Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
VOGEL AND OLIVE COLLECTIONS: Two auctions showing the highs and the lows of traditional markets
25 February 2019The sale of two great collections at auction – one in London, the other in New York – has highlighted the ebbs and flows of the market for early British pottery and furniture.
Paul Gauguin garden scene with bonus of the artist’s ‘earliest’ self portraits on the back
21 February 2019A three-in-one opportunity to purchase rare early works by Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) comes up in Paris this month.
Five top pieces of Lalique glass at Bonhams’ auction of the John Nemeth collection
05 February 2019Bonhams is offering a single-owner collection of René Lalique glass in its Knightsbridge rooms on February 20.
French mantel clock set to chime in Pennsylvania
04 February 2019Included in Cordier Auctions’ large mixed-discipline sale to be held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, on February 9 will be a group of four clocks that once came from the Chicago dealer Lee Benkendorf.
English silver on offer in New York
04 February 2019This mid-19th century cruet stand is one of several lots of English silver to be offered by Clarke Auction Gallery in Larchmont, New York, on February 10.
Select 44-lot grouping of paintings covers 500 years of art
04 February 2019A small but select auction of just 44 lots of paintings spanning 500 years from Old Masters to 20th century works will go under the hammer at Freeman’s on February 27.
Champion racehorse gallops into Paris auction in bronze form
04 February 2019A collection of 18 bronzes of thoroughbred racing horses by major French animalier sculptors is to be offered at Drouot on February 22 by Beaussant-Lefėvre. They include examples by Isadore Bonheur, Pierre-Jules Mène and Emmanuel Fremiet.
How buttons can fit a collecting budget
04 February 2019Small in scale and relatively light on the purse, buttons are a rich collecting seam that many can mine.
What can BRAFA fair offer for the entry-level collector?
30 January 2019Big international art fairs are inevitably a showcase for the exhibitors’ showstoppers. At one level, these key pieces highlight the galleries’ specialities and rare finds that they have been saving up for the occasion.
Roman marble statue on offer at Paris auction
28 January 2019This 3ft 2in (97cm) high Roman marble statue of draped female form with a lyre, representing the Greek muse Euterpe, dates from the 2nd-3rd century AD.
Ski posters slide into New York sale
28 January 2019Sales of ski posters have long been a seasonal feature of the auction scene scheduled for those winter months when enthusiasts take to the slopes.
Family art and antiques collection offered at Childress Gaffney auctions in South Carolina
28 January 2019The sale of a family collection of British and American art and antiques assembled by three successive generations of South Carolina enthusiasts will go under the hammer through Childress Gaffney auctions in Greenville on February 9.
Teddy bear and doll in one at Pennsylvania sale
28 January 2019A two-in-one purchase, this Simon and Halbig bisque-headed doll comes with its own teddy bear in a 550-lot online-only auction of toys and past playthings.
Be Part of Art: Royal Watercolour Society stages exhibition and auction to help fund renovation of new gallery
22 January 2019Founded in 1804, The Royal Watercolour Society has been in existence for over two centuries and includes famous names such as John Singer Sargent, Samuel Palmer and Edward Burne-Jones among its past members.
BRAFA: the Brussels art and antiques fair that ranges far and wide
21 January 2019One of the attractions of BRAFA, the Brussels art and antiques fair which is traditionally a new-year opener in continental Europe, is its breadth. This is not a specialist event: it concentrates on quality across a range of disciplines.
Gallery Desmet at BRAFA 2019
21 January 2019Among the numerous dealers at BRAFA showing early works of art is Brussels’ Gallery Desmet, which specialises in sculpture and objects ranging from Antiquity to the Grand Tour.
Whitford Fine Art at BRAFA 2019
21 January 2019Whitford Fine Art from London is a long-standing BRAFA stalwart (understandably given that the gallery’s core stock is work by 20th century Belgian and international artists).
Didier Claes at BRAFA 2019
21 January 2019With so many tribal art galleries concentrated in Brussels it is no surprise to find 10 specialists in the field showing at BRAFA, six of them from the Belgian capital.
Xavier Eeckhout at BRAFA 2019
21 January 2019Another returning BRAFA exhibitor is the Paris dealer Xavier Eckhout, who specialises in animalier sculpture from 1880- 1950.
Finch & Co at BRAFA 2019
21 January 2019Finch & Co from London has been showing at BRAFA for 12 years. “We regard it as one of the most successful and well-organised art and antique events in Europe,” notes the firm’s Jan Finch.