Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Previews: £501 - £2000
10 July 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Buyers take latest coach in Hampshire
10 July 2017Over the last four months, a steady trickle of coaching scenes has been making its way onto the market via John Nicholson’s (24% buyer’s premium).
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10 July 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £5001 - £30,000
10 July 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £5001 - £30,000
03 July 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
The influence of Burne-Jones on British artists
03 July 2017A “jewel-like” painting of a young girl reading by Edward Frampton (1870-1932) starred in Dominic Winter’s (19.5% buyer’s premium) June 15 sale.
Northern artist’s street view Down South
03 July 2017A London street view by the northern English artist Harry Rutherford (1903-85) led the sale at Chiswick Auctions (22% buyer’s premium) on June 13.
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03 July 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Girl power fuels demand for drawing and etching in Kent
03 July 2017Exactly a week before Harry Rutherford’s ‘Camden Town’ painting sold in London (see separate Art Market story this edition), a small undated sketch, Female Nude, by his prolific mentor and tutor Walter Sickert (1860-1942) cropped up in Kent.
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03 July 2017AD Antiques, run by British art pottery specialist Alison Davey, is selling this grotesque spoon warmer by the Martin Brothers.
Previews: Up to £500
03 July 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Mr Copper and Wibbly-Wobbly
03 July 2017Like many who deal in antiques, the late dealer Andrew Cottrell zeroed in on his chosen niche with an all-consuming passion, accumulating vast knowledge (and stock) in the process.
Previews: £501 - £2000
03 July 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £2001 - £5000
26 June 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Ancient pottery under the spotlight
26 June 2017Ancient pottery is the most abundant and diverse collecting field to have survived from antiquity. As the first synthetic material created by humans, it spans the entire ancient world, encompassing a wide variety of styles, shapes and colours. From functional household objects to highly prized ceremonial pieces, pottery appeals to both entry level collectors and seasoned buyers. Here ATG puts ancient pottery in the spotlight with a selection of highlights coming up at auctions, fairs and galleries in London this summer.
You’re so 19th century, darling
26 June 2017It is tempting to write off 19th century pictures as passé. A field relegated to the dusty corners of the art market, while contemporary art reigns supreme.
Christie’s auction call to prayer in London
26 June 2017More 19th century pictures will go under the hammer this summer at auction houses in London. Christie’s dedicated sale in King Street on July 13 is led by a collection of 46 Orientalist works.
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26 June 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Collection of Greenwich's The Spread Eagle pub consigned to Gorringes
26 June 2017Until its conversion into a pizzeria and cocktail bar three years ago, The Spread Eagle pub in Greenwich had hardly changed since its origins as a 17th century coaching inn.
Auction previews - Egyptian and Greek antiquities
26 June 2017ATG previews a couple of upcoming lots at London auctions.