Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Flowery fields bloom at auctions
26 July 2021Two views of children in flowery fields, both by Scottish artists, were among the works drawing competition at Woolley & Wallis’ (25/12% buyer’s premium).
Not just any old ironworks
19 July 2021Two rare and evocative paintings depicting a 19th century ironworks in South Wales were hotly contested at a recent Dreweatts (25% buyer’s premium) sale.
Bob Dylan art stays on track at auction
19 July 2021Artworks by another legendary musician, Bob Dylan (b.1941), drew decent competition once again at Tennants (20% buyer’s premium) this summer.
Art market: Bowie sprinkles saleroom stardust
19 July 2021Record for a painting by the music legend David Bowie leads a look at rockstar attempts at visual art
Early work by Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett doubles artist's auction record
19 July 2021An early painting by Roger ‘Syd’ Barrett (1946-2006) of Pink Floyd led a 200-lot picture section at a recent Cheffins (22.5% buyer’s premium) sale.
One Leonardo sold, another caught up in a court battle
12 July 2021Two Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) drawings created national news last week as Christie’s posted a record for a sketch by the great master in London while a court in Paris is to determine whether another can be legally exported from France.
Christie’s sells Leonardo’s head of a bear drawing for £7.5m
08 July 2021A sketch of the head of a bear by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) has sold for £7.5m at a Christie’s auction in London.
London sales are ‘best since pandemic’
05 July 2021The latest round of Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art sales at Sotheby’s and Christie’s represented the highest overall total for a ‘London’ auction series since before the coronavirus pandemic.
Zinkeisen sisters show their family value at two auctions
05 July 2021Works by the Zinkeisen sisters continue to bring demand at auctions around the country.
Polish artists lead the price list in Buckinghamshire
05 July 2021Among works by eastern European artists in demand recently, two pictures by modern Polish artists led the sale at a Buckinghamshire auction.
Romanian artist in rare UK visit
05 July 2021Works by Grigorescu are seldom seen in British auctions but one emerged in West Sussex
Pick of the week: £220,000 for enigmatic faces of the Interregnum
28 June 2021Believed to date from the mid-17th century, this double portrait is a fascinating painting on many accounts.
Wardle waxes lyrical with classical theme
28 June 2021Works by the prolific Arthur Wardle (1864- 1949) appear regularly on the market, most often his paintings of dogs and other hunting animals.
Art Market: John William Godward oil is latest in a run of strong prices
28 June 2021An unusual number of high prices for pictures has been recorded outside London this season.
Unrecorded Locatelli landscape at Bonhams
21 June 2021An unrecorded landscape by Andrea Locatelli (1693- c.1741) is among the lots on offer at Bonhams’ Old Masters sale in July.
'One of the best' Kyffin Williams works comes to auction in Cardiff
21 June 2021The Welsh Sale at Rogers Jones in Cardiff on July 24 will offer a picture that the saleroom said was “one of the best Sir Kyffin Williams (1918-2006) oils we have ever offered”.
Sickert takes a trip down the river
21 June 2021Walter Sickert and Winifred Nicholson feature in Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood's picture sale.
Dutch depictions at the double at Roseberys
21 June 2021Among a number of historic portraits at West Norwood saleroom Roseberys in the auction of Old Master & 19th Century Pictures on July 20 is this painting of a man wearing a fur collar, white lace ruff and a skull cap, below.
JMW Turner Thames estuary back on public view for first time since 1945
21 June 2021Among the highlights at Sotheby’s Old Masters evening sale on July 7 is one of a series of eight views of the Thames estuary exhibited by JMW Turner (1775-1851) at his gallery in Harley Street between 1807-09.
Buy a share in the world’s most expensive stamp
14 June 2021Stanley Gibbons, the buyer of the world’s most expensive stamp at Sotheby’s New York last week, said it plans to “democratise” its ownership by inviting the public to buy shares in it.