Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Bruton antiques event put on hold as decorative fairs’ dates clash
12 February 2020The annual Bruton Decorative Antiques Fair is cancelled this year due to a dates clash.
Rugs and carpets move on up at latest staging of London fair
10 February 2020The latest staging of The London Antique Rug & Textile Art Fair was marked by strong sales of carpets and fewer big-ticket sales, according to organiser and exhibitor Aaron Nejad.
Bomberg buoyant at London Art Fair
10 February 2020Among several paintings by David Bomberg (1890-1957) that Beaux Arts London sold at London Art Fair (LAF) was an oil, 'Portrait of Dinora' (1952), offered for £70,000.
Thinking caps on for Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair
10 February 2020The Mayfair Antiques & Fine Art Fair is a destination for many dealers and collectors, but some exhibitors noticed a cautious approach from buyers at its most recent staging.
French celebration of the US at latest The Winter Show
10 February 2020Across the pond in New York, the trade kicked off the year with the major international fair The Winter Show.
Battersea fair provides a boost in dry January
10 February 2020January has become a month of abstinence but bountiful fairs provided a welcome break.
Well connected for a second time: Connect fair wraps up strong sales
10 February 2020'Connect: London’s Independent Art Fair' wrapped up its second edition earlier this month, staking its place in the calendar of early fairs around the capital with rising sales and evolving strategies for organisation and selling.
Daum takes a woodland stroll
10 February 2020Solo Antiques offers a selection of French Daum landscape cameo glass pieces at Stonyhurst College Antiques & Fine Art Fair this month.
The web shop window: tortoiseshell creamware puzzle jug
10 February 2020Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
Chinese dressing table joins early sales at Chester decorative and antiques fair
07 February 2020Susannah Midwinter of Midwinter Antiques was among the exhibitors opening for business at The Chester Decorative Antiques & Art Fair this morning.
International Autograph Auctions in liquidation
03 February 2020International Autograph Auctions Ltd has ceased trading and is being placed in voluntary liquidation.
Super-realist paintings on show in Cecil Court
03 February 2020This acrylic on canvas, 8 Duncan Terrace (1977), by artist Graham Dean is on offer at Darnley Fine Art.
5 Questions: book dealer Dr Jörn Günther
03 February 2020Rare book dealer Dr Jörn Günther of Switzerland specialises in manuscripts, miniatures, and rare early printed books from the Middle Ages and the Renaissance.
Views of a vanishing world: Supply of mountain paintings begins to melt
03 February 2020Nineteen years after launching the annual 'Peaks and Glaciers' exhibition, dealer William Mitchell reflects that as the snow on the peaks themselves has contracted, so too has the supply of topographical Alpine scenes.
US mayor's Patek Philippe watch on offer at Chester fair
03 February 2020Time is of the essence in the story of Speed Menefee (1879-1968), the shortest-serving city mayor in US history – and original owner of a pocket watch offered at the Chester Decorative Antiques & Art Fair.
The web shop window: netsuke from 1830 surfaces in time for the year of the rat
03 February 2020Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
SOAS students awarded inaugural BADA Friends prize
29 January 2020Corrina Ellis and Chih-En Chen, students from London School of Oriental & African Studies (SOAS), have been awarded the inaugural BADA Friends Brian Morgan Prize.
Textiles come to the fore with London Art Fair sales and new exhibition
28 January 2020Long considered outside the mainstream of art history, textiles have had a boost in London this month.
Exhibition at London gallery showcases the free spirit of artist André Derain
27 January 2020Exhibition showcases the compromising but also capricious artist André Derain
The web shop window: Viktoria Gorynska self portrait
27 January 2020Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.