Latest News Articles by Anne Crane
Fragonard in serious mood or with a lighter touch
04 December 2023Pictured here are two paintings by Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732-1806) appearing on the French auction scene this season within the space of a month - one sold, the other upcoming.
Table cover for a French king’s naughtiness
04 December 2023On December 12 in Paris the auction firm Pescheteau-Badin will be offering this writing table that belonged to Louis XV.
Classic French cabinet commissioned by Louis XV
04 December 2023A piece of French cabinetmaking with a provenance to Louis XV came up for sale on November 25 at SGL enchères (26.4% buyer’s premium inc tax).
Old Masters suit you down to a D
04 December 2023Collection from unnamed vendor supplies some of the highest prices in a sale at the Drouot centre
Gallé vase forms a geological wonder
04 December 2023On December 8 Beaussant-Lefèvre is holding a sale that will feature a number of examples of Gallé glass including this early piece.
Factory focus pays off for H&R Daniel porcelain collection
27 November 2023Porcelain from short-lived Staffordshire firm comes from collector and dealer who revived the market
Pilkington’s ceramics provide good starter for North Yorkshire auction
27 November 2023A 43-lot private collection of Pilkington’s ceramics from Manchester opened Tennants’ (24/22% buyer’s premium) sale of 20th century design held in Leyburn on October 7.
White gloves for Chameroy’s eclecticism
20 November 2023The late Jean Louis Chameroy (1946-2020) was born in the city of Troyes in France but moved to the London in 1960s.
Pewter pleases for a second time
13 November 2023Suffolk sale includes further selection from Chapman collection – but sculpture brings big surprise
Fab Paris boasts a big increase in exhibitors
13 November 2023The second instalment of FAB Paris, the fair resulting from the merger of Fine Arts Paris and La Biennale, will be staged this November but for the first time it moves from its previous home at the Carrousel du Louvre.
In step with Guerrand-Hermès
06 November 2023Between December 13 and 19 Sotheby’s Paris rooms will offer a series of live and online auctions of works from the collection of Hubert Guerrand-Hermès (1940-2016), a descendant of the founder of the famous firm Hermès.
Magritte painting makes its first appearance at auction
06 November 2023Sotheby’s (26/20/13.9% buyer’s premium plus 1% overhead premium) staged three Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary auctions in Paris during the second half of October.
The sound of eighties classics
06 November 2023On September 21 Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr (28/27/21/14.5% buyer’s premium) held a sale in Paris celebrating the decade of the 1980s.
Howard Hodgkin opens a Moroccan door
06 November 2023The British artist Howard Hodgkin (1932-2017) is well known as both a painter and printmaker.
Paris puts on an auction show at fair time
06 November 2023A raft of Modern and Contemporary art auctions were held in Paris in the second half of October coinciding with the Paris + par Art Basel fair held at the Grand Palais Ephemère.
Pen and wash works marked for Hans Bols make waves
23 October 2023Old Master drawings inscribed for Flemish artist Hans Bols blow away the estimates in Chartres
Bidder contemplation of Mai-Thu brings five figures
23 October 2023An example of 20th century French-influenced painting by the Vietnamese artist Mai-Thu (1906-80) proved to be atop-selling lot.
Southern barbarians march into a Nanban work
23 October 2023Nanban, meaning ‘southern barbarians’, was the Japanese term for Europeans.
Chinese art from a German family
16 October 2023A collection of Chinese art from a German family collection formed over many decades is to be offered in Paris by Bonhams Cornette Saint Cyr on October 26.
Eighteenth century plates from Steel collection
16 October 2023Around 20 lots of delftware, mostly plates, tiles and chargers with modest estimates, featured in the sale of the Diana Steel collection.