Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Jewellery on offer online from dealers: a showcase
30 March 2020Due to the current Covid-19 situation, ‘non-essential’ businesses such as antique shops, centres and galleries have been closed since last Tuesday. However, many dealerships are very much ‘open’, working at home and trading via email and websites. Pictured here is a selection of fine pieces of period jewellery for sale today.
Dealers Online: ATG's selection of 40 objects available from dealers' websites
30 March 2020Our selection of 40 objects to view and buy from dealers online.
Shops are shut and fairs cancelled… so dealers are going digital to showcase items
30 March 2020In recent days dealers have turned to new ways of selling as the world went to war against coronavirus. For traders across the board, online has now become the new normal.
Coronavirus: Summer Olympia postponed with new dates pending
26 March 2020Clarion Events, organiser of the two annual Olympia Art & Antiques Fairs have postponed its summer event.
Philip Mould launches daily livestream based on personal collection
23 March 2020Philip Mould is putting his own spin on ‘working from home’ as he welcomes the public to his Oxfordshire estate.
Science Museum snaps up collection of works by Second World War artist Paul Drury
23 March 2020Sim Fine Art has sold a 28-work collection of pictures by Second World War artist Paul Drury (1903-87) to the Science Museum in London.
TEFAF Maastricht – why the show went on
23 March 2020The world's leading art and antiques fair shuts early but dealers report significant sales at testing time
The web shop window: a 1932 classic British motorcycle
23 March 2020Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
5 Questions: Susanne Schulz-Falster
23 March 2020Susanne Schulz-Falster deals in rare books from Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
Many ways to buy from annual St Ives show
23 March 2020An exhibition of St Ives Modernism is to go ahead with all works available online.
Coronavirus: Cooper Events cancels its next two fairs
17 March 2020Cooper Events has called off its next two fairs following the latest guidance on the coronavirus.
Coronavirus: Battersea decorative fair cancelled for first time in 35 years
17 March 2020The spring The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair has been cancelled.
Coronavirus fears force cancellations across antiques fairs calendar
16 March 2020Salon du Dessin, Art & Antiques for Everyone and Chelsea shelved but TOAF to go ahead
Ceramics show provides a more accessible Picasso price
16 March 2020Representing around 25 years of the artist’s output, the ceramic creations of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) represent a popular collecting field.
The web shop window: A Grand Tour Obelisk
16 March 2020Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
5 Questions: Mark Goodger
16 March 2020Mark Goodger specialises in antique tea caddies, boxes and other accessories and works of art.
Sim Fine Art offers rediscovered works by wartime hospital artist
16 March 2020Dealer’s London exhibition showcases the ‘exceptional’ but forgotten work of Paul Drury.
Coronavirus: ABA and PBFA call off Edinburgh antiquarian book fair
14 March 2020Managers of the Edinburgh Premier Fair, run by the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA) & Provincial Booksellers Fairs Association (PBFA), have called off the next staging.
US collectors give Cleveland museum gift worth more than $100m
14 March 2020The Cleveland Museum of Art (CMA) has been given a “transformative” collection valued at more than $100m.
Chelsea Antiques Fair called off due to coronavirus concerns
12 March 2020The Chelsea Antiques Fair has been cancelled in reaction to fears over coronavirus.