Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
How to buy Mona Lisa for €210,000
22 November 2021Leonardo Da Vinci’s work has long held a fascination, as a near-contemporaneous copy confirms
Spode collection offered in Australia
22 November 2021On December 2 Australian auction firm Shapiro will be offering the collection of Spode blue and white earthenwares assembled over the past 25 years by Russell Brooks. The majority were purchased in first 15 years mainly in England but also in Australia.
Title winners: named services attract extra interest for European ceramics at auction
15 November 2021Dessert plate taken to St Helena exile by Napoleon demonstrates provenance value
Hermit plaque emerges in Kansas
15 November 2021This KPM porcelain plaque will feature in Woody Auction’s next sale in Kansas on December 4.
Ceramics: Twinight Collection shines bright at Bonhams auction
15 November 2021British porcelain element of renowned US collection amassed in European salerooms comes to auction in London
Man of many talents Cocteau shines in Paris sale
08 November 2021One of the first sales held by Bonhams (27.5/25/20/14.5% buyer’s premium) in its new Paris rooms was devoted to works by Jean Cocteau (1889- 1963).
Magritte’s conversation skills lead a modern way of thinking
08 November 2021Three works by the Belgian Surrealist feature in the Paris Art Week series of auctions
Rare Chardin painting emerges as salerooms team up for Marcille family auction
08 November 2021Two auction houses, Christie’s and Tajan, are collaborating for a November 22 sale in Paris of Old Master paintings and drawings from the collections of the Marcille family.
Rediscovered Ribera comes to Paris sale
08 November 2021An unpublished painting by the Spanish artist Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652) is to be offered for sale at Drouot in Paris by Gros & Delettrez on December 13.
Musical moment: Asian art and antiquities sale dedicated to Ader specialist
08 November 2021On November 25 Ader will hold a sale of Indian and Islamic Art and Antiquities that is billed as a homage to Marie-Christine David, a specialist in this field who worked with the firm for 10 years.
Shipshape designs and innovative lighting at Italian design sale in Paris
08 November 2021Two major names in Mid-century Italian design, Gio Ponti and Angelo Lelli, had top honours in a recent Italian design sale.
Baldus album shows the way
01 November 2021Ivoire Chartres is holding a sale dedicated to photographs in the French city on November 5.
Marx and Lehmann motor to saleroom
01 November 2021The Milestone (20% buyer’s premium) auction held in Cleveland, Ohio, featured just over 700 lots of toys – the majority from one collection.
English oak took root in the US
01 November 2021The opening 320-plus lots of Thomaston Place Auction Galleries’ next sale, Autumn Majestic, from November 12-14 in Maine, comprise the works from the estate of New York advertising photographer Frank Cowan (1934-2003).
Lalique jewellery takes flight
01 November 2021Naturally inspired creations underline the renowned designer’s range of talents
Join the tribe
27 October 2021Non-European ethnographic art is a one of the new categories at Fine Arts Paris, represented by Patrick and Ondine Mesdagh from Brussels who will be showing a selection of pieces from four continents.
Debussy the composer by artist friend Blanche
27 October 2021A portrait of the composer Claude Debussy painted by the French artist Jacques-Emile Blanche (1861-1942) met with a flurry of phone bids when it came up for sale on October 12 in Paris.
Thirst for knowledge
27 October 2021This Old Master painting by the 18th century Italian landscape artist Andrea Locatelli (1695-1741) will be shown at Fine Arts Paris by L’Horizon Chimérique from Bordeaux.
Follies add serious date weight
27 October 2021This 19th century China Trade painting was a highlight of the sale held by Ivoire Besançon (22% buyer’s premium) in France on October 17.
Panel from a monumental Parisian wallpaper work
27 October 2021Early wallpapers and wall coverings are specialities of Carolle Thibaut-Pomerantz.