Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
French auction sales firmly show recovery from Covid
24 January 2022Auction totals for 2021 underline the strong recovery since the start of the pandemic
Dufy’s double value from British sporting events
24 January 2022Two British sporting scenes by French artist Raoul Dufy (1877-1953) were among the best-sellers in auctions held within a day of each other on either side of the Atlantic.
Image of Mickey Mouse challenging pirate to a duel offered at Heritage Auctions
24 January 2022A rare black and white Disney production image of Mickey Mouse will feature as one of the highlights in the Animation Art auction at Heritage in Dallas from February 4-7.
Go on Amber
15 January 2022There will be no shortage of international travel destinations featured in Potter & Potter’s next vintage posters auction in Chicago.
Ribera’s portrayal of repentance
10 January 2022A 17th century Old Master painting of the repentant St Peter by the Spanish artist Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652) was the highlight of a sale held by Gros & Delettrez (30% buyer’s premium) in Paris when it sold for €1.1m (£940,070).
London candlesticks on offer in Pennsylvania
10 January 2022Pook & Pook will hold a wide-ranging Americana and International auction on January 13-14 in Downington, Pennsylvania.
German toys star but US money bank tops sale
10 January 2022An early Märklin Central Station dating from c.1901-10 and made for the English market was one of the top-sellers in the large autumn toys sale held by Bertoia (20% buyer’s premium).
Manet keeps it simple
10 January 2022Edouard Manet’s (1832-83) small-scale works have always enjoyed a keen following alongside his larger more finished paintings.
One Hand’s battle shield from Little Big Horn on offer
03 January 2022The sale of Native American art and artefacts at Thomaston Place in Maine on January 14 will include a collection of historical items that mostly date from the 14-year period between the Battle of the Little Bighorn and Wounded Knee.
Boudin races up to record price
03 January 2022View of French resort comes from collection assembled over decades by a dealer and his wife.
Dunand goes wild for an Art Deco panel
03 January 2022An unpublished lacquer panel by Jean Dunand (1877-1942), the Art Deco artist/designer who was one of the masters of the medium, was one of the highlights in a 45-lot white-glove auction held by Ferri (28.8% buyer’s premium inc VAT) at Drouot in Paris.
Fine example of René Magritte's Surrealism comes from Swiss collector who moved to the US
20 December 2021A select 13-lot auction of works from the collection of Amalia de Schulthess at Bonhams (27.5/25/20/14.5% buyer’s premium) in New York on December 7 was led at $8.4m (£6.36m) by a classic René Magritte (1896-1967) Surrealist painting.
Hans Coper pot comes in at a hefty $260,000
20 December 2021When Phillips held an auction in London on November 10 in association with Maak Contemporary Ceramics of selections from the collection of Dr John P Driscoll, it produced a number of record-breaking prices for Hans Coper (1920-81) and ended with a new auction high for the studio potter of £520,000 (ATG No 2518).
Egyptian trio takes the top auction honours at Hindman
20 December 2021Ancient Egyptian works in stone and metal were the three best-sellers in the latest auction of antiquities and ethnographic artefacts at Hindman (25/20/12% buyer’s premium).
Artist portrayed by artist: two prominent Russian avant-garde figures
20 December 2021A painting that involved two prominent figures in the field of Russian avant-garde art in the early 20th century proved to be a high point in Paris.
Classic Castellani jewellery creates Boston bidding demand
20 December 2021This classic example of the archaeological revivalist techniques that were so fashionable in jewellery making in the second half of the 19th century was one of the top-selling lots at Skinner (25/20/12% buyer’s premium).
Sizeable sideboard by Ruhlmann on offer in Connecticut
20 December 2021More than 700 lots of jewellery, silver, fine art, rugs, furnishings, and decorative and ethnographic art are to be offered by Nadeau’s on New Year’s Day.
Big Cats Art Deco style
13 December 2021This lacquer panel by the French Art Deco master of the medium, Jean Dunand (1877-1942), will feature in a sale held by Ferri at Drouot on December 17.
Mucha moved from ads to Slavic folk art and myth
13 December 2021This oil on canvas of a white-robed young couple by the Czech artist Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) was sold for $800,000 (£601,505) in Chicago on December 2.
From 14 Inca emperors to one conquistador
13 December 2021This series of Peruvian paintings of the 14 Inca emperors plus the Spanish conquistador Francisco Pizarro featured in a sale held in Barcelona .