Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Winter Antiques Show 2018 exhibitor – Jason Jacques Gallery
08 January 2018Jason Jacques’ eponymous Manhattan gallery specialises in art pottery, especially works from the 19th century and Art Nouveau period and work by modern studio potters. It is exhibiting for the first time this year at the 'Winter Antiques Show' in New York.
Winter Antiques Show 2018 exhibitor – Peter Finer
08 January 2018Peter Finer and his two sons Roland and Redmond specialise in antique arms and armour from the Bronze Age to the 19th century and they have been crossing the Atlantic to exhibit at the Winter Antiques Show for over 30 years. Here, they explain why.
Winter Antiques Show 2018 exhibitor – Carol and Stephen Huber
08 January 2018Carol and Stephen Huber from Connecticut deal in antique embroideries and are stalwarts of the Winter Antiques Show, having exhibited there for 25 years.
Winter Antiques Show 2018 exhibitors – Carolle Thibaut-Pomerantz and Galerie Anne-Sophie Duval
08 January 2018Carolle Thibaut-Pomerantz, the New York/Paris-based specialist in vintage and antique wallpapers, returns to the Winter Antiques Show this year in collaboration with another Paris dealership.
Unique Märklin battleship brings international competition to specialist toy auction
05 January 2018The early tinplate boats produced by the German firm of Märklin are among the most sought-after items on the wish-list of vintage toy collectors.
Chinese artist Sanyu tops Paris auction at €6.9m
04 January 2018The latest sale of Asian paintings held by Aguttes in Paris was led by a c.1930 work by the Chinese artist Sanyu (1901-66).
Oceanic landmarks passed in Paris auctions
02 January 2018Paris’ status as a centre of the tribal art market was underscored this season with a brace of high prices in the field of Oceanic art.
Try a taste of further Big Apple fairs in January
01 January 2018In addition to the 'Winter Antiques Show', another long-standing event on the January fairs scene in the Big Apple is the 'New York Ceramics & Glass Fair', which celebrates its 19th staging this year.
Auction record set for Artemesia Gentileschi as painting of St Catherine of Alexandria sells in Paris auction
22 December 2017A 17th century Old Master by Artemesia Gentileschi (1593-1652) depicting St Catherine of Alexandria has set a new auction record for the artist in Paris.
Mammoth skeleton bid to €430,000 at auction in France
22 December 2017A rare complete mammoth skeleton from Siberia dating from the late Pleistocene era sold for a hammer price of €430,000 (£380,530) in a sale held by Aguttes in Lyons.
Paris auction reveals another side to the talented Emile Zola
18 December 2017The photographic archive of Emile Zola (1840-1902) was offered by Artcurial (25/20/12.5% buyer’s premium) on December 4 with over 90% of the 75 lots changing hands.
Saucy stonework shows sex sells
18 December 2017Haute Epoque, the French term given to early, largely pre-Renaissance, works of art, especially sculpture, featured in several Parisian sales in the winter high season.
Lalique in the limelight
18 December 2017René Lalique’s jewellery showing his characteristic but highly distinctive interpretation of Art Nouveau finds plenty of keen fans.
Crib scenes set to bring seasonal cheer at Paris auction
18 December 2017Realistically modelled crib figures are a particular speciality of southern European countries – the Santons of Provence being one well-known example. Another is the famous presepe figures from Naples.
Nicholas Poussin’s Holy Family owned by Lucien Bonaparte comes back to the market at Paris auction
13 December 2017A painting by the 17th century French master Nicholas Poussin (1594-1665) that once belonged to Lucien Bonaparte, the younger brother of Napoleon, is a highlight of an Old Master paintings auction being held by Tajan in Paris.
Boxer Rebellion link backs soapstone sale
11 December 2017Two Qing soapstone seals sold to a Chinese bidder for Dkr1.1m (£130,640), around 100 times their estimate, at Bruun Rasmussen (24 % buyer’s premium) in Copenhagen on November 29.
Raise your glasses to the Kaplan collection sold at auction
11 December 2017A full saleroom and a sell-out are not necessarily features you associate with traditional fields such as English drinking glasses but there are always exceptions.
Early German tinplate cars appear at Pennsylvania auction
11 December 2017A two-day sale to be staged by Morphy auctions in Denver, Pennsylvania on December 16-17 offers almost 1000 lots of antique and vintage toys, juvenilia and ephemera.
Richly decorated Chinese screen emerges at Paris auction
11 December 2017December is traditionally a month when Paris focuses attention on sales of Asian art, with auctions in the rooms across the city and at the Drouot centre.
Carved Song dynasty figure offered at Hotel Drouot auction
11 December 2017This carved wooden figure of Guanyin dating to the Song dynasty (900-1279 AD) will be the headline entry of the Asian art sale to be held by Leclère at Drouot on December 16.