Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Triennale floor lamp lights the way at Hindman
10 May 2021On May 20 Hindman's Modern Design sale encompasses works by American and European designers including those from France, Italy and Scandinavia.
Tibetan Buddha emerges at Christie’s Paris
03 May 2021A number of Paris salerooms will be holding dedicated auctions of Asian Arts in June.
Bronze gives multiple reasons to bid
03 May 2021This large, 3ft (92cm), high imperial gilt bronze figure of Varjrabhairava features in the Asian art sale at Nagel in Stuttgart on June 23-25.
Primroses, apples and porcelain
03 May 2021A highlight of the Asian Art sale at Tajan will be this still-life of a pot of primroses, apples and porcelain by Chinese artist Pan Yu Liang (1895-1977).
Traditional Asian art series takes place over a longer stretch this year
03 May 2021Schedules for all sorts of auction series have been shaken up by pandemic restrictions, and the Asian art sales reflect this – but plenty is still on offer at the upcoming series
Russian ambassador’s Japanese swords
03 May 2021On May 18 Paris auction firm Tessier Sarrou is selling the first part of a collection of Japanese swords.
Sun rises in Berlin
03 May 2021Among the highlights of the Asian Art auction at Koller on June 2 is this ink and colour scroll painting 'Sunrise at Mount Tai' by Li Keran (1907-89).
Magnelli makes explosive impact
26 April 2021In 1918 in Florence the Italian artist Alberto Magnelli (1888-1971) produced a series of paintings, Explosions Lyriques, exploring the conflict between Abstraction and Figuration.
Multi-discipline Drouot delights
26 April 2021Paris auction hub best-sellers from March range across variety of collecting fields and eras.
Search for glass on the worldwide Webb
19 April 2021Brunk Auctions of Asheville, North Carolina, is holding a sale of Art Glass on April 23.
Thanks Bud for games group
19 April 2021Collecting 19th and early 20th century board games and puzzles became a fascination for Bud Newman, who encountered them through his business.
Van Dyck St Jerome painting now confirmed and sold in Zurich
19 April 2021The highlight of the Koller spring series came from the Old Masters sale.
Fengmian nude revealed
19 April 2021Shapiro is holding an International Fine and Decorative Art sale on April 24-25 in Mamaroneck, New York.
Hocus pocus focus in Chicago
19 April 2021Henry Dean’s 'The Whole Art of Legerdemain; or Hocus Pocus in Perfection', is one of the rarities in the conjuring and magic publications’ section of Potter & Potter Auctions’ next Magic sale.
Meissen makes sizeable impact
19 April 2021Second slice from Ducret collection plus other sources achieve high prices in Zurich
Putto and puppet produced by Carpeaux emerge at Bonhams LA sale
19 April 2021One of the most famous works by French sculptor Jean-Baptiste Carpeaux (1827-75) is 'La Danse'.
Toby jugs based on First World War top brass raise heads in US auction
05 April 2021This set of 11 toby jugs modelled as the Allied commanders of the First World War made by Wilkinson will be offered at Skinner in Massachusetts from April 12-22.
Famous females rejected by one empress, given as gift by another
05 April 2021A Sèvres cabaret service painted with portraits of famous women was a New Year’s gift from a French empress
Philosopher painting rated as a rediscovered Fragonard
05 April 2021A painting by the French 18th century artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) was discovered last January hanging on the wall in a local home.
Maria van Oosterwyck still life brings major international bidding in France
05 April 2021Woman excluded from the guild of artists was nevertheless highly rated by kings and emperor