Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
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.
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.
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.
Rooke on a roll in London sale
01 April 2019Burne-Jones’ studio assistant shows his own artistic skills in the Pre-Raphaelite genre.
‘Best example’ of artist David Fulton’s work
01 April 2019David Fulton (1848-1930) was a Glasgow painter who, like his contemporaries Gemmell Hutchison and William Marshall Brown, specialised in painting children in sentimental settings.
Scrappy album but quality watercolour views inside
01 April 2019Consigned from a deceased estate in Oxfordshire, a loosely bound album containing nearly 100 watercolours of marine and topographical views drew multiple bids at an Oxford saleroom.
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.
Affordable art: Three works priced under £1300 in regional auctions including one of over 50 Goodwin works at auction
01 April 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales under £1300, including an Albert Goodwin view of Whitby.
Five lots to watch at auction this week including a Lowestoft pug, an undiscovered melody by Elgar and Russian avant-garde art
25 March 2019With estimates from £150-15,000, here are five previews from upcoming sales this week.
Ancient market a ‘thriving niche’
25 March 2019It was during a period of intense industrialisation that the 19th century pastoral tradition in British print making flourished.
’Noble’ blind stamp fires bids for Old Master drawing
25 March 2019The Old Master section of Dominic Winter’s sale on March 7 yielded multi-estimate sums for two works that were linked to major names in Renaissance and marine art.
A portrait with bonus – the sitter’s waistcoat
25 March 2019Old portraits will typically long outlast the garments worn in them. Lot 135 in an auction held at Cheffins (22.5% buyer’s premium) in Cambridge on March 6 was one of those rare instances when both portrait and clothing had survived together.
Affordable art: Three works priced under £2000 in regional auctions including a mixed media and collage on card by John Maxwell
25 March 2019Three modestly valued works selling at regional sales under £2000, including a work by Scottish painter John Maxwell.