Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Saleroom hopes outsiders are in auction demand
02 April 2018A collection of Outsider art produced in a former psychiatric hospital in north London will be offered for sale at Edinburgh auction house Lyon & Turnbull.
Early LS Lowry drawings emerge at Kent auction
29 March 2018A cache of early LS Lowry (1887-1976) drawings from a deceased estate in Cheshire is estimated to sell for a combined £150,000 at Bentleys Fine Art Auctioneers in Cranbrook, Kent.
Hone bidder secures Sarah Siddons miniature
26 March 2018Among Horace Hone’s (1756-1825) most renowned depictions was the 18th century actress Sarah Siddons.
Bonhams to sell works from Catalan sculptor Anton Casamor's villa
26 March 2018On the Baroque façade of Girona Cathedral in Catalonia stands the figures of Saint Joseph and Saint James, carved in the 1960s by local sculptor Anton Casamor (1907-79).
Study emerges at auction for famous Irish view of star-crossed lovers
26 March 2018Like Romeo and Juliet, Hellelil and Hildebrand’s relationship was doomed from the start.
Le Brocquy heading back up in value
26 March 2018The work of Dublin painter Louis le Brocquy (1916-2012) is strengthening after the value of his work went spiralling downwards at the height of the Celtic Tiger crash nearly a decade ago.
Contemporary artist Kirby’s gender agenda
26 March 2018Contemporary art drew considerable interest at Tennants (20% buyer’s premium).
Every dog has its day at Cheffins sale
19 March 2018Led by the portrait of an Italian mastiff by il Guercino (1591-1666), dogs took a starring role in the Cheffins' March 8 sale. The delightful oil of a stocky ‘Cane Corso’, perhaps the artist’s own dog, overshot a £80,000-120,000 estimate and was knocked down at £570,000 – the highest auction price in the English regions so far this year.
Inscription adds to status
19 March 2018The sale-topper at Wilkinson’s Auctioneers (20% buyer’s premium) of Doncaster in South Yorkshire was a16th century English portrait of an aristocratic lady.
Clarice Cliff: Bizarre patterns across the UK
19 March 2018Much of the Clarice Cliff pottery that finds its way into UK salerooms is relatively inexpensive. However, a clutch of pieces by the Staffordshire born and bred designer due to go under the hammer over the next few weeks will attract those in the hunt for scarcer works.
Mary Fedden demand strong across UK
19 March 2018A pair of trademark gouaches by Mary Fedden (1915-2012) drew strong bidding at auctions in Derbyshire and Essex.