Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Paris puts on an auction show at fair time
06 November 2023A raft of Modern and Contemporary art auctions were held in Paris in the second half of October coinciding with the Paris + par Art Basel fair held at the Grand Palais Ephemère.
Pen and wash works marked for Hans Bols make waves
23 October 2023Old Master drawings inscribed for Flemish artist Hans Bols blow away the estimates in Chartres
Bidder contemplation of Mai-Thu brings five figures
23 October 2023An example of 20th century French-influenced painting by the Vietnamese artist Mai-Thu (1906-80) proved to be atop-selling lot.
Southern barbarians march into a Nanban work
23 October 2023Nanban, meaning ‘southern barbarians’, was the Japanese term for Europeans.
Chinese art from a German family
16 October 2023A collection of Chinese art from a German family collection formed over many decades is to be offered in Paris by Bonhams Cornette Saint Cyr on October 26.
Eighteenth century plates from Steel collection
16 October 2023Around 20 lots of delftware, mostly plates, tiles and chargers with modest estimates, featured in the sale of the Diana Steel collection.
Jonathan Horne sale: Importance of name recognition to auction success
16 October 2023Consignment from the late dealer Jonathan Horne helps a buoyant ceramics section in the saleroom
Work of Wiese father and son team
16 October 2023On December 5 in Paris Tajan will be selling items from a private collection of jewellery assembled over the past 40 years.
Mansion once owned by marquis furnishes desirable lots
16 October 2023On November 8 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Aguttes will auction contents from La Maison Sémonville.
Bullish price for Capron creation
16 October 2023The Roger Capron Navettes table from Tajan’s (26/21/14% buyer’s premium) September 19 sale of modern and contemporary ceramics, which was previewed in ATG No 2609, sold for €1000 (£870) including premium.
French marshal’s baton handed on to new owner after auction
16 October 2023Relic belonging to French military hero sells in Versailles, with one of Napoleon’s bicorn hats still to come
Jacobite drinking glasses toast Old and Young Pretenders to the throne
09 October 2023Hot on the heels of just over 20 lots of 18th century Jacobite drinking glasses offered at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh on August 16 (see ATG No 2607), more of these desirable items appeared at two other salerooms.
Get into the ceramics groove: second slice of the Seymour Stein collection
02 October 2023Collector who helped Madonna on road to stardom becomes the centre of attention in West Sussex saleroom
It’s a small world: Cary pocket globes emerge in two sales
02 October 2023Three-inch globes were mostly sold as pocket globes, typically as a terrestrial globe contained within a ray-skin case with the celestial gores for the heavens pasted inside.
Beautiful bijin lady catches the eye on the Yorkshire coast
02 October 2023This Japanese Imari bijin was made at the Imari kilns around 1690-1700. She wears a long kimono decorated with apple blossom and leafy branches.
Intaglios in abundance at Edinburgh auction
02 October 2023Grand Tour souvenirs often attract attention at auction and the buyer of this lot certainly got a sizeable helping for their money
Antiquities lots turn heads in salerooms
25 September 2023This carved marble portrait head of a youth shown here is Roman and comes from a tightly dated period of the 2nd century.
Presentation sword cuts through complaints of bad conduct
25 September 2023John Eamer was a wholesale grocer who dealt in sugar imported from the West Indies. His success led to him becoming Sheriff of London in 1794.
Pick of the week: Sceptre recalls story of a tragic emperor
18 September 2023This intricate gold filigree and gemset sceptre was presented to Charlotte, Empress of Mexico, by the Mexican city of San Juan del Rio.
Fragonard makes a sacrificial offering
18 September 2023An oil on canvas by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) estimated at €4m-6m is billed as a highlight of the sale of Old Master and 19th century art to be held by Artcurial in Paris in November.