Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Old Masters debut at Chiswick Auctions
19 February 2018Chiswick Auctions (25/12% buyer’s premium) has held its first dedicated Old Masters sale, capitalising on the void left by Christie’s South Kensington’s closure last year.
Mahatma Gandhi and Beatrix Potter correspondence at UK sales
19 February 2018Children’s author Beatrix Potter (1866-1943) and Indian activist Mahatma Gandhi (1869-1948) don’t seem to have much in common. At separate auctions held later this month, however, both will have correspondence appearing on the market for the first time.
Czech artist firmly back in favour at auction
19 February 2018Experimental work by the Czech Expressionist Ernest Neuschul (1895-1968) chimed with current tastes in a sell-out studio sale in Somerset.
Marine works help Glos sales schedule to get under way
19 February 2018Private material sourced from old estates helped Gloucestershire saleroom Chorley’s (20% buyer’s premium) get the year off to a positive start.
Maori’s new photo finish
12 February 2018A 19th century painted print of a Maori took top honours at Heliers Auction (18% buyer’s premium) in Blackburn, Lancashire.
Get your claws into a canine collar
12 February 2018'Steal me not but let me jog; for I am Mrs Gwynn’s Dog.' For lovers of antique dog collars, collecting examples engraved with an amusing inscription such as this one, or a quirky owner’s name, is all part of the fun.
Collectors vote for female artists
12 February 2018As celebrations get under way to mark the centenary of women gaining the right to vote (or over-30s at least), the Modern British art market is showing a growing appetite for 20th century female artists.
The Leicester Square buzz and bustle captured in oil painting
12 February 2018A bustling scene of Leicester Square by genre painter Edward Prentis (1797-1854) took £6800 at David Lay (18% buyer’s premium) of Penzance.
Tribute to a gallant captain and his brave fire brigade
12 February 2018This painting of a fire in north London drew heated bidding when it went under the hammer at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (21% buyer’s premium).
Greengrass now a Grosvenor School star
05 February 2018Works on paper, not oil paintings, stole the show at Lawrences (22% buyer’s premium) of Crewkerne.