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Lucie Rie - doyenne of the British studio pottery scene - continues to lead at auction
15 September 2017Demand for Lucie Rie’s studio pottery is on a roll. The latest example in the saleroom came at Sotheby’s Made in Britain auction on September 13 when this yellow and bronze glazed bowl from the 1980s sold for £100,000 (plus premium).
Flea market planned for Marylebone to coincide with ‘London Design Festival’
15 September 2017More than 80 art and antique dealers are preparing for a new market event later this month in Marylebone.
West London antiques cheat pleads guilty to attempts to defraud auction houses
13 September 2017A Poundland notebook helped convict a fraudster attempting to sell fake antiques through auction houses in London and Essex.
Sotheby’s to auction Hampstead collection bought with “an insider’s knowledge and good taste”
11 September 2017‘Property from a Hampstead Collection’ is how auctioneers Sotheby’s are billing a large consignment of works from a ‘beautiful house’ in the leafy north London suburb.
Christie’s sale brings home the Bacon
11 September 2017A rediscovered Francis Bacon is to be offered at Christie’s next month with a £7m-10m estimate.
Jewellery highlights of upcoming fairs
11 September 2017The first major fairs of the new season are only just around the corner. The LAPADA Art & Antiques Fair at Berkeley Square is always strong on antique jewellery, this year (September 15-20) attracting more than a dozen specialist dealers from both London and overseas.
How Grima set Jermyn Street swinging in the Sixties
11 September 2017Something shocking happened on Jermyn Street in 1966. Among the more conservative of London shopping districts – the place for a badger-hair shaving brush or a decent pair of sheepskin slippers – at a stroke it became cool. The charismatic Italian émigré Andrew Grima (1921-2007) had opened a jewellery emporium.
Mayfair set for Modern British sculpture display and French painter’s first solo UK show
11 September 2017Two Mayfair exhibitions starting this month feature modern art, one focusing on British sculpture, the other on French painting.
Numismatists descend on London for the annual Coinex fair
11 September 2017Coin enthusiasts have plenty to think about as they arrive in London for the annual Coinex fair.
Urban Art Fair in Brixton – "a gold mine of creativity"
11 September 2017Tim Sutton organises the successful annual two-day Urban Art Fair in Brixton in July, where this year around 15,400 visitors spent nearly £15,000 buying works from 200 artists. Art was strung out along the railings and on stalls in Josephine Avenue.
Cromwell Place hub in discussions with top museums
11 September 2017The new art hub at Cromwell Place plans to host exhibitions by international museums, release specially developed technology for art-world professionals and provide flexible working spaces and art storage, it was revealed last week.
Fair fires the imagination
11 September 2017Launched in March in the characterful setting of the former fire engine workshops of the London Fire Brigade, the monthly Vintage Vauxhall Market is building dealer numbers and public interest.
10 highlights from Sotheby’s upcoming auction of the Yeats collection
07 September 2017A collection of paintings, drawings, sketch books, furniture, letters and previously unseen archive material relating to arguably Ireland’s most important artistic family will be offered at Sotheby’s in London on September 27. Here ATG picks out 10 lots from the Yeats family collection…
Tapestry gallery S Franses appeals to Supreme Court to stay in London home
05 September 2017Antique textile and tapestry specialist S Franses is taking its fight to stay in its St James’s gallery to the UK Supreme Court.
Christie’s brings home the Bacon with auction of rediscovered painting
05 September 2017A rediscovered Francis Bacon is to be offered at Christie’s next month with a £7m-10m estimate.
BBC’s ‘Fake or Fortune?’ team discover lost work by Australian artist Tom Roberts
04 September 2017An early painting by UK-born Australian artist Thomas William Roberts (1856-1931), was authenticated on the BBC’s ‘Fake or Fortune?’ after being lost for more than 130 years.
Previews: £30,000 plus
04 September 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Quite a life: polar explorer, air pioneer and wartime pilot
04 September 2017Tryggve Gran (1888-1980) – polar explorer and First World War aviator – was a man whose achievements and adventurous life were recognised in two lots offered by Christie’s (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) on July 12.
Max doctors a souvenir book
04 September 2017A lavishly produced 'Souvenir...' book published in 1899 to benefit a Charing Cross Hospital bazaar held at the Royal Albert Hall included contributions from distinguished writers, painters and composers, along with their photographic portraits.
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