Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Promising sales for Classic Art London debut
14 July 2025A watercolour by JMW Turner was one of the standout sales at the inaugural edition of Classic Art London (CAL).
Cork Street galleries celebrate the first 100 years
14 July 2025Exhibition titled 'Fear Gives Wings to Courage' celebrates a century of art dealing on London thoroughfare
‘We’d love to be part of it again’: praise for new one-day Studiolo event
14 July 2025Among the events debuting in London this summer was the one-day ‘fair’ Studiolo.
Treasure House concludes with run of sales
07 July 2025London’s Treasure House Fair concluded last week after a seven-day run and many sales.
Eclectic collection of Looe antiques dealer goes under the hammer
07 July 2025Dealer’s art and antiques being dispersed at auction includes Newlyn School works and Clarice Cliff
Indiana and Warhol in Whitechapel photography exhibition
07 July 2025When William John Kennedy (1930-2021) and his wife were in the process of moving house in the mid-2000s, they found a box tucked away in the back of a closet.
Debut summer exhibition so warmly received it could be a regular fixture
07 July 2025E&H Manners, the Kensington Church Street ceramics specialist of more than 30 years, tried something new this year: a summer exhibition.
Bookseller reveals purchase of Sendak’s Blake first editions
07 July 2025London rare book dealership Peter Harrington has revealed that it placed the top bid on the first editions of William Blake’s 'Songs of Innocence' (1789) and 'Songs of Experience' (1794) at Christie’s Maurice Sendak auction last month.
Time for an open weekend at clock dealer's
07 July 2025A Louis XIV Boulle bracket clock c.1712 features in Olde Time Antique Clocks’ open weekend this month.
Natural History Museum’s new dinosaur specimen acquired from London dealer David Aaron
04 July 2025London’s Natural History Museum has acquired a newly identified dinosaur specimen from Mayfair dealership David Aaron.
Cork Street galleries team up with group exhibition to celebrate 100 years
04 July 2025The galleries on Cork Street in Mayfair, London, have joined forces on a multi-part exhibition running all year.
PAD London announces early details of next edition
03 July 2025Participants have been announced for this year’s PAD London.
Drury showcase celebrates sculptor and his influences
30 June 2025This terracotta sculpture, 'The Triumph of Silenus', is among the highlights at Willoughby Gerrish’s exhibition 'Alfred Drury and the New Sculpture Movement'.
Several firms placed in the frame
30 June 2025Spotlight on specialist traders, a fresh online offering, the creation of new styles and revitalising antique items
Albert Amor doubles up for summer shows
30 June 2025Two ceramics collections are under the spotlight at Albert Amor this summer.
Studiolo offers ‘the best of a fair in a single day’ as it launches in London
23 June 2025A new one-day multi-dealer venture opens in central London this week.
Talking about our generation: the new numismatists and philatelists
23 June 2025Three of the youngest members of Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s prove that a love of antiques and auction house work is alive and well in the next generation
Dealer delights this summer
23 June 2025A wide range of dealer exhibitions are on offer to brighten up this summer even further. Here is a selection
Dealers hold antiquities showcases this summer
23 June 2025London is host to two stand-out antiquities exhibitions.
Serhat Ahmet’s summer ceramics show
23 June 2025The summer exhibition from European porcelain specialist Serhat Ahmet runs at his Cecil Court, London, gallery until June 28.