Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner

Taxidermy is hot stuff in Shropshire
05 February 2018Henry Shaw (1812-87) is a well-known name in the world of antique taxidermy.

The Tennants terriers in traditional country house style
05 February 2018Traditional ‘country house style’ pictures were in plentiful supply at a two-day sale at Tennants of Leyburn.

Artists display US independence
29 January 2018Art by a pair of 20th century artists who actively avoided belonging to any artistic school or movement stood out in recent US auctions.

Landscapes underline softer market for Victorian landscapes
29 January 2018A reminder of the dramatic drop in demand over recent decades for Victorian landscapes was evident in Gloucestershire where two such oils by Sidney Richard Percy (1822-86) went under the hammer.

Summer shower in Surrey saleroom
29 January 2018A small painting by Scottish artist Robert Gemmell Hutchison (1855- 1936) took a mid-estimate £6000 at Surrey saleroom John Nicholson’s (24% buyer’s premium).

Sailroom art – important collection of British marine art goes under the hammer
29 January 2018More than 100 paintings owned by the Royal Society of Marine Artists are to be sold at auction in Norfolk.

Sir Philip the spaniel shows his sale bite
29 January 2018A pastel portrait of a fashionable young Georgian woman in an ostrich feather hat and blue coat with her dog topped the picture section at Lincolnshire saleroom Golding Young & Mawer (20% buyer’s premium).

Antwerp view tops last of the West Horsley Place lots at auction
29 January 2018An 1894 pencil drawing of a street in Antwerp by Walter Frederick Osborne (1859-1903) was among the last contents offered at auction from West Horsley Place, the Grade I-listed mansion in Surrey owned by historian and broadcaster Bamber Gascoigne.

Pre-Raphaelites on the crest of a second wave
22 January 2018Paintings by lesser-known Pre-Raphaelites took the honours at the latest Victorian art sales held at Sotheby’s (25/20/12.9%) and Christie’s (25/20/12.5%).

Sporting pictures back in the game
22 January 2018An extensive collection with Astor family provenance offered at auction was billed as best of its type in more than 20 years.