Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Henry Lamb portrait tops sale while German bronzes perform strongly
27 May 2019A portrait by Henry Lamb (1883-1960) making its first appearance at auction fetched a sale-topping £18,000 at Cambridge auction house Cheffins (22.5% buyer’s premium) on May 9.
Affordable art: Three works sold for under £800 including Rowland Hill Irish landscape
27 May 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales below £800, including an oil on canvas by Rowland Hill of a Donegal bay.
Previews: £30,000 plus
27 May 2019The Watch Sale at Fellows in Birmingham on June 18 includes arare Rolex Oyster Cosmograph Daytona chronograph with ‘reverse panda’ white on black dial.
The elusive earlier John Frederick Lewis
27 May 2019While the 19th century English painter John Frederick Lewis (1805-76) is chiefly remembered for his major Orientalist creations – several of which have sold for more than £1m at auction – much less is known about his early career.
Five lots to watch at auction this week including Arts & Crafts furniture, a pendulum clock and Teddy from Andy Pandy
20 May 2019With estimates from £1000-20,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Family collection based on imports for fertiliser produces a healthy farmhouse dispersal
20 May 2019Inherited Dutch Old Masters offered alongside recently acquired modern works by artists such as Walter Sickert, Edward Seago and Gerald Kelly proved a winning formula at Dreweatts’ (25% buyer’s premium) country house dispersal held on May 1 at Donnington Priory.
Eyewitness view captures last action of the Indian Mutiny
20 May 2019Painted by Lt Gen Henry Hope Crealock (1831-91), this 6ft 8in (2m) wide pen and ink drawing is an eyewitness account of The Action of Bareilly – the battle of the last stronghold of Indian independence in 1858.
Ganymed prints boost Lowry value
20 May 2019When it comes to buying limited-edition prints by LS Lowry (1887-1976), those produced by one publisher in particular stand out above the rest for collectors.
‘Cornish Wonder’ work sells at £12,000
20 May 2019A portrait by John Opie (1761-1807) led nearly two dozen family portraits from the historic Penrose Estate in Porthleven, Cornwall, at local Penzance saleroom David Lay (18% buyer’s premium) on May 2.
Andy Pandy’s friend Teddy is set to perform at auction in Kent
16 May 2019People of a certain age will be filled with nostalgia when they see this teddy bear coming to auction at C&T in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
Five lots to watch at auction this week including a Lichenstein panel for Brigitte Bardot, a Suffragette medal and musical table clock
13 May 2019With estimates from £100-$1m, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Roman sports mask with shades of Quietus comes to TimeLine Auctions
13 May 2019This finely preserved Roman sports mask of a youthful African prince may depict Lusius Quietus (98- 117AD), one of Rome’s great cavalry commanders.
Family portraits in Irish auction include one of a would-be aviation trailblazer Godwin Swifte
13 May 2019Godwin Swifte, who styled himself as Lord Carlingford, was a member of one of Ireland’s notable families and a maverick of early flight.
Sidney Nolan work found in a cupboard
13 May 2019A monogram and faint signature to a botanical study sold at Derbyshire saleroom Hansons (20% buyer’s premium) revealed it to be the work of celebrated Australian artist Sidney Nolan (1917-92).