Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Biannual auctions centred on the local region bring good results for Colchester saleroom
29 April 2019“Such is the wealth of East Anglian artists I don’t think there is another region in the UK that can compete. The Cornish tradition comes close, but it goes back only 100 years – the East Anglian tradition goes back way longer.”
Seago trio takes £44,000 at Sussex auction
29 April 2019Three oils by the popular East Anglian artist Edward Seago (1910-74) sold for £44,000 hammer at Bellmans (22% buyer’s premium) in a mammoth four-day sale held at its Sussex saleroom.
Glasgow Girl in Edinburgh sale
29 April 2019An early illustration by the ‘Glasgow Girl’ Jessie Marion King (1875-1949) emerged as one of the high points of a Decorative Arts: Design from 1860 sale at Edinburgh saleroom Lyon & Turnbull (25/20% buyer’s premium) on April 3.
Five lots to watch at auction this week including a snuff box, an RMS Lusitania biscuit and a tall boy from retiring Stamford dealers
23 April 2019With estimates from £300-12,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Affordable art: Three works sold for under £1300 including a James Leakey portrait
19 April 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales below £1300, including a child portrait by James Leakey (1775- 1865), an artist known best for his miniatures.
Previews: £501 - £2000
19 April 2019ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Cattle view is classic Cooper
19 April 2019This Thomas Sidney Cooper (1803- 1902) cattle landscape resurfaced at an auction in Leominster after a century in the same collection.
Previews: £5001 - £30,000
19 April 2019ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £30,000 plus
19 April 2019A collaborative portrait between two revered 19th century equestrian painters will lead a sale of sporting art at Essex saleroom Sworders on April 30.
Lindisfarne watercolour by Alfred Heaton Cooper sells at over 10-times estimate
19 April 2019A watercolour of Lindisfarne Priory off the Northumberland coast sold for more than 12 times its guide at Taunton saleroom Greenslade Taylor Hunt (19.5% buyer’s premium).
Previews: Up to £500
19 April 2019ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Spiky Souza sparks bidding battle at Dreweatts
19 April 2019A drawing by the Indian artist Francis Newton Souza (1924- 2004) which he created on the verge of finding international fame in the 1950s drew intense bidding at a recent Dreweatts (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) auction.
Previews: £2001 - £5000
19 April 2019ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Five lots to watch at auction this week including Mod Brit art, a ‘bone shaker’ bicycle and a rare map
15 April 2019With estimates from £80-30,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Gorringe’s sale puts Modern British art to Old Masters in the mix
15 April 2019Flemish Old Masters and Modern works combined to boost takings at two spring sales held north and south in England.