Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
CERAMICS: America's continuing love affair with the Wedgwood factory
20 August 2018An old and respected provenance can still hold sway even in no longer buoyant sectors of the market.
‘Business as usual’ as China tariff looms
20 August 2018The US-China trade row provides an unwelcome distraction to the September edition of New York’s 'Asian Art Week' (AAW).
Extensive collection from Long Island home lifts Nye & Company sale
13 August 2018A consignment of items from the Long Island home of the de Forest family provided many of the best-sellers in a two-day auction held by Nye & Company (25% buyer’s premium) in Bloomfield, New Jersey.
Cricketers bowl up at Aussie sale
13 August 2018The strong suit in the extensive cricket section of Abacus Auctions’ (18% buyer’s premium) Sporting Memorabilia sale in Melbourne on July 22 proved to be a collection of early 20th century autographed real photo postcards of test cricketers that were offered individually.
Micromosaic panel heads to Maine auction
13 August 2018A 19th century Italian oval micromosaic framed panel will feature in the mammoth August 25-26 sale at Thomaston Place Galleries in Maine.
19th century rarity may produce some magic at Chicago sale
13 August 2018Potter & Potter, specialist in auctions of magic memorabilia, is holding its summer sale in Chicago on August 25.
Bronze statue of French 'boy king' comes to Pennsylvania
13 August 2018A two-day sale devoted to works of American and international interest is scheduled for September 14-15 at Pook & Pook in Downingtown, Pennsylvania.
Tribal art from banker and collector Adolphe Stoclet’s famous Brussels residence consigned to Christie’s
08 August 2018Adolphe Stoclet (1871-1949) made his fortune as a banker, heading the Société Générale de Belgique, which allowed him to indulge a passion for fine art and music.
Specialist auction in Cologne features cameras and other optical delights
23 July 2018Magic lanterns, peep shows and various other optical illusory and viewing devices will be on sale at a specialist Cologne auction firm offering photographic, scientific and collectors’ apparatus.
Rare Beatles poster among highlights at Dallas movie sale
23 July 2018A rare set of four door panel promotional posters for 'Help!', the Beatles’ second film, will form part of a movie poster sale to be held by Heritage Auctions on July 28-29.
New York auction features Leonetto Cappiello posters
23 July 2018Swann Galleries is offering its largest-ever selection of posters promoting food and drink in the firm’s August 1 auction of vintage posters, with more than 75 examples available.
European ceramics: a cross-Channel focus
16 July 2018Vincennes, Sèvres and Meissen are among the stars of a Paris and London auction spotlight.
London’s slice of Marly Rouge
16 July 2018Bonhams’ (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) main summer sale of European ceramics took place at its Bond Street rooms on July 5. On offer were 245 lots which raised a hammer total of just under £600,000, with a 62% take-up.
Vintage pens from Switzerland to Japan are scripted for San Francisco auction
14 July 2018US West Coast auction firm PBA Galleries is holding its first sale dedicated to writing instruments in its San Francisco rooms on July 19.
Monaco sales reflect life of luxury
09 July 2018There has long been a tradition of summer sales in Monaco, with an emphasis on the luxury goods area of the market: jewellery, watches, handbags and cars. Here are a few stand-out lots coming up.
Sorolla portrait of Spanish marquesa up at auction in Madrid
02 July 2018This portrait of Maria Luisa Maldonado, Marquesa de Torneros (1907) by the Valencian artist Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923) is a highlight of the next auction series at Ansorena to be held from July 17-19.
Old Masters fly high in Paris
02 July 2018The Paris high season is a time when classic sales of traditional fare are as much to the fore as buoyant sectors such as Asian, contemporary and modern and tribal art.
Australian cricket team postcard in bat at new Melbourne saleroom
02 July 2018Newly formed Australian firm Abacus Auctions holds its second sale on July 22, devoted to coins and banknotes plus a selection of collectables and sporting memorabilia.
Mueller European art glass collection comes up at Australian sale
02 July 2018Having successfully dispersed the collection of Lalique glass formed by Hans and Gertrud Mueller in March this year, Sotheby’s Australia is now selling the couple’s collection of other European Art Glass.
Animalier sculptor Bugatti remains a heavyweight at auction
28 June 2018Another substantial price for a bronze by the current hot favourite animalier sculptor, Rembrandt Bugatti (1884-1916), has emerged at the Drouot auction centre in Paris.