Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt

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Charitable donations among news and updates in BADA Friends' latest newsletter

15 August 2025

BADA Friends are supporting two charitable efforts according to the organisation’s second digital newsletter.

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Freeman’s Hindman holds auction to benefit the charity of The Winter Show

14 August 2025

The Hampton’s Design Edit, a timed online auction from US auction house Freeman’s Hindman, is underway, raising money for East Side House.

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Dundas Street galleries bring their A-game for Edinburgh in August

12 August 2025

Dealerships on Edinburgh’s historic Dundas Street are staging shows to coincide with the Fringe festival.

An 18th century scene of Venice by Bernardo Canal

Venetian museum buys Canal views of the Italian city from London dealership

11 August 2025

Two 18th century scenes of Venice by Bernardo Canal (1664-1744) have been sold to the Italian museum Gallerie dell’Accademia di Venezia by London dealership Brun Fine Art for a six-figure sum.

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A fair price or not: the pros and cons of admission costs discussed

11 August 2025

How do art and antiques events set their entry charges and why? ATG asks the experts

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Hancocks works with Sarah Harris in special focus on engagement rings

04 August 2025

Jeweller Hancocks London has teamed up with style expert Sarah Harris for a digital series focusing on engagement rings.

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Datelines and name changes: 40 years of The Decorative Fair

04 August 2025

The Decorative Fair marks its 40th anniversary this autumn.

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Immerse yourself in John Miller’s art

04 August 2025

Image of room with indoor swimming pool is set to star in second auction staged by Messum’s

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Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s launches National Collectors’ Day

29 July 2025

A London auction house is launching a new day honouring collectors

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BADA Prize call for submission as fifth edition announced

22 July 2025

‘Antiques of tomorrow’ celebrated in contemporary art award

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Timely sales as Treasure House looks to put down roots

21 July 2025

With a trio of leading dealers bringing the best of British horology, the Treasure House Fair has become a focus for the clock trade, just as Grosvenor House and Masterpiece were before it.

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Ex-auction specialists champion traditional art in august St James’s

21 July 2025

Winsor Birch set out in the spring to put together a collection of exceptional works from three centuries of British art. It appears it succeeded.

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Needlework collection of former Mallett chief goes to museum in £363,000 deal

14 July 2025

An extensive needlework collection built up over 40 years by dealer Lanto Synge has been donated to Ulster Museum in Belfast.

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LAPADA Pavilion no longer part of The Game Fair

14 July 2025

LAPADA dealers will not take part in this summer’s 'The Game Fair'.

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Promising sales for Classic Art London debut

14 July 2025

A watercolour by JMW Turner was one of the standout sales at the inaugural edition of Classic Art London (CAL).

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Cork Street galleries celebrate the first 100 years

14 July 2025

Exhibition titled 'Fear Gives Wings to Courage' celebrates a century of art dealing on London thoroughfare

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‘We’d love to be part of it again’: praise for new one-day Studiolo event

14 July 2025

Among the events debuting in London this summer was the one-day ‘fair’ Studiolo.

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Treasure House concludes with run of sales

07 July 2025

London’s Treasure House Fair concluded last week after a seven-day run and many sales.

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Eclectic collection of Looe antiques dealer goes under the hammer

07 July 2025

Dealer’s art and antiques being dispersed at auction includes Newlyn School works and Clarice Cliff

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Indiana and Warhol in Whitechapel photography exhibition

07 July 2025

When William John Kennedy (1930-2021) and his wife were in the process of moving house in the mid-2000s, they found a box tucked away in the back of a closet.