Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Tobacco bag at Cowan’s auction conveys special powers of the elk
31 August 2020This beaded hide Sioux Elk Dreamers’ Society tobacco bag is one of the pieces of beadwork from the Robert Jerich collection that is included in Cowan’s September 18 American Indian Art auction in Cincinnati.
Collection offered at auction highlights an engineer’s fascination in native history
31 August 2020A number of single-owner collections feature in Woolley & Wallis of Salisbury’s September 22 Tribal Art and Antiquities auction. These include the Michael G Johnson collection which makes up over 100 lots in the North American section.
Eskimo baskets bring high demand at Skinner
31 August 2020One of the highest prices in the large 650-plus lot American Indian and Ethnographic Arts auction held by Skinner (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) in Massachusetts was the $4000 (£3075) paid against a $400-600 guide for a trio of Eskimo baskets woven from baleen.
Japanese face armour
24 August 2020A collection of Japanese arms and armour is a key feature of Cowan’s arms and armour auction to be held in Cincinnati on September 2.
Carry on bidding
24 August 2020Almost 2.5 million of these Second World War British posters with the now famous slogan were printed in 12 different sizes.
Kangxi at Kendzia
24 August 2020Included in the Asian art section of the Kendzia two-day sale in Hamburg on September 4-5 is this set of nine Kangxi blue and white plates painted with a design of a lotus pond with flowers and insects.
The four seasons in one day
24 August 2020Interpretation by Spanish artist in Modernisme style stands out in Art Nouveau selection.
Centrepiece of attention
24 August 2020This monumental late 19th century, three-piece presentation silver centrepiece measures 3ft 4in x 20in (1.02m x 51cm) and weighs 17lb 8oz or 255.21oz troy weight.
Parkland teapot
24 August 2020This Meissen porcelain teapot from c.1722 will feature in the sale series to be held by Hargesheimer of Dusseldorf from September 10-12.
Tiffany pendant in Japanese style trebles estimate at Skinner
17 August 2020Japonisme, the craze for Japanese art first described by the French critic and collector Philippe Burty in 1872, became a key part of Tiffany & Co’s jewellery oeuvre from c.1877.
London bracelet surfaces in Sydney
17 August 2020One of the highlights of Leonard Joel’s jewellery auction in Sydney on August 26 is this Art Deco platinum and diamond bracelet dated to c.1930 fashioned as an articulated line of geometric links of carré, baguette and circular cut diamonds weighing a total of approximately 33cts.
Art Deco bracelet features in bountiful two-day sale in Maine
17 August 2020The jewellery section of the two-day Summer’s Bounty auction to be held by Thomaston Place Auction Galleries on August 29-30 includes a number of pieces from estate of Rosemarie Wolfe of Cape Elizabeth, Maine, and Palm Beach, Florida.
Oak furniture rubs shoulders with Old Masters in Massachusetts single-owner selection
17 August 2020George Way (1950-2019) developed an early fascination with oak furniture. He was especially interested in seat furniture and at the age of 16 he began a half-century quest to build up the largest privately owned collection of 17th century chairs in America, assembling over 100 Dutch and English examples.
Modernist jeweller makes his Marx at Philadelphia auction
17 August 2020A collection of over 30 pieces by the Brazilian modernist jeweller Haroldo Burle Marx will be a focus of the August 20 Boutique Jewels auction to be held by Freeman’s in Philadelphia.
Online bidders battle it out for British reverse glass painting
17 August 2020A highlight of the Summer’s Bounty Auction held by Thomaston Place Auction Galleries (17%/20% online buyer’s premium) of Maine was this British reverse glass painting dated to the late 18th century.
Artists answer call of Algeria and Tunisia
10 August 2020A work by the Orientalist artist Alphonse Etienne Dinet (1861-1929) was the object of keen competition at Drouot Estimations (24% buyer’s premium) in Paris.
Foujita trio emerges in Paris group
10 August 2020Tajan (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) held a recent sale offering three paintings by Léonard Tusguharu Foujita (1886-1968).
Chairs make it count in furniture array
10 August 2020Eighteenth century seat furniture took the top honours in Artcurial’s (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) two-day sale of furniture and works of art in Paris.
Ribeira rediscovered in house draws strong competition in Paris
10 August 2020Early work by Spanish-born painter was identified by Old Master experts Cabinet Turquin
Portrait of man in a beret from professor’s collection brings a surprise sum
10 August 2020An unexpectedly high price was paid in a sale of Old Master paintings and drawings held this summer by auction house Aguttes (23/25% buyer’s premium plus VAT) in Neuilly-sur-Seine.