Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
London art dealer jailed for reporting failure
10 June 2025A London art dealer has been jailed for failing to report art sales to a sanctioned individual believed to be a terrorist financier.
Simple garden statue found to be Emperor Septimius Severus
26 May 2025A Roman marble sculpture thought by its vendors to be a garden statue turned heads at Toovey’s where it sold earlier this month.
Vendors’ ‘garden statue’ turns out to be a six-figure Roman marble
21 May 2025A Roman marble thought by its vendors to be a garden statue turned heads at Toovey’s where it sold earlier this month.
Twentieth century masters make waves at Frieze LA
03 March 2025Modern names were among the major sellers at the recent staging of Frieze Los Angeles.
Ephemera event takes invention as inspiration
03 March 2025The Ephemera Fair, the annual event from the Ephemera Society of America (ESA), runs this year with a conference on the history of invention as well as the usual huge selection of stock.
Twentieth century masters make waves at Frieze LA
27 February 2025Modern names were among the major sellers at the recent staging of Frieze Los Angeles.
British Library acquires ‘missing’ pages of Elgar’s musical sketchbook through Christie’s
26 February 2025A draft of a composition by Edward Elgar has been acquired by the British Library in a deal organised through Christie’s.
Simon Phillips appointed as Treasure House chairman
03 February 2025London summer event The Treasure House Fair has appointed Simon Phillips of Mayfair gallery Ronald Phillips as chairman of the fair and the advisory board.
TEFAF Restoration Fund awards €50,000 to book of hours in historic French collection
28 January 2025This year’s TEFAF Restoration Fund goes to the Musée Condé, Château de Chantilly, which houses a remarkable historic single-owner collection, and specifically to the outstanding medieval manuscript 'Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry'.
Books that cover the cutting edge of collecting, Viking and medieval style
05 August 2024A collector interview with author and expert David Petty
House style: London fair offers a larger second helping
17 June 2024The first Treasure House Fair was launched last year after the demise of Masterpiece and was greeted by dealers and visitors eager for a summer event. The second is now coming up
Start the week: Dealer shows with special look at works on paper
17 June 2024The annual festival of art taking place at galleries across the capital and in several online shows is known as London Art Week and this year has a special focus featuring works on paper
The war effort: London gallery and museum collaborate to show hidden prints
17 June 2024A large cycle of lithographs created more than 100 years ago and then hidden away is seeing the light thanks to a collaboration between a London gallery and the Imperial War Museum
Hey presto, it’s painter Giordano
10 June 2024Exhibition showcases work of Neapolitan Baroque artist who was famed for the speed of his production
Five questions with dealer David Marshall
10 June 2024David Marshall runs Hammer and Hand Antiques, which focuses on Arts & Crafts and Art Nouveau works.
Dealers' news in brief including positive results at the Little London Art Fair
10 June 2024In dealer news this week we focus on a Modern art fair, a dealer offering a wartime map, the line up at 'PAD London' and the latest initiative at 'FAB Paris'.
Beautifully bound bible among stand-out sales at Firsts
10 June 2024An 18th century folio bible in mosaic binding was among the notable sales at the recent Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair.
Firm follows ‘curious byways’
03 June 2024Latest focus at London dealership is on the homeworkers who bought blanks to embellish with enamel
Dealer loses entire fair stock in van theft
03 June 2024A Colchester dealer has warned the trade of the risk of van thefts after his own vehicle, containing his entire stock for a fair, was taken from his driveway.
Five stars for the Aldeburgh fair
03 June 2024After launching last summer with four dealers, the Aldeburgh Art Fair is back this month with five.