Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Polar explorer art discovery made in Chelsea
30 May 2017Watercolours by the polar explorer Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959) were discovered among thousands of works from Stanley Studios in Chelsea.
Shopping for furniture and works of art
30 May 2017A selection of the furniture and works of art on offer from auction houses and dealers in London this summer.
Welsh art shows maturity in the market
30 May 2017“The good thing for Welsh art is the maturity of the tourist industry. It’s no longer, ‘if you want to go to Wales, you go to Butlin’s in Pwllheli’.” Ben Rogers Jones of Rogers Jones (20% buyer’s premium) puts much of the increased demand for Welsh art over the last 20 years down to that tourism trend.
Previews: £2001 - £5000
30 May 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Marble bust of Trajan at Chiswick Auctions
30 May 2017Bloodthirsty, ruthless and mad – Roman emperors have often been perceived as highly unsavoury individuals.
Previews: £30,000 plus
30 May 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Shopping for fine art
30 May 2017Fine art on offer in London this summer at auction houses and dealers.
Previews: £5001 - £30,000
30 May 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Shopping for jewellery and silver
30 May 2017Jewellery and silver items on offer in London this summer from auction houses and dealers.
Cubist inspiration is key to ever-popular northern art
22 May 2017The Cubist-inspired oils of Manchester artist Geoffrey Key (b.1941) regularly feature at Peter Wilson (20% buyer’s premium) in nearby Nantwich.
Shabby shock: mystery woman on damaged canvas makes £9500
22 May 2017A rather shabby portrait of an unknown woman sparked a bidding battle at W&H Peacock (17.5% buyer’s premium) in Bedford on May 5.
Previews: £501 - £2000
22 May 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £30,000 plus
22 May 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £5001 - £30,000
22 May 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Monthly picture sales reap rewards
22 May 2017“I think the secret to our success is that we now hold an art sale every four weeks.” A 90% sell-through rate from 400 lots was the latest bullish stat to come out of John Nicholson’s (24% buyer’s premium) monthly picture auctions, started this year by specialist Buffy Parker.
Previews: £2001 - £5000
22 May 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: Up to £500
22 May 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Beatles auction lots get better all the time
22 May 2017It has been 50 years since the Beatles released their eighth studio album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band to universal acclaim.
Saville in the flesh at Edinburgh sale
22 May 2017Jenny Saville’s (b.1970) contorted and grotesquely fleshy female nudes are hot property on the contemporary art market.
Rare peak at Welsh artist’s work
15 May 2017Unusual appearance of mountain views by painter whose career was cut short by tuberculosis