Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
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’.
Late Egon Schiele gouache comes fresh to Vienna auction
12 October 2017A late portrait by Egon Schiele (1890-1918) is expected to take up to €1.2m at Dorotheum’s next auction in Vienna.
New online portal connects collectors through commission-free sales
10 October 2017A site where collectors can buy and sell artwork with no commission or intermediary has launched online.
Cromwell Place arts hub releases membership details for galleries and art professionals
09 October 2017Cromwell Place, the arts hub under development in South Kensington, has opened applications for membership.
Online dealer hub to offer monthly payments for design buyers
09 October 2017A new platform for antiques and design dealers has launched online.
Duke’s daughter on canvas
09 October 2017John Alexander (1686-1766) was the son of a doctor in Aberdeen and the great-grandson of the famous artist George Jamesone.
5 Questions: Ed Lake of Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers
09 October 2017Ed Lake works at Jarndyce Antiquarian Booksellers, specialist in 18th and 19th century English literature and history. His parents opened the business in 1969 and it is based in Great Russell Street, across from the British Museum. The shop’s ground floor has been renovated to recreate a 19th-century bookshop.
Dealers at LAPADA fair report high volume of trade throughout an event featuring new dates
09 October 2017Early on at the recent LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair (15-20 September), Charles Wallrock of Wick Antiques met a new client.
Ink fair off to a flying start
09 October 2017At the Ink Fair London on October 25-27, Susanne Sculz-Falster Rare Books offers this collection of 241 butterfly and moth prints housed in a 22-drawer collector’s cabinet, right, for £7500.
Portrait of hero donated to RAF Club
09 October 2017A portrait of air vice-marshal James Edgar ‘Johnnie’ Johnson has been donated to the RAF Club in London after being sold by dealer MacConnal-Mason.
Ceramics scene is on a roll
09 October 2017A record-breaking Song dynasty bowl at Sotheby’s. A working ceramics factory at Tate Modern. A new book on Wedgwood. Porcelain and ceramics are much in the news at the moment.
They said what?! The week (Oct 2-8) in quotes from the art and antiques world
08 October 2017In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week Michael Gove takes on the ivory trade.