Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Design decision made at Dawson’s
27 November 2017Maidenhead auction house Dawson’s is dipping a toe into the world of design with a dedicated sale on December 2.
Hammer comes down on Mallett stock
27 November 2017The last remnants of Mallett’s stock, including a clutch of 18th century pictures, were offered in a final sale in Berkshire on November 8.
Soviet artwork in London spotlight
20 November 2017Soviet art is in the spotlight this month as the London salerooms mark the anniversary year of the 1917 Russian Revolution with a series of trophy consignments to Russian Art Week.
Marine market shows buoyancy in London sale
20 November 2017For many years, marine art sales were used by the big auction houses to tap into the wealth of the world’s yachting and sailing community.
Sheep and snow flow away in favour of flood scene
20 November 2017A rather unconventional painting by the Victorian artist Joseph Farquharson (1846-1935) featured in Catherine Southon’s (18% buyer’s premium) sale in Surrey.
Artist Midge bites back at auction
20 November 2017Just a clutch of canvases by the Cornish artist Marjorie Frances ‘Midge’ Bruford (1902-58) have gone under the auctioneer’s gavel.
Dutch artist’s Indonesian work emerges in Taunton
20 November 2017A market-fresh drawing of a Balinese lady by the Dutch artist Willem Gerard Hofker (1902-81) soared to £8500 at Greenslade Taylor Hunt (19% buyer’s premium) in Taunton.
Wartime letters to ‘Queenie’ up at auction
13 November 2017Cirencester auction house Moore Allen & Innocent will offer a cache of uncensored letters written by a prominent First World War officer.
Keeping it Surreal in Dorset
13 November 2017A collection of market-fresh pictures with a distinctive Surrealist streak found favour with buyers at Charterhouse (21% buyer’s premium) in Dorset.
Early Brits Fitz the bill at 25 Blythe Road auction
13 November 2017Fitzroy Square to the north of central London was a key location in early 20th century British art. Virginia Woolf lived here for several years, a few doors down from Bloomsbury Group artist Duncan Grant, and James Abbott McNeill Whistler also had a studio.
An ice price in Yorkshire auction
13 November 2017British and Irish watercolours piqued the interest of bidders at Tennants’ (18.5% buyer’s premium) Country House sale in Leyburn on October 14.
Cecil Kennedy shows petal power
13 November 2017This archetypal still-life by Cecil Kennedy (1905-97) topped Halls’ (20% buyer’s premium) £300,000 auction on October 18.