Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Galloway features punch bowl at Duncombe Park Fair
09 September 2019A large Georgian silver punch bowl made in 1824 (below) is available to buy from Highland Antiques of Aberdeen for £2450 at the next Galloway fair.
Down Under: Special report from the AAADA Sydney fair
09 September 2019A pair of Wedgwood kangaroo figures brought to the recent AAADA Antiques & Art Fair Sydney by The Antique Guild proved appropriately attractive to buyers.
PAD London: The prime design destination
09 September 2019This Mayfair event provides an eclectic selection for professionals and public alike
Art comes out of the shadows with Waddington Custot Caulfield show
09 September 2019'Evening Paper' by Patrick Caulfield (1936-2005) is included at Waddington Custot’s exhibition on the Modern British artist starting this month.
5 Questions with Aeneas Bastian
09 September 2019Aeneas Bastian is director of Bastian gallery in Berlin and London. It was founded by his parents, Céline and Heiner, in 1989 and expanded to Mayfair earlier this year.
The web shop window: Last Men of the Revolution
09 September 2019Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
They said what!? The changing profile of art and antiques buyers and more from the art and antiques market
08 September 2019In a week where “an unusual move” might have described the protection of an extinct species or the sale of Sotheby’s (but didn’t), find out what was said in our quotes roundup.
Goldsmith’s Fair talk addresses the technical side of collecting
07 September 2019Budding collectors can listen to expert advice at the Goldsmith’s Fair.
Caroline Penman puts retirement on hold to run next year's Chelsea Antiques Fair
02 September 2019Fair organiser Caroline Penman has abandoned her plan for retirement and will take on the running of the next Chelsea Antiques Fair – but at a reduced length.
5 Questions: Gavin Claxton of Academy Fine Paintings
02 September 2019Gavin Claxton of Academy Fine Paintings specialises in 19th century British and European oil paintings and is among the exhibitors at the LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair.
The web shop window: Regency-period teapoy
02 September 2019Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Fair sets sights on science
02 September 2019Dealer Peter Delehar brings an example of a pioneering protractor to the second edition of the Antique Scientific Instrument Fair.
Art week aims to promote Stow supercenter
02 September 2019An exhibition of 18th and 19th century Indian mica pictures is a stand-out offering at a new arts festival in the Cotswolds.
Turquoise tempter at Arley Hall
02 September 2019This 1940s Jaeger-LeCoutre Triple Calendar 273175 Mechanical watch is offered for £4200 at the next Arley Hall Antiques & Fine Art Fair.
LAPADA fair marks 10 years in Berkeley Square with craftsmanship theme
02 September 2019An intricate rolled paper work from the end of the 17th century comes to this year’s 'LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair' – which takes ‘legendary’ craftsmanship for its theme.
Wings and wheels speed into Suffolk
02 September 2019A 1935 oil on canvas of a Bugatti and Alfa Romeo speeding along a track is offered for £1550 during English and Continental Antique’s next 'Wings and Wheels' exhibition.
Contents from Shropshire’s 18th century stately home Mawley Hall come fresh to the market at Cheffins
26 August 2019The principal contents of Mawley Hall, the 18th-century country mansion described by Country Life as 'Shropshire’s Baroque masterpiece', will come up for auction in Cambridge next month.
London gallery goes back to its Cornish roots
26 August 2019Founders who started out in Cornwall showcase four Mod Brit artists hailing from St Ives.
Harvey has a game plan for Petersfield
26 August 2019Dealer David Harvey of WR Harvey brings a remarkably versatile Regency games table, c.1815, to the upcoming Petersfield Antiques Fair.
5 Questions: Paul Boorman
26 August 2019Paul Boorman of Paul’s Emporium: Islington Antiques offers a range of stock including vintage furniture, paintings, taxidermy and tribal artefacts.