Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Strong London presence at NY event
09 January 2023An event that started back in 2006 as a casual gallery tour held during the New York Old Masters auctions has grown this year to 25 exhibitors.
Two Turners offered at Christie's Old Master series
09 January 2023Two works by Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851), an early oil on canvas of the Thames and a watercolour of Switzerland, feature in Christie’s Old Masters series in New York.
European items abound in big collection
09 January 2023On January 15-16 Andrew Jones in Los Angeles will offer over 550 lots of paintings, furniture and works of art comprising the collection of Jack and Ellen Phillips of California.
Early delftware serves up wine bottles
09 January 2023More than 80 lots of early English and Dutch delftware are included in the collection of scholar, collector and author Margaret Berwind Schiffer to be offered on January 18 by Pook & Pook in Pennsylvania.
Socialite’s bedroom opened up
19 December 2022Pieces that had decorated Paris home of a famous patron of the arts come to Fontainebleau auction
Single-owner collection offers sizeable showcase of Lérat couple’s ceramics
12 December 2022Jean (1913-92) and Jacqueline (1920- 2009) Lérat were artist ceramicists based in central France.
Rare Colombe goes to the Louvre
12 December 2022Terracotta Virgin and Child joined a handful of other known works after 2010 attribution
Moses sketch marks early Manet work
12 December 2022This youthful work by Edouard Manet (1832-83) was the top-seller in the Modern and Contemporary auction at Tajan (26/21/14% buyer’s premium) in Paris.
Merged Paris fair brings back the crowds
12 December 2022Over 17,000 visitors including representatives from French and foreign museums, major collectors and decorators attended the first staging of the newly merged fair Fine Arts Paris & La Biennale.
Royal Worcester: Two collections offered in Australia in the same month
05 December 2022In collecting terms it is not surprising that a country such as Australia should have a tradition of interest in English ceramics – factories such as Royal Doulton and Moorcroft have a noticeable following.
Auction benefits from constructive thinking
28 November 2022Paris auction Ader (28% buyer’s premium) was busy on the photographic front during Paris Photo.
Timing was picture perfect for Paris photograph auction
28 November 2022Staging a photo collection sale just as a specialist fair opened proved a great choice.
Madonna makes second-highest Bellini sum
21 November 2022A Madonna and Child by the Venetian Renaissance Master Giovanni Bellini (c.1430-1516) and assistant sold in Vienna for a hammer price of €1.13m (£982,610).
Flemish tapestry hunted down after wartime wrongs
21 November 2022A rare early 16th century Flemish tapestry that was part of an impressive imperial commission is coming up for sale in France in early December.
Richier sculptures consigned direct from her family
21 November 2022An unpublished group of works by the French sculptor Germaine Richier (1902-59) that have remained with the artist’s family are to be auctioned.
Pomodoro in the round
21 November 2022This 1966 work by the Italian sculptor Arnaldo Pomodoro (b.1926) will feature in Koller’s Post War and Contemporary sale on December 1 in Zurich.
BRAFA returns to early slot in the fairs calendar
21 November 2022BRAFA Art Fair in Brussels has announced its dates for the 2023 edition.
Life revealed in terracotta and wood forms
21 November 2022This terracotta sculpture from 1941 by Ossip Zadkine (1890-1967) featured in the Fine Art sale held by Shapiro (25% buyer’s premium) on October 15.
Bugatti for better and Wurst
21 November 2022Rembrandt Bugatti (1884-1916) is well known as an animalier sculptor creating studies of exotic animals that he observed in the zoos at Antwerp and the Jardin des Plantes in Paris.
Ideal for collectors who enjoy the crack
21 November 2022Single-owner group of mostly silver egg cups spanning two centuries opens a French auction