Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Top stories this week – including news of historic book dealer Bernard Quaritch leaving Mayfair
10 May 2019The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of the famous rare book dealership Bernard Quaritch relocating away from Mayfair.
Fresh-to-market John Singer Sargent watercolours emerge at Skinner auction
09 May 2019Two watercolours by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) that have been in a private American collection for nearly a century have emerged will be offered at an auction in Boston this week. One of them was described in the artist’s catalogue raisonée as “one of the most subtle and beautiful of Sargent’s architectural studies”.
Strong selling rates across New York’s Classic Week auctions
06 May 2019Christie’s latest ‘Classic Week’ sales series put in a robust performance with sales of Old Master and 19th century pictures, sculpture and antiquities generating a premium-inclusive total of $79.5m (£61.16m).
Early depiction of a British synagogue interior by first Jewish member of the Royal Academy sells to Ben Uri Gallery at auction
03 May 2019A watercolour by Solomon Alexander Hart (1806-1881), the first Jewish member of the Royal Academy, drew dramatic competition at Tennants’ latest sale in North Yorkshire.
Phillips bolsters US business with former Sotheby's hires and Christie’s focuses on private sales - the latest Movers and Shakers
30 April 2019A selection of appointments across the art and antiques market including Phillips hiring former Sotheby’s head of Impressionist & Modern art David Norman.
Top stories this week – including news of UK museums buying a portrait of the Scottish architect James Adam
26 April 2019The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a New York Old Master dealer helping the National Galleries of Scotland and the Victoria & Albert Museum buy a portrait of the Scottish architect and designer James Adam.
Japanese vendor consigns JMW Turner landscape to Sotheby’s auction in London
25 April 2019A late work by JMW Turner (1775-1851) depicting a Surrey landscape that was once owned by the banker JP Morgan will be offered at Sotheby’s Old Master evening sale in London this summer.
An Old Master jigsaw puzzler
19 April 2019Researching Old Master paintings is sometimes likened to putting together the pieces of a jigsaw. But for one upcoming work, it seems this was quite literally the case.
Top stories this week – including news of the ‘biggest house contents auction’ in the regions for a decade
19 April 2019The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of the announcement of what promises to be the biggest house contents sale of the year and the largest by a UK regional auction house for more than a decade.
Catalogue released as ‘Toulouse Caravaggio’ goes on show at Paris contemporary art gallery
17 April 2019The catalogue for the painting billed as the ‘Toulouse Caravaggio (1571-1610)’ has been published ahead of its auction in June.
Christie’s owner Pinault family pledges €100m for Notre-Dame in Paris after fire
16 April 2019The Pinault family, owner of auction house Christie’s, has pledged €100m for the reconstruction of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris after the fire yesterday.
Valuable books missing since Second World War restored to Bonn library after being consigned to Sotheby’s
12 April 2019Six-hundred rare books, manuscripts and prints which were lost or stolen from a German library during the Second World War have been returned after they were consigned to Sotheby’s.
Florence Nightingale pamphlet and a portrait of an 18th century African girl in Edinburgh – five auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes in the last week
12 April 2019ATG’s selection of hammer highlights over the past week includes a nursing pamphlet sent and inscribed by Florence Nightingale and an 18th century watercolour of an African girl in Edinburgh.
Paul Pogba consigns World Cup final boots to charity auction
11 April 2019Manchester United star Paul Pogba is selling the boots he wore at the 2018 World Cup final at a charity auction in Paris.
How Russian art became “a growing beast of a category”
09 April 2019Ten landmark sales at Christie's that highlight the dramatic rise of the Russian art market since the fall of communism.
Top stories this week – including news of Sotheby’s and a dealer settling out of court over a ‘fake’ Old Master
06 April 2019The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of Sotheby’s and Mark Weiss settling out of court over a ‘fake’ Franz Hals painting.
Tunnard tops £444,000 Hertfordshire council collection auction at Cheffins
25 March 2019A surrealist work by John Tunnard (1900-71) led a sale of 20th century British pictures from Hertfordshire County Council’s collection at Cheffins on March 21.
MEPs raise concerns over ‘freeports' for storing art
25 March 2019Members of the European Parliament on a special committee for financial crime and tax evasion have warned of the art market potentially being used as “a suitable vehicle for illegal activity”, according to a report.
Top stories this week – including news of sales at TEFAF Maastricht 2019
24 March 2019The most popular stories on this website over the last week included a report of early sales made at the flagship art and antiques fair TEFAF Maastricht 2019.
Sale of art owned by Hertfordshire County Council to go ahead despite protest
20 March 2019Hertfordshire County Council is going ahead with the auction of artworks from its collection this week despite the launch of a petition to ‘save’ it from being dispersed.