Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Great Bardfield proves fertile ground for local saleroom in Essex
02 January 2018The so-called ‘Great Bardfield Artists’, named after the Essex village where a community of painters and designers lived from the 1930s onwards, has become fertile ground for local auction house Sworders (22% buyer’s premium).
Second slice of West Horsley Place contents sale is in East Sussex
02 January 2018Following the multi-million-pound sale at Sotheby’s in 2015, more items from West Horsley Place, the remarkable Grade I listed mansion in Surrey, are to be sold at auction to raise money for urgent repairs.
ART MARKET: Political historian Peter Mangold's home became a Mod Brit treasure trove
02 January 2018Art assembled by Peter Mangold, the late political historian, led a strong line-up of Modern British pictures at Woolley & Wallis (25% buyer’s premium) in Salisbury.
Suffolk railwayana steams into sale
18 December 2017More than 400 lots of railwayana, assembled from the 1950s onwards by a single collector, will be offered at Norfolk auction house TW Gaze on January 5.
Chiswick Auctions relives Beltrame theme
11 December 2017The theme of death was of particular interest to the Italian industrialist Giancarlo Beltrame (1925-2011).
Stanley Spencer shines in Modern British art auctions
11 December 2017Modern British art by blue-chip names drove demand during the week-long series of November sales in London.
Previews: £30,000 plus
11 December 2017Sporting and ornithological art collected over half a century by the Astor family will be offered in a single-owner sale during Christie’s ‘Classic Week’.
Pavilion consignment provides pleasant surprise
04 December 2017Selling the contents of historic estates, especially those in the same family for several generations, will often throw up surprises.
Previews for auctions in Lyon, Paris and Nice
04 December 2017A mammoth skeleton, carved zitan brushpot and gold watch made in London are among the varied lots on offer in upcoming French sales.
Ornate boxes are Brighton beautiful
04 December 2017For a relatively brief period during the 19th century, small silver boxes decorated with British landmarks found an eager following among the honeymooners and day-trippers of Georgian and Victorian England.