Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner

Fabergé egg

Previews: £5001 - £30,000

04 September 2017

ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.

Peasant girl

Previews: £30,000 plus

04 September 2017

ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.

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Ship pictures sold at Reeman Dansie paint a sad story

04 September 2017

Views created by vessel’s captain envisaged a kinder end to its career than a tragic collision...

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Frost is hot in a volatile climate

28 August 2017

A raft of contemporary and post-war art featured in the busy August schedule in Scotland. Such art remains a picky and tempestuous market north of the border. The latest results were scattered with a mix of bullish and more subdued results.

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Watercolour master Cotman displays his drawing talents

28 August 2017

Fine examples of John Sell Cotman’s (1782-1842) draftsmanship appeared at separate auctions in the south of England.

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Previews: Up to £500

28 August 2017

ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.

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Previews: £501 - £2000

28 August 2017

ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.

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Meet the Firmstones

28 August 2017

The Grade II-listed Wordsley Manor has an unusual aspect – it lies in the middle of a sprawling 20th century housing estate.

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Previews: £2001 - £5000

28 August 2017

ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.

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Previews: £5001 - £30,000

28 August 2017

ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.

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Previews: £30,000 plus

28 August 2017

It was the 18th century Dutch silversmith John Schuppe who first popularised the silver cow creamer in Britain in the 1750s. Over the following centuries his design captured the imagination of the upper classes, who commissioned these novelty jugs in droves.

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Previews: £5001 - £30,000

21 August 2017

ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.

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Previews: £30,000 plus

21 August 2017

ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.

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Sir Peter Lely link to nude painting tempts Exeter bidders

21 August 2017

A large oil painting offered at auction for first time depicts notorious figure from Charles II’s court and sells for five times top estimate.

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Nelson oil with Samuel Drummond connection fires interest at Lawrences of Crewkerne

21 August 2017

A 19th century painting depicting the death of Horatio Nelson soared to £21,500 at Lawrences (22% buyer’s premium) of Crewkerne on July 14.

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Naive livestock paintings brighten the gloom around traditional 19th century art

21 August 2017

Naïve-style paintings of livestock remain one of the liveliest sectors of the 19th century pictures market, judging by the response to several examples offered in Gloucestershire.

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Previews: Up to £500

21 August 2017

ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.

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Auction house of the rising sun

21 August 2017

The British Museum’s big summer exhibition on Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai is over, but more art from the Land of the Rising Sun is in the offing (also see International Events, ATG No 2305).

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Previews: £501 - £2000

21 August 2017

ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.

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Previews: £2001 - £5000

21 August 2017

ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.