Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Standards fly high in New York Old Master sales
13 May 2019Among the top lots at Christie’s (25/20/13.5% buyer’s premium) trio of Old Master sales during ‘Classic Week’ was a rediscovered oil sketch by Jacques-Louis David (1748-1825) for 'The Distribution of the Eagle Standards'.
They said what!? The week in quotes from the art and antiques market including tips on enjoying the Old Masters
12 May 2019This week, members of the art and antiques trade weighed in on Shakespeare's First Folio and a museum acquisition.
Lisson Gallery’s Ossian Ward recommends approaching Old Master paintings with a blank slate in new “self-help” book
09 May 2019Ossian Ward of Lisson Gallery spoke last night on how to approach Old Master paintings in an event promoting his new book Look Again.
Shakespeare’s First Folio goes on display at London book fair
09 May 2019A rare near-complete copy of Shakespeare’s First Folio is included in a loan display at Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair.
Chester and Burford antiques fairs under new leadership as Penman Fairs Ltd is dissolved
08 May 2019Penman Fairs, the limited company behind four annual UK fairs, has been dissolved, leading to leadership changes in several UK antiques events.
Five places to see and buy art in London this month
06 May 2019From Old Masters to contemporary portraits there is plenty of art to find at various commercial institutions around the capital this month.
Vast Vaughan work for sale at gallery Osborne Samuel
06 May 2019Theseus and the Minotaure (1950), the largest oil on canvas ever produced by artist Keith Vaughan (1912-77) outside of publicly commissioned works, is on offer at Osborne Samuel this month.
Painting of a cow at Robert Young's annual exhibition shows rare example of restoration
06 May 2019In his annual exhibition, Battersea folk art dealer Robert Young offers a primitive livestock painting of a brown and white cow which was once as obscure in appearance as in its history.
Buxton fair back ‘where it belongs’
06 May 2019Roger de Ville brings a rare Liverpool delftware puzzle jug, c.1750, to The Buxton Decorative Antiques & Art Fair priced at £2200. He is among the regular exhibitors at the event, where he has stood for around 20 years.
Table topper at Battersea decorative fair
06 May 2019A c.1946 Italian wrought-iron dressing table was among the stand-out sales during the spring Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair in Battersea.
The web shop window: 'Roses in an Omega Pot' by Duncan Grant
06 May 2019Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
5 Questions: Christina Jansen
06 May 2019Christina Jansen is managing director at The Scottish Gallery, established in Edinburgh in 1842. It now specialises in emerging and established as well as historical artists.
They said what!? The week in quotes from the art and antiques market including two options as Online Galleries closes
05 May 2019Find out what members of the art and antiques trade had to say this week about fairs changing hands, portals closing and museum acquisitions.
Birmingham gallery acquires marble sculpture with support from Tomasso Brothers
02 May 2019UK dealership Tomasso Brothers Fine Art has helped a Birmingham gallery to acquire a 19th century sculpture by the ‘Landseer of marble’.
Clarion Events sells Art & Antiques for Everyone following two-year drive to secure fair’s future
30 April 2019Clarion Events has sold Birmingham’s Art & Antiques for Everyone (AAFE) fair after more than a decade of ownership.
Portraits of antiques trade members featured at Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ exhibition
30 April 2019A portrait of rare books dealer Tim Bryars of Bryars & Bryars is included in the Royal Society of Portrait Painters’ Annual Exhibition.
Summer Olympia takes to the floor
29 April 2019The Art & Antiques Fair Olympia will take place on only one floor of the West London exhibition centre for its summer edition, a change from the event’s previous staging across two levels.
Dodo skeleton pieced together by 19th century naturalist features among specimens of extinction at Christie’s auction
29 April 2019A near-complete dodo skeleton found and assembled in the 19th century features in Christie’s Science and Natural History sale next month.
Garden antiques set to bloom at Suffolk dealer's selling event
29 April 2019This cast-metal figure of a young girl with a bird on her arm, below, is offered on a composition base for £325 from English and Continental Antiques.
Phillips dealership makes a move across North Yorkshire
29 April 2019Elaine Phillips Antiques has moved into new premises after 40 years at its premises in Harrogate.