Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Martinware: Return of Avery’s ʻlost’ menagerie
04 November 2019‘Dream’ Martinware cache from family of factory patron surfaces for sale in Berkshire
Paris fair aims at fine arts revival
04 November 2019The Carrousel du Louvre will be the setting for the 'Fine Arts Paris' fair which opens to the public next week with a five-day run from November 13-17.
Vroom shows a sense of perspective
28 October 2019It was a visit to the Palazzo Ducale in Urbino with his parents that first whetted the 15-year-old Thomas Vroom’s appetite for perspective.
Pistol sets a new standard for French army and navy use
28 October 2019Among the antique European rarities that are included in Milestone’s November 2 autumn firearms sale in Willoughby, Ohio, will be this 1733 French dragoon flintlock pistol of large size with a 12-inch barrel in .70 bore.
Major-name attractions in Paris as works by Artemesia Gentileschi and Jean-Baptiste Corot emerge at auction
28 October 2019Gentileschi and Corot works headline Old Master and 19th century auction at Artcurial.
Pissarro rediscovered and up at Paris auction
28 October 2019On November 22 in Paris auction house Ader will offer a newly rediscovered work by the Impressionist master Camille Pissarro.
Irish silver is the Maine attraction
28 October 2019This Irish silver two-handled footed cup will be included in the three-day, multi-discipline sale taking place at Thomaston Place Auction galleries from November 8-10 at Thomaston, Maine.
Tahitian-period Paul Gauguin painting emerges at Paris auction
21 October 2019Paris auction house Artcurial is to offer a painting by Paul Gauguin from his Tahitian period. It will be offered at a sale in December estimated at €5m-7m.
Classic Wedgwood and Meissen features in New York from two single-owner groups
14 October 2019A feast of English and Continental ceramics will be laid on in the Big Apple next week to tempt enthusiasts for classic 18th and 19th century pottery and porcelain from two of the major factories of western Europe.
Louvre buys Napoleon campaign depictions
14 October 2019A group of drawings and a sketchbook compiled by an artist assigned to Napoleon’s campaigns in Prussia and Poland in 1806-07 has been secured by the Louvre at a Toulouse auction.
Warner collection sale: English items assembled over nearly four decades produce suitable results
14 October 2019Market freshness, provenance and attractive estimates were the features that held sway to ensure a high selling rate for a single-owner collection of British delftwares offered at Woolley & Wallis (25/12% buyer’s premium).
Louvre buys sketches showing Napoleon’s seizure of art during Prussian campaign
08 October 2019A group of drawings and a sketchbook compiled by an artist assigned to Napoleon’s campaigns in Prussia and Poland in 1806-7 has been secured by the Louvre at a Toulouse auction.
Bible from 1462 on offer
07 October 2019The most famous book from the first years of printing using moveable type is the Bible produced by Johannes Gutenberg in Mainz in the mid-1450s, but in Hamburg on November 25 Ketterer Kunst will be offering another very rare and early Bible.
Moveable type used for fourth time
07 October 2019A work printed by Johannes Fust and Peter Schöffer will be offered for sale this month in Königstein, as part of Reiss & Sohn’s October 29-31 series of book, map, manuscript, photograph and print sales.
Father and son’s exceptional collection of vintage motorbikes to be offered in Chartres sale
10 September 2019A collection of 64 vintage motorbikes and seven bicycles that a father and son have spent 50 years assembling and restoring is to be sold at auction in France.
Head of French statesman: Country house discovery of bronze ‘Bordoni’ bust emerges after 400 years
09 September 2019A rare early 17th century bronze bust of a French statesman has been discovered in a French country house and will be offered for auction at Drouot in Paris in November with an estimate of €500,000-800,000.
Florence attracts new faces from London for 31st staging
09 September 2019The Biennale Internationale dell’Antiquario di Firenze (Florence Biennale) opens this month for its 31st edition – celebrating 60 years of showcasing and selling art and antiques in the city.
Read all about it: the Fairfax sale at Bonhams Sydney
09 September 2019Selection of contents from Sydney house of media family comes to auction in Australia
On the trail of French ceramic treats
02 September 2019A traditional feature of the ‘rentrée’ for the Paris art market in September is the Left Bank, gallery-based Parcours de la Céramique et des Arts du Feu.
Major attractions in Left Bank gallery
02 September 2019The Left Bank Galerie Vauclair on the rue de Beaune is one of the participants in the Parcours de la Céramique but it is also is putting on an exhibition titled Majeur! This not only spans the Parcours’ dates but runs until October 31.