Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
New schedule and exhibitors for next TEFAF Maastricht
24 October 2017The next TEFAF Maastricht (March 8 – 18, 2018) launches with two invitation-only preview days as the public opening is moved to Saturday.
Terracotta panels with biblical scenes sell to York church
23 October 2017A pair of terracotta panels sold to a church in York last week during Harrogate’s Northern Antiques Fair.
Winter Olympia offers broader appeal for exhibitors and visitors
23 October 2017Dealers head for London looking for some pre-Christmas cheer.
Dealer brings poster exhibition to Olympia
23 October 2017“Winter Olympia falls at a time of year when it isn’t competing with 1001 other fairs and provides a good opportunity for pre-Christmas shopping,” says James Manning of Manning Fine Art.
Soapbox should antiques centres include coffee shops?
23 October 2017The question this week… should antiques centres include coffee shops?
Last-minute consignment to Chichester auctioneer is rare William III gold coin
19 October 2017A rare William III five-guineas has been consigned to Stride & Son just over a week before its specialist coin sale.
Offer Waterman explores the career of William Turnbull
17 October 2017Offer Waterman’s William Turnbull (1922-2012) retrospective offers the gallery’s most comprehensive solo show of his work since it took on his estate in 2015.
Sketchbook of Thomas Bewick published in limited edition
17 October 2017The sketchbook of engraver, author and natural historian Thomas Bewick (1753-1828) has been reproduced for the first time.
New premises for auctioneer that sold John Lennon’s glasses
16 October 2017A Warrington auction house has moved into new premises as a first step towards expansion.
Director Gordon Cooke retires after 20 years at Fine Art Society
16 October 2017Gordon Cooke, director of The Fine Art Society, has announced he will retire late this year.
5 Questions: Gary Sutcliffe
16 October 2017Gary Sutcliffe of Sutcliffe Galleries, Harrogate, is exhibiting at the Northern Antiques Fair (October 19-22).
Play your card table right
16 October 2017More than 30 dealers will stand at the next Galloway Antiques Fair at Cowdray House in West Sussex from October 20-22.
Dealer Agnews holds exhibition of German artist Lotte Laserstein’s work 30 years after its first showcase
16 October 2017In 1937, artist Lotte Laserstein’s (1898-1993) promising career in Berlin came to a halt.
Battlefield to world of fashion
16 October 2017The third and final exhibition of Brian Stonehouse’s (1918-98) fashion illustrations at Abbott and Holder opens this month, running from October 19-December 22.
Last edition of the year for Cotswolds decorative fair
16 October 2017The final 2017 edition of the Cotswolds Decorative Antiques & Art Fair takes place from October 27-29 in Westonbirt School, Gloucestershire.
Shop talk – Hunt and Gather
16 October 2017In our continuing series looking through the keyhole of ‘bricks and mortar’ shops in 2017, ATG talks to Sven Hill about Hunt and Gather, an antiques, vintage and collectables shop in Warrington.
They said what?! The week (Oct 15-19) in quotes from the art and antiques world
15 October 2017In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week we cover auction records and restrictive laws.
Record attendance and modern art sales mark 11th PAD London
13 October 2017Modern artworks were among the standout sales at PAD London last week.
Rediscovered landscape by Joseph Wright of Derby goes under the hammer in Bourton-on-the-Water
13 October 2017An 18th century oil has previously attributed to Joseph Wright of Derby (1734-97) has been declared an autograph work one week before going under the hammer in Bourton-on-the-Water.
Furniture sales included in ADFL’s antiques fair in Surrey
12 October 2017A set of six William IV mahogany dining chairs were among the pieces sold at the recent ‘Esher Hall Antiques & Fine Art Fair’.