Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Right time and place for Lowry
08 April 2024A strong provenance is always desirable on the secondary market, but it is essential when it comes to selling works by LS Lowry (1887-1976) - arguably Britain’s most faked artist.
How Gwen John sought creature comfort
08 April 2024Watercolour of a sleeping feline – possibly her favourite cat – takes £19,000 in Cambridge saleroom
Lost poignant wartime painting by Matania lives on in the form of a copy
15 January 2024A copy of a lost painting that has been described as one of the most haunting and poignant depictions of Irish involvement in the First World War attracted a flurry of bids at Clevedon Salerooms (22% buyer’s premium) in Bristol.
How George Romney was riled by prison hardship
15 January 2024Some of the artist’s most modern and dramatic works were derived from his social concerns
Intriguing picture of Second World War female ambulance volunteers emerges
15 January 2024The helmets and uniforms depicted in this oil study are clues to its strong performance at Cirencester saleroom Moore Allen & Innocent (21% buyer’s premium) on December 6.
5 Questions: Burlington Arcade watch dealer Daniel Somlo
18 December 2023Daniel Somlo is a watch dealer at Somlo London in Burlington Arcade and a qualified Omega watchmaker.
The web shop window: Vintage ski posters for Swiss resort Arosa
18 December 2023Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
First big fair of new year takes place in ballroom and foyer of five-star Mayfair hotel
18 December 2023The first significant fair of 2024 kicks off at The London Marriott Hotel Grosvenor Square with an array of art and antiques to brighten those dark January days.
Lynch appointed chairman of Asia Week New York
18 September 2023London dealer Brendan Lynch has been named the new chairman of Asia Week New York.
Battersea Decorative fair runs with a new tribal twist
18 September 2023The Decorative Fair returns from October 3-8 for its third and final staging of the year.
Samuel Alcock & Co reassessed
18 September 2023Huge collection shines light on the once common Staffs porcelain that nonetheless is often misidentified
5 Questions with Daniel Smith and Marine Edith Crosta
18 September 2023Marine Edith Crosta and Daniel Smith of Crosta Smith Gallery are among the exhibitors at the upcoming LAPADA Berkeley Square Fair (September 27-October1).
The web shop window: Regency writing table
18 September 2023Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Antiquities: importance of the history behind the history
26 June 2023Long records of ownership have become one of the crucial factors to get a good result in this market
Chicago sale lit up by cameos and intaglios
26 June 2023Combining scholarly, decorative and evocative appeal, cameos and intaglios are a highly collectable area of the antiquities market.
How Vellacott made a clean start
19 June 2023Fabrics, costumes and theatre set designer turned to painting when her work was destroyed by a bomb
Works offered from key figure in the Christie’s story
19 June 2023More than 70 lots of paintings, works on paper and antiques assembled by the well-known auctioneer and collector Paul Whitfield (1942- 2018) went under the hammer at Mallams (25% buyer’s premium) in Oxford on May 17.
Highest Mayer auction sum since 1989
19 June 2023Enthusiastic bidding emerged for two paintings included in an Old Masters sale at Chiswick Auctions (25/12% buyer’s premium).
Venetian veduta with a whiff of Bison
19 June 2023This classic example of Venetian vedute was taken to a multi-estimate £34,000 at Gardiner Houlgate (22% buyer’s premium) in Corsham.
Take a peak at Buxton
08 May 2023The picturesque spa town of Buxton in the Peak District will once again host its long-running annual fair.