Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
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Serious story from the Scilly season
13 August 2018From 1936-45, St Ives artist John Wells (1907-2000) embarked on a series of labour-intensive creations while working as a GP on the Isles of Scilly.
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Fairies emerge at auction out of dealer’s estate
13 August 2018A sale of books, maps and ephemera at Bellmans (22% buyer’s premium) included more than £17,000 worth of 19th and 20th century watercolours and drawings from the stock of a dealer.
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Madonna viewed across centuries
13 August 2018Two depictions of the Madonna painted some 400 years apart were among the highlights of a dedicated sale of pictures at Dreweatts (24% buyer’s premium) in Donnington Priory in Berkshire.
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Priestman river flows to new high
13 August 2018Tennants (20% buyer’s premium) of Leyburn claimed a new auction record for Bertram Priestman (1868-1951) when it sold a painting of an extensive river landscape by the local artist.
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Indian stunners as folk art thrills in Cirencester
13 August 2018Cirencester saleroom Moore Allen & Innocent (20% buyer’s premium) enjoyed a taste of India’s fast-growing art market when three pictures by the Indian folk artist Jamini Roy (1887-1972) were scooped up for a total of £24,500.
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Saleroom selection: Three modestly valued works in regional sales including oil by Wigan-born Impressionist
13 August 2018A trio of works in regional auctions which sold under £800.
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Sketchbook seals bidder interest
06 August 2018Demand for Scottish artist with a ‘distinctive personality’ drives a good auction result in Somerset.
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Artists brush up on their military skills
06 August 2018A very suitable buyer emerged for an 19th century picture of The Artists Rifles by John Evan Hodgson (1831-95) offered in Exeter.
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Search for promised land in Wales
06 August 2018This small 7 x 91/2in (18 x 24cm) oil on panel Biblical scene by the Victorian artist William Edward Frost (1810-77), below, doubled its top guide at Peter Francis (20% buyer’s premium) of Carmarthen on July 11.