Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
The wheel deal: Zinkeisen’s unchained melody
06 November 2023Scenes of parks were a favourite topic of artist Doris Clare Zinkeisen (1897-1991) although most of those produced show figures or horses and carriages.
The name’s Bond: Jane Bond
06 November 2023Jane Bond (b.1939), a costume designer for stage, television and films, started painting portraits especially from the early 1980s onward.
Modern and Contemporary art: middle market for 20th century makes a greater impact
06 November 2023Many 20th century works are selling very healthily at mid-range price points
Strong Winifred Nicholson result outside London
06 November 2023A high price for a Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981) picture sold outside the main London rooms came recently in Cumbria.
Ethel Walker works stand out in the saleroom
06 November 2023Two of the highest prices at auction in the last 20 years for Dame Ethel Walker (1861-1951) came at Roseberys’ (26% buyer’s premium) latest Modern British & 20th Century Art sale.
Sporting art in the picture at Gloucestershire sale
03 November 2023A group of works previously kept at Glympton Park in Oxfordshire will be offered at British Bespoke Auctions on November 16.
That loving feline: David Hockney ceramic cat doubles estimate at auction
30 October 2023A rare ceramic cat given by David Hockney (b.1937) to strangers who helped him as a student fetched a record price for one of the artist’s sculptural felines when it sold at Stacey’s in Chelmsford.
Robert Kime: ‘Great assembler of beautiful things’
30 October 2023Pictures were a prominent part of the Robert Kime (1946-2022) aesthetic.
Gold price reaches record high in UK
27 October 2023The price of gold reached a record high this week as the instability in the Middle East was among the reasons investors flocked to the traditional ‘safe haven’.
Family value of Brian Shields
23 October 2023Large urban or coastal scenes in the manner of LS Lowry were the stock-in-trade of Brian ‘Braaq’ Shields (1951-97).
Charles Ginner takes to the London rooftops
23 October 2023The highest prices at auction for the Camden Town Group artist Charles Ginner (1878-1952) have all come for oil paintings but his precise, lucid style very much leant itself to the medium of watercolour.
Not such a warm response to Frieze week auctions compared to last year
23 October 2023The latest Frieze week auctions in London generated a markedly lower total than the equivalent series last year.
Specialists had gone on a Frank Algernon Stewart hunt
23 October 2023Two watercolours by Frank Algernon Stewart (1877-1945) were among the best performers in a collection of works amassed by two former gallery owners.
Another high Helen Allingham price in Worcestershire
23 October 2023Following the record £64,000 for a Helen Allingham (1848-1926) watercolour at Philip Serrell (20% buyer’s premium) back in July, another group of works by the artist was offered at the Malvern saleroom.
Bauer’s Balinese scene serves to please
23 October 2023Dutch artist used a technique that was much admired in his homeland as well as Britain
Reidentified Rembrandt emerges at Sotheby's auction
16 October 2023Sotheby’s and Christie’s have both announced major lots that will feature at the next series of Old Master auctions in London in December.
Iberia held a fascination for Hillier
16 October 2023The early English Surrealist Tristram Hillier (1905-83) was a regular visitor to Spain and Portugal.
Hefty Houston work lochs in a commission bid
16 October 2023The highest price at auction for Scottish painter George Houston (1869-1947) in almost six years came at a recent McTear’s (24% buyer’s premium) sale.
The Birleys up close and personal
16 October 2023Group of paintings the artistic couple kept at their beloved manor house find new homes after auction
Auction of Robert Kime collection takes more than £7m
09 October 2023The sale of the collection of dealer and ‘titan of design’ Robert Kime drew a flurry of interest at Dreweatts last week, raising more than £7.6m hammer across three days.