Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
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.
Portrait of ‘the father of couture’ leads New York auction of 19th century and Old Master works
22 June 2020A portrait of a famous couturier offered by a descendant and Old Master drawings from a single-owner estate collection were stand-out features at Doyle's (25/20/12.5%) latest art sale.
Tomahawk tempts a buyer at $540,000
22 June 2020The highlight of Morphy Auctions’ (23% buyer’s premium) sale of historical militaria from the independence struggle and War of 1812 era was a rare and extensively provenanced presentation pipe tomahawk.
George III epergne offered at Case Antiques
22 June 2020The summer fine art antiques and jewellery auction to be held by Case Antiques in Knoxville, Tennessee, on July 11-12 will include this George III silver epergne by Thomas Pitts I.
Georg Jensen brooch offered at Philadelphia auction
22 June 2020This Danish silver, amber and agate brooch from c.1915 by Georg Jensen will feature in the art and design sale to be held by Freeman’s of Philadelphia on June 26.
Empire style comport comes to Roland Auctions
22 June 2020This 19th century, c.1860, gilt bronze and cut-glass comport will feature in Roland Auctions’ June 27 Estates sale at Glen Cove, New York.
Qianlong porcelain vase sells for nearly €2m as Paris auctions get going
18 June 2020As the Paris auction scene gets back to business after the lockdown, an extraordinary Qianlong mark and period porcelain vase sold this week for €1.95m (£1.77m) plus buyer’s premium.
Actress Sarah Bernhardt in the frame at Tajan
15 June 2020This 1890s Japoniste-style photograph frame in brown patinated bronze applied with gilt branches of stylised myosotis is by the Paris firm of Maison Millet.
Gold bracelets go from mucky moat to Monaco auction
15 June 2020Around 20 years ago the owner of a mediaeval manor house in northern Europe made an exciting discovery when clearing out the moats of the fortified house.
France: Punchy results as sales return
15 June 2020Auction rooms in France are gradually opening up again, albeit within the limitations of the new health and safety regulations set as a result of the coronavirus and aided by the extra input from absentee bidding on phones and online.
Punchinello comeback and pastels debut help to boost Paris drawings auction
15 June 2020Christie’s (25/20/13.5% buyer’s premium) has held its first live sales in Paris since lockdown.
Louvre secures Renaissance bronze by French sculptor
15 June 2020A newly discovered bronze by a French Renaissance sculptor was acquired by the Louvre museum for €1.15m (£1.05m) at an auction in Paris on June 9.
Auction action outside Paris with Old Masters and tribal art bringing demand
15 June 2020Outside Paris auctions have also started up as lockdown eases.
Musik plays part as one of three €100,000 top-sellers
15 June 2020Sotheby’s Paris (25/20/13.9% buyer’s premium) reported a cumulative total of €5.4m for the five online sales it held over two weeks in mid May through to early June. The initiative attracted new buyers, said the auction house, with 35% in the jewellery sale and 27% in the Contemporary art auction.
Orientalist sculpture for sale in Nantes
15 June 2020Friedrich Goldscheider (1845-97) is famous for founding the Goldscheider ceramics factory which was set up in Vienna in 1885.