Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
All in good taste: Bernard Quaritch new premises
21 October 2019Bernard Quaritch marked the opening of its Bedford Row premises last week with a red velvet cake in the shape of the new shop.
Fairs fend off the fear factor
21 October 2019Despite the uncertainty, Frieze Week dealers enjoyed an enthusiastic response from buyers.
The web shop window: silver vinaigrette
21 October 2019Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Rare Rousseau portrait goes under the hammer at Lyon & Turnbull in London
19 October 2019A rediscovered portrait of Enlightenment thinker Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) is offered at a Lyon & Turnbull auction in London this month.
Dealers attracted by “new pricing policy” return to Art & Antiques for Everyone fair
17 October 2019Art & Antiques for Everyone’s new ownership has attracted several fresh dealerships to stand at its next staging.
Welsh bathed in success as the China Trade shines at Fine Art Asia art fair
14 October 2019A Qianlong period export plaque decorated after a scene by Louis-Marin Bonnet (1736-93) was among the Fine Art Asia highlight sales.
A welcome addition to Portobello antiques district
14 October 2019For the first time in more than a decade a new antiques shop has opened on Westbourne Grove, close to the famed antiques district Portobello Road.
TEFAF New York Fall widens timeline for fourth edition
14 October 2019Booth collaborations at TEFAF New York Fall encourage cross-collecting by visitors
5 Questions with Jayne Brady
14 October 2019Jayne Brady runs vintage antiques shop Piglets Vintage in Bedminster, Bristol.
The web shop window: Spanish copper lustre bowl
14 October 2019Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
On the scent of silver at Marlborough College Fair
14 October 2019A hardstone inlaid scent bottle, c.1905, by Joseph Cook & Son of Birmingham, is among the wide selection of silver available at the next Marlborough College Antiques & Fine Art Fair.
They said what!? Museum acquisitions, recent rediscoveries and more from the art and antiques market
13 October 2019In this week’s quotes roundup from the art and antiques trade we look at auction competitions, Welsh national treasures and more.
Re-discovered Bronzino painting acquired by Getty Museum
10 October 2019The Getty Museum in Los Angeles has purchased two works of Italian art: a painting of The Virgin and Child by Agnolo Bronzino (1503-72) and a pair of marble sculptures of The Annunciation by Giovanni di Balduccio (c.1290-1339).
Soaked and shabby world map revealed to be by John Speed makes more than five times high estimate
09 October 2019A 17th century map by John Speed (1552-1629) sold at a Woolley & Wallis auction last week after being dumped in a wet, broken frame at a London charity shop.
Trio of early Far Eastern photography lots top Gloucestershire auction
07 October 2019Three lots by pioneering Scottish travel photographer John Thomson (1837-1921) led a sale of 19th and 20th century photography at the Dominic Winter auction last week.
Strong art sales at LAPADA Fair
07 October 2019Among a series of strong art sales reported from the recent LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair was an 18th century portrait of a lady offered by Jeremy Astfalck of The Old Corkscrew.
The web shop window: Ming dynasty ceramic storage cupboard
07 October 2019Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Latest moves in the UK and US dealer world
07 October 2019From new businesses to anniversaries, here is a review of some recent dealer initiatives and changes.
Towering sale during the recent London fairs
07 October 2019An oil on panel of The Tower of Babel, 1604, by Abel Grimmer (1570-1618/19), offered at £1.35m by Johnny Van Haeften was one of the stand-out sales during last week’s host of London art and antique trade events.
5 Questions with Meg Andrews
07 October 2019Meg Andrews deals in antique dress and textiles and is a consultant to the Heritage Lottery and museums. She promotes textiles as hangings for interiors.