Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Auction record for Helen Allingham set in Malvern auction
07 August 2023Thoughts that the sweet homely watercolours of Helen Allingham (1848-1926) have fallen from favour commercially may be premature, at least judging by the performance of a couple of works sold at a recent regional sale.
Another strong sum for Frederick Gore
07 August 2023A number of strong sums for Frederick Gore’s (1913-2009) richly coloured views of Mallorca and the French countryside have been recorded since his auction record was smashed two years ago.
Dealer moved by refugees’ plight
07 August 2023Founder of London gallery Agi Katz had personal experience after escaping from persecution herself
Fedden and Wain show feline fancy
07 August 2023A couple of cat pictures made bidders’ whiskers twitch of late.
Ewe beauty: naïve painting is star lot at Yorkshire auction
24 July 2023An early 19th century naïve agricultural scene by the elusive Joseph Digby-Curtis (c.1755-1837) posted one of the highest prices for this genre of painting in the last 20 years.
Racing pics in the running once again
24 July 2023There was a time when historic racing pictures by a top name might have been priced close to six figures.
Ben Nevis takes artist back to highs
24 July 2023Like his father of the same name, Thomas Miles Richardson Jnr (1813-90) began his career in Newcastle but he moved to London in 1846.
Artist identified? That’s Joli good
24 July 2023Previously unrecorded view by the Italian scenic painter now joins six others of Naples already known
Pearce peppers up a Penzance auction
17 July 2023In the oeuvre of ‘primitive’ painter Bryan Pearce (1929-2006), still-lifes are significantly rarer than his marine and harbour scenes.
Art Market: International interest boosts London sale
17 July 2023Olympia Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) reported some significant overseas interest at its latest Fine Paintings, Works on Paper & Sculpture auction with almost a third of buyers from outside the UK.
Old Master auction series posts best total since 2017
10 July 2023The latest Old Master auctions in London posted the highest total for a series in this category in the capital since 2017.
Buyer’s premium now raised at all the major players
10 July 2023The flagship London summer sales were the first to take place since the major auction houses all raised their buyer’s premiums in the first half of 2023.
Two hundred years of the Cotmans celebrated as a single collection
10 July 2023Family group at auction offered works by several generations including the renowned John Sell Cotman
LS Lowry work provides a rare pastel purchase
10 July 2023Five original LS Lowry (1887-1976) pictures sold to five different buyers at Tennants’ (22% buyer’s premium) latest Modern & Contemporary art sale.
Sweerts masterwork lifts Christie’s Old Master sale to seven-year high
07 July 2023Three rediscovered lots boosted Christie’s latest Old Master auction, helping the saleroom post its highest total for a sale in this category in London for seven years.
Katherine Parr portrait sets record for a Tudor painting
06 July 2023A portrait of Katherine Parr once believed to have been destroyed by fire set an auction record for any Tudor painting at Sotheby’s last night.
Pick of the week: Joanna ploughed on as Reginald
03 July 2023Works by Reginald Pepper (fl.1970s-90s) are not very common at auction – and this is not just because he doesn’t exist.
Caton Woodville hits new high
03 July 2023Painting of an Indian Mutiny scene smashes the record thanks to bidding from the sub-continent
Klimt clinches European record
03 July 2023A Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) portrait that made a record for any work sold at auction in Europe helped lift the latest series of Modern and Contemporary sales in London.
Gustav Klimt portrait makes record for any work sold in Europe
28 June 2023The last portrait painted by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) sold at Sotheby’s in London last night for £74m, a record for any artwork ever sold at an auction in Europe.