Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Top stories this week – including news of a 'lost' Dr Who episode emerging at auction
08 June 2019The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of colour photos of the 'lost' Dr Who 'Power of the Daleks' episode emerging at south London auction house Roseberys.
Mahatma Gandhi sculpture more than doubles Antiques Roadshow valuation at Salisbury auction
05 June 2019A maquette for the famous statue of Mahatma Gandhi in London’s Tavistock Square that was valued at £20,000 six years ago on BBC’s Antiques Roadshow by dealer Philip Mould drew a lengthy bidding battle at auction today.
Top stories this week – including news of ‘the most valuable English Golden Age clock ever to appear at auction’
01 June 2019The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a Tompion table clock made for Mary II being offered at Bonhams this summer.
‘Six-sixes’ auction saga continues as new footage of Gary Sobers interview is broadcast
31 May 2019Journalist and author Grahame Lloyd has said he will continue his campaign to get Christie’s to acknowledge that the ‘wrong’ six-sixes cricket ball was sold at auction after footage emerged of the batsman Sir Garfield Sobers saying that only one ball was used in the famous over.
Speculation mounts over whether Louvre in Paris will label Salvator Mundi as a ‘workshop’ picture
30 May 2019The question regarding the authorship of Leonardo's ‘Salvator Mundi’, the world’s most expensive painting, has again been the subject of media attention this week after it was claimed that experts at the Louvre in Paris are reluctant to exhibit it as a fully autograph work.
Six lots to watch at MacDougall’s upcoming sale of Russian paintings and works of art
24 May 2019Russian art specialists MacDougall’s is marking 15 years since holding its first auction in London and has announced that its upcoming sale on June 5 will have a total estimate of £8.5m.
Five works raising the bar for LS Lowry since ‘A Cricket Match’ last appeared at auction 23 years ago
23 May 2019LS Lowry’s (1887-1976) painting of a back-street cricket match in Salford from 1938 is among the stand-out lots offered at Sotheby’s this summer. Ahead of the sale, it was unveiled today at The Lowry in Salford – a public gallery not far from the Old Trafford Cricket Ground – where it will remain on view until May 27.
Boris Becker memorabilia auction to go ahead after bankrupt tennis star withdraws injunction
21 May 2019The sale of sporting memorabilia seized from bankrupt tennis star Boris Becker will be going ahead this summer, the auctioneers handling the consignment have confirmed to ATG.
Old Master still-life brings £300,000 in Wiltshire sale
20 May 2019A major price for an Old Master in the English regions came in Wiltshire last week when a still-life by Flemish painter Frans Snyders (1579-1657) caught the eye of multiple bidders.
Giant haystacks and a steel rabbit post art market landmarks
20 May 2019Some eye-catching individual prices punctuated the latest Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art sales in New York, helping to lift the year-on-year total .
Salvador Dali Christmas card designs on sale this summer
20 May 2019A group of 15 works on paper by Salvador Dalí (1904-89) which were produced as Christmas card designs will be offered in Paris this summer. They are estimated to raise up to €1m at Artcurial’s Modern and Impressionist Art auction in Paris, writes Alex Capon.
John Singer Sargent later watercolours raise a combined $220,000 at Boston sale
20 May 2019The American artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) is best known for the high-society ‘swagger’ portraits that had earned him fame and fortune, but the watercolours he produced in greater number are more commonly available at auction.
Sotheby’s sets auction record for an Impressionist picture as Claude Monet 'Haystack' painting takes $97m
15 May 2019A painting from Claude Monet’s (1840-1926) ‘haystacks’ series set the highest price at auction for an Impressionist picture at Sotheby’s New York last night.
Salvador Dalí original Christmas cards predicted to make up to €1m at Paris auction
15 May 2019A group of 15 works on paper by Salvador Dalí (1904-89) which were produced as Christmas card designs will be offered in Paris this summer. They are estimated to raise up to €1m at Artcurial’s Modern and Impressionist Art auction.
Qianlong throne takes £5.2m at Christie’s auction
14 May 2019A fervent bidding battle was witnessed in London earlier today as a Chinese throne sold for five times estimate at Christie’s.
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.