Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Design decision made at Dawson’s
27 November 2017Maidenhead auction house Dawson’s is dipping a toe into the world of design with a dedicated sale on December 2.
Pawle still-life generates interest at auction
27 November 2017Wright Marshall (21% buyer’s premium) featured a still-life by John Pawle (1915-2010) in its sale on October 28 in Knutsford, Cheshire.
Parisian scene by Aussie artist is top in Cheltenham
27 November 2017This painting of a flower market in Paris (below) by the Australian artist Ethel Carrick-Fox (1872-1952) took top honours at The Cotswold Auction Company (20% buyer’s premium) in Cheltenham on November 14.
Previews: £30,000 plus
27 November 2017A December 7 sale of European ceramics at Bonhams will incorporate 130 pieces of Neapolitan porcelain from a single private source.
Rogue bidder causes second Singapore artist sale
27 November 2017In September, eight works by two of Singapore’s most celebrated 20th century artists sold for multi-estimate sums at Andrew Smith & Son (20% buyer’s premium).
Marine market shows buoyancy in London sale
20 November 2017For many years, marine art sales were used by the big auction houses to tap into the wealth of the world’s yachting and sailing community.
Sheep and snow flow away in favour of flood scene
20 November 2017A rather unconventional painting by the Victorian artist Joseph Farquharson (1846-1935) featured in Catherine Southon’s (18% buyer’s premium) sale in Surrey.
Artist Midge bites back at auction
20 November 2017Just a clutch of canvases by the Cornish artist Marjorie Frances ‘Midge’ Bruford (1902-58) have gone under the auctioneer’s gavel.
Dutch artist’s Indonesian work emerges in Taunton
20 November 2017A market-fresh drawing of a Balinese lady by the Dutch artist Willem Gerard Hofker (1902-81) soared to £8500 at Greenslade Taylor Hunt (19% buyer’s premium) in Taunton.
Soviet artwork in London spotlight
20 November 2017Soviet art is in the spotlight this month as the London salerooms mark the anniversary year of the 1917 Russian Revolution with a series of trophy consignments to Russian Art Week.
An ice price in Yorkshire auction
13 November 2017British and Irish watercolours piqued the interest of bidders at Tennants’ (18.5% buyer’s premium) Country House sale in Leyburn on October 14.
