Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Gorringe’s sale puts Modern British art to Old Masters in the mix
15 April 2019Flemish Old Masters and Modern works combined to boost takings at two spring sales held north and south in England.
Size matters for Albert Goodwin group
15 April 2019A significant collection of pictures by the Victorian watercolourist Albert Goodwin (1845-1932) was a near sell-out at auction in Suffolk and generated just under £120,000.
Myles Birket Foster continental scenes bring demand at English auctions
15 April 2019After abandoning his early career as a contributor to Punch and the Illustrated London News, Myles Birket Foster (1825-99) went on to establish his reputation as a painter of technically skilled and highly polished watercolours, depicting landscapes and rustic subjects from Scotland to the Mediterranean.
Five lots to watch at auction this week including an Egyptian scarab beetle and a singing bird box
08 April 2019With estimates from £250-30,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Grave concerns over Eric Gill
08 April 2019This headstone design of a female nude by the controversial sculptor Eric Gill (1882-1940) was deemed too risky to be realised when he designed it in 1933.
Two Bawden pier versions appear at auction a day apart
08 April 2019Two versions of Edward Bawden’s (1903-89) famous 'Brighton Pier' linocut came up at UK auctions within a day of each other.
Collection of art bought by county council sells in a white-glove auction held in Cambridge
08 April 2019Once enthusiastic buyers on the art market, today’s cash-strapped councils have taken on the role of vendor, pushed in an age of austerity to sell their collections and other assets to balance the books.
Five lots to watch at auction this week including a Fred Yates painting, an engraved pin head and a drawing by Japanese artist Hokusai
01 April 2019With estimates from £300-£15,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Painted photo creates a fresh princely portrait
01 April 2019This 19th century painted photograph of an Indian maharaja was the stand-out picture in Sworders’ (23% buyer’s premium) dispersal of the Chelsea home of the late Henry Wilson – a World of Interiors photographer who died in a bicycle accident in 2017.
