Latest News Articles by Jonathan Franks
Bidders battle for Old Masters in Vienna and Cologne
12 June 2017Recent Old Master paintings in Vienna and Cologne have yielded some predicted but also unexpected results including a high price for a work by a German better known for his poems and plays than his paintings.
Asian auctions make a ‘Gexit’
12 June 2017German salerooms move series to Austria and Belgium in the wake of cultural goods law...
Malaysian artist makes rare visit
12 June 2017The Malayan artist Cheong Soo Pieng (1917-83) is hardly a household name in Europe. Virtually all of his paintings that have sold at auction in recent decades came under the hammer in Hong Kong or Singapore.
Lempertz to hold Asian art auction outside of Germany to avoid cultural heritage law
02 May 2017The controversial new German cultural heritage law has forced Cologne auctioneers Lempertz to hold its Asian art sale outside of Germany.
Meiji incense burner is €12,000 (£10,435) Dusseldorf auction buy
10 April 2017Numerous bidders competed for a5½in (14cm) high Japanese incense burner from the Meiji period (1868-1912) at a sale held by Hargesheimer (25% buyer’s premium) in Dusseldorf on March 10-11.
High-quality paper made in France aids in identification of charcoal drawing sold in Dresden
10 April 2017A French Old Master drawing, a 20th century work by a specialist animal painter and an American Abstract Expressionist work were among the pictures that have performed strongly in auctions across the German regions and in Austria recently.
Russian medal marking victory over Persia sold at auction
10 April 2017A 50 ducat medal commemorating the end of the Russo-Persian war was worth far more than its weight in gold at Künker (23% buyer’s premium) in Osnabruck in the March 13-17 sale.
Engraving speciality: a late 17th century goblet
05 April 2017For many centuries the German city of Nuremberg was a major centre for glass decoration.
Obituary: Rudolf Neumeister (1925-2017)
05 April 2017Rudolf Neumeister, one of Germany’s longest serving auctioneers, passed away on February 23 at the age of 91.
Let there be all kinds of light - German hammer highlights
05 April 2017From minimalist lamp to starry chandelier