Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Grotesque proves attractive when it comes to Martinware
08 January 2024Latest ceramics sales demonstrate how Martinware demand has moved on beyond Wally Birds
Condiments of the season: mustard pots bonanza in the saleroom
02 January 2024Single-owner collection forms biggest dispersal of mustard pots at auction for many years
President of FAB Paris interview: ‘We have the disciplines, next we have to deepen some of them’
11 December 2023Louis de Bayser of the Paris drawings dealership Galerie de Bayser is the president of FAB Paris, the fair organised by Agence d’Événements Culturels (AEC), which also runs the Salon du Dessin.
FAB Paris makes a bigger splash
11 December 2023Second edition of the event involving two combined fairs benefits from extra space at new venue
Strike a little light on Tyneside
11 December 2023While mustard pots and caddy spoons made up much of the silver smallwork in Anderson & Garland’s (25% buyer’s premium) silver sale on November 28 (see ATG No 2619), it did also contain one notable example of a Dutch miniature.
All features great and small: Dutch silver miniatures dazzle
11 December 2023Small is considered beautiful in many sectors but increasingly so when it comes to collecting traditional antiques with space often at a premium.
Fragonard in serious mood or with a lighter touch
04 December 2023Pictured here are two paintings by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) appearing on the French auction scene this season within the space of a month - one sold, the other upcoming.
Table cover for a French king’s naughtiness
04 December 2023On December 12 in Paris the auction firm Pescheteau-Badin will be offering this writing table that belonged to Louis XV.
Classic French cabinet commissioned by Louis XV
04 December 2023A piece of French cabinetmaking with a provenance to Louis XV came up for sale on November 25 at SGL enchères (26.4% buyer’s premium inc tax).
Old Masters suit you down to a D
04 December 2023Collection from unnamed vendor supplies some of the highest prices in a sale at the Drouot centre
Gallé vase forms a geological wonder
04 December 2023On December 8 Beaussant-Lefèvre is holding a sale that will feature a number of examples of Gallé glass including this early piece.
Factory focus pays off for H&R Daniel porcelain collection
27 November 2023Porcelain from short-lived Staffordshire firm comes from collector and dealer who revived the market
Pilkington’s ceramics provide good starter for North Yorkshire auction
27 November 2023A 43-lot private collection of Pilkington’s ceramics from Manchester opened Tennants’ (24/22% buyer’s premium) sale of 20th century design held in Leyburn on October 7.
White gloves for Chameroy’s eclecticism
20 November 2023The late Jean Louis Chameroy (1946-2020) was born in the city of Troyes in France but moved to the London in 1960s.
Pewter pleases for a second time
13 November 2023Suffolk sale includes further selection from Chapman collection – but sculpture brings big surprise
Fab Paris boasts a big increase in exhibitors
13 November 2023The second instalment of FAB Paris, the fair resulting from the merger of Fine Arts Paris and La Biennale, will be staged this November but for the first time it moves from its previous home at the Carrousel du Louvre.
In step with Guerrand-Hermès
06 November 2023Between December 13 and 19 Sotheby’s Paris rooms will offer a series of live and online auctions of works from the collection of Hubert Guerrand-Hermès (1940-2016), a descendant of the founder of the famous firm Hermès.
Magritte painting makes its first appearance at auction
06 November 2023Sotheby’s (26/20/13.9% buyer’s premium plus 1% overhead premium) staged three Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary auctions in Paris during the second half of October.
The sound of eighties classics
06 November 2023On September 21 Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr (28/27/21/14.5% buyer’s premium) held a sale in Paris celebrating the decade of the 1980s.
Howard Hodgkin opens a Moroccan door
06 November 2023The British artist Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017) is well known as both a painter and printmaker.