Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Louis XVI secrétaire emerges at Drouot sale
12 November 2018Art Richelieu Castor-Hara is offering a single-owner French collection featuring Old Masters and modern paintings, and classic furniture in a sale at Drouot.
Tiara with Danish royal provenance emerges in Copenhagen auction
12 November 2018This diamond and sapphire tiara, which is to be offered for sale by Bruun Rasmussen on November 30 in Copenhagen, has a long and distinguished Danish royal provenance.
18th century Scottish Doune pistols offered in Pennsylvania
12 November 2018The Scottish gun-making workshop of Doune in Perthshire produced pistols that were a firearm of choice for highland clansmen but were also favoured by wealthy socialites.
Another section of the Eiffel Tower's staircase to be offered at Artcurial in Paris
12 November 2018Artcurial has made something of a habit of offering parts of the Eiffel Tower, pieces that were removed as part of periodic restorations of the famous landmark on the Paris skyline.
Rare Native American pipe offered in Boston
12 November 2018A North-west Coast Tlingit pipe in the form of a bear will be offered at an upcoming auction in Boston.
Jiajing armorial dish emerges at Portuguese auction
12 November 2018Veritas will offer a Jiajing armorial dish (c.1530-50) in its next auction in Lisbon on November 27-29.
Leon Kossoff's view of King's Cross appears at Sydney sale
12 November 2018A London scene by an important Modern British painter will be offered at Deutscher and Hackett in Sydney on November 28.
Pre-emptions in Paris: Four of the latest museum purchases at the Drouot auction centre
05 November 2018The right of French museums to claim a lot offered at auction as soon as the final price is determined by the fall of the hammer always adds an extra dimension to any auction in France.
Books from Ireland's Dromoland castle offered in Florida auction
05 November 2018The sale to held by Blackwell auctions in Florida on November 10 will include a selection of books from the library of Dromoland Castle, the Irish castle in County Clare where the historic ‘Armada table’ sold last month by Adam’s in Drogheda, Ireland, for €360,000 was housed for 300 years (ATG No 2364).
Sales in North America: previews of 10 upcoming lots including a Maurice Guiraud-Rivier figure
05 November 2018A selection of preview highlights from upcoming American auctions, including a terracotta bust by Maurice Guiraud-Rivier.
Five images from pioneer photographers on sale in Paris
29 October 2018November is a major month in the Paris calendar for photograph events. The central focus is the mammoth Paris Photo fair at the Grand Palais which opens to the public from November 8-11.
Fine Arts Paris: French capital gets set for young fair with new venue and expanded exhibitor list
29 October 2018Fine Arts Paris is the young November arrival on the fairs scene in the French capital. Launched last year, it celebrates its second staging in a new venue with a much enlarged exhibitor list.
New venue helps art fair Fine Arts Paris expand
23 October 2018'Fine Arts Paris', the new November fair in the French capital launched last year, celebrates its second staging in a new venue with an enlarged exhibitor list.
Sales in France: Angers
22 October 2018A newly discovered work by the 17th century French artist Jacques Stella (1576-1657) found by Xavier de la Perraudière of auction house Ivoire Angers in a local property is to be offered for sale on December 5.
Sales in France: Paris – Christie’s
22 October 2018The multi-talented Deco designer and artist Jean Dunand (1877-1942) is one of the names celebrated in Christie’s selected design sale in Paris on November 14 with around 20 pieces in different media.
Sales in France: Paris – Tessier Sarrou
22 October 2018Fourteen unpublished paintings by Maurice Utrillo, the artist renowned for quintessential Paris street scenes, will be coming up for sale on November 23.
Sales in France: Paris – Sotheby’s/Pierre Bergé & Associés
22 October 2018A sale of contents of four homes belonging to the late Pierre Bergé is to go under the hammer at Sotheby’s Paris rooms in association with auction house Pierre Bergé & Associes.
Sales in France: Paris – Coutau-Bégarie
22 October 2018An ensemble of fans both Oriental and Occidental is the subject of the dedicated sale organised by Coutau-Bégarie that takes place at Drouot on November 19. Examples date from the 17th century through to the early years of the 20th.
Sales in France: Reims
22 October 2018A classic Art Nouveau display cabinet by Emile Gallé is part of a collection of furniture by Gallé and Majorelle assembled over half a century ago to be offered for sale by Ivoire Reims on November 18.
Sales in France: Paris – Artcurial
22 October 2018This little oil on canvas showing a seated lion watching the setting sun from the top of a rocky plateau is evocatively titled Les Deux Majestés and is a work by the 19th century Orientalist Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904).