Art at auction
Agent Louisa covers art in exhibition and galleries – this is the art sold at auction that Agent Pete writes about.
Hammers fall on antique vases at smashing prices
The determination of Chinese art collectors to reclaim their heritage led to an incredible sale price being achieved at a Cotswolds antiques auction last week. A 19th century blue and white hexagonal vase, standing at a metre tall, which carried … Continue reading
Russians want antiques Back in the USSR
The Russians are coming – and they want their antiques Back in the USSR. That’s the message from auctioneers Moore Allen & Innocent who are expecting significant interest from Russian collectors when antiques from the motherland go under the hammer … Continue reading
Rare rhino horn artefacts go under hammer
RARE antiques made from precious rhino horn are expected to be the star lot at an auction of sporting ephemera in the Cotswolds next week. The rhino horn ashtray and lighter are expected to achieve between £5,000 and £8,000 when … Continue reading
Children’s book illustrator scoops award
The adventures of a hare, a turtle and a duck have won a professional illustrator an accolade from international book publisher PanMacmillan. Gone Fishing, by Chantal Bourgonje, has been Highly Commended by the judges in the Macmillan Prize for Children’s … Continue reading
Chance to snap up a Damien Hirst shark
As brush-offs go, a visit to an artist’s studio led to a stroke of luck for a budding artist. A hastily-scribbled, signed sketch by one of the world’s most prolific and successful artists is expected to sell for between £3,000 … Continue reading
Diamond Dust Marilyn among charity auction lots
Limited edition pieces by some of the biggest names in contemporary art will go under the hammer in the Cotswolds for charity next month. Prints, photographs and original paintings by pop artists Sir Peter Blake and Sir Eduardo Paolozzi, sculptor … Continue reading
Teens take crash course in street arts
Forty teenagers took a crash course in street dancing, graffiti art painting and film making as part of the recent Street Dance Marlborough event. During the event, which was organised by We Love Marlborough, teenagers aged eleven to eighteen from … Continue reading
Creative workers learn about co-operative model
Members of the South West’s creative industries came together in Bristol last week to find out if setting up a co-operative was a good way of launching or growing a business. Creative Co-operatives, organised by Co-operatives South West and supported … Continue reading
Antiques collectors have chance to earn their stripes
Antiques collectors will be given the opportunity to earn their stripes when two tiger skins go under the hammer at a Cotswold auction. The two skins, one measuring just over three metres nose to tail, the second just under three … Continue reading
Big names in contemporary art at auction
PAINTINGS, drawings and prints by some of the biggest names in modern art – including David Hockney, Dame Elizabeth Frink, Sidney Nolan and Brett Whitely – will go under the hammer at Moore Allen & Innocent’s Selected Picture Sale next … Continue reading