Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Portaels part of the Barnwell Manor procession
24 October 2022A number of pictures from another single-owner collection caught the eye at Dreweatts a month earlier than the Flaxley Abbey auction.
‘Going to the Match’ sets record for LS Lowry with £6.6m bid at Christie’s auction
19 October 2022One of LS Lowry’s most famous works, ‘Going to the Match’, has sold for a record price at Christie’s.
Pick of the week: American who fought against independence
17 October 2022While many US museums display portraits of famous Patriots from the War of Independence, especially the likes of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and Nathanael Greene, pictures of Loyalists are less common in their collections.
Influential dealer Sir Jack Baer's art collection comes to market
17 October 2022Views of France, both rural and urban, provided an interesting facet to the sale of the collection of Sir Jack Baer and his wife Diana.
Gwen John drawing from Sir Jack Baer collection takes a new high price
17 October 2022Modern British pictures featured prominently among the works dispersed by Sworders this autumn from the collection of Sir Jack Baer.
Art Market: Pryse guide – artist’s estate bonanza
10 October 2022Largest group of artist’s works to be offered was consigned to Essex auction house by daughter.
Benois steps up in the saleroom
10 October 2022A couple of ballet-related lots danced away for high prices over the summer.
Single-owner collection takes Root in Bath instead of clinging on to London hotbed
26 September 2022Does the Contemporary art auction market need levelling up?
Wirth-Miller proves his worth in the saleroom
26 September 2022Two abstract landscapes by Denis Wirth-Miller (1915-2010) were among the works in demand at the latest Post-War and Contemporary art sale held at Lyon & Turnbull (26% buyer’s premium) in Edinburgh.
Hambling and Long on offer
26 September 2022Five works by Maggi Hambling (b.1945) will be offered at Cambridge saleroom Cheffins on October 27.
Bidders on Kew for the chance to buy a Berg
26 September 2022Modern and Contemporary art was one of the sectors that seemed to experience an uplift of interest during the lockdown as people had more time to search online for works they like.
Pitch perfect for Ruskin’s tower
19 September 2022Watercolour of Oxford by the Victorian arbiter of taste benefits from attractive estimate.
Dutch works by mystery artist land well in the saleroom
19 September 2022Two large 18th century paintings of figures at the port of Antwerp drew plenty of comment when they went on display at the South Cerney saleroom of Dominic Winter in the run-up to its July 21 sale.
Clutterbuck’s temple benefits from Indian summer
19 September 2022Most watercolours by Violet Esther Drury Clutterbuck (1869-1960) tend to fetch a few hundred pounds or less at auction.
Co-founder of Russian art auction house William MacDougall dies
17 September 2022William MacDougall, the co-founder of London Russian art specialist auction house MacDougall's, has died.
Lowry’s ‘Going to the Match’ reappears at auction with £5m-8m estimate
14 September 2022Christie’s is offering one of LS Lowry’s most famous works, ‘Going to the Match’, two decades after it last sold at auction.
Art Market: Squirrell takes a trip from East Anglia to the big city of London
12 September 2022Artist’s huge and intrictately detailed watercolours depict famous capital landmarks
Former factory worker and miner became Pro artist
12 September 2022Scenes of rural life in the Outback are the most common subject of the prolific and highly inventive Australian painter Kevin ‘Pro’ Hart (1928-2006).
Sheila Fell work climbs to third-highest price
12 September 2022One of the highest prices for a work by Sheila Fell (1931-79) came at Newcastle saleroom Anderson & Garland’s (25% buyer’s premium) latest Country House & Fine Interiors auction.
Old Masters from the Grasset collection to be offered at Sotheby’s
10 September 2022Sotheby’s has announced that it will offer a group of Old Master paintings from the collection of Juan Manuel Grasset later this year.