Category: Art and Photography

It isn’t just the big London-based auction houses that hold interesting auctions, you’ll find plenty up and down the country if you look hard enough – and often with seriously lower selling prices. Indeed, one such sale is taking place tis coming weekend – the Fieldings’ annual design auction in Stourbridge, West Midlands.

There’s a huge number of items in the sale (1000+), ranging from glass and ceramics through to mid-century design and contemporary art – which means there’s no shortage of items to feature here. But we’ve opted for this superb Boris Tabakoff dining suite.

Tabakoff was a moderately-known Russian/French designer and this slightly space age set is probably dated from the mid to late 60s. The dining table is chrome-framed, as are the chairs, with a smoked glass top and four vinyl seats to match. The estimate is between £300 to £500, which sounds an absolute steal. If you want to bid, the sale is on Saturday 20th September, with viewings a couple of days before.

Browse the lots at the Fieldings website

Berlin is always worth a weekend of your time, but especially so on 29th and 30th November, which sees the Undesignable mid-century trade show.

Part exhibition, part gallery and part retail, the show offers up 25 leading dealers in original design from the 40s to the 80s, covering everything from furniture and lighting through to decorative items, art and jewellery. That means the likes of Mies Van der Rohe, Friso Kramer, Jean Prouvé, Arne Jacobsen, Bruno Mathsson, Charles and Ray Eames and Joe Colombo over an 863 square metre space.

It runs on each day from 11am to 5pm – no price mentioned, so we’ll presume it’s free to get in.

Find out more at the Undesignable website