Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Jonathan Horne sale: Importance of name recognition to auction success
16 October 2023Consignment from the late dealer Jonathan Horne helps a buoyant ceramics section in the saleroom
Work of Wiese father and son team
16 October 2023On December 5 in Paris Tajan will be selling items from a private collection of jewellery assembled over the past 40 years.
Mansion once owned by marquis furnishes desirable lots
16 October 2023On November 8 in Neuilly-sur-Seine, Aguttes will auction contents from La Maison Sémonville.
Bullish price for Capron creation
16 October 2023The Roger Capron Navettes table from Tajan’s (26/21/14% buyer’s premium) September 19 sale of modern and contemporary ceramics, which was previewed in ATG No 2609, sold for €1000 (£870) including premium.
French marshal’s baton handed on to new owner after auction
16 October 2023Relic belonging to French military hero sells in Versailles, with one of Napoleon’s bicorn hats still to come
Jacobite drinking glasses toast Old and Young Pretenders to the throne
09 October 2023Hot on the heels of just over 20 lots of 18th century Jacobite drinking glasses offered at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh on August 16 (see ATG No 2607), more of these desirable items appeared at two other salerooms.
Get into the ceramics groove: second slice of the Seymour Stein collection
02 October 2023Collector who helped Madonna on road to stardom becomes the centre of attention in West Sussex saleroom
It’s a small world: Cary pocket globes emerge in two sales
02 October 2023Three-inch globes were mostly sold as pocket globes, typically as a terrestrial globe contained within a ray-skin case with the celestial gores for the heavens pasted inside.
Beautiful bijin lady catches the eye on the Yorkshire coast
02 October 2023This Japanese Imari bijin was made at the Imari kilns around 1690-1700. She wears a long kimono decorated with apple blossom and leafy branches.
Intaglios in abundance at Edinburgh auction
02 October 2023Grand Tour souvenirs often attract attention at auction and the buyer of this lot certainly got a sizeable helping for their money
Antiquities lots turn heads in salerooms
25 September 2023This carved marble portrait head of a youth shown here is Roman and comes from a tightly dated period of the 2nd century.
Presentation sword cuts through complaints of bad conduct
25 September 2023John Eamer was a wholesale grocer who dealt in sugar imported from the West Indies. His success led to him becoming Sheriff of London in 1794.
Pick of the week: Sceptre recalls story of a tragic emperor
18 September 2023This intricate gold filigree and gemset sceptre was presented to Charlotte, Empress of Mexico, by the Mexican city of San Juan del Rio.
Fragonard makes a sacrificial offering
18 September 2023An oil on canvas by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) estimated at €4m-6m is billed as a highlight of the sale of Old Master and 19th century art to be held by Artcurial in Paris in November.
Still-lifes and landscapes reflect the Dutch Golden Age
18 September 2023Golden Age Dutch works in the form of still-lifes and landscapes will be on offer at Koller in Zurich in an auction of Old Masters on September 22.
Battle for lowly-estimated Empire period Sèvres plates
11 September 2023A group of nine Empire period Sèvres porcelain plates were the object of keen interest when they came up for sale at Lockdales in Ipswich on August 31.
Summer series of Riviera sales sees Zrzavy works shine in Cannes
11 September 2023Paintings by the prominent 20th century Czech artist Jan Zrzavy (1890-1977) were among the highlights during a recent sales series in the French Riviera.
Small cabinet full of decorative appeal
11 September 2023A highly decorative example of Japanese lacquer provided one of the highlights of Tennants’ (24/20% buyer’s premium) July 15 summer sale.
Hiroshige hauled out of a cupboard
11 September 2023Discovered in a cupboard in a house in the Cévennes wrapped in newspaper dated 1937 were two albums containing a series of Japanese prints by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858), one of the most sought-after Japanese woodblock print artists.
Charles II casket could do with a bit of love
11 September 2023Lawrences’ (30% buyer’s premium) summer sales series in Crewkerne included a Charles II period stumpwork casket.