Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
ART MARKET: Political historian Peter Mangold's home became a Mod Brit treasure trove
02 January 2018Art assembled by Peter Mangold, the late political historian, led a strong line-up of Modern British pictures at Woolley & Wallis (25% buyer’s premium) in Salisbury.
Great Bardfield proves fertile ground for local saleroom in Essex
02 January 2018The so-called ‘Great Bardfield Artists’, named after the Essex village where a community of painters and designers lived from the 1930s onwards, has become fertile ground for local auction house Sworders (22% buyer’s premium).
Sculpture makes its Mod Brit mark at Oxford auction
02 January 2018“Modern British sculpture is making extremely good money at the moment – it is a market moving as quickly, if not slightly quicker, than paintings.” So said Philip Smith, department head of Mallams (20% buyer’s premium).
Picture captures the lonely feel of Lowry art
02 January 2018A market-fresh figure study by Mod Brit giant LS Lowry (1887-1976), pictured below, topped the sale at Woolley & Wallis.
Suffolk railwayana steams into sale
18 December 2017More than 400 lots of railwayana, assembled from the 1950s onwards by a single collector, will be offered at Norfolk auction house TW Gaze on January 5.
Chiswick Auctions relives Beltrame theme
11 December 2017The theme of death was of particular interest to the Italian industrialist Giancarlo Beltrame (1925-2011).
Previews: £30,000 plus
11 December 2017Sporting and ornithological art collected over half a century by the Astor family will be offered in a single-owner sale during Christie’s ‘Classic Week’.
Stanley Spencer shines in Modern British art auctions
11 December 2017Modern British art by blue-chip names drove demand during the week-long series of November sales in London.
Previews for auctions in Lyon, Paris and Nice
04 December 2017A mammoth skeleton, carved zitan brushpot and gold watch made in London are among the varied lots on offer in upcoming French sales.