Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Petworth fair bigger than ever
30 April 2018Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair is bigger than ever this year as it returns for its fourth staging.
Traders believe antiques centre thefts may be linked
30 April 2018The theft of a piece of pottery from an antiques centre in Hampshire has been met with responses from other shop and centre owners reporting similar occurrences.
Austin/Desmond shows works of Chilean artists Mario Fonseca and Mauricio Valenzuela
30 April 2018An exhibition on two artists active during the Chilean dictatorship of General Pinochet opens at Austin/Desmond this month.
Kyffin centenary shows are coming thick and fast
30 April 2018The paintings of Welsh landscape artist Kyffin Williams (1918-2006) are much in evidence in this, the year of his centenary, and nowhere so much as in his native land.
UK first for Hayter artworks
30 April 2018Crane Kalman’s exhibition of paintings by the Modern British artist Stanley William Hayter (1901-88) unites a number of paintings never seen in the UK before.
They said what?! The week (23-29 April 2018) in quotes from the art and antiques world
29 April 2018This week the trade talked about a couple of exceptionally high asking prices. Also, new money laundering regulation was regarded as a "disproportionate burden" and the collecting tastes of an American football star were revealed following a theft.
‘The map that changed the world’ offered at London gallery for £100,000
28 April 2018William Smith’s 1815 map of England and Wales represents a milestone in geological history and a pivotal moment in its creator’s colourful life.
First edition of Karl Marx’s ‘Das Kapital’ available to the masses – for £100,000
26 April 2018What would Karl Marx (1818-83) have made of the fact that Das Kapital, his foundational text on capitalism, is on the market for a six-figure price?
Potted history: Early Lucie Rie tea set offered in London ceramics exhibition
25 April 2018An early tea set by Lucie Rie is among the works on offer at Erskine, Hall & Coe’s exhibition British Ceramics, which opens tomorrow.
Berwickshire exhibition showcases huge collection of Chippendale furniture for tercentenary
24 April 2018A historic home in the Scottish Borders presents its substantial collection of furniture in an exhibition celebrating Thomas Chippendale’s (1718-79) tercentenary.
Replica brooch of original with Wallis Simpson and Elizabeth Taylor link included in massive selection of jewellery at Surrey auction
23 April 2018A brooch that impressed valuers and boasts a royal connection is set to go under the hammer at Catherine Southon next month.
Dealership devoted to tuneful mechanical items that please ‘the eye, the touch and the ear’
23 April 2018With more than 35 years’ collecting experience each, Mark Singleton and Steve Greatrex have launched Silvertone Music Boxes, a dealership devoted to mechanical music.
Tomassos take contemporary focus
23 April 2018This 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.
Shop talk – Antiques at Heritage
23 April 2018In 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.
‘Chinaman’ rarity dances into Harrogate
23 April 2018A possibly unique Swansea ‘Chinaman’ pattern spill vase c.1816 is among the offerings at the next 'The Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative, Antiques & Art Fair'.
5 Questions: Alexia Amato
23 April 2018Alexia 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.
Art Deco and Art Nouveau hold steady at Antiques for Everyone despite ivory trade ban
23 April 2018Art 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.
They said what?! The week (16-22 April 2018) in quotes from the art and antiques world
22 April 2018Art 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.
Lost design masterpieces from Russian musical theatre come to Bonhams
21 April 2018An exhibition of designs by Alexander Golovin for Igor Stravinsky’s Le Rossignol opens at Bonhams New Bond Street next month.
Bruce Springsteen’s handwritten manuscript for ‘Born to Run’ goes up for auction
20 April 2018A handwritten working manuscript of the 1975 Bruce Springsteen breakout hit 'Born to Run' comes up for auction at Sotheby’s online in June.