Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Plaque perfect for a chocolate fan
03 August 2020This framed porcelain plaque marked 'KPM' and measuring 15½ x 10in (39 x 25cm) is painted with La Chocolatière after the painting by the Swiss artist Jean-Etienne Liotard.
Early summer sales in Paris awash with modern design highlights
23 July 2020Among the high-season sales traditionally staged in Paris in the early summer is a selection of auctions devoted to modern design.
Los Angeles sale to offer bronze tribute to the vanquished
13 July 2020This late 19th century French bronze figural group, 'Gloria Victis', after the model by Marius-Jean-Antonin Mercié (1845-1916), will be offered in Andrew Jones Auctions’ Design for the Home and Garden sale in Los Angeles on July 26.
Meissen figure groups make key contribution to auction of Müller-Frei collection
13 July 2020The sale of the Müller-Frei collection of paintings and decorative arts held by Koller (25% buyer’s premium) in Zurich last month included two early 18th century Meissen figure groups that outstripped their estimates.
Rijksmuseum delivers the winning punch for Ansbach bowl
13 July 2020The Rijksmuseum was in action at the Drouot to carry off a 9½in (24cm) wide porcelain punchbowl from the Ansbach factory.
De Staël on offer as single lot at Paris Enchères
13 July 2020Paris Enchères Collin du Bocage will be holding a single-lot sale on July 22 in Paris of a painting by Nicolas de Staël (1914-55).
Roubtzoff depiction of Tunisian street life appears at Millon
13 July 2020Millon of Paris will offer this painting of a Tunisian street scene by Alexandre Roubtzoff (1884-1949) at its Antiquities and Orientalist sale on July 21.
Art consultant's collection offered in New York includes Vinchon's fantastic falls at Tivoli
06 July 2020On July 23 Stair of Hudson, New York, will be offering paintings, works on paper and sculpture from the collection of art consultant and adviser Matthew Rutenberg (1956-2019).
International silver highlights: Buyers raise a toast to Renaissance goblet
06 July 2020A selection of early Continental silver from the 16th and 17th centuries was a notable feature of the Lempertz (25% buyer’s premium) decorative arts auction in Cologne.
Collection with a ruff appeal in Massachusetts
06 July 2020Massachusetts auction house Skinner will be offering over 200 pieces from the collection of George H Way in its sale of European Furniture and Decorative Arts to be held from July 20-28.
First steps of Millet appear at Fontainebleau auction
06 July 2020This pastel by the Barbizon school artist Jean-François Millet (1814-75) is one of the highlights in the Esprit du XIXème Siècle auction at Osenat in Fontainebleau on July 19.
German artist’s enigmatic portrait of railway worker makes major auction record at Lempertz
04 July 2020Albert Birkle (1900-1986) was a German artist who studied in Berlin later moving to Salzburg in Austria. He was part of the ‘Neue Sachlichkeit’ or New Objectivity movement of the 1920s.
Early French books of hours on top as Paris reopens
29 June 2020The Paris auction centre Drouot opened its doors again last month in France following the lockdown.
Qing opulence crowns Drouot’s €1.95m return
22 June 2020As the Paris auction scene got back to business, an extraordinary Qianlong mark and period porcelain vase sold at the Drouot centre last week for €1.95m (£1.77m).
Get your claws into a dragon bowl
22 June 2020Hindman will holding Asian art sales in Chicago over two days on June 25-26.
On the scent of Stourbridge bottles
22 June 2020Included in Morphy Auctions’ fine and decorative arts sale to be held in Denver, Pennsylvania, on July 14-15 is a selection of scent bottles made by the Stourbridge firm of Thomas Webb.
Musical box bird makes appearance
22 June 2020This blue and white enamelled musical box is be offered in a sale on June 27 at Oakridge Auction Gallery in Ashburn, Virginia.
Portrait of ‘the father of couture’ leads New York auction of 19th century and Old Master works
22 June 2020A portrait of a famous couturier offered by a descendant and Old Master drawings from a single-owner estate collection were stand-out features at Doyle's (25/20/12.5%) latest art sale.
Tomahawk tempts a buyer at $540,000
22 June 2020The highlight of Morphy Auctions’ (23% buyer’s premium) sale of historical militaria from the independence struggle and War of 1812 era was a rare and extensively provenanced presentation pipe tomahawk.
George III epergne offered at Case Antiques
22 June 2020The summer fine art antiques and jewellery auction to be held by Case Antiques in Knoxville, Tennessee, on July 11-12 will include this George III silver epergne by Thomas Pitts I.