Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Rock and Roll poster set to make a big noise in Dallas saleroom
03 August 2020Only around five examples of this rare ‘Big Beat’ concert poster are thought to exist. It advertises a 1958 tour by Rock and Roll promoter Alan Freed, whose photo appears at the top above the 16 different 1950s top musical acts (all also pictured).
Single-owner Eisenberg collection comes to Indianapolis auction
03 August 2020On September 12 Ripley Auctions in Indianapolis is selling a single-owner collection of costume jewellery and accessories from the American design firm Eisenberg that has been formed by the antiques dealer and collector Sharon Schwartz.
Britains’ boxed waggon reaches Pittsburgh
03 August 2020This Britains’ boxed pre-war general active service limbered waggon, set number 1331, in very good condition with a good box, is one of the lots to feature in a US auction.
Early summer sales in Paris awash with modern design highlights
23 July 2020Among the high-season sales traditionally staged in Paris in the early summer is a selection of auctions devoted to modern design.
Roubtzoff depiction of Tunisian street life appears at Millon
13 July 2020Millon of Paris will offer this painting of a Tunisian street scene by Alexandre Roubtzoff (1884-1949) at its Antiquities and Orientalist sale on July 21.
De Staël on offer as single lot at Paris Enchères
13 July 2020Paris Enchères Collin du Bocage will be holding a single-lot sale on July 22 in Paris of a painting by Nicolas de Staël (1914-55).
Los Angeles sale to offer bronze tribute to the vanquished
13 July 2020This late 19th century French bronze figural group, 'Gloria Victis', after the model by Marius-Jean-Antonin Mercié (1845-1916), will be offered in Andrew Jones Auctions’ Design for the Home and Garden sale in Los Angeles on July 26.
Rijksmuseum delivers the winning punch for Ansbach bowl
13 July 2020The Rijksmuseum was in action at the Drouot to carry off a 9½in (24cm) wide porcelain punchbowl from the Ansbach factory.
Meissen figure groups make key contribution to auction of Müller-Frei collection
13 July 2020The sale of the Müller-Frei collection of paintings and decorative arts held by Koller (25% buyer’s premium) in Zurich last month included two early 18th century Meissen figure groups that outstripped their estimates.
Collection with a ruff appeal in Massachusetts
06 July 2020Massachusetts auction house Skinner will be offering over 200 pieces from the collection of George H Way in its sale of European Furniture and Decorative Arts to be held from July 20-28.
Art consultant's collection offered in New York includes Vinchon's fantastic falls at Tivoli
06 July 2020On July 23 Stair of Hudson, New York, will be offering paintings, works on paper and sculpture from the collection of art consultant and adviser Matthew Rutenberg (1956-2019).
First steps of Millet appear at Fontainebleau auction
06 July 2020This pastel by the Barbizon school artist Jean-François Millet (1814-75) is one of the highlights in the Esprit du XIXème Siècle auction at Osenat in Fontainebleau on July 19.
International silver highlights: Buyers raise a toast to Renaissance goblet
06 July 2020A selection of early Continental silver from the 16th and 17th centuries was a notable feature of the Lempertz (25% buyer’s premium) decorative arts auction in Cologne.
German artist’s enigmatic portrait of railway worker makes major auction record at Lempertz
04 July 2020Albert Birkle (1900-1986) was a German artist who studied in Berlin later moving to Salzburg in Austria. He was part of the ‘Neue Sachlichkeit’ or New Objectivity movement of the 1920s.
Early French books of hours on top as Paris reopens
29 June 2020The Paris auction centre Drouot opened its doors again last month in France following the lockdown.
Qing opulence crowns Drouot’s €1.95m return
22 June 2020As the Paris auction scene got back to business, an extraordinary Qianlong mark and period porcelain vase sold at the Drouot centre last week for €1.95m (£1.77m).
Get your claws into a dragon bowl
22 June 2020Hindman will holding Asian art sales in Chicago over two days on June 25-26.
On the scent of Stourbridge bottles
22 June 2020Included in Morphy Auctions’ fine and decorative arts sale to be held in Denver, Pennsylvania, on July 14-15 is a selection of scent bottles made by the Stourbridge firm of Thomas Webb.
Musical box bird makes appearance
22 June 2020This blue and white enamelled musical box is be offered in a sale on June 27 at Oakridge Auction Gallery in Ashburn, Virginia.
Portrait of star athlete killed in the Great War emerges at Maine sale
22 June 2020Thomaston Place Auction Galleries in Maine will be holding a two-day weekend auction of more than 1000 lots on July 18-19.