Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Prince Charles original watercolour attracts attention at sale of Harold Wilson collection
03 June 2019A rare opportunity to own a watercolour by Prince Charles (b.1948) presented itself when items belonging to the former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his wife Mary were put up for sale at Hansons (20% buyer’s premium).
Rowlandson's racehorse auction scene sells bid to £22,000 in Gloucestershire
03 June 2019A watercolour of a thoroughbred racehorse auction appeared at Chorley’s (20% buyer’s premium) of Prinknash Abbey Park, Gloucestershire, on May 21 – 123 years to the day since it had itself last sold at auction.
Affordable art: Three works sold for £800 or under including Bernard Finegan Gribble maritime work
03 June 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales at £800 or under, including Bernard Finegan Gribble maritime work.
Five lots to watch at auction this week including a 19th century Italian table, a Royal Crown Derby tureen and a horse-racing cup
27 May 2019With estimates from £300-12,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Market-fresh rural scene from Norfolk sells at Keys' auction
27 May 2019A bucolic Norfolk landscape by English artist John Alfred Arnesby-Brown (1866- 1953) emerged as one of the top sellers in an auction dedicated to East Anglian art at local Aylsham saleroom Keys (20% buyer’s premium).
Elisabeth Frink maquette flies to five figures
27 May 2019Inside Manchester Airport stands a sculpture dedicated to John Alcock and Arthur Brown, two aviators who made the first non-stop transatlantic flight in June 1919.
Henry Lamb portrait tops sale while German bronzes perform strongly
27 May 2019A portrait by Henry Lamb (1883-1960) making its first appearance at auction fetched a sale-topping £18,000 at Cambridge auction house Cheffins (22.5% buyer’s premium) on May 9.
Affordable art: Three works sold for under £800 including Rowland Hill Irish landscape
27 May 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales below £800, including an oil on canvas by Rowland Hill of a Donegal bay.
Previews: £30,000 plus
27 May 2019The Watch Sale at Fellows in Birmingham on June 18 includes arare Rolex Oyster Cosmograph Daytona chronograph with ‘reverse panda’ white on black dial.
The elusive earlier John Frederick Lewis
27 May 2019While the 19th century English painter John Frederick Lewis (1805-76) is chiefly remembered for his major Orientalist creations – several of which have sold for more than £1m at auction – much less is known about his early career.
Five lots to watch at auction this week including Arts & Crafts furniture, a pendulum clock and Teddy from Andy Pandy
20 May 2019With estimates from £1000-20,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Family collection based on imports for fertiliser produces a healthy farmhouse dispersal
20 May 2019Inherited Dutch Old Masters offered alongside recently acquired modern works by artists such as Walter Sickert, Edward Seago and Gerald Kelly proved a winning formula at Dreweatts’ (25% buyer’s premium) country house dispersal held on May 1 at Donnington Priory.