Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Lyons teashop lithographs serve to cheer
25 June 2018Like many businesses scarred with bomb damage in post-war Britain, Lyons teashops were in need of cheering up.
Shipping and delivery: rising expectations of the moving experience
25 June 2018How can art and antique buyers ensure their purchases arrive in the same condition as when they were bought, at a competitive price? ATG explores some options...
Take your pick: a gloomy or bright topic?
25 June 2018A typically moody oil by the Scottish painter James Pryde (1866-1941) was among the star lots at Cuttlestones (17.5% buyer’s premium) in Penkridge, Staffordshire.
Saleroom selection: three artworks under £1000 including a Charles Collins' view of Cornwall
25 June 2018Three modestly valued works in regional sales, including an oil on canvas of Bude in Cornwall by Charles Collins (1851-1921).
Mod Brit works in a league of their own
25 June 2018Nearly 500 lots of Modern British and 20th century art went under the hammer at Woolley & Wallis (25/12% buyer’s premium) in Salisbury to notch up a total of £535,000 with three-quarters sold.
Saleroom selection: three artworks under £800 including a work by Punch illustrator Arthur George Watts
18 June 2018Three modestly valued works in regional sales, including a watercolour by Punch illustrator Arthur George Watts (1883-1935).
Life on the open road with Cuneo
18 June 2018“The open road, the dusty highway, the heath, the common, the hedgerows, the rolling downs!”
Drake and Bell’s Pre-Raphaelite on plaster lead Skipton sale
18 June 2018A plaster plaque of a mother and child drew multiple bids when it was offered at Hutchinson Scott (20% buyer’s premium) in Skipton, North Yorkshire.
Battle for ‘celebrity’ artist in Sussex
18 June 2018A quartet of oils by the contemporary British painter Sherree Valentine-Daines (b.1959) produced multi-estimate prices when they went under the hammer in Sussex.
A ten shilling, ‘thick paper’ Federalist
18 June 2018The Federalist…, a collection of essays first published in New York newspapers in the years immediately following independence, is today recognised as a seminal work on American political theory and a cornerstone of constitutional governance.
