Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Orientalist collection back in saleroom for first time in three decades
04 March 2019Helped by conservatively pitched estimates, a clutch of middle-market Orientalist pictures achieved some modest growth in value on their first return to auction in three decades.
Burne-Jones drawing heads to four-times estimate
04 March 2019This study (below) was one of 10 drawings by Pre-Raphaelite painter Edward Coley Burne-Jones (1833-98) consigned by an unidentified charitable trust to Bonhams’ 19th Century European, Victorian and British Impressionist Art sale on February 20.
Affordable art: Three works priced under £800 in regional auctions including an 18th century portrait with an heraldic crest
04 March 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales below £800, including an 18th century oil on canvas
Five lots to watch at auction this week including a Gothic Revival clock and a George II mahogany table
25 February 2019With estimates from £100-50,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Affordable art: Three works priced under £1700 in regional auctions including a Francis Cyril Rose self-portrait
25 February 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales below £1700, including a a Francis Cyril Rose self-portrait.
Fiery laird and a more sedate Seago star in Surrey sale
25 February 2019Drawing interest from the US was a portrait of a fierce-looking Scottish laird by John Pettie (1839-93).
Henry Moore makes matters confusing
25 February 2019An original drawing by Henry Moore (1898-1986) – which the artist labelled as a lithograph – was among the top-sellers of European art at Skinner (23/20/12% buyer’s premium) in Boston.
Sheffield’s Steel at the cutting edge
25 February 2019The bullish Modern British art market fuelled the performance of three market-fresh paintings by George Hammond Steel (1900-60) which appeared at an Essex auction.
Extensive provenance gathers interest for a David Cox watercolour
25 February 2019A lengthy provenance was key to the success of a large watercolour by the 19th century artist David Cox (1783-1859).