Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Symbol of love and faithfulness bid to seven-times estimate
05 April 2021This 19th century Carrara marble group by the Florentine sculptor Odoardo Fantacchiotti featured in Genoa on March 16.
Famous females rejected by one empress, given as gift by another
05 April 2021A Sèvres cabaret service painted with portraits of famous women was a New Year’s gift from a French empress
Philosopher painting rated as a rediscovered Fragonard
05 April 2021A painting by the French 18th century artist Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) was discovered last January hanging on the wall in a local home.
Toby jugs based on First World War top brass raise heads in US auction
05 April 2021This set of 11 toby jugs modelled as the Allied commanders of the First World War made by Wilkinson will be offered at Skinner in Massachusetts from April 12-22.
Bernini drawing sets auction record
29 March 2021An Old Master drawing by the Italian Baroque sculptor, architect and artist Gian Lorenzo Bernini (1598-1680) sold for a hammer price of €1.55m (£1.34m) at an auction in Compiègne in France.
Single-owner collection of British and American card cases spark a white-glove sale
29 March 2021It was a white-glove result for 58 lots of silver card and vesta cases/matchsafes collected by Joseph and Miriam Poser offered for sale by Doyle (26% buyer’s premium) in New York last month.
Brittany sale offers impressive Asian art ensemble
22 March 2021Colonel stationed in Africa then China amassed an impressive collection that sold at auction in France earlier this month
Wurlitzer steams into action
15 March 2021Mechanical music will be going under the hammer on March 20 as part of the Miller & Miller auction in New Hamburg, Ontario.
Sèvres gift from Napoleon’s empress offered at Fontainbleau auction
15 March 2021Osenat is holding one of its periodic sales titled L’Empire à Fontainbleau in its Fontainebleau saleroom on March 22.
Howzat for an intriguing portrait
15 March 2021Young cricket player stars among the varied lots from estate of journalist and author
Italian tables emerge at LA auction
15 March 2021A pair of Italian rococo grey painted and parcel silvered console tables, dated to the mid-18th century, will be one of the 300 lots in Andrew Jones’ latest Design for the Home and Garden auction.
Delacroix work owned by Degas offered at Christie’s Paris
15 March 2021The work of Eugène Delacroix (1798-1863) will feature prominently in the dedicated sale of Old Master and 19th century drawings at Christie’s Paris.
Russian imperial plate shows guards on duty
15 March 2021Included in Cottone Auctions’ March 27 sale in Geneseo, New York, this Russian imperial plate dates from the reign of Tsar Nicholas II.
Asia Week New York: The gavel go-ahead
08 March 2021Auction houses are getting back to normal for this latest staging of the New York Asian art spotlight, although new import taxes are having an effect.
Loir on the beach
08 March 2021This oil on board by the French artist Luigi Loir (1845-1916) depicting a beach scene, is one of the lots that will feature in Crescent City Auction Galleries’ three-day spring sale to be held from March 12-14 in New Orleans.
Mirror from French designer Karl Lagerfeld's studio offered at Bonhams
08 March 2021A mid-20th century mirror by French designer and metalworker Gilbert Poillerat (1902-88) is one of the highlights at Bonhams in Los Angeles on March 25.
First edition of Philip Marlowe's debut book offered in Chicago
08 March 2021This first edition, first printing of Raymond Chandler’s 'The Big Sleep' is the book that introduced detective Philip Marlowe.
Dealers take part in events from across the Atlantic
08 March 2021While plenty of Asian auctions are taking place for Asia Week New York (March 11-20), this annual US spring event will be rather different for galleries.
Huanghuali hits the sale heights
08 March 2021Anglo-Chinese furniture stars as early American auctions produce numerous big results.
Unique Pablo Picasso puppet tile offered at Paris auction
22 February 2021The Madoura pottery founded by Suzanne and Georges Ramié in Vallauris, a village in the south of France renowned for pottery production, was a popular place for many artists in the post-war years. From 1948-55 Pablo Picasso lived in Vallauris and divided his time between painting and creating ceramics at Madoura.