Latest News Articles by Gabriel Berner
Manor contents up for sale at Duke’s in Dorset
09 October 2017West Hall, located on the outskirts of Long Burton a few miles south of Sherborne, is an imposing stone-built manor house. The ancient iron-studded front door still bears the axe marks made by Oliver Cromwell’s Roundheads in the English Civil War as they tried to beat down the door. They suspected Charles I may have been hiding inside.
Previews: £30,000 plus
09 October 2017A letter billed as one of the most important items of ephemera from the Titanic to be offered at auction will go under the hammer at Henry Aldridge & Son on October 21 in Devizes, Wiltshire.
Traditional values make welcome return to regions
02 October 2017“There really does seem to be life in the traditional market”. Woolley & Wallis’ (22% buyer’s premium) latest Old Masters, British & European Paintings sale in Salisbury left specialist Victor Fauvelle in a buoyant mood.
The Wolfe family at play in Wheatley’s Irish period
02 October 2017An Irish family portrait attributed to Francis Wheatley (1747-1801) led the picture section at Clevedon Salerooms (20% buyer’s premium) on September 14 in Bristol.
Previews: Up to £500
02 October 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
A Birmingham stalwart in Oxford
02 October 2017Mural painter, stained glass artist and landscapist, Henry Arthur Payne (1868-1940) had many talents.
The next generation of Asian art dealers
27 September 2017They have big, wise shoes to fill but Asian art gallery managers of a younger vintage are determined to make their mark, as ATG finds out...
Previews: £5001 - £30,000
25 September 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £30,000 plus
25 September 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Another Channel for Old Masters
25 September 2017Forget London. Decent Old Masters can be auctioned anywhere – so long as there is an internet connection.
Portraits of great and good send Carey Morris to record level
25 September 2017Paintings by one of Wales’ more obscure artistic talents sparked fervent bidding at Rogers Jones’ (20% buyer’s premium) Welsh Sale in Cardiff.
Smiles for Mabel Lucy Atwell’s 16 children
25 September 2017Mabel Lucy Atwell (1879-1964) began her formal artistic training at St Martin’s School of Art in London, but abandoned her courses to pursue a career that saw her produce those sentimentalised depictions of chubby, mostly cheery, rosy cheeked children.
Previews: Up to £500
25 September 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.