Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Marine works help Glos sales schedule to get under way
19 February 2018Private material sourced from old estates helped Gloucestershire saleroom Chorley’s (20% buyer’s premium) get the year off to a positive start.
Maori’s new photo finish
12 February 2018A 19th century painted print of a Maori took top honours at Heliers Auction (18% buyer’s premium) in Blackburn, Lancashire.
Get your claws into a canine collar
12 February 2018'Steal me not but let me jog; for I am Mrs Gwynn’s Dog.' For lovers of antique dog collars, collecting examples engraved with an amusing inscription such as this one, or a quirky owner’s name, is all part of the fun.
Collectors vote for female artists
12 February 2018As celebrations get under way to mark the centenary of women gaining the right to vote (or over-30s at least), the Modern British art market is showing a growing appetite for 20th century female artists.
The Leicester Square buzz and bustle captured in oil painting
12 February 2018A bustling scene of Leicester Square by genre painter Edward Prentis (1797-1854) took £6800 at David Lay (18% buyer’s premium) of Penzance.
Tribute to a gallant captain and his brave fire brigade
12 February 2018This painting of a fire in north London drew heated bidding when it went under the hammer at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (21% buyer’s premium).
Greengrass now a Grosvenor School star
05 February 2018Works on paper, not oil paintings, stole the show at Lawrences (22% buyer’s premium) of Crewkerne.
Hodgkin heads south London sale
05 February 2018Modern and contemporary British art racked up £195,000 at a Roseberys (23% buyer’s premium) sale, with 80% of the 252 lots sold.
Taxidermy is hot stuff in Shropshire
05 February 2018Henry Shaw (1812-87) is a well-known name in the world of antique taxidermy.
Saintly surprise in west London
05 February 2018This painting of a saint sold for a multi-estimate £5400 at London Auctions (22% buyer’s premium) in Chiswick.
The Tennants terriers in traditional country house style
05 February 2018Traditional ‘country house style’ pictures were in plentiful supply at a two-day sale at Tennants of Leyburn.
