutting: 'The Town with an £8,000 arts scoop', from undetermined publicationJSP/12/01/050

Photograph: 'R.M.O. De la Hey, director of Sparks with G. Sakamato'JSP/12/01/051

Press cutting: 'Going Chinese' from 'The Daily Mail'JSP/12/01/052

Press cutting: 'China Horse', from 'Reveille'JSP/12/01/053

Press cutting: '£16,000 T'ang horse breaks record', from 'The Times'JSP/12/01/054

Press cutting: '£16,000 T'ang horse', from 'The Daily Telegraph'JSP/12/01/055

Press cutting: '£16,000 for T'ang horse a record', from undetermined publicationJSP/12/01/056

Press cutting: 'The Oriental Genius', from 'The Financial Times'JSP/12/01/057

Press cutting: 'Record pottery price of £46,000 for Sung bowl 'from 'The Daily Telegraph',JSP/12/01/058

Press cutting: '£46,000 price rise for bowl', from 'The Guardian'JSP/12/01/059

Press cutting: 'Chinese bowl at record £46,000' from 'The Financial Times'JSP/12/01/060

Press cutting: ''£46,000 record for Chinese bowl', from 'The Times'JSP/12/01/061

Press cutting: 'Vast increases', from 'The Evening Standard'JSP/12/01/062

Press cutting: Notice of the funeral of Peter Sparks, Chairman of John Sparks Ltd, from undetermined publicationJSP/12/01/063

Press cutting: 'What's 1,000 years old and can earn £80 a week?', from 'The Daily Mail'JSP/12/01/064

Press cutting: 'Peter Sparks' from 'The Antique Collector'JSP/12/01/065

Press cutting: '90,000 gns for Sung dynasty bottle', from 'The Times'JSP/12/01/066

Press cutting: 'Fall in Chinese ceramics', from 'The Times'JSP/12/01/067

Press cutting: '15,000 gns. Chinese porcelain', from undetermined publicationJSP/12/01/068

Press cutting: '15,000 gns paid for vase', from undetermined publicationJSP/12/01/069

Press cutting: '£49,000 paid for a Ting-Yao basin', from 'The Times'JSP/12/01/070

Press cutting: '£49,000 Chinese bowl', from 'The Daily Telegraph'JSP/12/01/071

Press cutting: 'Chinese ceramics' peak £316,223', from 'The Financial Times'JSP/12/01/072

Press cutting: 'Man spends £93,000 on Chinese art', from 'The Evening Standard'JSP/12/01/073

Press cutting: '£18,000 For Ming Bowl', from undetermined publicationJSP/12/01/074

Press cutting: 'Chinese works of art realise £522,246', from undetermined publicationJSP/12/01/075

Press cutting: 'Across the Ages', from 'The Sunday Telegraph'JSP/12/01/076

Press cutting: 'The Gifts of China', from undetermined publicationJSP/12/01/077

Press cutting: '£420,000 Ming is the Thing', from 'The Evening Standard'JSP/12/01/078

Press cutting: 'London Art Dealers: The Top Twenty', from 'Connoisseur' magazineJSP/12/01/079

Photograph: 'Peter Sparks at a Buckingham Palace Garden Party'JSP/12/01/080

Press cutting: 'Variety proves both book and bugbear', from 'The Antique Trade Gazette'JSP/12/01/081

Press cutting: 'Don't Miss London's Great Summer Antiques Fairs', from 'Antiques Monthly'JSP/12/01/082

Advertising flyer for John Sparks Ltd Christmas displayJSP/12/01/083

Photograph: 'John Sparks Ltd. stand at the Grosvenor House Antiques Fair 1984 June 18th-26th 1984'JSP/12/01/084

Press cutting: untitled article about the sale of a Ming Chinese bowl, from 'The Times'JSP/12/01/085

Press cutting: 'Not for Sale', from 'Interiors' (magazine)JSP/12/01/086

Photograph: 'The 'Rogues' Gallery Connoisseur Magazine'JSP/12/01/087

Photograph: 'John Sparks Ltd. Grosvenor House 1985'JSP/12/01/088

Proof for an advert placed by John Sparks in 'The Connoisseur' (magazine), April 1902JSP/12/01/089

Photograph: 'New York', exterior of John Sparks Ltd New York officeJSP/12/01/090

Photograph: 'John Sparks Ltd. Grosvenor House 1986'JSP/12/01/091

Photograph: 'John Sparks Ltd. Grosvenor House 1986'JSP/12/01/092

Invitation for the 60th anniversary of John Sparks Ltd at Mount Street celebration eventJSP/12/01/093

Photograph: 'Grosvenor House 1988'JSP/12/01/094

Press cutting: 'Antiques Round Up', from 'The Daily Telegraph'JSP/12/01/095

Invoice issued to a Mrs. Lemon by John Sparks Ltd, for the purchase of Kangxi period 'old Chinese white jade sacrificial cup'JSP/12/01/096

Printing proof for advertising flyer for John Sparks Ltd Christmas displayJSP/12/01/097

Photograph: 'Grosvenor House 1989'JSP/12/01/098

Invitation to private view of Exhibition of Modern European Pottery held by John Sparks LtdJSP/12/01/099

Order of service for the funeral of Peter Sparks, Chairman of John Sparks LtdJSP/12/01/100

Order of service for the funeral of Peter Vaughan, Director of John Sparks LtdJSP/12/01/101

Notice of the closure of the John Sparks Ltd premises due to the funeral of Peter Vaughan, Chairman and managing director of John Sparks LtdJSP/12/01/102

Press cutting: 'On the trail of a bargain', from undetermined publicationJSP/12/01/103

Photograph of the exterior of doorway of John Sparks Ltd premises, Mount Street, LondonJSP/12/01/104

Photograph of the exterior of doorway of John Sparks Ltd premises, Mount Street, LondonJSP/12/01/105

Photograph of the exterior of shop window at John Sparks Ltd premises, Mount Street, LondonJSP/12/01/106

Photograph of the exterior of shop front of John Sparks Ltd premises, Mount Street, LondonJSP/12/01/107

Photograph of the exterior of shop front of John Sparks Ltd premises, Mount Street, LondonJSP/12/01/108

Photograph of the interior of shop window of John Sparks Ltd premises, displaying a bronze figurine Mount Street, LondonJSP/12/01/109

Photograph of the exterior of shop window of John Sparks Ltd premises, displaying a lacquer artwork, Mount Street, LondonJSP/12/01/110

Photograph of the interior of John Sparks Ltd premises, displaying two blue and white vases lacquer tray, Mount Street, LondonJSP/12/01/111

Photograph of the interior of John Sparks Ltd premises, Mount Street, LondonJSP/12/01/112

Letter from John Sparks to 'Sir'JSP/12/01/113

Photograph of Peter Sparks with Queen Mary leaving the premises of John Sparks LtdJSP/12/01/114

Business card for John Sparks LtdJSP/12/01/115

John Sparks Ltd object display labelJSP/12/01/116

John Sparks Ltd object display label, marked 'Mrs Elbrecht'JSP/12/01/117

Photograph of Peter Vaughan, director of John Sparks Ltd standing next to a Buddhist stone statueJSP/12/01/118

Photograph of Peter Vaughan, director of John Sparks Ltd in conversation with a group of unidentified men at a drinks receptionJSP/12/01/119

Clipping from Illustrated London NewsJSP/12/01/120

John Sparks Ltd label for 'Original Pottery by Alan Spencer Green'JSP/12/01/121

Photograph of a display of Chinese artworks, including a pair of hunting bird figurines, a pair of human couples figurines, and a plateJSP/12/01/122

Photograph of the interior of John Sparks Ltd premises at 128 Mount Street GalleryJSP/12/01/123

Postcard from John Sparks used by the company to inform a client of completion of repairsJSP/12/01/124

Invoice to Miss S. C. M. Scarisbrick for £800 for sale of 'an old Chinese gilt bronze figure of an attendant'JSP/12/01/125

John Sparks Ltd letterhead paper (blank)JSP/12/01/126

Photograph of Peter Vaughan (managing director of John Sparks Ltd), Michael Gillingham (director of John Sparks Ltd) and an unidentified woman at a formal receptionJSP/12/01/127

Photograph of unidentified man in formal suitJSP/12/01/128

Photograph of unidentified man, seated wearing a blue jumper with Canadian flag motifJSP/12/01/129

Press cuttings on John Sparks Ltd and the Chinese art market in BritainJSP/12/02

Photographic materialJSP/13

Labels and signsJSP/14

Records relating to the Dreyfus CollectionJSP/15

Personal records of Michael GillinghamJSP/16

Sparks family papersJSP/17