Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Bowes Museum acquires Old Master with help from Art Fund, Heritage Lottery Fund
26 July 2016The Bowes Museum has secured funding at a sum of nearly £2.3m to keep an exit-barred painting attributed to the workshop of Dieric Bouts the Elder in the UK.
Drive my car: John Lennon's Austin Princess comes to RM Sotheby's
25 July 2016John Lennon's 1956 Austin Princess is one of the featured lots at RM Sotheby’s London auction in September.
Bonhams to auction set of original War Horse puppets
23 July 2016Bonhams is set to auction a full set of original puppets from the play War Horse this September.
Visitors cool off at this summer's Antiques for Everyone fair
22 July 2016The summer instalment of Antiques for Everyone opened yesterday at Birmingham’s NEC.
Jersey boy: a curious collection of 20th century treasures comes to auction
22 July 2016The collection of Jersey-based David Gainsborough Roberts leads Christie’s 250th anniversary Out of the Ordinary sale in September.
Dealers enjoy early success at new joint warehouse in East Sussex
21 July 2016Martin D Johnson and dealers from Fontaine Decorative are enjoying a successful start in their new joint warehouse in East Sussex.
Sputnik-1 model goes into orbit at New York auction selling at 15 times estimate
21 July 2016A full-scale test model of the satellite Sputnik-1 sold at Bonhams New York yesterday for $220,000 (£167,012), outstripping a $10,000-15,000 estimate.
Leslie Waddington collection comes to Christie's for Frieze week sale
19 July 2016Christie’s London has announced the sale of the late dealer Leslie Waddington’s collection in a single-owner auction during Frieze week in October this year.
Tate buys expressionist oil painting from dealer Andrew Sim
19 July 2016Sim Fine Art have sold their first ever painting to the Tate who have added it to their permanent collection.
Warwick Antique Centre to move as former premises sold to coffee shop chain
19 July 2016Warwick Antique Centre has been forced to move out of its home of more than 40 years following the expiration of its lease.
Trade associations aim for talks with new UK government
19 July 2016British Art Market Federation chairman Anthony Browne has written to Karen Bradley, the newly-appointed Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, in the hope of arranging a face-to-face briefing.
Post-Brexit partnership: BADA joins forces with Palm Beach Show Group
18 July 2016Members of the British Antique Dealers Association (BADA) will stand at the upcoming New York Art, Antique and Jewelry Show as part of a new partnership between BADA and The Palm Beach Show Group.
Roald Dahl books could be a golden ticket for dealer Peter Harrington
18 July 2016With the new film The BFG coming to cinemas this week, it’s a good time to revisit the words and works of its creator Roald Dahl (1916-1990).
Spend and be merry: Fair director urges buyers to do their part for the UK economy
13 July 2016A letter from Ingrid Nilson, the director of the Antiques Dealers Fair Ltd (ADFL), published in today’s Financial Times encourages buyers to stave off economic crisis by continuing to spend.
Gallery brings forward exhibition of British modernist in light of EU referendum
12 July 2016James Hyman Gallery opened an exhibition of William Gear's works yesterday, several months earlier than planned, in a reaction to Brexit.
Competition heats up with glut of new online art market platforms
12 July 2016Competition among online art trade start-ups is mounting judging by the number of new platforms launched during the past few months.
Grosvenor School collection from artist’s family offered Yorkshire auction
11 July 2016Tennants are staging a single-owner sale featuring a collection of Grosvenor School prints that come fresh to the market after they were found stored a family home of Edith Lawrence’s (1890-1973) great nephew.
Triple threat: Three major fairs hold steady in the wake of Brexit concern
08 July 2016It is two weeks since the first of the three major London summer fairs opened. With all three now concluded, ATG looks back on a summer season acknowledged as surprisingly successful.
Symbolic & Chase catch second space on Bond Street
07 July 2016Jewellery specialists Symbolic & Chase have doubled the size of their premises with a move into an additional floor of their building in Mayfair.
Christie's and Pierre Bergé team up for new single-owner collection sale
07 July 2016Christie's Paris and Pierre Bergé & Associés have teamed up for their first joint sale since the record-breaking Collection Yves Saint Laurent – Pierre Bergé sale in 2009.