Latest News Articles by Frances Allitt
A log from the ship that sailed with Admiral Nelson and more to find around the home counties next week
07 December 2018A rare 18th century log for a ship that once sailed alongside Admiral Nelson’s HMS Victory is among the wealth of art and antiques to find around home county auctions next week.
TEFAF New York Spring reveals exhibitor list for 2019
05 December 2018Tribal art specialist Donald Ellis Gallery is among the 12 new exhibitors attending this year’s TEFAF New York Spring.
Collectors tips from Serhat Ahmet: Meissen porcelain in the Art Nouveau and Art Deco periods
04 December 2018Tips on how to spot and understand Art Nouveau and Art Deco Meissen porcelain was the focus of a recent BADA Friends event with Serhat Ahmet, a second-generation dealer in fine European porcelain.
Pre-Raphaelite watercolour tops sales at Art & Antiques for Everyone fair in Birmingham
03 December 2018Among the works selling at the recent Art & Antiques for Everyone fair in Birmingham was a watercolour by John Roddam Spencer Stanhope (1829-1908).
A Pre-Raphaelite muse, a warrior’s shield, a panel from Napoleon’s clock and other highlights from London Art Week
03 December 2018London Art Week celebrates 5000 years of art history around the galleries of Mayfair and St James’s.
Sensuality and the nude explored in Rafael Valls exhibition
03 December 2018Nudity and sensuality are themes running through London gallery’s look at eroticism
5 Questions: Anna Wakerley
03 December 2018Anna Wakerley of Oriel Fine Art specialises in pre- and post-war Modern British painting.
Vibrant French ceramics at Whitford Fine Art
03 December 2018Jean Lurçat’s 'Sun Dancer', c.1955, is from a range of vibrant ceramics that the French artist produced during the 1950s, many of which are now on offer in Whitford Fine Art’s exhibition Poetry in Motion.
They said what?! The week (November 26-December 2) in quotes from the art and antiques market
02 December 2018Who talked about 4.5bn-year-old wonders this week? And who was enjoying the recent interest in Banksy prints? Read about that and more with our weekly round up of quotes from members of the art and antiques trade.
Inaugural Anthony Meyer Scholarship awarded for study of Oceanic skulls
01 December 2018The inaugural Anthony JP Meyer Scholarship, for supporting research on the Oceanic collections in museums in France and overseas communities, has been awarded to Sophie Jacqueline.
Soviet meteorite and US space suit go under the hammer
30 November 2018A superb Sikhote-Alin iron meteorite with an estimate of £25,000-30,000 is included in Duke’s sale A Taste of Luxury.
Five places to find art and antiques in Scotland next week including a pair of gold pencils and a fairground scene by a British violinist-turned-painter
30 November 2018Over the next week, dive into the Scottish art and antiques scene first-hand, or go online to snap up treasures such as a Highland light infantry shako.
Giant mammoth skeleton takes top spot at West Sussex auction
29 November 2018Mammoths may be long extinct, but one still set hearts racing in a recent sale at Summers Place Auctions.
What to see: Six offerings from auctioneers and dealers to look out for during Russian week
26 November 2018The annual series of Russian art sales kicks off in London this week.
Dedicated exhibition nurtures neoclassical understanding and reveals discoveries
26 November 2018Admirers of American neoclassical decorative arts have been treated to a wealth of exhibitions in recent years, and now even more is available to discover and acquire.
Andrew Singleton to offer portrait of Uncle Tom Cobley from Widecombe Fair song
26 November 2018A portrait of Thomas Cobley Gent of Buttsford, Colebrooke (d.1844), is believed to portray ‘Old Uncle Tom Cobley’, from the tradition song Widecombe Fair, as a young boy.
5 Questions: dealer John Bly
26 November 2018John Bly, who recently became a director of wheretosell.co.uk, is a dealer specialising in English furniture and silver from 1560-1910.
Fairy tales float into Oxford gallery
26 November 2018A deluxe issue of 'Peter Pan in Kensington Gardens' signed by celebrated illustrator Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) is one of the attractions at The North Wall Arts Centre’s exhibition 'Once Upon a Time'.
They said what?! The week (November 19-25) in quotes from the art and antiques market
25 November 2018This week members of the trade spoke about Charles Dickens as “a young blade” and, thanks to a collection of silver, “Christmas come early”. Read all our quotes of the week about the art and antiques market for the week that was.
Volume with cover illustration by Edward McKnight Kauffer attracts collector at ABA Rare Books fair and other sales from the November event
23 November 2018A collector of books illustrated by Edward McKnight Kauffer (1890-1954) inched nearer to a complete set at the ABA Chelsea Rare Book Fair.