Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Coronavirus: The Arts Society launches online education initiative for over-60s
08 April 2020A new digital platform launched today by The Arts Society offers a series of arts education events aimed to help the older population stay “connected, educated, entertained and informed” during the coronavirus outbreak.
Dealers Online: ATG's selection of 40 objects available from dealers' websites
06 April 2020Our selection of 40 objects to view and buy from dealers online.
Invent, innovate, be in touch: How the trade is responding to the coronvirus alert with fresh online formats
06 April 2020Dealers and trade bodies have been adapting to the new normal caused by coronavirus. For most this means isolated living and remote transactions. However, in a spirit of energy and invention, traders are finding new ways to promote both their stock and their brands online.
Dealer launches selling exhibition in support of the NHS
04 April 2020London’s James Hyman Gallery has launched an online selling show in support of the NHS.
Buddy Holly poster pre-dating tragic plane crash goes under the hammer in Dallas
03 April 2020A rare poster promoting a concert a week before the plane crash that killed three of its performers is coming to auction for the first time this weekend.
TV’s Charlie Ross posts online workout video for auctioneers with closed salerooms
30 March 2020In these days of self-isolation, social media is awash with home workout routines, but yesterday a new programme popped up, targeted at auctioneers.
Showcasing 40 fabulous objects from dealers’ websites
30 March 2020In this issue we feature 40 fabulous objects available to buy on dealers’ websites.
Jewellery on offer online from dealers: a showcase
30 March 2020Due to the current Covid-19 situation, ‘non-essential’ businesses such as antique shops, centres and galleries have been closed since last Tuesday. However, many dealerships are very much ‘open’, working at home and trading via email and websites. Pictured here is a selection of fine pieces of period jewellery for sale today.
Dealers Online: ATG's selection of 40 objects available from dealers' websites
30 March 2020Our selection of 40 objects to view and buy from dealers online.
Shops are shut and fairs cancelled… so dealers are going digital to showcase items
30 March 2020In recent days dealers have turned to new ways of selling as the world went to war against coronavirus. For traders across the board, online has now become the new normal.
Coronavirus: Summer Olympia postponed with new dates pending
26 March 2020Clarion Events, organiser of the two annual Olympia Art & Antiques Fairs have postponed its summer event.
Philip Mould launches daily livestream based on personal collection
23 March 2020Philip Mould is putting his own spin on ‘working from home’ as he welcomes the public to his Oxfordshire estate.
Science Museum snaps up collection of works by Second World War artist Paul Drury
23 March 2020Sim Fine Art has sold a 28-work collection of pictures by Second World War artist Paul Drury (1903-87) to the Science Museum in London.
TEFAF Maastricht – why the show went on
23 March 2020The world's leading art and antiques fair shuts early but dealers report significant sales at testing time
The web shop window: a 1932 classic British motorcycle
23 March 2020Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
5 Questions: Susanne Schulz-Falster
23 March 2020Susanne Schulz-Falster deals in rare books from Woodstock, Oxfordshire.
Many ways to buy from annual St Ives show
23 March 2020An exhibition of St Ives Modernism is to go ahead with all works available online.
Coronavirus: Cooper Events cancels its next two fairs
17 March 2020Cooper Events has called off its next two fairs following the latest guidance on the coronavirus.
Coronavirus: Battersea decorative fair cancelled for first time in 35 years
17 March 2020The spring The Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair has been cancelled.
Ceramics show provides a more accessible Picasso price
16 March 2020Representing around 25 years of the artist’s output, the ceramic creations of Pablo Picasso (1881-1973) represent a popular collecting field.