Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Pre-emptions: stepping in at the fall of the gavel
19 October 2020Pre-emption, the right of a French museum or institution to step in at the fall of the gavel to claim a lot at auctions staged in France for purchase at the hammer price, is a common occurence in such sales.
Actress portrayed in pastel
19 October 2020At Ivoire Nantes’ (24% buyer’s premium inc VAT) auction in the French city on September 29, this 2ft 1in x 3ft (64 x 91cm) signed pastel by Louise Abbemé (1858-1927), showing the actress Sarah Bernhardt seated, sold for €8200 (£7455).
Take the Underground to the Thames via a poster auction
12 October 2020This pastoral scene titled 'Where is this bower beside the silver Thames?' features on a poster to promote the London Underground by the well-known French Art Deco artist Jean Dupas.
Lalique perfume bottle offered at Dallas auction
12 October 2020This green patinated Cyclamen perfume bottle made c.1912 by René Lalique for Coty is part of a private Chicago collection of Lalique scent bottles that feature in Heritage Auctions’ Tiffany, Lalique and Art Glass sale in Dallas, Texas, on October 22.
Emperor Franz Joseph’s bowler hat emerges at Vienna sale
12 October 2020A bowler hat that once belonged to Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria will go under the hammer at Dorotheum on October 19 in the sale of imperial court memorabilia and historical objects in Vienna.
Printz charming: Art Deco design
12 October 2020Furniture ensemble sold in French auction had been in the same family since being produced
On your bike for fascinating collection
12 October 2020A collection of bicycles spanning a century from 1892-1982, Tour de France jerseys and other sporting memorabilia will be offered for sale by Ivoire Chartres in the French city on October 17.
Roentgen marks an anniversary
05 October 2020Cologne auction house Lempertz has been trading for 175 years and on November 13 has a special celebratory treat in store for connoisseurs of 18th century furniture.
Arader’s perfect score
05 October 2020The October 10 auction at New York’s Arader Galleries includes the collection of the surgeon Dr Seymour Schwartz (2020) – a map collector Graham Arader considered something of a mentor.
Variations on a theme
05 October 2020On October 21, Freeman’s in Philadelphia will mark Ludwig van Beethoven’s 250th birthday by offering a collection of 12 portrait bronzes of the composer by French sculptor Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929).
Seeing the doctor
05 October 2020This portrait of doctor Heinrich Wolff, the stadtphysikus (city physician) in 16th century Nuremberg, is one of the highlights in the sale at Wendl in Rudolstadt on October 22-24.
A passion for glass
05 October 2020Over the years, Wolf Horst Röhl, who died in 2005, amassed an impressive collection of 17th and 18th century Dutch and German cut glass.
Flattery for Klabena
05 October 2020On October 31, Quentin in Berlin is holding its 40th auction. One of the most unusual pieces is this 8in (22cm) high satirical porcelain figure, titled Schmeichelei (Flattery). It was modelled in 1909 by the Slovakian artist Eduard Klabena for KPM in Berlin.
Twelve pieces of Post-War and Contemporary art coming up in autumn 2020
21 September 2020Twelve pieces of Post-War & Contemporary art from upcoming auctions taking place in the UK and overseas.
A taste of the new French season
21 September 2020Launched in 1956, La Biennale des Antiquaires, now an annual event known as La Biennale Paris, is one of the world’s longest-established and best-known art and antiques fairs.
A birthday gift from Chongli goes under the hammer
21 September 2020The highlight of an Asian art auction held at Drouot by Auction Art on September 25 is this 21½in (55cm) high Qianlong lantern-shaped vase famille rose vase and stand.
New York's Asian art auction series aims to keep the show on the road in wake of Covid and tariffs
07 September 2020Although hampered by Covid-19 and the ongoing issues surrounding imports of Chinese works of art, the September series of Asian art auctions in New York appears – like most sales in the US – to be remarkably unscathed by recent geopolitical events.
Oceanic objects surface in trio of British salerooms
31 August 2020Pictured below are three lots of Oceanic art that proved to be in much demand during UK sales held in August.
Eskimo baskets bring high demand at Skinner
31 August 2020One of the highest prices in the large 650-plus lot American Indian and Ethnographic Arts auction held by Skinner (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) in Massachusetts was the $4000 (£3075) paid against a $400-600 guide for a trio of Eskimo baskets woven from baleen.
War club to be brandished in North Yorks
31 August 2020This 4ft (1.2m) long Tongan Aku-Tau ironwood war club will feature in a sale of Militaria and Ethnographica to be held by Tennants in Leyburn, North Yorkshire, on September 4.