Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner

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Previews: Up to £500

30 May 2017

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

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Shopping for furniture and works of art

30 May 2017

A selection of the furniture and works of art on offer from auction houses and dealers in London this summer.

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Previews: £501 - £2000

30 May 2017

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

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Shopping for fine art

30 May 2017

Fine art on offer in London this summer at auction houses and dealers.

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Previews: £2001 - £5000

30 May 2017

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

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Previews: £5001 - £30,000

30 May 2017

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

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Shopping for jewellery and silver

30 May 2017

Jewellery and silver items on offer in London this summer from auction houses and dealers.

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Previews: £30,000 plus

30 May 2017

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

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Council cuts bring art to market

30 May 2017

Seventy years ago, councils around the UK launched Pictures for Schools, a scheme to bring original works of art into the classroom.

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Polar explorer art discovery made in Chelsea

30 May 2017

Watercolours by the polar explorer Apsley Cherry-Garrard (1886-1959) were discovered among thousands of works from Stanley Studios in Chelsea.

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Welsh art shows maturity in the market

30 May 2017

“The good thing for Welsh art is the maturity of the tourist industry. It’s no longer, ‘if you want to go to Wales, you go to Butlin’s in Pwllheli’.” Ben Rogers Jones of Rogers Jones (20% buyer’s premium) puts much of the increased demand for Welsh art over the last 20 years down to that tourism trend.

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Previews: £501 - £2000

22 May 2017

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

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Beatles auction lots get better all the time

22 May 2017

It has been 50 years since the Beatles released their eighth studio album Sgt Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band to universal acclaim.

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Previews: £2001 - £5000

22 May 2017

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

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Previews: £5001 - £30,000

22 May 2017

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

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Previews: £30,000 plus

22 May 2017

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

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Monthly picture sales reap rewards

22 May 2017

“I think the secret to our success is that we now hold an art sale every four weeks.” A 90% sell-through rate from 400 lots was the latest bullish stat to come out of John Nicholson’s (24% buyer’s premium) monthly picture auctions, started this year by specialist Buffy Parker.

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Saville in the flesh at Edinburgh sale

22 May 2017

Jenny Saville’s (b.1970) contorted and grotesquely fleshy female nudes are hot property on the contemporary art market.

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Cubist inspiration is key to ever-popular northern art

22 May 2017

The Cubist-inspired oils of Manchester artist Geoffrey Key (b.1941) regularly feature at Peter Wilson (20% buyer’s premium) in nearby Nantwich.

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Shabby shock: mystery woman on damaged canvas makes £9500

22 May 2017

A rather shabby portrait of an unknown woman sparked a bidding battle at W&H Peacock (17.5% buyer’s premium) in Bedford on May 5.