Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
How to wake up in Hawaii
21 December 2020Swann Galleries (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) held a Travel Posters sale where one of the best-sellers was a 1939 poster for Pan Am airlines.
Swiss artist stars as a pair of his works occupy the two top spots in a Zurich auction
21 December 2020Works by Ferdinand Hodler (1853-1918) were the highlights of the Koller (25/22/15% buyer’s premium) sale of Swiss Art, held in Zurich as part of its December auction series.
Chicago sale involves a journey to Germany, UK and India
21 December 2020Posters promoting travel to a variety of destinations round the world were among the best sellers in a recent Potter & Potter (20% buyer’s premium) sale in Chicago.
Designs evoke Art Deco style
21 December 2020Poster auction in New York includes fine examples of British Art Deco rail travel designs
Collection of rare children's literature comes to Dallas auction house
15 December 2020A 530-lot sale under the title 'Once Upon a Time: Rare Children's Literature from Justin G. Schiller' is planned by Heritage Auctions tomorrow.
Saints double up in one work
14 December 2020Two-sided picture now heading to Dijon museum after being given definite attribution
An 18th century saintly sign in Nîmes auction
14 December 2020This painted wooden sign dated to the 18th century was one of the highlights of a sale held by the Hôtel des Ventes de Nîmes (22.2% buyer’s premium) in the southern French city.
New Bastiani auction high as international bidding emerges for oil on panel
14 December 2020Five bidders – two Americans, one French and one Cypriot – competed to secure a small 15th centry devotional oil on panel of the Virgin and Child by the Italian artist Lazzaro Bastiani.
Lalique’s dragonfly brooch makes €230,000 in Paris
14 December 2020The highlight of a sale of jewellery and silver at Peschetau Badin (27% buyer’s premium) on December 1- 2 in Paris was this gold ‘four dragonflies’ brooch by René Lalique.
French artist goes once more unto the beach
14 December 2020In the second half of the 19th century, the Normandy coast became a popular destination for Parisians keen to make an excursion from the capital and to enjoy the new leisure activity of sea bathing.
European bench in Rhode Island
12 December 2020This elaborately carved European bench in Gothic revival style dated to the 19th century will feature in the sale to be held by Bruneau on December 10.
Collectors’ transatlantic tastes
07 December 2020Large slice of Big Apple auction is made up of European items from two consignments.
Fairyland vase ghostly in Maryland
07 December 2020Weschlers’ Capital Collections auction takes place in Rockville, Maryland, on December 11.
Qi Baishi catches shrimps
07 December 2020Bonhams’ December 14 Chinese and Japanese works of Art sale in Los Angeles will include works from the Collection of Rosalind Ching Pastor.
Surrealist Max Ernst branches out into forest
30 November 2020De Baecque & Associés (27% buyer’s premium) offered the second instalment of the Modern and Contemporary art collection of Colette Creuzevault.
Unattributed work now ascribed to one of da Vinci’s closest pupils sets €1.4m record
30 November 2020A painting by the artist known as Salai, one of Leonardo da Vinci’s closest pupils, proved to be the toast of the latest sale of Old Master and 19th century paintings and sculpture at Artcurial (25/20/12% buyer’s premium).
Phillips to offer specialist dealer's art pottery
30 November 2020Art Nouveau-era art pottery from the collection of Jason Jacques, the well-known specialist dealer in this field, will be offered on December 9.
Fine Arts Paris goes digital for autumn
24 November 2020Like many fairs this year, because of the Covid-19 crisis, Fine Arts Paris, which was due to be staged at the Palais Brongniart in the French capital in late November, has changed from a physical event to an online platform showcasing exhibitors’ works.
Cambodian Khmer carved stone statue offered at Christie’s in Paris
23 November 2020This Cambodian Khmer carved stone statue of a male divinity is one of the highlights of the Asian Art sale at Christie’s in Paris on December 10.
Go nuts about fan leaf Down Under
23 November 2020Twenty lots from a private Sydney collection will open the sale devoted to Chinese Paintings to be held by Bonhams on December 2 in Sydney.