Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Tower of strength as figural clock takes £5000 at Chiswick Auctions
12 June 2017Figural clocks combining novelty and automaton features were very popular in the 19th century, many of them being of French manufacture.
Horological high achievers at Sotheby's
12 June 2017Not all the clocks that go under the hammer feature in dedicated horological sales. Pictured here is a selection of some recent highlights at Sotheby's auctions from mixed-discipline sales.
Clock to celebrate Garrard's Royal approval sells at £1700
12 June 2017Established in London in 1735, jeweller Garrard has had a long association with the British Royal family.
Clocks and watches: craftsmanship with precision timing
12 June 2017ATG's special report on horological highlights with superb examples of modern craftsmanship, auction previews and results, and the world of wall clocks described by expert Edward Burd...
Rare Rolex Submariner wristwatch takes £135,000 at Bath auction
12 June 2017For the serious collector of vintage Rolex Submariner wristwatches, the devil is in the dial detail. Dial variations found in this watch model were produced in low numbers and are therefore highly sought after.
Profile of Edward Burd: a specialist showing his wallpower
12 June 2017Wall clocks are fashionable these days. Open most publications with an interiors feature and one will probably be displayed: in the kitchen, dining room or hallway. What is the reason for their popularity? One person who knows is Edward Burd, wall clock collector for 40 years and dealer for 15.
Le Corbusier lights withdrawn at last minute from French auction
10 June 2017A group of more than 100 metal light fittings designed for a major French housing complex by Le Corbusier (aka Charles Edouard Jeanneret) has been unexpectedly withdrawn from a design sale at the French auction house Artcurial.
Initial exhibitor list released for Biennale fair in Paris
09 June 2017The French dealers’ association that organises the ‘Biennale Paris’ fair, The Syndicat National Des Antiquaires, has announced the initial exhibitor list and programme details for the event in September.
French film stars collection up for auction in Paris
05 June 2017Yves Montand (1921-91) and Simone Signoret (1921-85) were famous French husband-and-wife actors with starring roles in many French films.
Photo sales develop in Paris
05 June 2017A clutch of photograph sales is coming up this month in Paris. Among them is Millon and Baron Ribeyre’s two-day auction on June 13 and 16.
Sir Peter Lely drawing surfaces in Nantes
05 June 2017This drawing of a young girl by the Dutch-born artist Sir Peter Lely (1618-80), who was official portrait painter to the English court, features in a sale at Ivoire Nantes on June 13.
Saint's son portrait bust heads Basel sale
05 June 2017Bailly et Beuret’s next auction series takes place in the Swiss city on June 21. On offer are over 460 lots divided between four catalogues and covering works from the 14th to 19th centuries, Swiss and contemporary art.
New World focus from carpets and tapestries at Piasa auction
05 June 2017A small but select sale of a collection of carpets and tapestries comes up for sale at Piasa in Paris on June 15. The 14 lots of weavings spanning the 16th to 18th centuries have a particular emphasis on Spain and the New World.
Auguste Rodin’s marble Andromeda takes €3.1m at Artcurial
01 June 2017In the centennial year of Auguste Rodin’s death, a clutch of works by the famous sculptor have been going under the hammer in Paris. The latest came up for sale at Artcurial when a marble figure drew no less than 11 bidders.
Tajan’s Fragonard paintings join Leonardo drawing in being declared National Treasures
30 May 2017Less than six months after they announced the discovery of an unpublished Leonardo drawing, the French auction house Tajan has revealed another major artistic discovery – a pair of paintings by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) that last appeared in the late 18th century. Both the Leonardo and the Fragonards have been declared National Treasures by the French State.
Art Deco designs from luxury liner surface in New York
30 May 2017Many of the most famous artists and designers of the Art Deco era were employed to decorate the interiors of the luxury liner SS Normandie, a virtual floating palace to that most glamorous of inter-war design movements.
Paris Tableau skates over to Brussels
30 May 2017A Parisian fair is ‘exploring new horizons’ with its first international event held at a former royal ice rink in the Belgian capital.
Sorolla stars in Madrid sale
30 May 2017The year 1884 was very significant for the Valencian artist Joaquín Sorolla y Bastida (1863-1923). Aged only 21, he travelled to Madrid for the third time, where he was awarded a second-class medal at the National Exhibition of Fine Arts for El Dos de Mayo 1808, and he received a grant to study in Rome for four years.
Russian works of art in Copenhagen
30 May 2017Bruun Rasmussen is holding a sale of Russian works of art in Copenhagen on June 9 featuring material from various private collections, including that of Norwegian commercial attaché Richard Zeiner- Henriksen (1878-1965).
Shopping for ceramics
30 May 2017Ceramics items on offer in London this summer from auction houses and dealers.