Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
’Noble’ blind stamp fires bids for Old Master drawing
25 March 2019The Old Master section of Dominic Winter’s sale on March 7 yielded multi-estimate sums for two works that were linked to major names in Renaissance and marine art.
Affordable art: Three works priced under £2000 in regional auctions including a mixed media and collage on card by John Maxwell
25 March 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales under £2000, including a work by Scottish painter John Maxwell.
Six lots to watch at auction this week including a dolls house, 200 halfcrowns and a Gallé vase
18 March 2019With estimates from £400-8000, here are six previews from upcoming sales this week.
Buyers go to great lengths to acquire portraits with a personal connection to the sitter
18 March 2019Some areas of the secondary pictures market march to their own beat, appearing to defy the usual forces that determine value. Ancestral paintings are such a category.
Previews: £2001 - £5000
18 March 2019ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £30,000 plus
18 March 2019A selection of post-war Italian pieces from the interiors of Casa Lucano, a large apartment in Milan designed by Gio Ponti in 1951, will be offered in a joint auction by Phillips and Italian auction house Cambi in London on March 21.
Affordable art: Three works priced at £1000 and under in regional auctions including a head study by Victorian painter Joshua Hargrave Sams Mann
18 March 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales at £1000 and below, including an oval oil head study by the Victorian painter Joshua Hargrave Sams Mann (1826-88).
Previews: £5001 - £30,000
18 March 2019ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: Up to £500
18 March 2019ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £501 - £2000
18 March 2019ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Rare work by Marie-Louise von Motesiczky draws admirers at Chiswick Auctions
18 March 2019Marie-Louise von Motesiczky (1906-96) was one of those artists who took little pleasure in selling their work. Indeed, Motesiczky’s obituary in The Independent described her “aristocratic disdain for the marketplace” and stated that “while she half welcomed exhibitions, they remained uncomfortable experiences… she never needed to sell her paintings, indeed she preferred to keep them around her.”
Five lots to watch at auction this week including prestigious Georgian-style entrance gates and a Charles II sterling silver tankard
11 March 2019With estimates from £500-25,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Edward Seago captures East Anglian atmosphere
11 March 2019Edward Seago (1910-74), perhaps the best-known 20th century artist who lived and worked almost exclusively in Norfolk, captured the atmosphere of his beloved East Anglia with sweeping compositions and a delicate palette.
Catching the Gosse in Ipswich auction
11 March 2019Sylvia Gosse (1881-1968) was perhaps the best known of the women artists who worked closely with Camden Town Group luminary Walter Sickert.
Craigie Aitchison is a good man to cross
11 March 2019Scottish artist Craigie Aitchison (1926-2009) painted few subjects more obsessively throughout his career than the crucifixion.
