Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Call the doctor for single owner entertainment memorabilia
22 January 2018Dr Who fans can start collecting early this year with a series of lots from the cult science-fiction show going under the hammer in January.
Gross weighs in to make impact
15 January 2018He was among the most prolific and longest serving official war artists of the Second World War, yet Anthony Gross (1905-84) remains an obscure name among 20th century British talents.
Ski posters head north to Edinburgh sale
15 January 2018It was around this time of year when wealthy skiers with chalets to decorate would dial in from the slopes of the world’s most prestigious resorts to take part in Christie’s South Kensington’s annual Ski Sale.
Colourists take top honours in Scottish sales north and south
15 January 2018More than £730,000 worth of pictures changed hands at Edinburgh saleroom Lyon & Turnbull’s (25/20% buyer’s premium) recent sale of Scottish art.
The ‘last’ Rex Whistler work
15 January 2018A painting by Rex Whistler (1905-44) which was believed to be the last he painted before he was killed during the Second World War sold at Chiswick Auctions (25/12% buyer’s premium) in London.
Record Leonardo sale ‘leads to new buyers’
08 January 2018The traditional Christmas Old Master series in London provided the first test of the market since the spectacular sale of Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi in New York three weeks before.
Chelsea heads up at auction
08 January 2018The late Gerald and Brenda Flowerday caught the collecting bug in the late 1960s, igniting a keen interest in 18th century English ceramics that would last for the next 40 years.
Sculpture makes its Mod Brit mark at Oxford auction
02 January 2018“Modern British sculpture is making extremely good money at the moment – it is a market moving as quickly, if not slightly quicker, than paintings.” So said Philip Smith, department head of Mallams (20% buyer’s premium).
Picture captures the lonely feel of Lowry art
02 January 2018A market-fresh figure study by Mod Brit giant LS Lowry (1887-1976), pictured below, topped the sale at Woolley & Wallis.