Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Louis Wain’s Cubist cats bring strong overseas interest at New Zealand auction
01 June 2020Louis Wain (1860-1939) is famed as an artist for his humorous anthropomorphic paintings of cats – typically producing several hundred drawings a year. However, perhaps his most progressive work was the series of ceramic designs in which the cats were rendered in distinctive Cubist form.
Furniture, silver and ceramics headline ‘The Collector’ sale at Christie’s
28 May 2020Christie’s series of sales titled ‘The Collector’, which take place in Paris, London and New York, are events which focus on traditional fields such as furniture, silver and ceramics. The latest London sale in this category is currently taking place as an online event running until June 1.
Novelty items shine at Sotheby’s prohibition-themed sale
26 May 2020An American silver-plated cocktail shaker fashioned as a lighthouse from c.1927-29 was among the lots commanding interest at Sotheby’s sale of prohibition-era items.
International Auction Previews of Books, Maps and Works on Paper – including a group of Franz Kafka documents
26 May 2020A selection of upcoming lots of books, maps and prints from auctions taking place around the world.
Sotheby’s sale of prohibition era items opens online
18 May 2020An online sale devoted to vintage bar ware and drinking accessories inspired by the Prohibition era is currently being staged by Sotheby’s New York.
English Arts & Crafts enamel plaques come to the fore in Cincinnati
18 May 2020Treadway’s (25/20/15% buyer’s premium) Spring sale in Cincinnati was led by examples of Tiffany glassware and a Gallé ceramic.
Chung Ling Soo stage prop surfaces across the Atlantic
18 May 2020The American magician William Ellsworth Robinson not only adopted the stage name of Chung Ling Soo but stayed in character as a Chinese magician on and off stage.
The 18th century silver-mounted tomahawk that became a British war trophy
18 May 2020This rare and well-provenanced silver mounted and quillworked presentation pipe tomahawk is billed as a highlight of Morphy Auctions’ three-day May 27-29 sale in Denver, Pennsylvania.
Senufo peoples statuette features in Paris tribal art sale
18 May 2020This unpublished carved wooden statuette from the Senufo peoples of south-east Mali, west Africa, is to be offered in a 154-lot sale of Tribal Art to be held on May 26 by Ader in its Paris, rue Favart rooms in collaboration with the Euvrard Fabre auction house.
Louis XIV vases stand out in summer sales at Christie’s Paris
18 May 2020Christie’s Paris rooms has announced a programme of 18 summer sales that it will be holding over May, June and July. These are a mixture of timed auctions and live online (huis clos) auctions.
Versailles auction to feature portrait of royal architect
18 May 2020This late-18th century French school portrait of Michel Louis Melan, architect to Louis XVI, will be offered for sale in Osenat’s auction titled La Royauté à Versailles to be held in the town on May 24.
John Ruskin's sketch of French cathedral emerges at Skinner
18 May 2020Both American and European works are on offer in Skinner’s wide-ranging sale of paintings and sculpture to be held live online in its Marlborough rooms on May 31.
Craftsman who supplied Fabergé features in New York auction alongside Picasso pottery
18 May 2020Several works by the celebrated master enamel craftsman Feodor Ruckert featured in the latest Russian works of art sale held by Doyle (25/20/12.5% buyer’s premium) in New York.
Four 18th century drinking glasses coming up for auction this month
11 May 2020A selection of four 18th century drinking glasses appearing at auctions in May 2020.
'Durham Ox' plate among super Staffordshire pottery selection in Michigan
04 May 2020Schmidt’s Antiques’ next ceramics auction in Ypsilanti, Michigan, will be on June 6 and features a wide range of English and Continental pottery and porcelain from Britain, Continental Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
Pair of platform souls provides surprise top price at Sotheby's
04 May 2020Ceramics, both English and Continental from the 18th century through to modern pieces, were one of several elements featured in the most recent Style auction held by Sotheby’s (25/20/13.9% buyer’s premium) in New York.
Staffordshire and Wedgwood pieces offered in Belgium
04 May 2020Staffordshire blue and white ware, figures and Leeds creamware will be among a selection of English ceramics featured in Maison Jules’ large mixed-discipline auction of art, antiques and vintage items to be held online over three days from May 16-18 in Gent, Belgium.
Meissen Whiplash dinner service catches the eye at Freeman’s
04 May 2020Freeman’s (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) of Philadelphia opened its latest Design sale with a Meissen Whiplash dinner service designed in 1903-4 by Henry Van de Velde, the Belgian Art Nouveau architect and designer.
Collection of English drinking glasses emerge in Virginia
04 May 2020Jeffrey S Evans’ spring sale of 18th and 19th century glassware and lighting takes place in Mount Crawford, Virginia. It includes a collection of more than 100 18th and 19th century English drinking glasses, to be offered unreserved on May 20.
Rare book fair in Paris postponed until September
27 April 2020The ‘Salon International du Livre Rare’ (International Rare Book Fair) which was due to be held this month at the Grand Palais in Paris, has been postponed until September 4-6.