Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Cartoonist auction price shows Max effect
24 July 2017This work above by the popular cartoonist Max Beerbohm (1872-1956) was a highlight of Mallams’ library sale on June 21.
Chocks away for Biggles author watercolours in Essex auction
24 July 2017A scarce collection of watercolours by Biggles creator WE Johns (1893-1968) sold beyond expectations in Sworders’ (22% buyer’s premium) June 27 sale in Stansted Mountfitchet.
Previews: Up to £500
24 July 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £501 - £2000
24 July 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £2001 - £5000
24 July 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £5001 - £30,000
24 July 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £30,000 plus
24 July 2017Possibly made for a member of the French monarchy, this post-medieval gold ring combines the heraldic fleur-de-lis motif with blue kite-shaped sapphires.
Feline good in a Scottish saleroom
24 July 2017August is traditionally the month when most of the auction world takes a breather. But in Scotland, where well-heeled holiday-makers tread, there is no let-up.
New life breathed into Old Masters
17 July 2017Written off by some as a dying area, the latest Old Master series in London defied the naysayers with encouraging results during its traditional ‘grand finale’ slot at the end of the London sales season.
Previews: Up to £500
17 July 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Larkin's Pope portrait condition impresses
17 July 2017An impeccably preserved portrait of Thomas Pope, later 3rd Earl of Downe, by William Larkin (1580-1619), led Bonhams’ (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) Old Master Paintings sale on July 5.
Previews: £501 - £2000
17 July 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Canaletto creates a Venetian crowning glory
17 July 2017A record-breaking Canaletto (1697-1768) drawing was the toast of the capital’s Old Masters drawings sales.
Previews: £2001 - £5000
17 July 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £5001 - £30,000
17 July 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £30,000 plus
17 July 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Artist who is now ruffling feathers
17 July 2017“If I was a dealer, I’d buy the whole lot and put on a show. He’s a sort of great ‘undiscovered’ artist.” Mimi Lay of the Penzance auction house David Lay is referring to a consignment of graphic art by the 20th century painter and lithographer Richard Platt (b.1928).
Nevinson winter scene passes market test for his post-war works
10 July 2017“It is something, at the age of 31, to be among the most discussed, most successful, most promising, most admired and most hated British artists.” So wrote the critic Charles Lewis Hind about the war artist CRW Nevinson (1889-1946) in 1920.
Previews: Up to £500
10 July 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £501 - £2000
10 July 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.