WEST SUSSEX.- An important collection of 17th and 18th Century Italian marble sculpture will be offered in the hugely popular sale of Garden Statuary and Ornament – both antique and modern – at Summers Place Auctions (in association with Sotheby&#…
Historic Table from Brightling Park, Sussex, Makes £216,000 at Bonhams
LONDON.- An important carved and painted, marble-topped George II side table, which has been at Brightling Park in East Sussex for over 250 years, fetched an astonishing £216,000 today (2 March 2011) at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of the Fine En…
Historic Table, Which has Been at Brightling Park, Sussex, for Over 250 Years, to Sell at Bonhams
LONDON.- An important carved and painted, marble-topped George II side table, which has been at Brightling Park in East Sussex for over 250 years, is to be sold at Bonhams, New Bond Street, as part of the Fine English Furniture and Works of Art sale on…
Hamilton Kerr Institute Begin Work on Unique Tudor Paintings at Chichester Cathedral
WEST SUSSEX.- Chichester Cathedral Restoration & Development Trust announce the arrival of the conservators working to save the Tudor paintings in Chichester Cathedral. Following a national appeal to raise £250,000 to save the Tudor paintings by Lambe…
Hicksted Place, Home of British Showjumping, to Sell Wine Cellar at Bonhams
LONDON.- Bonhams announces the sale of Douglas Bunn’s cellar at Hickstead Place in the Fine Wine sale taking place on the 10th February at Bonhams, New Bond Street. Hickstead Place was the home of Douglas Bunn, considered to be the most influentia…
Fry Art Gallery Buys Striking Eric Ravilious Watercolour with Art Fund Help
LONDON.- A striking watercolour by Eric Ravilious has been purchased by the Fry Art Gallery with the help of the Art Fund. Entitled Caravans, the work depicts the artist’s temporary home and studio during the early 1930s. This is the first time t…
Fry Art Gallery Buys Ravilious Watercolour with Art Fund Help
LONDON.- A striking watercolour by Eric Ravilious has been purchased by the Fry Art Gallery with the help of the Art Fund. Entitled Caravans, the work depicts the artist’s temporary home and studio during the early 1930s. This is the first time t…
New Installation of Fluorescent Minerals Collection Opens at the University of Richmond Museums
RICHMOND, VA.- The Lora Robins Gallery of Design from Nature, one of the University of Richmond Museums, will open the reinstallation of the permanent exhibition Fluorescent Minerals: From the Permanent Collection on January 12, 2011. This new display …
Stunning Watercolour of East Sussex Cottage by Helen Allingham to be Sold at Bonhams
LONDON.- A beautiful painting by the Victorian watercolourist Helen Allingham entitled By the cottage gate, Mayfield, East Sussex is estimated to sell for £7,000-10,000 in Bonhams 19th Century Pictures auction on 27th January 2011. East Sussex was a c…
Stunning Watercolour of East Sussex Cottage by Helen Allingham to be Sold at Bonhams
LONDON.- A beautiful painting by the Victorian watercolourist Helen Allingham entitled By the cottage gate, Mayfield, East Sussex is estimated to sell for £7,000-10,000 in Bonhams 19th Century Pictures auction on 27th January 2011. East Sussex was a c…