Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Dealer's show mixing old and new on the surface
16 July 2018The rise of modern and contemporary collectors buying antiquities has energised dealers and auction houses to juxtapose old with new. But it can be hard to pull off.
Dutch painter Gestel creates Balearic bay vision
16 July 2018An eclectic array of modern art stood out at the Roseberys London (23% buyer’s premium) sale of 20th century art and design.
Single-owner Mod Brits head into Winchester saleroom
16 July 2018More than £35,000 worth of Modern British art from a single-owner collection sold at Bellmans (22% buyer’s premium) in Winchester on June 27-28.
Scottish Colourist shows market appeal at auction
16 July 2018A still-life by Scottish Colourist George Leslie Hunter (1877-1931) not seen on the market for nearly half a century took £72,000 at Hansons (20% buyer’s premium).
Top Mod Brits show global appeal
09 July 2018More than £47m of Modern British art changed hands in a bumper series held in London, as buyers competed fiercely for blue-chip pieces and lots offering best value.
Two Scottish Colourist records tumble in a week
09 July 2018New auction records were achieved for two of the four Scottish Colourists in the space of a week.
Period portraits and equine oil study
02 July 2018The latest batch of period portraits to pass through Cheffins featured several from a late-16th century property in Great Chesterford, Essex. Passed by descent, the quartet was led by an attractive English School portrait of Queen Mary I (1516-58), an oil painted on an oval 2ft x 21in (62 x 53cm) canvas.
Devon views are cream of the crop
02 July 2018British watercolours depicting the beautiful county of Devon and painted during the medium’s golden age drew eager bidding at Cheffins of Cambridge (22.5% buyer’s premium).
