Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Portrait of 1920s film actress Pola Negri with Rudolph Valentino offered at Bonhams
18 September 2017While plenty of general auctions around the country feature a range of 19th century and early 20th century paintings, Bonhams is staging its next dedicated sale in this category on September 27.
Phillips raises buyer’s premium following changes at Sotheby’s and Christie’s
13 September 2017Auctioneers Phillips have raised its buyer’s premium with the changes effective immediately.
Dutch civil servant’s tribal art and militaria collection emerges at Yorkshire auction
12 September 2017The wide and varied militaria and ethnographica collection of the civil servant and financial expert De Weledg. Heer P. Lamaison Van Heenvliet (1857-1941) will be offered later this month at Tennants of Leyburn.
Sotheby’s to auction Hampstead collection bought with “an insider’s knowledge and good taste”
11 September 2017‘Property from a Hampstead Collection’ is how auctioneers Sotheby’s are billing a large consignment of works from a ‘beautiful house’ in the leafy north London suburb.
Wigan artist shines through
11 September 2017Fieldings’ picture consultant William Lacey said he could remember a time 30 years ago when works by Wigan artist James Lawrence Isherwood (1917-89) could be bought for £30-40.
Previews: £30,000 plus
11 September 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £5001 - £30,000
11 September 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Redhill view rises in Essex sale
11 September 2017Victorian landscapes can often be difficult to shift at auction, but a fine panoramic view near Redhill in Surrey by Edward John Cobbett (1815-99) gave a boost to the Boningtons (20% buyer’s premium) sale in Epping on August 21.
Previews: Up to £500
11 September 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £2001 - £5000
11 September 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Previews: £501 - £2000
11 September 2017ATG’s weekly selection of items on sale at auctions and dealerships.
Punch’s cartoonist Partridge plays his part as theatre artist
11 September 2017One of the less commonly known facts about Sir John Bernard Partridge (1861-1945), the lead cartoonist at Punch magazine, was that he had a spell as an actor in his youth.
10 highlights from Sotheby’s upcoming auction of the Yeats collection
07 September 2017A collection of paintings, drawings, sketch books, furniture, letters and previously unseen archive material relating to arguably Ireland’s most important artistic family will be offered at Sotheby’s in London on September 27. Here ATG picks out 10 lots from the Yeats family collection…
From Albert to Victoria with love – a royal jewel saved for the nation
04 September 2017A sapphire and diamond coronet designed by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria in 1840 has been ’saved for the nation’ after its purchase for the London’s Victoria and Albert Museum.
Christie’s reacts to premium change
04 September 2017Christie’s has reacted quickly to rival Sotheby’s announcement of a new premium structure (ATG No 2306) by increasing its own buyer’s premium.
Alfred Gilbert’s Perseus girdles up for auction
01 September 2017Sir Alfred Gilbert (1854-1934) is most famous for his sculpture ‘Eros’ that stands high up in London’s Piccadilly Circus as the centrepiece on the Shaftesbury Memorial. Now, a bronze cast of ‘Perseus Arming’, the work which is described as his ‘breakthrough’ piece, will be offered at Bonhams next month.
Christie’s increases buyer’s premium
29 August 2017Auction house Christie’s has raised its buyer’s premium. The latest changes to the thresholds follow Sotheby’s announcement of a new premium structure last week.
Queen Victoria’s coronet to remain in UK after V&A Museum acquisition
29 August 2017A sapphire and diamond coronet designed by Prince Albert for Queen Victoria has been acquired by the V&A Museum. It was previously sold by a London dealer to an overseas buyer but was blocked from export by the government in 2015.
Criminal assets targeted in UK government's new act
28 August 2017The new Criminal Finances Act, which is expected to come into force in September, gives police the power to seize art, antiques and jewellery in the same way as if it was cash.
Christie’s to sell photographs from Museum of Modern Art’s collection in New York
11 August 2017The Museum of Modern Art in New York has consigned a series of photographs to Christie’s which will be offered at auctions over the next 18 months.