Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Auction house of the rising sun
21 August 2017The British Museum’s big summer exhibition on Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai is over, but more art from the Land of the Rising Sun is in the offing (also see International Events, ATG No 2305).
Sir Peter Lely link to nude painting tempts Exeter bidders
21 August 2017A large oil painting offered at auction for first time depicts notorious figure from Charles II’s court and sells for five times top estimate.
Bray family art collection sells out in Penzance
14 August 2017As well as the Richard Platt consignment, David Lay offered more than 100 lots of modern art by a local Cornish family.
Russians scoop majority of Soviet-era painting collection
14 August 2017More than 100 Russian paintings consigned from a single source went under the hammer at Moore Allen & Innocent’s (18% buyer’s premium) July 7 sale in Cirencester.
Newly discovered Venetian painting by Edward Lear languished in storage unit
14 August 2017Found among the contents of a storage unit, a watercolour of Venice by Edward Lear (1812-88) starred in Brighton General Auctions’ (15% buyer’s premium) sale on July 28.
Previews: £30,000 plus
14 August 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Rhead all about it in Woburn auction
14 August 2017Collectors of works by the Rhead family of potters will no doubt have September 5 already marked in their diaries.
Online battle to buy works by obscure mid-century artist Richard Platt at David Lay
14 August 2017Little-known but well-connected artist proves a hit as his widow sells 40 works in Penzance.
Previews: £2001 - £5000
14 August 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £501 - £2000
14 August 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £5001 - £30,000
14 August 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Flat cap or bathing suit: take your pick at Tennants
14 August 2017Southern softness and northern grit were both on display at Tennants (20% buyer’s premium) of Leyburn on July 15.
Previews: Up to £500
14 August 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: Up to £500
07 August 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Werner’s welcome return to the Holy Rock
07 August 2017More 19th century art was offered in London when over 120 lots of European and Orientalist pictures went under the hammer at Christie’s.
Previews: £5001 - £30,000
07 August 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Commercial faces of the Victorians as Pre-Raphaelites dominate auction series
07 August 2017Works by the Pre-Raphaelites and their followers continued to outperform the rest of the Victorian art market during the latest round of sales in London.
Previews: £501 - £2000
07 August 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £30,000 plus
07 August 2017It has been 50 years since Sotheby’s first held its annual August sporting guns sales at the prestigious Gleneagles Hotel in Perthshire.
Works from a tortured genius come to auction in Glasgow
07 August 2017Like many modern artists, John Bellany’s (1942-2013) canvases reflect his personal story – and his was a turbulent one.