Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Silver groups ride into salerooms
04 September 2023Three equestrian silver groups made by different London firms over the space of a century took centre stage in three separate sales in July.
Carry off a smaller clock by maker of Big Ben fame
04 September 2023Dent and Co is one of the bestknown names in English horology with a long history of precision clock and watch making.
Raise your Jacobite drinking glass to toast the Old and Young Pretenders
28 August 2023A group of just over 20 lots of Jacobite drinking glasses from the 18th century featured in a sale of Scottish Works of Art and Whisky held in Edinburgh.
Claret jug on an Odyssey
28 August 2023This elegant Victorian clear glass claret jug of neoclassical design featured in the July 27 sale at Kinghams (25/18/15% buyer’s premium).
Classic goblet takes £4000
28 August 2023Included in Mellors & Kirk’s (24% buyer’s premium) July 18-20 sale in Nottingham was this classic baluster goblet dated to the 18th century.
Wine bottle pays tribute to a Wedgwood
28 August 2023An 18th century wine bottle honouring Thomas Wedgwood, a key figure in the history of the Wedgwood factory, comes for sale in Derbyshire this autumn.
Dutch lot bowls over bidders
28 August 2023This 12in (30.5cm) diameter Dutch delft bowl was a high-flyer at Rob Michiels (30% buyer’s premium inc VAT) in Bruges.
Young dealers given chance to shine at the Parcours des Mondes
28 August 2023Latest edition of the tribal art event in Paris now includes a special showcase for six new faces
Sale underlines stateside popularity of Wedgwood
28 August 2023Wedgwood has long been such a popular collecting strand in the US that it is no surprise to see quantities reappear on the market at auction, either as mixed-owner consignments or single-owner collections
William and Mary portraits drive delftware demand
28 August 2023Dated and inscribed and royal portrait subjects are the most desirable classes of early delftware
Parcours prepares for action once again
28 August 2023The Parcours de la Céramique et des Arts du Feu is an annual gallery-based event in Paris focusing on a broad range of ceramics and glass, both antique and modern, from Europe and Asia
May the good ship Woolford have a safe journey
28 August 2023An English covered goblet made in 1820 to commemorate the first voyage of the ship Woodford is on offer at Bishop & Miller in Glandford, Norfolk
Salisbury sale includes pieces from the Jonathan Horne collection
28 August 2023The glass and ceramics sales held by Woolley & Wallis usually include several designated single-owner collections and properties and the September 19 auction is no exception
Dip into the Grand Tour with a sarcophagus inkstand
21 August 2023This 19th century carved Siena marble inkstand is fashioned in the form of an ancient Roman sarcophagus.
Sofa surprise at £10,800
21 August 2023A pair of mahogany framed sofas, one shown here, caught the eye when they featured in Greenslade Taylor Hunt’s (19.5% buyer’s premium) auction on August 3.
Playing card games with a new Surrealist face
14 August 2023From late 1940 to early 1941 André Breton and a group of other Surrealists including Wifredo Lam, Max Ernst, Oscar Dominguez, Victor Brauner, André Masson and Frédéric Delanglade re-located to Marseille where they anxiously awaited visas to escape occupied France.
Alain Delon: actor and art and antiques collector
14 August 2023Famous Frenchman has amassed an impressive wide-ranging array of acquisitions over six decades
Braziliant Brecheret: a Modernist pioneer at auction
07 August 2023Italian-born sculptor was a founding figure in the first wave of Modernism via São Paolo
Hats off to a Hagenaur distinctive decorative figure
07 August 2023A small selection of the distinctive decorative figures produced by the Austrian firm of Hagenaur featured in the sale of Decorative Arts held by Im Kinsky (28% buyer’s premium) on June 21.
Paris sale features plenty of post-war material by currently popular blue-chip names
07 August 2023A recent Design sale at Sotheby’s (26/20/13.9/plus 1% overhead buyer’s premium) in Paris had stacks of post-war material by renowned names such as the Lalannes and Charlotte Perriand but the Art Deco period also featured.