Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
Bath fair toast to 30 years
11 March 2019Exhibitors at Bath Decorative Antiques Fair toasted 30 years as the event opened last week.
Table with a naughty side
11 March 2019A jumble of names scratched into a piece of oak by naughty children (or possibly adults) has been discovered on the underside of an antique table in the latest exhibition at WR Harvey in Witney.
The web shop window - Twentieth Century Posters
11 March 2019Thousands of items are available to buy from dealers online. Here we pick out one that caught our eye this week.
They said what!? The week in quotes from the art and antiques market including a toy auction dubbed “a little ‘loco’”
10 March 2019Reflections on the global art market, auctioneers in retirement and toy sales all feature in our weekly roundup of quotes from around the art and antiques trade.
Ninety-two first edition Beatrix Potter books go up for auction at Ewbank’s
08 March 2019Ninety-two first edition copies of Beatrix Potter’s 1907 ‘The Tale of the Faithful Dove’ go under the hammer in Surrey this month.
World Book Day focus: Five classic and collectable rare books going under the hammer this month
07 March 2019Today marks World Book Day, and while the occasion is aimed at young people, it could also be a chance for rare book collectors to take stock of their libraries and investigate some top lots in store at future auctions.
Journeys of discovery: Highlights from the stands of 11 dealers at TEFAF 2019
04 March 2019An intriguing find by a dealer new to TEFAF Maastricht leads a look at some of the highlights on offer at the huge event.
Ringing the changes: Interview with TEFAF CEO Patrick van Maris
04 March 2019A surge of fresh faces in the Modern section, a shift in the global vetting policy and stronger links with the host city are among the recent shake-ups at TEFAF Maastricht, as CEO Patrick van Maris tells ATG.
Mayfair gallery hosts first solo Mulas exhibition
04 March 2019This 1962 photograph of artist Lucio Fontana, below, is included in the UK’s first solo show of works by Ugo Mulas (1928-73).
BADA fair aims at exceptional quality
04 March 2019Annual BADA event includes copy of Reni work commissioned by the pope or a cardinal.
5 Questions: Karen Taylor
04 March 2019Art dealer Karen Taylor is among the exhibitors at this month’s BADA 2019 (March 20-26).
Woolf work in women’s show
04 March 2019A first-edition presentation copy of Jacob’s Room (1922) by Virginia Woolf bearing an inscription to her sister Vanessa Bell is on offer for £85,000 at Peter Harrington’s exhibition In Her Own Words: Works by Exceptional Women.
Connect fair organisation praised as shipshape
04 March 2019William Wyllie’s 1917 watercolour HMS New Zealand – The Sixteen Point Turn at Jutland was among the stand-out sales at the inaugural Connect Art Fair where it was offered for a price in the region of £20,000.
Pop-up shop ready to open in Kensington
04 March 2019Hill House Antiques & Decorative Arts has launched a pop-up shop in Kensington Church Street.
Miniatures in the mainstream as London show coincides with major exhibition
25 February 2019A dealer's one-day London show comes hot on the heels of major exhibitions that are drumming up interest in miniatures.
Philip Mould holds miniature exhibition in London gallery
25 February 2019Dealer Philip Mould stages 'Jewel in the Hand: Early Portrait Miniatures from Noble and Private Collections' at its Pall Mall gallery from March 12-April 18.
5 Questions: Rob Shaw
25 February 2019Chichester dealer Rob Shaw is a regular stallholder in the George Stephenson building at IACF Newark. He is a general dealer in antiques but specialises in Chinese works of art.
5 Questions: dealer Sarah Delves
25 February 2019Sarah Delves of Bags of Glamour is an exhibitor at the next Art & Antiques for Everyone fair (April 4-7).
Show under starter’s orders at Michael Hoppen Gallery
25 February 2019An untitled photograph of a horse race is among the wide selection of photographs on offer from Michael Hoppen Gallery’s exhibition Simply the Best featuring works of 20th century sports photographer Gerry Cranham (b.1928).
Relic ready to give a dealer lift at Scone Palace fair
25 February 2019A rare Georgian invalid’s ‘chair lift’ is one of the highlights at the Scone Palace Antiques & Fine Art Fair.