Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Shop talk – Gutlin Clocks
17 July 2017In our continuing series looking through the keyhole of ‘bricks and mortar’ shops, ATG talks to Mark Coxhead. He works at Gutlin Clocks, a 22-year-old father and son family business specialising in buying, selling and repairing antique clocks.
5 Questions: Charlotte Roper of Plaza Jewellery
17 July 2017Charlotte Roper – “strictly a champagne girl” – started Plaza Jewellery in the mid 1980s. She specialises in French and European jewellery with a particular focus on pieces from the 1940s-‘60s. Her upcoming fairs include the Cotswolds Decorative Fair.
Mayfair galleries team up with Royal Academy
17 July 2017Mayfair Art Weekend (which was held from June 30-July 2) may not be the time to make major sales but remains an opportunity to raise the profile of commercial galleries in the area.
Haughtons hold show and seminar
17 July 2017Two events organised by Brian and Anna Haughton featured among the busy programme of London events in June.
They said what?! The week (10-16 July) in quotes from the art and antiques world
16 July 2017In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week we look a standout sales and ancient art.
Could Brexit boost the UK art market? Programme announced for 2017 Art Business Conference
14 July 2017The programme for the fourth edition of the Art Business Conference, held in London, includes a session examining the opportunities Brexit could offer the British art industry.
Vivien Leigh’s copy of ‘Gone with the Wind’ comes up for auction at Sotheby’s
12 July 2017The identity of Vivien Leigh is inextricably linked with her role in the 1939 epic film Gone with the Wind where she played the wilful heroine Scarlett O’Hara.
New appointment to help Phillips develop the ‘strongest contemporary department in the business’
11 July 2017Jean-Paul Engelen of Phillips has been appointed deputy chairman, Americas.
Antiques for Everyone tests market atmosphere to see what’s hot and what’s not
10 July 2017The Antiques for Everyone fair is dubbed by the organiser as “a barometer for what’s in vogue with collectors, interior decorators and furnishers”. So what are dealers to do when pressure for their offerings slackens?
The gadget man lends rarities for Birmingham display
10 July 2017From the moustache spoon and the nose-shaping device to the washing machine, the period following The Great Exhibition of 1851 was a time of prolific invention in the UK.
Evolution of a book business
10 July 2017Charles Darwin’s great-great-grandson has opened an antiquarian bookshop in the headquarters of an online used books business.
Art appointment in Paris
10 July 2017Fleur Callegari has joined the team of Les Enluminures as art director. She will be based in the Paris gallery of this firm which specialises in medieval and Renaissance manuscripts, miniatures and jewellery (the gallery has other bases in Chicago and New York).
5 Questions: Paul Kembery of Kembery Antique Clocks
10 July 2017Paul Kembery of Kembery Antique Clocks in the West Country is a regular exhibitor at Antiques for Everyone and will stand at the upcoming edition.
Birds and the boys are the facts of life in Edinburgh
10 July 2017The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh’s next pair of exhibitions from July 21-August 28 features works of the birds and the boys.
Two appointments to Fine Art Society's board of directors
10 July 2017Rowena Morgan-Cox and Sara Terzi have been appointed to the board of directors of The Fine Art Society (London and Edinburgh).
Contemporary art complements range of Cotswolds furniture
10 July 2017Original House, a Cotswolds dealership that specialises in industrial furniture, antique painted French furniture and unique interior objects, has branched out into contemporary art.
They said what?! The week (3-9 June) in quotes from the art and antiques world
09 July 2017In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week it's centres closing, action for elephants and cryptocurrencies.
Stolen Chinese jades make 10 times their estimates years later
08 July 2017Four Chinese jade vessels have sold for 10 times their estimate after being stolen more than 12 years ago.
Pirate-hunter manuscript offered in selection of Venetian documents at Christie’s
07 July 2017It was known as the Most Serene Republic of Venice but life in the Italian city state could be turbulent. The maritime republic spanned the 8th to 18th centuries though opportunities to amass power and wealth were challenged by outside threats, particularly from the Ottoman Empire. Among a group of documents on offer at Christie’s is one which recalls the city’s naval endeavours - a commission for the pirate-hunter Benedetto Pesaro.
WATCH: Dealer Robert Young speaks about 'record-breaking' Masterpiece fair
06 July 2017The eighth annual Masterpiece London concluded yesterday after two previews and a seven-day run.