Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Marble bust of Trajan at Chiswick Auctions
30 May 2017Bloodthirsty, ruthless and mad – Roman emperors have often been perceived as highly unsavoury individuals.
Previews: £30,000 plus
30 May 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Shopping for fine art
30 May 2017Fine art on offer in London this summer at auction houses and dealers.
Previews: £5001 - £30,000
30 May 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Shopping for jewellery and silver
30 May 2017Jewellery and silver items on offer in London this summer from auction houses and dealers.
Cubist inspiration is key to ever-popular northern art
22 May 2017The Cubist-inspired oils of Manchester artist Geoffrey Key (b.1941) regularly feature at Peter Wilson (20% buyer’s premium) in nearby Nantwich.
Shabby shock: mystery woman on damaged canvas makes £9500
22 May 2017A rather shabby portrait of an unknown woman sparked a bidding battle at W&H Peacock (17.5% buyer’s premium) in Bedford on May 5.
Previews: £501 - £2000
22 May 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £30,000 plus
22 May 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £5001 - £30,000
22 May 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Monthly picture sales reap rewards
22 May 2017“I think the secret to our success is that we now hold an art sale every four weeks.” A 90% sell-through rate from 400 lots was the latest bullish stat to come out of John Nicholson’s (24% buyer’s premium) monthly picture auctions, started this year by specialist Buffy Parker.
Previews: £2001 - £5000
22 May 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: Up to £500
22 May 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Beatles auction lots get better all the time
22 May 2017It has been 50 years since the Beatles released their eighth studio album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band to universal acclaim.
Saville in the flesh at Edinburgh sale
22 May 2017Jenny Saville’s (b.1970) contorted and grotesquely fleshy female nudes are hot property on the contemporary art market.
Rare peak at Welsh artist’s work
15 May 2017Unusual appearance of mountain views by painter whose career was cut short by tuberculosis
Previews: Up to £500
15 May 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Photography in focus as sales timed to coincide with London fair
15 May 2017Satellite events and specialist photography sales are riding on the coattails of Photo London (May 18-21) this spring, coinciding with the fair’s four-day run at Somerset House.
Previews: £501 - £2000
15 May 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Czech sculptor with right royal connections
15 May 2017Bronze busts of the Queen and Prince Philip from the Oxfordshire studio of Czech émigré sculptor Franta Belsky (1921-2000) took top honours at Mallams (20% buyer’s premium) in Oxford on April 25.