Arts & Antiques
The Glasgow Girls open at Lyon & Turnbull
WORKS of art by The Glasgow Girls have gone on show today at Lyon & Turnbull’s gallery in their home city. The Glasgow Girls met at the Glasgow School of Art at the turn of the 20th century. “Like their male counterparts, The Glasgow Boys, this group of women artists had trouble being accepted or…
Read MorePhilip Colbert lobster raises £27,770 for university
A PAINTING of a lobster by pop artist Philip Colbert sold for £27,770 yesterday after going under the hammer to raise money for the University of St Andrews. The artist gave The Death of Marat and the Birth of The Lobster to the university to fund scholarships for its news museum and heritage studies course.…
Read MoreFancy owning a 40 million year old crocodile?
THE fossil of a 40 million-year-old crocodile is coming up for auction next week in Glasgow. The ancient croc is one of nearly 200 fossils going under the hammer at McTear’s “Cabinet of Curiosities” auction on 10 August. The collection as assembled by a retired geologist based in the Highlands. It includes a fossilised crocodilian…
Read MoreRecord sales for Chippendale School
A RECORD 55% of the pieces on display at the Chippendale School graduate exhibition in East Lothian were snapped up by shoppers. A total of 121 items were on show at the four-day event, which was staged by the 27 students following their nine-month training course. The sales – which included 37 pieces going on…
Read MoreA timely gift for a shoe tycoon goes to auction
A gold watch may be the ‘go to’ retirement gift for long serving employees, but when staff at Victorian shoemaker, Clarks of Kilmarnock, decided to honour their founder in 1880, they decided to take things a step further. As a mark of their respect for George Clark, the employees presented him with an impressive ‘skeleton’…
Read MoreA variety of beautiful objects going under the hammer
April is a busy month at McTear’s auction house in Glasgow. At Style & Taste: Fine Furniture & Works of Art on 28 April, lot 817 is a large cast iron Royal Warrant Coat of Arms. This dates from the late 19th/early 20th century, produced by Walter MacFarlane & Co (also known as the Saracen…
Read MoreFirst Scottish Pictures Auction of 2022 at McTears
Glasgow auction house McTears is looking for submissions for next month’s Scottish Pictures Auction. This specialist auction, held twice-annually, focuses on fine 19th to mid 20th century pictures by Scottish artists or of Scottish subject matter. The first auction of 2022 will takes place on 27 April and entries are invited. The previous Scottish Pictures…
Read MorePrivate collections of works by Scots artists at auction
The inaugural sale from new auction house Curated Auctions features an extensive collection of works by two of the most important Scottish sculptors of the 20th century. Works by Sir Eduardo Paolozzi R.A. and Sir William Reid Dick R.A. will be going under the hammer. Taking place on March 16, there are many similarities between…
Read MoreJohn Bellany oils going to auction in Glasgow
A collection of paintings of the Italian town of Barga by one of Scotland’s finest and most important post war artists is attracting interest ahead of an auction of Scottish contemporary art in Glasgow next week. The four ‘Barga’ works by John Bellany (1942-2013) were painted after the late artist bought a house in the…
Read MoreA selection of silver and a stunning timepiece
A selection of beautiful items are going under the hammer in Glasgow. McTears is holding a Silver and Luxury Accessories auction on 17 March, with a variety of rare and unusual items for sale. A Royal-interest silver mounted evening purse, from Alfred Ernest Neighbour, in London, 1937, was made for Lady Dorothy Cambridge, Marchioness of…
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