Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Miniatures in the mainstream as London show coincides with major exhibition
25 February 2019A dealer's one-day London show comes hot on the heels of major exhibitions that are drumming up interest in miniatures.
Philip Mould holds miniature exhibition in London gallery
25 February 2019Dealer Philip Mould stages 'Jewel in the Hand: Early Portrait Miniatures from Noble and Private Collections' at its Pall Mall gallery from March 12-April 18.
5 Questions: Rob Shaw
25 February 2019Chichester dealer Rob Shaw is a regular stallholder in the George Stephenson building at IACF Newark. He is a general dealer in antiques but specialises in Chinese works of art.
5 Questions: dealer Sarah Delves
25 February 2019Sarah Delves of Bags of Glamour is an exhibitor at the next Art & Antiques for Everyone fair (April 4-7).
Show under starter’s orders at Michael Hoppen Gallery
25 February 2019An untitled photograph of a horse race is among the wide selection of photographs on offer from Michael Hoppen Gallery’s exhibition Simply the Best featuring works of 20th century sports photographer Gerry Cranham (b.1928).
Relic ready to give a dealer lift at Scone Palace fair
25 February 2019A rare Georgian invalid’s ‘chair lift’ is one of the highlights at the Scone Palace Antiques & Fine Art Fair.
They said what!? The week in quotes from the art and antiques market including the record-breaking sale of a Super Mario Bros video game
24 February 2019“We all knew how hard it is to find an open copy of this version in nice condition…” Just in case you don’t know, read more about the auction of a classic video game and much more with our roundup of quotes from the art and antiques trade.
New Spanish art fair puts focus on the avant-garde and surreal
23 February 2019A new fair showcasing avant-garde and modern art, including works by Salvador Dalí, Marc Chagall and Fernand Léger, opens in Madrid next week.
Welsh antiques dealer enhances contemporary art show with loan of traditional furniture
20 February 2019A 19th century Welsh oak bureau is among the furniture that Carmarthenshire dealer Tim Bowen has lent to enhance a local exhibition on creativity.
A Victorian who’s who: Dealer offers 'last of Frith's panoramas in private hands'
18 February 2019A 19th century masterpiece by William Powell Frith (1819- 1909) that serves as a who’s who of influential Victorians is on offer from a new St James’s gallery for £10m.
Pick of the week: Maker’s great-grandson buys back model steam engine for family from UK dealer
18 February 2019An exceptional Victorian scratch-built model steam engine has returned home after the maker’s great-grandson bought it from UK dealer Vavasseur Antiques.
Former Wace director Brown to go it alone
18 February 2019Claire Brown, formerly director of Rupert Wace Ancient Art, has launched a new independent venture after 30 years in the art and antiques trade.
Captain Scarlet doll, Napoleon’s signature, and other art and antiques to buy in the East of England next week
18 February 2019A 1967 doll from the classic show 'Captain Scarlet and the Mysterions' is among the art and antiques going under the hammer in the East of England next week.
Chessboard checks into Bath fair in a selection of toys and games
18 February 2019A selection of toys and games at the Bath Decorative Antiques Fair proves that antique playthings have their place as both decorative items and collectors’ pieces.
Collector interview: Cold War propaganda is book buyer's hot topic
18 February 2019In the latest of our occasional series of collector interviews, we talk to Musa Igrek, who won the ABA Book Collecting Prize 2018 for his assemblage of secretly funded government-sponsored works during the Cold War.
Scottish Colourist with a world view
18 February 2019'Portrait of a Woman in a Hat' by the Scottish Colourist John Duncan Fergusson (1874-1961) is among the 71 drawings and watercolours currently on show at Mayfair art gallery Browse & Darby.
5 Questions: Mark Murray
18 February 2019Mark Murray of Mark Murray Fine Paintings is currently holding his Winter Exhibition at his East 63rd Street gallery, New York.
They said what!? The week in quotes from the art and antiques market including a dissatisfied buyer and a dealer with flair
17 February 2019From dissatisfied clients, to Valentine’s Day purchases and new logos, read what members of the art and antiques trade had to say this week.
New York gallery offers wide selection of Japanese prints in moving out sale
15 February 2019A wide selection of Japanese prints from the 17th-21st centuries are on offer in New York next month as a leading Japanese art gallery prepares to enter its new premises.
Furniture takes centre stage at annual Cotswolds event
14 February 2019A William and Mary period oyster veneered laburnum and chest of drawers is among the huge selection of furniture on offer in the Cotswolds next week.