Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Mars collection lands in Manhattan
19 December 2022Anyone familiar with HG Wells’ 'War of the Worlds' knows that the chances of anything coming from Mars are a million to one – but the things that do make it come with some serious firepower.
Surrealist in the spotlight
19 December 2022Works by Surrealist artist Ithell Colquhoun (1906-88) have been rising in popularity.
The web shop window: late 19th century Welsh quilt
19 December 2022Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Mark Hill launches at Pantiles Arcade in Tunbridge Wells
13 December 2022Television antiques expert Mark Hill unveils his new premises in Tunbridge Wells this week.
The web shop window: early 20th century rocking horses
12 December 2022Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
5 Questions: Anthony Bernbaum of The Peartree Collection
12 December 2022Anthony Bernbaum runs The Peartree Collection specialising in Arts & Crafts and Art Nouveau silver.
Benson attribution is fur enough
12 December 2022Portrait now firmly credited to a Northern Renaissance master stars in Old Masters show
Gregory’s eye on the Needles
12 December 2022This oil on canvas of 'Royal Dorset Yawl at the Needles' is the work of Charles Gregory (1849-1920) and is included in a single-owner collection on offer at John Mitchell Fine Paintings.
‘Quintessentially English’ artist Eurich put in a London spotlight
12 December 2022Waterhouse & Dodd is hosting an exhibition in London of 25 oil paintings by Richard Eurich (1903-92) coinciding with the publication of a new online catalogue raisonné for the artist.
The web shop window: walnut desk chair
05 December 2022Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Frances Hodgkins highlights in New Zealand exhibition
05 December 2022The latest catalogue from Jonathan Grant Gallery in New Zealand includes 'Pergola', a c.1936 gouache on paper by Frances Hodgkins (1869-1947).
Visit Antwerp to view godly goods
05 December 2022This head of Buddha Sakyamuni from Thailand, c.1500, is among the offerings from Marcel Nies’ latest show and catalogue on Asian sculpture.
5 Questions: book dealer Oliver Bayliss
05 December 2022Oliver Bayliss runs Bayliss Rare Books offering contemporary classics, original movie posters and more.
Dealer news in brief including a gallery lending a 'hoax' Old Master to a Venice exhibition
05 December 2022A roundup of news and events from around the trade
Plan B sounds like a great option
05 December 2022A gallery offering Old Masters and antiques as well as Contemporary art is opening in Brooklyn, New York City.
A new dealership and auction house hires – a round-up of recruitment news
01 December 2022The latest Movers & Shakers update from across the world of art and antiques.
Arts & Crafts Cooper goblet spotted by dealer at auction
28 November 2022An Arts & Crafts goblet soared over estimate last week to land in the stock of dealer Anthony Bernbaum of The Peartree Collection, who recognised it as the work of John Paul Cooper (1869-1933).
Merchant takes BADA role
28 November 2022The BADA Friends has appointed Nicholas Merchant as new northern regional ambassador.
A taste of Olympia: Buteux sauceboat buy
28 November 2022A silver sauceboat made in London, 1731, a scarce remaining work by Huguenot female maker Elizabeth Buteux, was one of the highlight sales at the recent Winter Art & Antiques Olympia Fair.
The web shop window: An early watch dating from c.1640
28 November 2022Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.