Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Steamer trunk at Galloway's fair could be full of interest as eye-catching table
03 June 2019A solid leather cabin steamer trunk by Harrods features on the stand of Malcolm Eglin Antiques at Galloway Antiques Fairs’ next event in South Yorkshire.
PBFA fair in Earls Court promises a Lively time
03 June 2019At the PBFA London Antiquarian Book Fair, from June 6-7 at Ibis London in Earls Court, Rainford & Parris brings a collection of seven children’s books by Penelope Lively.
5 Questions: Book dealer Ben Kinmont
03 June 2019Ben Kinmont specialises in antiquarian books on gastronomy in California and is among the exhibitors at 'Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair'.
The web shop window: 'A Night in London' by photojournalist Bill Brandt
03 June 2019Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Lunar map to give you a Buzz at London Map Fair
03 June 2019Over in Kensington Gore’s Royal Geographical Society, The London Map Fair includes an astronomical highlight to mark the 50th anniversary of the first moonwalk. The map, signed and inscribed by Buzz Aldrin, shows the lunar landing site, and is offered by The Map House for £7500.
Book events provide real rarity value
03 June 2019Spotlight on some of the items coming up at the four book fairs all running in the same week.
Distinct Barns-Graham images depict a distant isle
03 June 2019An acrylic on paper of Timanfaya, the only active volcano on the Canary Island of Lanzarote, by British artist Wilhelmina Barns-Graham (1912-2004), is one of the highlights of the exhibition A Distant Isle.
Kent design decorates Chelsea vases at Albert Amor
03 June 2019A pair of large c.1760 Chelsea ovoid vases made after a drawing by English architect and furniture designer William Kent (1685-1748), is on offer at Albert Amor this month.
They said what!? The week in quotes from the art and antiques market including the market for Monty Python memorabilia
02 June 2019Find out what members of the art and antiques trade had to say this week about fairs, a Hogarth painting in Leicester and the fate of the Salvator Mundi.
The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh offers late 'Sublime and the Beautiful' work by William McTaggart
27 May 2019One of the last oil paintings by Scottish artist William McTaggart (1835-1910) is on offer in a show of highlights at The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh.
The web shop window: 19th century pill-making machine
27 May 2019Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
5 Questions: Book dealer Deborah Coltham
27 May 2019Deborah Coltham specialises in rare books, manuscripts and ephemera relating to science and medicine. She is an exhibitor at 'Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair' (June 7-9).
Bugatti anteater is highlight of London exhibition devoted to short-lived sculptor fascinated by zoos
27 May 2019'Grand Fourmilier' (1906), a large bronze sculpture of a giant anteater, is distinctive among a collection of bronze sculptures by Rembrandt Bugatti (1884-1916) offered at a Sladmore Gallery exhibition.
Make a racket purchase in a magical selection of antiques
27 May 2019Two rackets rackets (no, you aren’t seeing double) are on offer at the exhibition '#7 – It’s a Magic Number', organised by Cotswolds dealers Manfred Schotten and Christopher Clarke Antiques.
Decorative art dealer Oscar Graf opens a London gallery
27 May 2019Oscar Graf, the French specialist in 19th decorative art, opens a gallery in London this summer.
Where to buy antique summer birthstone jewellery: Seven top pieces at UK and European auction houses
25 May 2019Antique jewellery can be an ideal birthday present, especially when it features the appropriate birthstone.
Five places to see and buy art in London next week including a Cedric Morris flower exhibition in Mayfair
24 May 2019A look at the top quality works on view at commercial galleries and major institutions in the run-up to London’s busy summer schedule of art fairs and events.
Salvaged ‘Whisky Galore’ bottles from the 1940s go under the hammer at Bonhams in Edinburgh
24 May 2019When the 8000-ton cargo ship SS Politician left Liverpool for Jamaica and New Orleans in 1941 it was carrying 28,000 cases of malt whisky. Two days later it sank in the Outer Hebrides.
Dates for TEFAF Maastricht 2020 announced
23 May 2019Dates for next year’s TEFAF Maastricht fair have been announced.
Here come the Men in Black (and the Jedi and the wizards): Will Smith suit goes under the hammer at Ewbank’s movie prop auction
23 May 2019Bidders have the chance to get that alien-hunting time-travelling look next week as Will Smith’s suit from Men in Black 3 goes under the hammer.