Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Cecil Kennedy shows petal power
13 November 2017This archetypal still-life by Cecil Kennedy (1905-97) topped Halls’ (20% buyer’s premium) £300,000 auction on October 18.
Outsider art starts to find acceptance
06 November 2017The value of ‘Outsider’ art continues to grow following the dispersal of one of the UK’s largest collections at Anderson & Garland (25% buyer’s premium).
Peploe hair pin pic secured by his grandson at auction
06 November 2017A brace of unrecorded pastels by celebrated Scottish Colourist SJ Peploe (1871-1935) sold strongly at Lawrences (22% buyer’s premium) in Crewkerne.
Sew much more at Bleasdales auction
06 November 2017Alongside its usual biannual sewing sale, Warwick auction house Bleasdales will offer art and antiques from the estate of a British noble family.
Landscape painter Hamilton Hay reaps sale reward
06 November 2017This evening village scene by the landscape painter James Hamilton Hay (1874- 1916) drew multiple bids at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (21% buyer’s premium) in Exeter on October 3.
Final slice of the Yeats family lots
30 October 2017Further items from the talented Yeats family are heading to auction this autumn.
Double portrait has Masses appeal
30 October 2017A double portrait by Federico Beltran Masses (1885-1949) attracted a flurry of bids at Bonhams’ (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) 19th Century European, Victorian and British Impressionist art auction on September 27.
Signature is lost in a snowdrift
30 October 2017Winter landscape. Early 20th century, possibly Russian or Scandinavian school, and ‘indistinctly signed’. That was lot 222, summed up in the catalogue at Chiswick Auctions (23% buyer’s premium) in London on October 3.
Time warp reveals a Girtin Windsor watercolour
30 October 2017The clearance of a neglected local property by Lincolnshire auction house Batemans (20% buyer’s premium) unearthed several treasures including two watercolours by the 18th century British painter Thomas Girtin (1775-1802).
Exotic Oz musician is in tune at Canterbury sale
30 October 2017A near-monochrome watercolour by the Australian artist and stage designer Loudon Sainthill (1918-69) sold for five times its top estimate at Canterbury Auction Galleries (20% buyer’s premium) on October 3-4.
