Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Gloucestershire auction offers Laura Knight landscape and furniture from Georgian mansion
03 November 2017Paintings by Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) appear fairly regularly at auction, most commonly her views of Staithes and Cornwall as well as figurative works.
Will wartime scene herald a new dawn for Nevinson prices?
31 October 2017Sotheby’s are hoping that an important wartime scene by CRW Nevinson (1889-1946) will set a major auction record for the artist next month.
Sotheby’s to offer Hammershøi painting in Imps & Mods auction in New York
23 October 2017Is demand for the great Dane becoming more international? Works by the Danish painter Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916) typically feature in 19th century European art sales but Sotheby’s have selected an Impressionist & Modern Art evening auction in New York for its latest offering.
They said what?! The week (16-22 October) in quotes from the art and antiques world
22 October 2017In our weekend series, Antiques Trade Gazette brings you a selection of quotes from dealers, auctioneers, collectors and others. This week, an auctioneer speaks about a bomb alert at his saleroom and a dealer explains why he’s upbeat about the upcoming Winter Olympia fair.
Sidney Barnsley oak settee draws strong bidding and sells at £33,000 in Somerset
18 October 2017A large Arts & Crafts oak settee by Sidney Barnsley was among the star lots sold at Lawrences’ latest sale in Crewkerne.
Sketch for Delacroix’s seminal painting ‘Liberty Leading the People’ offered at auction
18 October 2017Auction house Christie’s is expecting a sketch for Eugène Delacroix’s (1798-1863) great painting ‘Liberty Leading the People’ to fetch up to £1m when offered in December.
Pick of the Week: The two sides of Alberto Giacometti
16 October 2017A double-sided drawing by Alberto Giacometti of his classic elongated head and figure designs has been sold at auction in Cambridge for £130,000.
Leonardo result will be Old Master record
16 October 2017Leonardo da Vinci’s Salvator Mundi will more than double the Old Master auction record when it is offered at Christie’s New York next month.
WATCH: Alberto Giacometti drawing takes £130,000 at Cambridge auction
12 October 2017A double-sided sketch by Alberto Giacometti (1901-66) has posted one of the highest prices ever for a 20th century drawing sold at a UK regional saleroom. It sold at Cheffins of Cambridge today for £130,000.
WATCH: Sheffield auctioneer sells “fantastic piece of engineering” as model train bid to £13,400
12 October 2017An extraordinarily detailed steam engine built by a modelmaker over many years has sold at auction for £13,400.
Dramatic auction result for portrait of leading 1920s Hollywood couple
11 October 2017A double portrait of the two early 20th century Hollywood stars Pola Negri and Rudolph Valentino drew an appropriately dramatic competition at Bonhams in London.
John Constable view of The Thames emerges at Oxford auction
11 October 2017Oxford saleroom Mallams will offer a John Constable (1776-1837) landscape drawing on October 18. It will be estimated at £12,000-15,000.
Christie’s to offer Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi’ in New York with $100m estimate
10 October 2017Christie’s will offer Leonardo da Vinci’s ‘Salvator Mundi’ at a New York auction next month. It will carry an estimate 'in the region of' $100m.
Auction in support of Gainsborough
09 October 2017Leading UK artists have donated works for an auction raising funds to establish a national centre for the artist Thomas Gainsborough.
Mixed night for Francis Bacon at Christie’s
06 October 2017Two works from Francis Bacon’s (1909-1992) famous ‘Popes’ series met with contrasting fates at Christie’s latest post-war and contemporary art evening auction.
David Hockney’s Grand Canyon landscape lifts Sotheby’s ‘Frieze’ week auctions
06 October 2017Sotheby’s latest evening sale of Contemporary art in London raised a total of £50.3m including premium with a landscape by David Hockney (b.1937) among the lots drawing bidders.
Bonhams adjusts buyer’s premium thresholds
05 October 2017Bonhams has changed the price thresholds for its buyer’s premium. The new rates in the UK exactly mirror Christie’s charges but are slightly different to Sotheby’s adjusted fees structure which comes into force next month.
Works by Maggi Hambling and Antony Gormley to feature in auction to help ‘transform’ Gainsborough’s House into national centre
04 October 2017An auction of contemporary and post-war British art will be held in Sudbury this month to raise funds to establish a national centre for the artist Thomas Gainsborough (1727-88).
Brush washer sets £25m auction record for Chinese ceramics at Sotheby’s
03 October 2017Sotheby’s posted a record price for any piece of Chinese ceramics sold at auction after a rare Ru guanyao brush washer drew a 20 minute bidding battle in Hong Kong.
Hollywood comes to London: white-glove auctions for Vivien Leigh and Audrey Hepburn collections
02 October 2017The personal collections of film stars Vivien Leigh and Audrey Hepburn were both ‘white glove’ events in London last week.