Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Wide world of the Welsh art market
05 April 2017Two exhibitions mark the 25th anniversary of Welsh art specialist Martin Tinney Gallery.
BADA fair edges into a new era
05 April 2017This year’s event was another step on the organisation’s road to modernisation
Museum purchase
05 April 2017This William and Mary walnut marquetry cabinet, right, was recently bought by an international museum for a mid six- figure sum.
Trade alert: watch out for cyber crime
05 April 2017Firms urged to be aware of risk after string of email invoice frauds
Late Turner masterpiece to appear on the market for the first time in 50 years at Sotheby’s London auction
04 April 2017A large, late masterpiece by JMW Turner (1775-1851), one of few such works still in private hands, appears at Sotheby’s this July with an estimate of £15-25m.
ILAB calls for entries to prestigious bibliography prize
03 April 2017The International League of Antiquarian Booksellers (ILAB) has put out a call for entrants to the 2018 ILAB Breslauer Prize for Bibliography.
Rare “Invisible Man” vintage film poster soars to $274,850 at Heritage Auctions
03 April 2017A poster for the classic film The Invisible Man soared to four times its low estimate at a recent Heritage Auctions sale in Dallas.
Christopher Lee’s collection of pens to be auctioned at Dreweatts & Bloomsbury
03 April 2017A consignment of 16 pens from the collection of Christopher Lee, the distinguished British actor who played Dracula in nine films, is to go under the hammer at Dreweatts and Bloomsbury.
‘Amazingly positive’ after six-figure sale at BADA fair
01 April 2017An imposing sight on the stand of London furniture dealer Godson & Coles, this early 18th century japanned bureau cabinet sold for a six-figure sum at the BADA 2017 fair.
Antiques for Everyone – and that includes the interior decorators
01 April 2017First Birmingham NEC fair of 2017 courts the interior design trade with welcome BIID tie-up
Evolution of the spring Battersea Decorative fair
01 April 2017The next Decorative Antiques & Textiles Fair runs from April 4-9 in London’s Battersea Park. The second of three fairs to take place in the Battersea Evolution Marquee, it follows a successful January edition.
‘The good old days’ at Chelsea
01 April 2017This unusual Staffordshire figure of Billy Walters, c.1820, by Enoch Wood was among the pieces sold at the recent Chelsea Antiques, Art & Design Fair (March 15-19).
5 Questions
01 April 2017West Sussex dealer Joe Chaffer started Vagabond Antiques & Décor in October 2015.
A modern look at traditional India
01 April 2017Crane Kalman’s upcoming exhibition Jethro Buck – Axis Mundi features recent work by a contemporary artist interested in Indian miniature painting.
Sculpture in the Sixties
01 April 2017Among the pieces available at Pangolin London’s ongoing exhibition Sculpture in the Sixties is Tower, a painted fibreglass and aluminium work by Nigel Hall (b.1943).
Exhibitors call for change at TEFAF flagship
01 April 2017Established dealers are calling for a “shake up” at the venerable TEFAF Maastricht in the wake of its 30th showing last month. Proposals include moving the fair to Amsterdam, making it shorter and including fewer exhibitors.
New and familiar faces for Masterpiece
01 April 2017Masterpiece London has revealed the list of 149 dealers to stand at its eighth annual fair taking place this summer, a similar number to 2016.
Victorian printmakers Charles and George Hunt celebrated with the launch of first full-length book on the artists
31 March 2017A new book on two prolific Victorian printmakers launched last night.
Massive Duke of York centrepiece leads Christie’s Robert de Balkany auction with sale to Koopman
28 March 2017A large, striking George IV silver-gilt centrepiece led Christie’s sale of the Robert de Balkany collection after it was hammered down to London silver dealer Koopman Rare Art.