Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Buxton fair back ‘where it belongs’
06 May 2019Roger de Ville brings a rare Liverpool delftware puzzle jug, c.1750, to The Buxton Decorative Antiques & Art Fair priced at £2200. He is among the regular exhibitors at the event, where he has stood for around 20 years.
Table topper at Battersea decorative fair
06 May 2019A c.1946 Italian wrought-iron dressing table was among the stand-out sales during the spring Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair in Battersea.
The web shop window: 'Roses in an Omega Pot' by Duncan Grant
06 May 2019Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
5 Questions: Christina Jansen
06 May 2019Christina Jansen is managing director at The Scottish Gallery, established in Edinburgh in 1842. It now specialises in emerging and established as well as historical artists.
They said what!? The week in quotes from the art and antiques market including two options as Online Galleries closes
05 May 2019Find out what members of the art and antiques trade had to say this week about fairs changing hands, portals closing and museum acquisitions.
Birmingham gallery acquires marble sculpture with support from Tomasso Brothers
02 May 2019UK dealership Tomasso Brothers Fine Art has helped a Birmingham gallery to acquire a 19th century sculpture by the ‘Landseer of marble’.
Clarion Events sells Art & Antiques for Everyone following two-year drive to secure fair’s future
30 April 2019Clarion Events has sold Birmingham’s Art & Antiques for Everyone (AAFE) fair after more than a decade of ownership.
Portraits of antiques trade members featured at Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ exhibition
30 April 2019A portrait of rare books dealer Tim Bryars of Bryars & Bryars is included in the Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ Annual Exhibition.
Summer Olympia takes to the floor
29 April 2019The Art & Antiques Fair Olympia will take place on only one floor of the West London exhibition centre for its summer edition, a change from the event’s previous staging across two levels.
Dodo skeleton pieced together by 19th century naturalist features among specimens of extinction at Christie’s auction
29 April 2019A near-complete dodo skeleton found and assembled in the 19th century features in Christie’s Science and Natural History sale next month.
Garden antiques set to bloom at Suffolk dealer's selling event
29 April 2019This cast-metal figure of a young girl with a bird on her arm, below, is offered on a composition base for £325 from English and Continental Antiques.
Phillips dealership makes a move across North Yorkshire
29 April 2019Elaine Phillips Antiques has moved into new premises after 40 years at its premises in Harrogate.
The web shop window: English multi-spiral air twist wine glass
29 April 2019Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
John Piper’s castle in triplicate at Great Malvern exhibition
29 April 2019In 'The Countryside Through Art', mid-century specialist Fifties Art & Design offers three views of a nearby landmark by John Piper (1903-92).
Illustrations discovered in a shed 32 years ago now emerge for sale at Petworth fair
29 April 2019Artist’s long-hidden commercial illustrations are at long last offered for sale.
5 Questions: Dr Stewart Abbott
29 April 2019Dr Stewart Abbott is partner at S&J Abbott Ceramics Plus, which is among the exhibitors at the upcoming Petworth Park Antiques and Fine Art Fair.
They said what!? The week in quotes from the art and antiques market including a “vigorous” Turner landscape and a “swaggering” portrait
28 April 2019From the sale of a personal painting by JMW Turner to a Coca-Cola bottle, find out what members of the art and antiques trade had to say this week.
Five places to see, buy and celebrate Bauhaus on its centenary
27 April 2019This year is the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus art school and, from attending special events to buying a piece of its influential design, there are plenty of ways to mark the centenary.
Elaine Phillips Antiques opens new showrooms near Leyburn
26 April 2019Elaine Phillips Antiques has moved into new premises after 40 years in Harrogate.
Walton House Antiques features satinwood room set in anniversary celebrations
24 April 2019Walton House Antiques showcases a special satinwood room setting as it celebrates its seventh anniversary this weekend.