Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Jeremy Lamond conducts last sale at Halls
12 December 2019Jeremy Lamond’s final auction as Halls’ fine art director took place this week with the annual Christmas sale in Shrewsbury.
Old Master’s new look: Met Museum pays €5m after X-ray reveals the original work
09 December 2019In the third multi-million-pound sale this year of a rediscovered Old Master at a provincial French auction house, a late Gothic panel offered at Cortot & Associés of Dijon brought a dramatic competition late last month.
Miracles of Saint Clare lift Old Masters series
09 December 2019Two recently restituted panels by Sienese artist Giovanni di Paolo (c.1399-1482) lifted the latest series of Old Master auctions in London.
Top stories this week – including news of another antiques show being launched by the BBC
08 December 2019The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of the launch of a day-time TV show called 'The Bidding Room' hosted by Nigel Havers and featuring art and antiques dealers.
Jack Butler Yeats dominates auction of Ernie O'Malley collection in Dublin
02 December 2019One of the highest-ever totals for an art auction in Ireland was set last week when the sale of the Ernie O'Malley collection held by Dublin saleroom Whyte's in association with Christie's raised a premium-inclusive total of €5.42m (£4.65m).
Suprematism tops solid ‘Londongrad’ sales
02 December 2019London’s Russian week of auctions put in a consistent performance last week with the sales at four salerooms generating a combined £37.5m with fees. This compared to £39.2m for the equivalent series last year and the £35.8m raised at the June series.
Vilhelm Hammershøi interior scene sets record for a painting sold in Denmark
28 November 2019Copenhagen auction house Bruun Rasmussen has set an auction record for any painting sold in Denmark.
Charlton Heston’s 1673 copy of Macbeth returns to the market at Bonhams’ New York sale
27 November 2019A 17th century copy of Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ formerly owned by Charlton Heston (1923-2008) is reappearing at auction only three years after it sold from the actor’s collection.
Rediscovered Pissarro takes €280,000 at Paris auction house Ader
27 November 2019A previously unrecorded painting by French Impressionist Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) sold above estimate at a recent auction in Paris.
Bust of leading French statesman by the king’s sculptor fetches £2m in Paris auction
22 November 2019A rare early 17th century bronze bust of a French statesman discovered in a French country house was knocked down at €2.4m (£2.07m) hammer at the Drouot auction centre in Paris this week.
Hindman sets auction record for copy of Charles Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’
08 November 2019A record for a copy of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species came at Hindman’s sale of the library of a Midwestern collector in Chicago earlier this week.
Sculpture of Emperor Hadrian reigns supreme in Christie's Classic Week
04 November 2019Christie’s latest ‘Classic week’ in New York raised a premium-inclusive $59.9m (£46.8m) from nine separate sales.
Irish auction house Whyte’s teams up with Christie’s to disperse the Ernie O’Malley collection
04 November 2019Dublin auction house Whyte’s will be offering works from the collection of leading Irish revolutionary Ernie O’Malley (1897-1957) on November 25. The sale is held in association with Christie’s and will take place at the Royal Dublin Society.
Top stories this week – including news of a 13th century panel found hanging in a kitchen selling for over £20m
02 November 2019The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a rediscovered panel by Cimabue (c.1240-1302) drawing dramatic competition at a French auction house.
New CEO for Sotheby’s following Patrick Drahi acquisition
28 October 2019Sotheby’s has appointed Charles F Stewart as chief executive officer. Joining from communications and media company Altice USA, he takes over from Tad Smith who has served as CEO since 2015.
Cimabue panel found hanging in kitchen sells for over £20m at auction in France – watch video of auction
28 October 2019A panel ascribed to the Italian artist Cimabue (c.1240-1302) drew dramatic competition this weekend at French auction house Actéon, becoming the eighth most expensive Old Master ever sold.
Record total for Orientalist auction as Najd collection raises £33.5m at Sotheby’s
25 October 2019Sotheby’s claimed the highest ever total for an Orientalist art auction when a single-owner sale raised £33.5m including premium in London earlier this week.
Artcurial to start holding auctions in Morocco
24 October 2019Paris auction house Artcurial is opening an office in Morocco. Launching a permanent subsidiary in Marrakesh, the firm will now start holding regular sales at the famous La Mamounia hotel in the city from December this year.
Top stories this week – including news of an 17th century map dumped outside Oxfam selling at five-times estimate
20 October 2019The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a John Speed world map left in a wet, broken frame at a London charity shop drawing strong bidding at auction.
Rare Dante Gabriel Rossetti drawings of a father and son emerge at Oxford auction
18 October 2019Two crayon portraits of a father and son by Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-82) have emerged for sale at Mallams of Oxford. They date from the last decade of the artist’s life and depict his doctor Thomas Gordon Hake and the latter’s son George Gordon Hake.