Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
The web shop window: rare Bergman chess set
07 September 2020Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
I know that face… I think
07 September 2020The Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair (September 11-13), is a big step towards getting back to business as usual for many dealers and collectors.
Tom Cruise's Maverick helmet from Top Gun stars at entertainment memorabilia auction in Los Angeles
03 September 2020A fighter pilot helmet made for Tom Cruise’s character Pete “Maverick” Mitchell in Top Gun topped the recent Entertainment Memorabilia auction at Los Angeles’ Prop Store, proving that there is still plenty of love for the classic aviation drama.
Coronavirus: Photo London moves online as uncertainty continues
01 September 2020The sixth edition of Photo London is to take place as a digital event.
Pick of the week: Archive of Alec Forbes – the man who made Victoria Crosses – brings bidding at Bonhams
31 August 2020It is not unusual to see Victoria Crosses making huge sums at auction, but last week the man who made these medals of gallantry was the one in the spotlight.
Firsts book fair forms second digital staging as Boston event offers online showcase
31 August 2020'Firsts, London’s Rare Book Fair' has announced a second digital staging to take place this month.
All eyes now on Petworth as the first higher-end physical fair to take place after lockdown gets ready
31 August 2020Nearly six months after doors closed on the last major British antiques fair, another is ready to open.
5 Questions: Book dealer Bernard Shapero
31 August 2020Bernard Shapero of Shapero Rare Books is among the newcomers to the Petworth Park Antiques & Fine Art Fair (September 11-13) this year.
The web shop window: Antique blackboard with a revolving lesson
31 August 2020Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Belgrave St Ives goes to online
31 August 2020Belgrave St Ives is moving from its premises of 22 years to operate as an online gallery from September 1. Formerly using a space on Fore Street, it will now run out of its studio and art store in nearby Towednack, where individual viewings may be arranged.
ABA Firsts fair gets new autumn staging online
26 August 2020Firsts, London’s Rare Book Fair has announced a second staging for this year to take place next month.
The web shop window: marriage casket
24 August 2020Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Lifelong friends paired up at Eames
24 August 2020The lithographs of Alexander Calder (1898-1976) and Joan Miró (1893-1983) feature at Eames Fine Art’s exhibition Miró and Calder: Simpatico, which runs until August 30.
5 Questions: Phil Mires of PM Antiques & Collectables
24 August 2020Phil Mires is founder of PM Antiques & Collectables, an online retailer that launched in 2015.
Hurt shows his herd instinct
24 August 2020Artist who kept highland cattle at Midlands home to pose for romanticised Scottish scenes.
Texas museum boosts Spanish art collection with five acquisitions from Madrid gallery
20 August 2020De la Mano Gallery in Madrid has sold five works to The Meadows Museum in Dallas, Texas.
Dealers sell Egyptian statue from Thomas Cook collection to City of Leicester for £150,000
17 August 2020An ancient Egyptian granite statue has been sold to the City of Leicester from the collection of travel business Thomas Cook in a deal negotiated by London dealers Oliver Forge and Brendan Lynch.
5 Questions: picture frame dealer Peter Last
17 August 2020Peter Last is an antique picture frame dealer in Bristol. He previously ran the frame department at Bonhams in the late 1990s.
Open for business: Five pieces of period jewellery offered by dealers
17 August 2020Most antique shops, centres and galleries, closed between March and June, are now open once more and are eager to make up for lost business. Pictured here is a selection of fine pieces of period jewellery for sale today.
Art gallery recreates Picasso studio in London
17 August 2020A format increasingly popular with dealers can help ‘enhance the understanding of objects’