Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Sloane Square viewed from Surrey
27 August 2018Unseen on the market since 1946, a view of Sloane Square (below) by Robert Buhler (1916-89) raced to £5000 at Ewbank’s (22.5% buyer’s premium).
Naval gazing proves profitable
27 August 2018An intriguing portrait by an unidentified hand of a Royal Navy admiral in a wig and blue gilt braided uniform was a star entry at Cotswold saleroom Chorley’s (20/15/12.5/10% buyer’s premium).
Liss lass full of life at auction
27 August 2018Selling above estimate at Jacobs & Hunt (22% buyer’s premium) in Liss, Hampshire, was a life-size bronze by Sydney Harpley (1927-92) titled Umbrella Girl, below.
Previews: £5001 - £30,000
27 August 2018ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Jockeys ride in at £2500
27 August 2018This watercolour, below, by Frederic Whiting (1874-1962) took a multi-estimate £2500 at Thomson Roddick’s (15% buyer’s premium) Edinburgh saleroom on August 9.
Previews: £2001 - £5000
27 August 2018ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Old Master from ‘snail’ house sets pulses racing
27 August 2018This Old Master painting, above, of The Adoration of the Magi in the manner of Italian painter Vincenzo Carducci (c.1576-1638) led a recent Dorset sale.
Simeon Solomon turns from tragedy to triumph
20 August 2018Pre-Raphaelite artist shunned and persecuted in his time is now a popular auction choice.
Rudolf Ernst takes precise view
20 August 2018Spurred on by Middle Eastern demand, Orientalist art came out top at Christie’s 19th century European & Orientalist Art auction in London.
John William Waterhouse makes siren call
20 August 2018Works by the Pre-Raphaelites and their followers continued to outperform the rest of the Victorian art market during the latest round of sales in London. Topping the auctions at both Sotheby’s and Christie’s were two ‘jeune fille fatale’ creations by Pre-Raphaelite latecomer, John William Waterhouse (1849-1917).
Faed feeds into genre theme
20 August 2018This small scene by Scottish genre painter Thomas Faed (1826-1900) shown below sold for a quadruple-estimate £8500 at Brightwells (22% buyer’s premium).
Fairies emerge at auction out of dealer’s estate
13 August 2018A sale of books, maps and ephemera at Bellmans (22% buyer’s premium) included more than £17,000 worth of 19th and 20th century watercolours and drawings from the stock of a dealer.
Saleroom selection: Three modestly valued works in regional sales including oil by Wigan-born Impressionist
13 August 2018A trio of works in regional auctions which sold under £800.
