Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt

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Berwickshire exhibition showcases huge collection of Chippendale furniture for tercentenary

24 April 2018

A historic home in the Scottish Borders presents its substantial collection of furniture in an exhibition celebrating Thomas Chippendale’s (1718-79) tercentenary.

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Replica brooch of original with Wallis Simpson and Elizabeth Taylor link included in massive selection of jewellery at Surrey auction

23 April 2018

A brooch that impressed valuers and boasts a royal connection is set to go under the hammer at Catherine Southon next month.

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Dealership devoted to tuneful mechanical items that please ‘the eye, the touch and the ear’

23 April 2018

With more than 35 years’ collecting experience each, Mark Singleton and Steve Greatrex have launched Silvertone Music Boxes, a dealership devoted to mechanical music.

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Tomassos take contemporary focus

23 April 2018

This hyper-realist oil on canvas 'Orlando Furioso' was painted by Pierre Peyrolle in 1996 and is one of the collection of pictures by the artist included in La Profondeur de l’Artifice, the first exhibition for the French artist in the UK. It runs at the Tomasso Brothers’ London gallery until May 11.

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Shop talk – Antiques at Heritage

23 April 2018

In our continuing series looking through the keyhole of ‘bricks and mortar’ shops and centres, ATG talks to John Howard of Antiques at Heritage in Oxfordshire.

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‘Chinaman’ rarity dances into Harrogate

23 April 2018

A possibly unique Swansea ‘Chinaman’ pattern spill vase c.1816 is among the offerings at the next 'The Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair'.

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5 Questions: Alexia Amato

23 April 2018

Alexia Amato specialises in antique glass and recently appeared at the Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair in Battersea, where she exhibits three times a year. She has also stood at the Original Miami Beach Antiques Show.

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Art Deco and Art Nouveau hold steady at Antiques for Everyone despite ivory trade ban

23 April 2018

Art Deco and Art Nouveau sculptures may be one of the categories most at risk under the impending ivory sales ban, but at the recent Antiques for Everyone Fair (April 5-8) a dealer in that field reported no change as a result.

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They said what?! The week (16-22 April 2018) in quotes from the art and antiques world

22 April 2018

Art for “a world that is now more than ever searching for new socioeconomic solutions”, the essential element for attracting new buyers online and more in our quotes of the week.

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Lost design masterpieces from Russian musical theatre come to Bonhams

21 April 2018

An exhibition of designs by Alexander Golovin for Igor Stravinsky’s Le Rossignol opens at Bonhams New Bond Street next month.

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Bruce Springsteen’s handwritten manuscript for ‘Born to Run’ goes up for auction

20 April 2018

A handwritten working manuscript of the 1975 Bruce Springsteen breakout hit 'Born to Run' comes up for auction at Sotheby’s online in June.

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London dealer to offer rare collection of David Hockney’s works on paper at Frieze New York

20 April 2018

London dealership Offer Waterman will be taking a number of early works by David Hockney to Frieze New York next month.

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London dealer sells Van Gogh still-life to Dutch museum

18 April 2018

Connaught Brown has sold a still-life by Vincent van Gogh (1853-90) to the Noordbrabants Museum in the Netherlands.

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Archive packed with iconic space photographs to sell for thousands in New York

17 April 2018

An archive of 1500 photos recording the early days of the US space programme goes under the hammer at Swann Auction Galleries this week.

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Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac takes over Joseph Beuys estate ahead of exhibition

16 April 2018

Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac has been appointed to represent the estate of artist Joseph Beuys (1921-86).

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Clerkenwell Vintage Fashion Fair stages spring event in new Covent Garden location

16 April 2018

The Clerkenwell Vintage Fashion Fair’s (CVFF) next Spring Fair is staged at the Freemasons’ Hall in Covent Garden for the first time this year.

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Abbott & Holder features work of two British female wood engravers

16 April 2018

Abbott & Holder’s upcoming exhibition features the work of two 20th century female wood engravers: Clare Leighton and Gwen Raverat.

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Peter Harrington holds Lowry exhibition featuring leading lithograph

16 April 2018

An exhibition of works by LS Lowry (1887-1976) has recently moved from Peter Harrington’s Dover Street shop to its Fulham Road location where it is on show until April 28.

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Davie retrospective starts at Wheatley

16 April 2018

Alan Wheatley Art opens a retrospective of the art of Modern British artist Alan Davie (1920-2014) this week.

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Administrators ‘wrong to charge Mossgreen consignors for returns’

16 April 2018

Consignors to collapsed Australian auction house Mossgreen will not have to pay fees to have items returned, a Sydney court has ruled.