Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Bow blue and white pot from c.1750 exceeds estimate at Starr sale
25 November 2019After their intitial interest in Wedgwood, the Starrs went on to collect other examples of early English porcelain, some of which was keenly pursued in Sotheby’s sale.
Starr's encaustic-ware amphora back on market a decade later
25 November 2019A more recent purchase for the Starrs was this late-18th century, 10¼in (26cm) high, black basalt two handled amphora, from the section of encaustic-decorated wares that were inspired by classical attic vases.
Rare Staffordshire figure group bid to $19,000 at Stair Galleries
25 November 2019Another of the highest prices in the Stair Galleries’ sale of a New York ceramics collection came for this Staffordshire rarity.
Range of Wedgwood creamware sold at Stair auction
25 November 2019Plenty of affordable Wedgwood from all eras was available in the Stair sale.
Single sources boost traditional ceramics
25 November 2019High selling rates at two American salerooms show how the market can absorb traditional ceramics in volume when estimates are realistic
Bidders sniff out early scent bottles at New York sales
25 November 2019Early-18th century porcelain scent bottles from Chelsea and the St James’s factory have been the object of increasing interest and value in recent years. Some high-flying examples emerged in the sales in New York.
Henry Arnhold’s sale led by Meissen blue and white saucer dish at Sotheby's
25 November 2019The most expensive piece in Sotheby’s Arnhold sale was a lot that made a dramatic increase on its $4000-6000 estimate. This 7½in (19.5cm) diameter blue and white saucer dish (below) was an early example of blue and white Meissen from c.1721-22 that had Japanese Palace inventory marks.
Starrs collection boosted by George Owen pieces for Royal Worcester
25 November 2019The Starrs collection at Sotheby’s featured 25 reticulated vases or decorative objects produced by George Owen for Royal Worcester, most them purchased at auction in the early 1980s.
Bust of leading French statesman by the king’s sculptor fetches £2m in Paris auction
22 November 2019A rare early 17th century bronze bust of a French statesman discovered in a French country house was knocked down at €2.4m (£2.07m) hammer at the Drouot auction centre in Paris this week.
Fine Arts Paris to expand in 2020
15 November 2019The Fine Arts Paris fair opened to the public this week at the Carrousel du Louvre with the announcement of major expansion plans for its 2020 edition.
Asian Art in London prize winners revealed
11 November 2019Last week’s gala party for Asian Art in London, held at Bonhams on November 5, was also the occasion to announce the winners of the event’s two art awards.
Folk art field trip in southern Moravia
11 November 2019Going to the Fields by the Cezch artist Joža Uprka (1861-1940) is one of the potential best-sellers of Bonhams’ sale of 19th century European paintings in New York on November 20.
Ape appeal
11 November 2019This sheet of studies of a monkey in red chalk on paper by the St Petersburg-born artist Alexander Jacovleff (1887-1938) will be offered in Il Ponte’s sale of 19th century paintings and sculpture in Milan on November 21.
Parisian panorama
11 November 2019Among several auctions devoted to Old Master and 19th century paintings taking place in Paris this month will be the 66-lot sale held at Sotheby’s on November 19.
Russian icons on offer
11 November 2019A number of Russian icons are included in Crescent City Auction Gallery’s sale on November 16-17 in New Orleans, among them this 19th century Virgin of Kazan.
From a San Fran apartment
11 November 2019This small-scale wall mirror by Line Vautrin from c.1950 measures approximately 15in (38cm) in diameter.
Collector with an eye for the birds
04 November 2019A sale at Rago Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) in its New Jersey rooms offered potential buyers the Andrew Furer and Elle Douglas collection: 27 lots of Martinware (mostly composed of the potters’ iconic Wally Bird creations).
Paris fair aims at fine arts revival
04 November 2019The Carrousel du Louvre will be the setting for the 'Fine Arts Paris' fair which opens to the public next week with a five-day run from November 13-17.
Martinware: Return of Avery’s ʻlost’ menagerie
04 November 2019‘Dream’ Martinware cache from family of factory patron surfaces for sale in Berkshire
Major-name attractions in Paris as works by Artemesia Gentileschi and Jean-Baptiste Corot emerge at auction
28 October 2019Gentileschi and Corot works headline Old Master and 19th century auction at Artcurial.