Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Question time with dealer John Bird
16 April 2018John Bird specialises in traditional English antiques. He appears next at the upcoming spring edition of the Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair (April 17-22) where he has stood for more than 20 years.
Innovations at The London Original Print Fair set to draw in young collectors
16 April 2018The fair offering a way to own a big name without the huge cost is back for 33rd staging.
They said what?! The week (9-15 April, 2018) in quotes from the art and antiques world
15 April 2018Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others covering the week that was.
Manuscript for Sherlock Holmes story featuring secret code by Arthur Conan Doyle goes under the hammer in Texas
11 April 2018A handwritten manuscript of a Sherlock Holmes story featuring a cipher devised by author Arthur Conan Doyle goes under the hammer this month in Dallas, Texas.
Export bar placed on Rubens’ rare 17th century painting of an African man
10 April 2018A rare 17th century depiction of an African man in Europe by Peter Paul Rubens has been placed under a temporary export bar in an attempt to keep it in the country.
Court orders Mossgreen to return lots to owners
09 April 2018The administrator of collapsed Australian auction house Mossgreen has been ordered to return thousands of lots after Federal Court ruled it did not have the right to charge clients fees to collect their own goods.
Russell Crowe’s exuberant divorce auction led by Australian art and film memorabilia
09 April 2018Australian art starred at Russell Crowe’s ‘divorce auction’, which took place with much fanfare and festivity at Sotheby’s Australia on Saturday.
CADA antiques dealers celebrate ruby anniversary with Blenheim Palace fair
09 April 2018Ruby is the theme at fair held in grand venue as trade body marks its 40th birthday milestone.
Kyffin back to his roots for centenary
09 April 2018Martin Tinney Gallery celebrates the centenary of Sir Kyffin Williams’ (1918-2006) birth with a selling exhibition of his paintings and works on paper.
Ida John stars as face of CADA Fair at Blenheim Palace
09 April 2018Sir William Rothenstein’s portrait of Ida John née Nettleship has been named ‘the face of the fair’ for the seventh edition of the CADA fair from April 19-22.
Battersea Decorative fair stages second edition of the year
09 April 2018The spring edition of the Decorative Antiques and Textiles Fair at Battersea Evolution in London hosts 150 exhibitors from across the UK and Europe.
Royal Warrant provides sweet reward for Rountree Tryon
09 April 2018Rountree Tryon Galleries and director James Rountree have been granted a Royal Warrant by Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.
5 Questions with David Harvey
09 April 2018David Harvey has been running WR Harvey & Co (Antiques) since he took it over from its founder, his father Walter. The business has had locations in London’s Chalk Farm and Old Bond Street. Specialising in English antique furniture, Harvey now works from a showroom in Witney, Oxfordshire and stands next at the CADA fair.
Next Galloway Fair comes to Duncombe Park
09 April 2018Duncombe Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair attracts dealers to the beautiful town of Helmsley, North Yorkshire, twice a year.
They said what?! The week (2-8 April, 2018) in quotes from the art and antiques world
08 April 2018In a week that began with Defra's unveiling of a ban on the UK trade of ivory, including antique ivory but with narrow exemptions, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others.
Masterpiece London unveils larger fair for 2018 with exhibitor list
04 April 2018This year’s Masterpiece London features a new layout as it brings together a host of UK and international exhibitors for its ninth edition.
Early highlights for London Art Week revealed
04 April 2018It may only be April but dealers and collectors across the UK and beyond are already turning their minds to the busy days of summer.
North Nguni headrest takes more than 10 times estimate at Edinburgh auction
03 April 2018An African headrest soared past its upper estimate to take £65,000 at a recent Edinburgh auction.
5 Questions: Guy Peppiatt
02 April 2018Guy Peppiatt specialises in 18th and 19th century British watercolours and drawings and is based in Mason’s Yard, St James’s.
BADA fair: play the long game as visitors take a more considered approach
02 April 2018Slow and steady. That, dealers reported, was the general course of sales at the recent British Antique Dealers’ Association (BADA) fair.