Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
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Foreword: La rentrée
04 September 2017In Europe summer is traditionally a time of lower activity for much of the working world with schools closed and people heading off for a long break. This is especially true in France, so when activity rekindles in September the French make a big thing of La Rentrée (the return to work).
Paris Biennale preview: a fair held in the Grand manner
04 September 2017More than 90 exhibitors will gather at the Grand Palais in September for the Biennale Paris, France’s premier art and antiques fair.
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Profile: Chinese and Japanese ceramics dealer Christina Ortega
04 September 2017Cristina Ortega is a specialist in Chinese and Japanese ceramics with a gallery in the rue de Beaune. Now taking part in her eighth Parcours de la Céramique, she remains very enthusiastic about the possibilities…
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Interview: SNA president Mathias Ary Jan on meeting the challenge for the Paris Biennale
04 September 2017The Biennale has restructured as the fair evolves into an annual event. ATG talks to chief organiser and SNA president, Mathias Ary Jan, to hear how the changes are not just practical but cultural as well...
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Bringing the tribal world view to Paris
04 September 2017As France’s main tribal art showcase, the 'Parcours des Mondes', prepares for its latest staging ATG speaks to Pierre Moos, director of Tribal Art Management, organiser of the event. Moos outlines its origins, his role in its growth and how it has changed since its inception.
'Parcours des Mondes': a 16-year journey through Saint Germain streets
04 September 2017A well-established lynchpin of the Paris rentrée is the gallery-based, Left Bank tribal art fair known as the 'Parcours des Mondes' (PDM) staged in the small galleries that pepper the network of streets in the 6th arrondisement antiques district around Saint Germain des Prés.
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The French connection: ATG's lowdown on the auction system in France
04 September 2017All auctions are the same aren’t they? Well not exactly.
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Viennese dealer collection on offer at Vienna auction
28 August 2017The second, and final, instalment of the collection of the Viennese art dealer Reinhold Hofstatter will come up for sale at Dorotheum’s Vienna rooms on September 26.
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Robot strides into Pennsylvania sale
28 August 2017More than 100 lots of robots and space toys feature in Morphy Auctions’ 1700-lot toy and doll sale to be held on September 16-17 in Denver, Pennsylvania.
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Ethiopian art from private collection stars at Madrid auction
28 August 2017After a summer break, the next auction session at Duran Subastas in Madrid on September 21 will feature a special section of 33 lots of Ethiopian art, including intricately decorated wooden crucifixes, bibles, paintings and thrones, all coming to auction from a private collection.
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Australian sales bring the roos of the world
21 August 2017It may be pretty quiet on the auction front in Europe but Down Under the saleroom and fairs scene is in full swing.
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Sextant at Maine auction signals shipwreck rescue story
21 August 2017Thomaston Place Auction Galleries of Maine is holding its annual summer sale, a three-day offering of more than 1500 lots covering a huge variety of different categories.
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Mosaic fits into the Monaco mix
14 August 2017The sales held by a variety of Monaco auction houses that are a feature of the summer season are traditionally big on jewellery, cars and Hermès handbags and other luxury accessories and modern art.
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Chinese huanghuali and hardwood side table for sale in Maine auction
14 August 2017The final session of James D Julia’s three-day sale of more than 1600 lots to be held in Fairfield, Maine, from August 16-18 is devoted to Asian art.
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French museum buys ancient mosaic from auction in Monaco
02 August 2017An example of a Gallo-Roman mosaic floor from around 150-200AD that would have decorated the floor of a wealthy villa in Vienne in Southern France, has just been acquired by the city’s museum from an auction in Monaco.
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Ceramics dealers Stockspring Antiques sell Kensington Church Street shop and become advisors
26 July 2017The English and Continental ceramics specialists Stockspring Antiques has decided to make a change in direction.
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CSK: the milestone moments
24 July 2017Landmarks along the Christie’s South Kensington memory lane...
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Asian ship gun to ward off pirates fires the auction imagination
24 July 2017This bronze Lantaka ship’s swivel gun/signal cannon is one of the antique firearms to be offered by Cordier Auction in a July 30 auction of more than 350 lots of militaria and firearms.
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All the world's a stage in Ohio sale of fairs memorabilia
24 July 2017A sale entirely devoted to memorabilia from the world trade fairs and exhibitions is to be held by Grays Auctioneers in Cleveland, Ohio, on July 31.
CSK: Fond farewell to an early favourite
24 July 2017I grew up with Christie’s South Kensington. In late 1975, when I joined the fledgling four-year-old Antiques Trade Gazette, CSK was in its first year of existence.