Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Frost is hot in a volatile climate
28 August 2017A raft of contemporary and post-war art featured in the busy August schedule in Scotland. Such art remains a picky and tempestuous market north of the border. The latest results were scattered with a mix of bullish and more subdued results.
Previews: £5001 - £30,000
28 August 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £501 - £2000
28 August 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: Up to £500
28 August 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £30,000 plus
28 August 2017It was the 18th century Dutch silversmith John Schuppe who first popularised the silver cow creamer in Britain in the 1750s. Over the following centuries his design captured the imagination of the upper classes, who commissioned these novelty jugs in droves.
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21 August 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Nelson oil with Samuel Drummond connection fires interest at Lawrences of Crewkerne
21 August 2017A 19th century painting depicting the death of Horatio Nelson soared to £21,500 at Lawrences (22% buyer’s premium) of Crewkerne on July 14.
Naive livestock paintings brighten the gloom around traditional 19th century art
21 August 2017Naïve-style paintings of livestock remain one of the liveliest sectors of the 19th century pictures market, judging by the response to several examples offered in Gloucestershire.
Previews: £501 - £2000
21 August 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £2001 - £5000
21 August 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: Up to £500
21 August 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £5001 - £30,000
21 August 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Auction house of the rising sun
21 August 2017The British Museum’s big summer exhibition on Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai is over, but more art from the Land of the Rising Sun is in the offing (also see International Events, ATG No 2305).
Sir Peter Lely link to nude painting tempts Exeter bidders
21 August 2017A large oil painting offered at auction for first time depicts notorious figure from Charles II’s court and sells for five times top estimate.
Bray family art collection sells out in Penzance
14 August 2017As well as the Richard Platt consignment, David Lay offered more than 100 lots of modern art by a local Cornish family.
Russians scoop majority of Soviet-era painting collection
14 August 2017More than 100 Russian paintings consigned from a single source went under the hammer at Moore Allen & Innocent’s (18% buyer’s premium) July 7 sale in Cirencester.
Newly discovered Venetian painting by Edward Lear languished in storage unit
14 August 2017Found among the contents of a storage unit, a watercolour of Venice by Edward Lear (1812-88) starred in Brighton General Auctions’ (15% buyer’s premium) sale on July 28.
Previews: £30,000 plus
14 August 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Rhead all about it in Woburn auction
14 August 2017Collectors of works by the Rhead family of potters will no doubt have September 5 already marked in their diaries.
Online battle to buy works by obscure mid-century artist Richard Platt at David Lay
14 August 2017Little-known but well-connected artist proves a hit as his widow sells 40 works in Penzance.