Arts & Antiques
Buy a slice of the golden age of steam at auction
Fourteen rare vintage railway posters advertising travel to Scotland are going under the hammer tomorrow (Wednesday). Lyon & Turnbull will offer the items in their Decorative Arts: Design since 1860 auction on 3 April. Of particular note is the original poster by Robert Bartlett for The Night Scotsman (lot 467) valued at £12,000 – 14,000,…
Read MoreStriking items from Africa for sale at Sotheby’s
An astonishing collection of African and Oceanic items from the Collection Marceau Rivière are to go on sale with Sotheby’s this summer. For Marceau Riviere it was a case of love at first sight for the African continent, and his collection which was born in the early sixties would become one of the most comprehensive…
Read MoreBeautiful items at auction from private collections
A sale of Style from private collections is to take place next month. With a focus on works sourced from private collections throughout Europe – often with distinguished provenance – Style: Private Collections will appeal to connoisseurs and decorators alike, each drawn to the eclectic mix property. The sale includes important French and English furniture,…
Read MoreVictorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionists auction
A sale of Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite and British Impressionist Art is taking place at Sotheby’s this July. The auction will take place on 11 July in London, starting at noon. Sotheby’s are now accepting consignments for their summer sale of Victorian, Pre-Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art which will include drawings, watercolours and paintings by a diverse…
Read MoreWorks by Old Masters for auction at Sotheby’s sale
Art collectors have the opportunity to collect a work by an Old Master at Sotheby’s. The Old Master mid-season sale includes excellent examples from most major schools of painting in Western Europe. With prices ranging from £1,000-120,000 this is the perfect opportunity for new buyers to discover the virtues of collecting Old Masters, while offering…
Read MoreTime’s running out to bid in online auction
A firm is holding an online auction of unsold lots from a sale last week. A host of paintings, sculptures, swords and other weaponry are being auctioned by Holts Auctioneers, who specialise in fine, modern and antique guns. The lots were unsold by Holts at a sale on 19 March, and bids are now being…
Read MoreThe Antiques Roadshow is back for more
The BBC’s Antiques Roadshow returns to Scotland for an edition which will be shown on Mother’s Day. After the taste of glorious Crathes Castle summer sunshine that reached our screens in January, the BBC team are back for a second outing National Trust for Scotland property. The second of two programmes filmed at Crathes last…
Read MoreTwo new art exhibitions are all ready to open
Two shows are opening tomorrow at The Fine Art Society in Edinburgh. The first is an exhibition of Scottish landscape paintings by Victoria Orr Ewing (b.1962). Her pictures depict remote crofts and unsullied vistas of Galloway, the Highlands and the west coast of Scotland all dwarfed by churning, luminescent skies. Galloway-born Orr Ewing lived and…
Read MoreRooms II is challenging gallery norms
A Scots gallery is presenting Rooms II – an exhibition curated by the Green Gallery and Steven Burgess Fine Furniture this weekend. The Green Gallery have joined forces with Steven Burgess Fine Furniture for the second year running. They believe they are the only gallery in Scotland do this – creating room set ups, but…
Read MoreMoy Mackay ready for this year’s Borders Art Fair
Scottish landscape artist and author Moy Mackay is poised to reveal her new collection of work this week. She will literally pull all her threads together in readiness for her appearance at this year’s Borders Art Fair held at Springwood Park in Kelso from 15–17 March. As a non-profit organisation, opportunities for public and private…
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