Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Sailroom art – important collection of British marine art goes under the hammer
29 January 2018More than 100 paintings owned by the Royal Society of Marine Artists are to be sold at auction in Norfolk.
Sir Philip the spaniel shows his sale bite
29 January 2018A pastel portrait of a fashionable young Georgian woman in an ostrich feather hat and blue coat with her dog topped the picture section at Lincolnshire saleroom Golding Young & Mawer (20% buyer’s premium).
Antwerp view tops last of the West Horsley Place lots at auction
29 January 2018An 1894 pencil drawing of a street in Antwerp by Walter Frederick Osborne (1859-1903) was among the last contents offered at auction from West Horsley Place, the Grade I-listed mansion in Surrey owned by historian and broadcaster Bamber Gascoigne.
Pre-Raphaelites on the crest of a second wave
22 January 2018Paintings by lesser-known Pre-Raphaelites took the honours at the latest Victorian art sales held at Sotheby’s (25/20/12.9%) and Christie’s (25/20/12.5%).
Sporting pictures back in the game
22 January 2018An extensive collection with Astor family provenance offered at auction was billed as best of its type in more than 20 years.
Call the doctor for single owner entertainment memorabilia
22 January 2018Dr Who fans can start collecting early this year with a series of lots from the cult science-fiction show going under the hammer in January.
Gross weighs in to make impact
15 January 2018He was among the most prolific and longest serving official war artists of the Second World War, yet Anthony Gross (1905-84) remains an obscure name among 20th century British talents.
Ski posters head north to Edinburgh sale
15 January 2018It was around this time of year when wealthy skiers with chalets to decorate would dial in from the slopes of the world’s most prestigious resorts to take part in Christie’s South Kensington’s annual Ski Sale.
Colourists take top honours in Scottish sales north and south
15 January 2018More than £730,000 worth of pictures changed hands at Edinburgh saleroom Lyon & Turnbull’s (25/20% buyer’s premium) recent sale of Scottish art.
