Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
French modernist villa furnishings head back home after auction
17 December 2018Selection of contents from landmark French inter-war modernist building resurface after 1985 dispersal.
More Perlès pearlers up at the Drouot auction centre
17 December 2018The second stock sale from the French ceramics specialist Christophe Perlès was held at Drouot by Pescheteau-Badin (26% buyer’s premium inc VAT) on November 26.
Stella stars in Angers auction
17 December 2018Star turn in a sale held in the French city of Angers on December 5 was this small painting by the 17th century French artist Jacques Stella (1596-1657), below.
Four vintage toys sold in US auction including rare German skittles set
13 December 2018Around 1400 lots were offered in Bertoia’s mammoth auction of vintage toys in Vineland, New Jersey, including seasonal playthings for Halloween and Christmas.
Spotlight on US auctions including a classic Montague Dawson marine painting in Michigan
10 December 2018A selection of potential highlights coming up in December and January sales taking place in Detroit, Chicago, New York, California, Boston and Connecticut.
'Gilets jaunes' rioting in Paris caused mayhem but auction results remain solid this autumn
05 December 2018With the Paris 'Temps Forts' high season now under way in the salerooms as riots rage in the streets, the temporary closure of some businesses did not put off bidders and buyers in the French capital.
International previews: Potential stars of Paris' Asian art series including a Vietnamese silk robe at Aguttes
03 December 2018December is one of two key periods in the French calendar when the auction houses concentrate their sales of Asian art. Pictured here is a selection of highlights and unusual pieces coming up for sale this month in the Paris rooms.
Roman bronze foot from monumental statue makes 10-times estimate at Bonhams auction
30 November 2018A Roman bronze foot from a monumental statue topped an auction of Antiquities held by Bonhams in London when it sold for a hammer price of £160,000, far in excess of its £10,000-15,000 estimate.
Luminaries of Italian mid-century design
26 November 2018Italy, like many European countries whose economies were ravaged during the war, had to face the challenge of picking itself up and starting afresh once hostilities were over.
Market focus on the mid-century design masters
26 November 2018Born partly out of necessity and partly out of a reaction to austerity, British design in the immediate post-war era underwent a flowering of innovation with new styles, new materials and a fresh impetus that resulted in a very different class of furniture.
Large auction array of designs by the Lalannes who stand out in the immediate post-war era
26 November 2018It is the quirky designs of husband-and-wife team François-Xavier and Claude Lalanne that populate the top echelons of so much French design in the salerooms these days.
French dealer sings praises of designer Perriand
26 November 2018The French dealer François Laffanour, whose Galerie Downtown is on the rue de Seine in Paris, has specialised for 25 years in furnishings by post-war architects and designers.
Tajan to offer Leonardo drawing after ‘national treasure’ deadline expires
14 November 2018French auction house Tajan has announced a date next year for the sale of the Leonardo da Vinci drawing that it discovered in 2016.
‘Japonisme’: 7 lots from Christie’s themed sale showing Japanese influence on Western art
12 November 2018It is 150 years since the beginning of the Meiji era in Japan and 160 since the country finally opened up to foreign trading after years of isolation.
Colonial silver portable altarpiece consigned to San Sebastian sale
12 November 2018Anteo Subastas in San Sebastian, Spain, is offering an example of a Mexican colonial silver devotional altarpiece in its next auction on November 28.
Musical bracket clock offered at latest horological auction in Massachusetts
12 November 2018Fontaine’s in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, is holding one of its periodic horological auctions on November 17.
Louis XVI secrétaire emerges at Drouot sale
12 November 2018Art Richelieu Castor-Hara is offering a single-owner French collection featuring Old Masters and modern paintings, and classic furniture in a sale at Drouot.
Tiara with Danish royal provenance emerges in Copenhagen auction
12 November 2018This diamond and sapphire tiara, which is to be offered for sale by Bruun Rasmussen on November 30 in Copenhagen, has a long and distinguished Danish royal provenance.
18th century Scottish Doune pistols offered in Pennsylvania
12 November 2018The Scottish gun-making workshop of Doune in Perthshire produced pistols that were a firearm of choice for highland clansmen but were also favoured by wealthy socialites.
Another section of the Eiffel Tower's staircase to be offered at Artcurial in Paris
12 November 2018Artcurial has made something of a habit of offering parts of the Eiffel Tower, pieces that were removed as part of periodic restorations of the famous landmark on the Paris skyline.