Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Pious and sombre portrait excites bidders
04 December 2017An Old Master portrait of an elderly Stuart woman took £13,200 at Mander Auctioneers (17.5% buyer’s premium) in Suffolk on November 18.
Victorian interiors shine in the saleroom despite dull outlook
04 December 2017The sluggish area of Victorian genre painting provided Brightwells (20% buyer’s premium) with one of its top-sellers at the November 8-9 sale in Leominster.
Hammer comes down on Mallett stock
27 November 2017The last remnants of Mallett’s stock, including a clutch of 18th century pictures, were offered in a final sale in Berkshire on November 8.
Design decision made at Dawson’s
27 November 2017Maidenhead auction house Dawson’s is dipping a toe into the world of design with a dedicated sale on December 2.
Pawle still-life generates interest at auction
27 November 2017Wright Marshall (21% buyer’s premium) featured a still-life by John Pawle (1915-2010) in its sale on October 28 in Knutsford, Cheshire.
Parisian scene by Aussie artist is top in Cheltenham
27 November 2017This painting of a flower market in Paris (below) by the Australian artist Ethel Carrick-Fox (1872-1952) took top honours at The Cotswold Auction Company (20% buyer’s premium) in Cheltenham on November 14.
Previews: £30,000 plus
27 November 2017A December 7 sale of European ceramics at Bonhams will incorporate 130 pieces of Neapolitan porcelain from a single private source.
Rogue bidder causes second Singapore artist sale
27 November 2017In September, eight works by two of Singapore’s most celebrated 20th century artists sold for multi-estimate sums at Andrew Smith & Son (20% buyer’s premium).
Marine market shows buoyancy in London sale
20 November 2017For many years, marine art sales were used by the big auction houses to tap into the wealth of the world’s yachting and sailing community.
Sheep and snow flow away in favour of flood scene
20 November 2017A rather unconventional painting by the Victorian artist Joseph Farquharson (1846-1935) featured in Catherine Southon’s (18% buyer’s premium) sale in Surrey.
Artist Midge bites back at auction
20 November 2017Just a clutch of canvases by the Cornish artist Marjorie Frances ‘Midge’ Bruford (1902-58) have gone under the auctioneer’s gavel.