Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
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.
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18 May 2020This unpublished carved wooden statuette from the Senufo peoples of south-east Mali, west Africa, is to be offered in a 154-lot sale of Tribal Art to be held on May 26 by Ader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.
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.
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.
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.
'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.
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.
Ocean liner and trolley buses offered in New Jersey from tin toy collection
27 April 2020Bertoia Auctions’ large spring sale of antique toys, trains and banks in Vineland, New Jersey, takes place on May 7-8.
Raise a tankard to online sales at Bonhams Australia
27 April 2020Bonhams Australia is holding its first auction behind closed doors in Sydney on May 13 with bidding online and by phone.
Rare glass perfume bottle and Arts & Crafts pewter bowl designed by Archibald Knox emerge in Cincinnati
27 April 2020Treadway Gallery’s Spring Sale of decorative arts will be held in Cincinnati on May 3 using phone, internet and absentee bidding but with no public attendance.
Porcelain bottle from former governor-general of Ceylon's collection offered at Singapore auction
27 April 2020The timed sale of Oriental ceramics and works of art to be held by Hotlotz Singapore running until May 3 features a selection of items from the descendants of Sir Oliver Ernest Goonetilleke, GCMG, KCVO, KBE, KStJ, who was governor-general of Ceylon from 1954-62.
Gold bowl presented to grandparents of Queen Elizabeth II comes to auction in the US
22 April 2020A gold bowl presented to the grandparents of Queen Elizabeth II by the city of Dundee in 1931 will feature in a forthcoming sale of silver and vertu to be held by Heritage Auctions.
Classic English furniture among works from interior and garden designer’s collection at Sotheby’s ‘Style’ auction
21 April 2020Items from the estate of interior decorator and garden designer Andrew Hartnagle and a collection of 20 lots of early English silver are two of the notable single-owner properties in Sotheby’s Style auction in New York running online until April 22.
Houdini memorabilia comes to Potter & Potter's Magic auction
20 April 2020A selection of Items relating to the famous escapologist Harry Houdini feature prominently among the potential highlights in the latest Potter & Potter Magic Auction to be live streamed from its gallery in Chicago on May 2.