Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Rare Franz Sedlacek oil blooms at £85,000
02 July 2015An oil on panel by Franz Sedlacek (1891-1945), an Austrian artist prominent in the Vienna Secession group of painters, drew international bidding at Toovey’s of Washington, West Sussex.
Restituted works headline Impressionist and Modern art auction series
29 June 2015A group of restituted paintings were among the highlights of a robust series of Impressionist and Modern art auctions in London.
Klimt portrait tops Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern art sale at £22m
24 June 2015A couple of recently restituted works of art drew prolonged bidding at Sotheby’s evening sale of Impressionist and Modern art in London including Gustav Klimt's (1862-1918) portrait of Gertrud Loew which was the top lot of the night at £22m.
Constable family portrait rediscovered
24 June 2015In the 1984 book ‘The Late Paintings and Drawings of John Constable’ by Graham Reynolds, a pencil drawing of the back and shoulders of the artist’s wife Mrs Maria Constable (nee Bicknell) is described as ‘whereabouts unknown’.
Gainsborough sketch surfaces in Ruislip
15 June 2015Auctioneers Bainbridges of Ruislip are selling a chalk and gouache drawing attributed to Thomas Gainsborough.
Thin sales indicate slump in Russian market
08 June 2015The slump in the Russian art market was laid bare last week. The total for the latest auction series in London was a third of the equivalent sales in 2014.
Ashmolean launches campaign to secure Turner’s view of Oxford
05 June 2015The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford has launched a public campaign to raise the funds needed to secure JMW Turner's The High Street, Oxford.
Newly discovered Thomas Girtin watercolour of London knocked down at £125,000
02 June 2015Found in the attic of a large Welsh house, this watercolour by Thomas Girtin (1775-1802) of St Paul’s Cathedral drew dramatic competition at Chorley’s sale in Gloucestershire.
It’s not over yet: the continuing saga of the ‘six sixes’ cricket ball
01 June 2015A new twist has emerged in the long-running story of the ‘six sixes’ cricket ball.
New record for Danish art at auction
22 May 2015This interior scene by Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916) set an artist’s record when it was knocked down at £1.7m at Sotheby’s in London.
Elephant hopes rest on Rego
21 May 2015This print ‘Unhappy Courtship’ by Dame Paula Rego (b.1935) is estimated at £2000-3000 at a charity sale being conducted by Roseberys.
Pointing to a new pricing territory at flagship auction fortnight in New York
18 May 2015The latest Modern and Contemporary art auctions in New York took the market to new heights with $2.73bn (£1.84bn) changing hands over two weeks of flagship sales.
Christie’s billion dollar week of sales as Contemporary art market inflates further
14 May 2015Christie’s evening sale of post-war and Contemporary art last night posted a premium-inclusive total of $658.5m (£445m) as the bumper fortnight of auctions continued in New York.
Rothko heads Sotheby’s contemporary art sale in New York
13 May 2015Mark Rothko’s 'Untitled (Yellow and Blue)' led Sotheby’s sale of Contemporary art in New York last night.
Picasso sets all-time auction record as Giacometti reaches new high for sculpture
12 May 2015A new high for any work of art sold at auction came at Christie’s New York last night as Pablo Picasso’s ‘Les femmes d’Alger (Version ‘O’)’ sold at $160m (£108.1m).
Paul Nash leads Modern British art selection at Cottees
17 April 2015Dorset auctioneers Cottees ventured into the Modern Art market with their latest sale featuring works by the likes of Paul Nash, Fred Yates and Lawrence Durrell.
Picasso predicted to fetch $140m
27 March 2015It has the highest-ever estimate placed on a work of art at auction. Predicted to fetch ‘in the region of $140m’, Christie’s are offering Pablo Picasso’s ‘Les femmes d’Alger (Version ‘O’)’ in New York on May 11.
Philpot portrait from Noël Coward’s collection sets £250,000 record
23 March 2015This portrait by Glyn Warren Philpot (1884-1937) was the star performer of pictures formerly in Sir Noël Coward’s collection sold at Christie’s South Kensington.
Rare Moorcroft vase adds lustre to new saleroom
05 March 2015Potteries Auctions in Staffordshire are offering this large William Moorcroft exhibition vase at their second auction in their new premises in Silverdale on April 25.
Sotheby’s to reinstate standalone sales of Scottish art in London
19 February 2015Sotheby’s are re-starting dedicated sales of Scottish art, beginning in November 2015.