Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Triceratops skull installed at Harrods by London dealership David Aaron
13 February 2024David Aaron, the Mayfair antiquities specialist, is offering a major natural history specimen at Harrods.
Married artists brought together at last at New York show
12 February 2024US artists Ruth Lewin (1924-75) and Charles Seliger (1926-2009) have their first joint exhibition in New York this month.
Eye on an Object: a 17th century spice cabinet
12 February 2024Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Serpent study by De Morgan slithers into view
12 February 2024Among the images included in Emanuel von Baeyer’s latest catalogue is a study of a female nude by Evelyn De Morgan (1855-1919).
Write them on the beaches
05 February 2024Winston Churchill’s desk which he used to write his Second World War memoirs has been sold by Peter Harrington Rare Books at The Winter Show in New York (January 19-28).
Five questions with Kent Tschanz of Tschanz Rare Books
05 February 2024Kent Tschanz of Tschanz Rare Books in Salt Lake City, Utah, is among the exhibitors at the ABAA’s 56th California International Antiquarian Book Fair (February 9-11).
Dealers news in brief including a new home for the Eye of the Collector fair
05 February 2024Our roundup of dealer news includes a new date a time announced for the 'Eye of the Collector' fair
Buyers slow to commit but sales continue at Mayfair antiques event
05 February 2024A bronze heron by French sculptor Auguste Cain was among the sales made at 'The Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair', the first major London antiques fair of the year.
Two British firms added to TEFAF New York roster
03 February 2024TEFAF New York returns to the Park Avenue Armory in May with 90 exhibitors including nine newcomers.
Churchill's personal writing desk sold in New York
01 February 2024Winston Churchill’s desk which he used to write his Second World War memoirs has been sold by Peter Harrington Rare Books at The Winter Show in New York (January 19-28).
Shades of Scottish life at Fine Art Society show
29 January 2024Fine Art Society kicks off its in-person exhibition programme in Edinburgh with Fine Shadings: 250 Years of Painting in Scotland.
La Belle France art styles shine in Sussex
29 January 2024A portrait by Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) is the chief work in the exhibition La Belle France at Ottocento in Petworth.
First-time fair exhibitor makes a tasty sale at London Art Fair
29 January 2024The oil painting 'Four Pears' (1976) by British artist William Scott (1913-89) was one of the stand-out sales at London Art Fair.
Five questions with Jesse Rossa of Triolet Rare Books
29 January 2024Jesse Rossa of California firm Triolet Rare Books is one of the exhibitors at the California International Antiquarian Book Fair.
California fair reveals a 19th century version of AI
29 January 2024Catalogue of ‘mechanised thought’ counts as one of the stand-out items for sale at San Francisco event
Eye on an object: 1920s Egyptian sarcophagus charm
29 January 2024Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
London Art Week dates announced
27 January 2024This year’s programme includes a change for the organisation’s spring education week.
Early sales boost Belgium art fair BRAFA
26 January 2024Several dealers got off the mark in the early hours of BRAFA, which opened yesterday at Brussels Expo.
Eye on an object: Victorian stained glass window
22 January 2024Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Five questions with Joseph Sullivan of Textile Antiques
22 January 2024Joseph Sullivan of Textile Antiques is one of the exhibitors at the London Antiques Run & Textile Art Fair running this week (January 23-28) at Evolution London, Battersea.