Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Affordable art: Three works sold for £1700 or under including an embroidery by Frances Richards
10 June 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales at £1700 or under, including abstract-style embroidery by Frances Richards, the wife of Ceri Richards.
Horse sense: Robert Bevan lithographs trot into saleroom
10 June 2019London’s horse dealers, auctioneers and cab-yards are among the most memorable subjects painted by Camden Town Group founder Robert Bevan (1865-1925) during the early 20th century.
Five lots to watch at auction this week including a copy of the world’s smallest dictionary, William De Morgan tiles and Russian Imperial porcelain plates
03 June 2019With estimates from £50-15,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Singapore merchant's portrait is centre of attention at West Sussex auction
03 June 2019This pastel portrait of a Singaporean merchant by Percy Carpenter (1820-95) is believed to have broken a 30-year auction record for the artist.
Matisse makes top Shropshire sum
03 June 2019Characteristic etching is best-seller in appealing single-owner mix of works on paper.
Prince Charles original watercolour attracts attention at sale of Harold Wilson collection
03 June 2019A rare opportunity to own a watercolour by Prince Charles (b.1948) presented itself when items belonging to the former British Prime Minister Harold Wilson and his wife Mary were put up for sale at Hansons (20% buyer’s premium).
Rowlandson's racehorse auction scene sells bid to £22,000 in Gloucestershire
03 June 2019A watercolour of a thoroughbred racehorse auction appeared at Chorley’s (20% buyer’s premium) of Prinknash Abbey Park, Gloucestershire, on May 21 – 123 years to the day since it had itself last sold at auction.
Affordable art: Three works sold for £800 or under including Bernard Finegan Gribble maritime work
03 June 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales at £800 or under, including Bernard Finegan Gribble maritime work.
Five lots to watch at auction this week including a 19th century Italian table, a Royal Crown Derby tureen and a horse-racing cup
27 May 2019With estimates from £300-12,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Market-fresh rural scene from Norfolk sells at Keys' auction
27 May 2019A bucolic Norfolk landscape by English artist John Alfred Arnesby-Brown (1866- 1953) emerged as one of the top sellers in an auction dedicated to East Anglian art at local Aylsham saleroom Keys (20% buyer’s premium).
Elisabeth Frink maquette flies to five figures
27 May 2019Inside Manchester Airport stands a sculpture dedicated to John Alcock and Arthur Brown, two aviators who made the first non-stop transatlantic flight in June 1919.