Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Eiffel tower gouache among René Gruau works at Tajan in Paris
19 April 2019This gouache is one of around 10 drawings, watercolours and gouaches by René Gruau, the Italian-born fashion illustrator who was renowned for his Paris haute couture and promotional illustrations, which will feature in Tajan’s Paris auction of modern drawings on May 15.
‘More affordable’ options at Paris Drawings Week
19 April 2019Not everything in the spring drawings sales required a six-figure bank balance to purchase. Plenty of more affordable works appeared across all the Paris rooms – both Drouot and the independents (and, of course, in the various dealers shows and fairs). Pictured here are some works within the reach of less elevated budgets.
Lord Burghley features in Chinese export porcelain selection at Pook & Pook in Pennsylvania
19 April 2019Pook & Pook’s next American and International sale in Downingtown, Pennsylvania, on May 4 will feature a selection of Chinese export porcelain.
Developments in focus at the latest photograph auctions in New York
15 April 2019A look at the latest photograph auction highlights, potential sale stars to come, fairs coming up and a camera and equipment spotlight.
Set of Man Ray limited edition prints emerge at Swann auction
15 April 2019'Electricité', pictured below, is one of a limited edition portfolio of 10 photogravures after Man Ray’s Rayographs from a 1931 commercial commission from the artist by the Compagnie Parisienne de Distribution d’Electricité.
Photography pioneer pictures French city in 1840
15 April 2019Philippe Fortuné Durand is regarded as the first professional photographer in France.
A slice of rural life shown in more than 500 photographs at Ewbank’s auction
15 April 2019When it comes to early or vintage photographs the interest is often centred around the social history of the material – the camera’s ability to document past events, be they special occasions or scenes of everyday life.
Early views of China prove major attraction at Bonhams Knightsbridge
15 April 2019Early views of China are often best-sellers in the realm of topographical photography. An album of 83 albumen prints from the 1860s-70s proved to be a major attraction at Bonhams’ latest book sale held in Knightsbridge.
Single-owner collection dedicated to avant-garde photographer sells at Chiswick Auctions
15 April 2019A private single-owner collection of around 180 lots from one vintage photographer was the subject of a recent sale held by Chiswick Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) in London.
Delacroix’s London sketchbooks to go on display at the Louvre after auction
11 April 2019Sketchbooks owned by Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) featuring views of London have been bought by the Louvre Museum for €314,000 (£268,375).
Signs of the times: Single owner collection stands out at Paris auction
08 April 2019Pioneer collection of street furniture goes from Parisian flat to the saleroom.
Elaborate 17th century cabinet provides star quality to €2m country house collection
08 April 2019A 17th century tortoiseshell, pewter and brass marquetry cabinet on stand was the star turn in the sale of the contents from a country house in the Ile de France at Drouot in Paris.
Single-owner sale: Signs that Paris appreciates its streetscapes
08 April 2019French and foreign bidders flock to white-glove sale of pioneer collection of the city’s heritage
Rubens oil sketch for church ceiling in Antwerp takes €1.3m at auction
03 April 2019Discovered in a house in northern France, a rare oil sketch by Peter Paul Rubens created for an important commission in Antwerp has sold for €1.3m (£1.12m).
Rembrandt Bugatti bronze stars in beastly auction selection
01 April 2019Head and shoulders above anything else in Millon’s (25% buyer’s premium) animalier bronze sale, Bestiare, held on March 8 at Drouot in Paris, was a dramatic study of a lion eating by one of the most sought-after names in the genre and the star of the so-called Antwerp school of sculpture.
Event promotes French salerooms
01 April 2019France’s annual Journées Marteau event, organised by the French auctioneers’ association SYMEV (Syndicat National des Maisons de Ventes Volontaires), takes place this weekend, April 5-7.
Houdon busts take $1.25m total at New York auction
01 April 2019Single buyer secures two key works by one of the main sculptors of the Enlightenment.
Hollywood talent agent Jeff Hunter's collection produces a white-glove sale
01 April 2019It was a white-glove result for the 49-lot auction of the collection of Jeff Hunter offered by Freeman’s (25% buyer’s premium) in Philadelphia on March 13.
Historic Paris shop sign collection acquired by Musée Carnavalet from auction house
30 March 2019Eight evocative antique shop signs, symbols of Paris’ ancient streetscapes, are off to the Musée Carnavalet, the city’s museum in the Marais district dedicated to the history of the French capital.
Busts of French enlightenment thinkers by Houdon star at US auction
29 March 2019Two market-fresh marble busts of 18th century luminaries by a famous French sculptor with a detailed historic provenance and very attractively pitched estimates were propelled to multi-estimate prices totalling $1.25m at a US auction last week.