Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Chinese artist’s silk robe emerges at Paris auction
05 June 2024The auction house Aponem is selling works from the collection amassed by the Franco-Chinese artist, pianist, painter and poet Cheng Zhifan (1924-2021) who came to France in 1951.
Newbury sale features collection of well known interior designer, art dealer and collector
03 June 2024Count Manfredi Della Gherardesca 's collection offers old and new mix of more than 400 varied lots
Art Deco brooches inspired by Eltham Palace emerge at Newbury auction
30 May 2024Two Cartier brooches commissioned for Lady Courtauld and presented to her by her husband Sir Stephen Courtauld, with designs inspired by their Eltham Palace home, have come for sale at Dreweatts.
Chardin still-life among highlights at French auctions this season
20 May 2024Stand-out lots from upcoming sales including Chardin still-life, Napoleonic marshal's baton and fine art collection acquired over decades
Merkle and his Meissen collecting mission
20 May 2024Focus on first part of a series of porcelain sales offering businessman’s collection
Springtime brings Asian art focus to Paris
20 May 2024Annual specialist extravaganza held in Paris involves galleries, auction houses and museums
Posters that steal the show
13 May 2024Designs promoting exhibitions can be a great way to collect on a tight budget
High ranking Napoleonic marshal’s baton emerges at Fontainebleau auction
08 May 2024Michel Ney (1769-1815) was probably the most famous of Napoleon’s marshals.
Arts & Crafts clock comes with a fairytale ending
06 May 2024This impressive clock featured in the sale held by Dorset firm Busby (25% buyer’s premium) on April 18.
Wash your hands... go on, it won’t bite
06 May 2024This large silver zoomorphic aquamanile Caquesseitão (a vessel designed for the ceremonial washing of hands at the table) will feature as a highlight of the May sale to be held by Veritas Art Auctioneers in Lisbon.
Amelia Robertson Hill: ‘A delight to see her works attaining recognition’
06 May 2024The Scottish sculptor Amelia Robertson Hill (1821-1904) was surrounded by artistic family members.
Horology holds the attention during a four-day sale
06 May 2024Around 200 lots of clocks and watches feature in a strong section as part of a four-day sale
Ornate mirror has the Thomas Johnson look about it
29 April 2024The furniture highlight of Cheffins’ (25/20/12.5% buyer’s premium) latest Fine sale in Cambridge was the catalogue cover star.
Davenport displays Irish touch
29 April 2024Irish marquetry furniture is a very distinctive form of decorative technique associated in particular with Killarney.
Fine copy of Hilliard’s miniature Raleigh portrait comes to light
29 April 2024The well-known miniature portrait of Sir Walter Raleigh by Nicholas Hilliard (c.1547-1619) in the National Portrait Gallery was painted c.1585, the year after Raleigh was knighted.
Seat coverings come with Scottish family connection
29 April 2024Pictured here are two lots of seat furniture that impressed bidders in recent auctions in Gloucestershire and Cheshire.
Furniture loaned to National Trust properties goes under the hammer
29 April 2024Many items from a group on offer in west London had been displayed at National Trust sites
Up with the revolution (for porcelain)
29 April 2024Russian porcelain is still in demand, especially those early Soviet-era pieces from the years following the Revolution.
Rich pickings in the Cotswolds
22 April 2024It was a piece of modern design that led Kinghams’ (25/18/15% buyer’s premium) latest dedicated sale of silver and objects of vertu.
Dressed to kilt: a super sporran
22 April 2024This early 20th century 10in (25cm) long sporran impressed in Edinburgh at Franklin Browns (18% buyer’s premium).