Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Artists brush up on their military skills
06 August 2018A very suitable buyer emerged for an 19th century picture of The Artists Rifles by John Evan Hodgson (1831-95) offered in Exeter.
Mill in splendid isolation sails to high price in Chichester
06 August 2018A sweeping landscape by John Arnesby Brown (1866-1955) made a multi-estimate sum at Henry Adams (20% buyer’s premium), the second time in four months a work by the painter has done so at the Chichester firm.
Sketchbook seals bidder interest
06 August 2018Demand for Scottish artist with a ‘distinctive personality’ drives a good auction result in Somerset.
Saleroom selection: Three modestly valued works in regional sales including Bush Hardy river scene
06 August 2018A trio of works in regional auctions which sold under £300, including a watercolour of the River Dart in Devon by Thomas Bush Hardy.
Search for promised land in Wales
06 August 2018This small 7 x 91/2in (18 x 24cm) oil on panel Biblical scene by the Victorian artist William Edward Frost (1810-77), below, doubled its top guide at Peter Francis (20% buyer’s premium) of Carmarthen on July 11.
Rembrandt and Turner lead London's works on paper offerings
23 July 2018Two high-quality works on paper made their presence felt at the top end of the Old Masters market during the latest series in London.
Sir Francis Drake wart and all portrait fetches £290,000 at auction
23 July 2018An early Anglo-Dutch portrait of the swashbuckling English sea captain Sir Francis Drake topped Bonhams’ Old Master paintings sale on July 4 in New Bond Street. It sold for £290,000, just below its juicy £300,000-500,000 guide.
Celebs give Old Masters the glitz
23 July 2018Can endorsement by stars such as Beyoncé and Victoria Beckham boost the market?
Roman glass yields some affordable luxuries
16 July 2018While the big-money lots often steal the headlines, much of the antiquities market remains affordable.
