Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
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.
Bust depicts a short-lived Roman emperor Didius Julianus
13 May 2019This over life-sized marble bust depicts Emperor Didius Julianus, who ruled the Roman empire for just a few short months in the year 193AD. His fleeting 66-day reign took place during the tumultuous period known as ‘The Year of the Five Emperors’ and came to a grisly end when he was murdered by a common soldier.
Mars intaglio makes a multi-estimate sum at Salisbury sale
13 May 2019This gold ring mounted with an oval intaglio of the Roman god Mars made a multi-estimate £9000 at a sale of jewellery at Salisbury saleroom Woolley & Wallis (25% buyer’s premium).
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.
Fragment from Roman period sarcophagus – an example of very early recycling
13 May 2019Although the antiquities market is more stringently regulated than ever before, the possibility of illicit material continues to cause concern for collectors of antiquities. This places a greater financial value on pieces with long watertight provenances.
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).
Gold 'pyxis' trinket box emerges at London auction
13 May 2019In the Classical world, the so-called pyxis – a small round box used for storing trinkets, ointments or cosmetics – was often made from wood and other materials, but rarely in gold.
Affordable art: Three works sold for under £1001 including an oil by Paul Gauguin's son
13 May 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales below £1001, including an oil by Paul Gauguin's son Pola.
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.
Antiquities: Single-owner collection of cameos and intaglios in New York proved the highlight of ‘Classic Week’
13 May 2019For antiquities aficionados, the pinnacle of Christie’s ‘Classic Week’ in New York was its single-owner offering of 40 exquisitely carved intaglios and cameos hailing from the ancient world.
Five lots to watch at auction this week including a Soviet propaganda poster, a 1916 Irish Proclamation and a landscape by Lowry’s tutor
06 May 2019With estimates from £30-150,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
William Ratcliffe lays out the case for his talents
06 May 2019An interior scene by one of the lesser-known members of the Camden Town Group shone in a Modern and Post War British Art sale at Chiswick Auctions (25/12% buyer’s premium) in west London on April 16.
