Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
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Peries stands out from the cloud
26 February 2024'Cloud' (1978) is among the highlights of Grosvenor Gallery’s exhibition on the works of Sri Lankan painter Ivan Peries (1921-88).
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Tunbridge Ware specialist calls it a day after 39 years
26 February 2024Amherst Antiques, the Kent-based specialist in Tunbridge Ware, is offering reductions on some of its stock as the owners prepare to retire.
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Five questions: Ed Morris of 1923 Antiques
26 February 2024Ed Morris runs 1923 Antiques with his father Roy and is one of the exhibitors at the upcoming Bath Decorative Antiques Fair
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Mug reflects story of the famous Tichborne Claimant fraudster
26 February 2024Silver item with intriguing inscription linked to notorious lengthy legal battle will be offered at Hampshire fair
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Drawing foundation Trois Crayons links up with London Art Week
24 February 2024New partnership aims to boost London as a centre for Old Master drawings
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Digital museum to fuel interest in clocks and watches
19 February 2024A digital museum showcasing items from the celebrated clock collection of John C Taylor launches next month.
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Five questions with furniture dealer Toby Taylor
19 February 2024Toby Taylor launched Taylors Direct in the Cotswolds around three year s ago.
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Moves include vote of confidence for both Mayfair and St James’s
19 February 2024Latest dealer relocations show grounds for optimism that traditional dealing trade hubs of London are not in danger
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UK dealers happy with ‘buzzy’ New York drawings fair
19 February 2024Running for the first time under new ownership Master Drawings New York (MDNY) produced strong results for many of its exhibitors, including London dealer Guy Peppiatt.
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Triceratops skull installed at Harrods by London dealership David Aaron
13 February 2024David Aaron, the Mayfair antiquities specialist, is offering a major natural history specimen at Harrods.
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Married artists brought together at last at New York show
12 February 2024US artists Ruth Lewin (1924-75) and Charles Seliger (1926-2009) have their first joint exhibition in New York this month.
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Serpent study by De Morgan slithers into view
12 February 2024Among the images included in Emanuel von Baeyer’s latest catalogue is a study of a female nude by Evelyn De Morgan (1855-1919).
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Eye on an Object: a 17th century spice cabinet
12 February 2024Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
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Write them on the beaches
05 February 2024Winston Churchill’s desk which he used to write his Second World War memoirs has been sold by Peter Harrington Rare Books at The Winter Show in New York (January 19-28).
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Five questions with Kent Tschanz of Tschanz Rare Books
05 February 2024Kent Tschanz of Tschanz Rare Books in Salt Lake City, Utah, is among the exhibitors at the ABAA’s 56th California International Antiquarian Book Fair (February 9-11).
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Buyers slow to commit but sales continue at Mayfair antiques event
05 February 2024A bronze heron by French sculptor Auguste Cain was among the sales made at 'The Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair', the first major London antiques fair of the year.
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Dealers news in brief including a new home for the Eye of the Collector fair
05 February 2024Our roundup of dealer news includes a new date a time announced for the 'Eye of the Collector' fair
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Two British firms added to TEFAF New York roster
03 February 2024TEFAF New York returns to the Park Avenue Armory in May with 90 exhibitors including nine newcomers.
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Churchill's personal writing desk sold in New York
01 February 2024Winston Churchill’s desk which he used to write his Second World War memoirs has been sold by Peter Harrington Rare Books at The Winter Show in New York (January 19-28).
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First-time fair exhibitor makes a tasty sale at London Art Fair
29 January 2024The oil painting 'Four Pears' (1976) by British artist William Scott (1913-89) was one of the stand-out sales at London Art Fair.