Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Study for decoration of château emerges at Paris sale
13 March 2023A selection of drawings will feature in Aguttes’ March 28 sale at Drouot of Old Masters.
Drawings fairs March on in Paris
13 March 2023The Salon du Dessin and its Contemporary art younger sibling are now back to normal in the spring slot
From darkness came light: the Bud Lear collection of historical candlesticks
27 February 2023US collector Bud Lear teamed up with UK metalwork dealer Christopher Bangs to investigate early types of metal candlesticks
Unoccupied house found to be full of French art glass joys
27 February 2023A cache of art glass rediscovered during the contents removal of a house that had been unoccupied for several years came up for auction.
Gallé and Daum feature in collector Blessing's mixed French and American sale
27 February 2023Art glass will be one notable feature of the second instalment of the sale of items from the estate of Ron Blessing of Nebraska on March 18.
Make a bone call when bidding for Chinese jiaguwen
27 February 2023The Shang period (c.1600-1045BC) is the first of China’s many epochs from which written documents survive.
Courtesy of Cohen & Cohen: items from renowned UK specialist come to New York auction
20 February 2023Auctions of Chinese export porcelain have regularly featured in the New York schedule in January for many years, running alongside the traditional string of Americana sales and the long-running Winter Show.
BRAFA: Brussels fair settles successfully into its new home
20 February 2023The 68th edition of the BRAFA Art Fair closed its doors to the public on February 5 with 65,000 visitors having passed through its doors, writes Anne Crane.
First edition of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Ernest emerges in Chicago
06 February 2023Included in Potter & Potter’s latest sale of Books and Manuscripts is a rare first edition limited issue of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Ernest.
Mantel clock is pick of a d’Estaing presidential selection
06 February 2023Clock formed as memorial to Napoleonic general stars among contents of d’Estaing family home
Bouguereaus double up at US auction
06 February 2023Works by the married artists both feature in Philadelphia saleroom Freeman's
Louvre acquisitions announced for Abu Dhabi and Paris
06 February 2023Main and Middle East branch of the French museum revealed as the buyers of works offered in French auctions
Third slice of Soulages ready to taste at Paris auction
06 February 2023Millon’s March 6 sale in Paris is its third to be given over entirely to the graphic (engraved) work of Pierre Soulages (1919-2022).
Strong early sales at BRAFA as it returns to traditional time slot
02 February 2023Dealers hailed the latest edition of the BRAFA Art Fair as a success with early sales.
Lichtenstein and Warhol with a touch of Hockney
23 January 2023Key artists in the American pop art movement such as Roy Lichtenstein (1923-97) and Andy Warhol (1929- 87) make big ticket prices.
Shipshape and soup shape prints make Maine attraction
23 January 2023Among the graphic works on offer in Thomaston Place’s Winter Enchantment sale in Maine on February 24-26 are these two prints by Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol.
BRAFA preview: Celebrate Art Nouveau in Brussels
16 January 2023The BRAFA fair this year – and several of its exhibitors – has adopted the city’s theme for 2023
Strong London presence at NY event
09 January 2023An event that started back in 2006 as a casual gallery tour held during the New York Old Masters auctions has grown this year to 25 exhibitors.
Bonhams to sell Chinese export porcelain from dealer Cohen & Cohen
09 January 2023On January 24 Bonhams in New York will offer a single owner-sale of more than 150 lots of Chinese export porcelain from the renowned specialist dealer in the field, Cohen & Cohen.
Early delftware serves up wine bottles
09 January 2023More than 80 lots of early English and Dutch delftware are included in the collection of scholar, collector and author Margaret Berwind Schiffer to be offered on January 18 by Pook & Pook in Pennsylvania.