Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Single-owner sales significant among French auction turnovers
03 February 2020Dedicated collections boost Sotheby’s as it tops list of French auction turnover figures.
BRAFA 2020: Eight stands that caught our eye
30 January 2020BRAFA art fair in Brussels opened to the public earlier this week following several private views that kicked-off the event.
Moigniez bronze bird flies into German auction
27 January 2020When he was only 20, the French sculptor Jules Moigniez exhibited one of his works at the Paris Exposition Universelle of 1855.
George Tinworth plaque stages a Shakespeare show in terracotta
27 January 2020This Doulton Lambeth terracotta plaque by George Tinworth will be included in the ceramics section of Skinner’s February 14 sale of European furniture and decorative arts in Boston.
Italian sculptor's marble Cleopatra appears in North Carolina
27 January 2020The sale at Brunk in Asheville, North Carolina, on February 8 includes a 3ft 10in (1.17m) carrara marble Cleopatra morente by the Italian sculptor Pio Fedi (1816-92).
Antique picture frames given prominence in Paris
27 January 2020Artcurial holds a sale of Old Master and 19th century paintings in Paris on February 4. The opening 200 lots of this auction is given over to antique picture frames and two unusual entries are made from 18th century French faience rather than wood.
Kangaroo chair is from Chandigarh project offered in Munich
27 January 2020In 1952, India’s first prime minister Jawaharlal Nehru commissioned the Swiss-French architect Le Corbusier to design and construct the north Indian city of Chandigarh.
Picasso ceramic design comes to Florida
20 January 2020This 14in (35cm) earthenware ‘face’ charger made by Madoura to a design by Pablo Picasso carries an estimate of $2000-3000 at Neely Auction in Lantana, Florida, on February 16.
Gifford takes the Grand Tour
20 January 2020A picture of a famous Italian Grand Tour view by one of the best-regarded artists of the American Hudson River school of painting is one of the highlights of a sale at Skinner in Boston on January 24.
Chelsea porcelain dishes appear in New Jersey sale
20 January 2020On January 30, Millea Bros of Boonton, New Jersey, will offer more than 400 lots of English and American furniture and decorative arts from the estate of Elizabeth ‘Betty’ Seeler (1926-2018).
Liverpool creamware jugs reflect taste of the American market
20 January 2020The two-day sale at Case Antiques of Knoxville, Tennessee, on January 25-26 includes a number of Liverpool creamware jugs depicting a range of subject matter.
Mark Twain in the frame as carte de visite emerges in Philadelphia
20 January 2020This carte de visite picturing the author Mark Twain (Samuel L Clemens) is signed and inscribed twice.
Royal Worcester ewer offered in Dania Beach auction
20 January 2020This 13in (32cm) Royal Worcester ewer decorated with owls by Charles Baldwyn (1859-1913) carries an estimate of $950-1050 at Broward Auction Gallery in Dania Beach, Florida.
Canes on parade in Chicago sale
20 January 2020The sale of furniture and decorative arts at Hindman in Chicago on February 11 includes these two late 19th century gadget canes, both mounted with the insignia of British army regiments.
Napoleonic family value at Doyle auction
20 January 2020The Old Master paintings section of the sale taking place at Doyle in New York on February 5 will include this large and imposing portrait of Pauline Bonaparte, the younger sister of Napoleon.
US auctions: New York series of Old Master drawings includes 'triumphant' equestrian studies
20 January 2020Sotheby’s holds the first of its New York series of Old Master paintings and drawings at the end of January with its Masters Week sales running from January 24-31.
Dummy paratrooper 'Rupert' drops in for D-Day
20 January 2020‘Rupert’ is one of the dummy paratroopers which were dropped over German-occupied France in the early hours of June 6, 1944. Made from burlap and weighted with sand, these were intended to serve as a distraction during the D-Day landings.
French cat painter's felines head to Heritage sale
20 January 2020Heritage now conducts a monthly online-only auction titled Fine & Decorative Arts. The February 13 sale includes two typical oil on panel works by the French cat painter Jules Gustave Leroy (1856-1921).
Christie’s sells David Little's pre-civil war silver collection
13 January 2020It took just one sale to disperse a collection of pre-civil war silver painstakingly amassed in just over a quarter of a century at the rate of one piece a year.
Exhibitors explain BRAFA fair’s long-lasting appeal
13 January 2020BRAFA Art Fair, Brussels’ major international art and antiques show, is one of the earliest events in the European fairs calendar.