Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Datelines and name changes: 40 years of The Decorative Fair
04 August 2025The Decorative Fair marks its 40th anniversary this autumn.
Immerse yourself in John Miller’s art
04 August 2025Image of room with indoor swimming pool is set to star in second auction staged by Messum’s
Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s launches National Collectors’ Day
29 July 2025A London auction house is launching a new day honouring collectors
BADA Prize call for submission as fifth edition announced
22 July 2025‘Antiques of tomorrow’ celebrated in contemporary art award
Timely sales as Treasure House looks to put down roots
21 July 2025With a trio of leading dealers bringing the best of British horology, the Treasure House Fair has become a focus for the clock trade, just as Grosvenor House and Masterpiece were before it.
Ex-auction specialists champion traditional art in august St James’s
21 July 2025Winsor Birch set out in the spring to put together a collection of exceptional works from three centuries of British art. It appears it succeeded.
Needlework collection of former Mallett chief goes to museum in £363,000 deal
14 July 2025An extensive needlework collection built up over 40 years by dealer Lanto Synge has been donated to Ulster Museum in Belfast.
LAPADA Pavilion no longer part of The Game Fair
14 July 2025LAPADA dealers will not take part in this summer’s 'The Game Fair'.
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.