Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Price helped by ‘voice beyond the grave’
13 November 2023A first edition, first impression presentation of WB Yeats’ first book, Mosada (1886), was among the standout sales at the Boston Antiquarian Book Fair.
5 Questions with dealer Paul Martin of Robin Martin Antiques
13 November 2023Paul Martin runs Robin Martin Antiques of Notting Hill, London
Suffolk House Antiques – going out with a bang
13 November 2023Andrew Singleton of Suffolk House Antiques is having his final selling exhibition in his shop in Yoxford from November 18-December 23.
Dealer news in brief including the BADA Friends Prize
13 November 2023A round up of news across art and antiques dealers
Art and antiques dealers gear up for a busy festive period
13 November 2023ATG takes a look at some of the many dealer exhibitions being staged in the run-up to Christmas
First come, first served: Antiquities specialist Charles Ede's latest show
13 November 2023Antiquities specialist Charles Ede releases its online Christmas catalogue at noon on November 15.
Aldeburgh's Thompsons Gallery hosts latest Christmas exhibition
13 November 2023Thompsons Gallery, Aldeburgh, opens its Christmas exhibition, one of the leading events of its yearly calendar, on December 2.
Dealers full of praise for Frieze Masters after success of 2023 event
06 November 2023Exhibitors have reported excellent results at Frieze Masters, confirming the event’s status as the UK’s top high-end art and antiques fair.
Roman marble sold in 1961 auction resurfaces in Italy headless… but the head could be in UK
06 November 2023In 1961 when Christie’s auctioned off items from the Wilton House Collection, the catalogue included a full-page image of a monumental Roman marble.
Organiser aims to deliver for dealers at Harrogate fair
06 November 2023Several personal items grace The Pavilions of Harrogate Decorative Antiques & Fine Art Fair, Cooper Events’ final outing of the year and its third to that venue.
Frieze Masters racks up the sales
06 November 2023Eleventh edition of the London event now widened in scope includes an impressive array of big results
The web shop window: A 'frozen moment' piece of pop art
06 November 2023Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
5 Questions with carpet dealer Christopher Legge
30 October 2023Christopher Legge of Legge Carpets is among the exhibitors at the Cotswold Art & Antiques Dealers’ Association Fair. He specialises in high-quality handmade carpet and textiles especially tribal weavings from Iran and central Asia.
A week to remember: a trio of antiques festivals by BADA, CADA and Cooper Events
30 October 2023Annual events held by trade associations CADA and BADA overlap to offer plenty of choice
The web shop window: A Grand Tour collection of plaster casts
30 October 2023Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Summer shines in Northern Antiques Fair's autumn run
30 October 2023Among the sales at the recent Northern Antiques Fair was a painting by Lucy Harwood (1873-1972) offered on the stand of first time exhibitor Bink Fine Art. The decorative oil, Summer, sold for a price in the region of £4000-5000.
Golden opportunity for snuff bottles
23 October 2023Susan Page brings a selection of snuff bottles from the Golden Autumn Collection to this year’s Asian Art in London, staging the show at Daniel Crouch Rare Books in St James’s.
Scholar takes boat journey
23 October 2023This Ming dynasty cloisonné enamel literati subject box and cover, 15th or very early 16th century, is one of the highlights on offer at Priestly & Ferraro’s exhibition of Chinese ceramics and works of art.
Autumn fairs flurry means intensive time for dealers
23 October 2023Results from a flurry of fairs early this autumn prove there is plenty of space for such events in the London market.
The web shop window: photograph of Frida Kahlo
23 October 2023Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.