Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Rediscovered Anna Tonelli portrait goes above estimate at Cotswolds auction
15 May 2026A rare painting by the Italian artist Anna Tonelli (c.1763-1846) emerged at a sale at Cotswold Auction Company (24% buyer’s premium) this week.
Duncan Grant still life catches the eye at Modern Made sale
13 May 2026While a bountiful Cedric Morris still life was the headline lot at Lyon & Turnbull’s (27/26% buyer’s premium) latest Modern Made sale, it wasn’t the only flower painting that drew keen interest at the auction.
Blooming marvellous: Cedric Morris flower painting makes it to £180,000 with help of 27 species
08 May 2026A detailed and colourful flower study by Sir Cedric Lockwood Morris (1889-1982) attracted fervent competition at Lyon & Turnbull’s latest Modern Made auction in London.
Samuel Palmer and printmaking: the other side of his creativity
08 May 2026Ahead of a new exhibition at a London gallery, Alex Capon takes a closer look at the renowned Romantic artist’s later work and the market that now exists via auction houses and dealerships
Major record for Alfred Parsons as view of the Somerset hills flies over estimate
07 May 2026Alfred Parsons (1847-1920) is generally considered a solidly collectable Victorian-Edwardian artist but has never been in the same league as the major masters of the age, at least in terms of auction prices.
Expert’s eye: ‘Lamorna’ Birch collection formed by authority on the artist to be sold
06 May 2026A collection of works by Samuel John ‘Lamorna’ Birch (1869-1955) formed by an expert on Newlyn artists is coming to Salisbury saleroom Woolley & Wallis this summer.
Five highlights from the Lewis collection being offered at Sotheby’s
04 May 2026This summer Sotheby’s will offer what is billed as ‘the most valuable single collection ever offered in London’.
London calling for Welsh art as more Kyffin Williams works set high prices
01 May 2026Cardiff auction indicates latest demand trends influencing the market for leading Welsh painter Sir Kyffin Williams
Important collection of John Tunnard works brings demand in Newcastle
27 April 2026Newcastle saleroom Anderson & Garland offered what was billed as “the most comprehensive private holding of works by John Tunnard (1900-71) ever to come to the market” this week.
Royal Alice sets sail ‘on sailcloth’ as naïve paintings charm bidders
24 April 2026Among the most intriguing naïve pictures sold recently was a simple and ostensibly unassuming painting of a ship offered at a recent Dominic Winter (22% buyer’s premium) auction.
Back to school: Dealer sells rediscovered early view of Marlborough College
22 April 2026A rediscovered naïve painting showing Marlborough College in the years before the school was founded has been sold by a dealer to the college itself.
Early Ivon Hitchens landscape tops estimate at Gloucestershire auction
20 April 2026Among the Modern British art highlights sold in the English regions so far this spring was a striking landscape that made a significant sum for an early Ivon Hitchens (1893-1979) at Kinghams' (26% buyer’s premium) latest British Art & Design sale.
Paris art enthusiast wins €1m Pablo Picasso portrait in charity raffle
16 April 2026A gouache on paper by Pablo Picasso, Tête de Femme from 1941, was won in a charity raffle this week.
Battle of the bookcase Old Master
10 April 2026Bidding competition breaks out in south London for Mannerist work discovered in a west London house
Blonde bombshell from West Brom depicted by De László
02 April 2026Portrait of actress who mesmerised Hitchcock makes highest sum for the artist since 2020
Reach for the stars: photographs of five 20th century icons at auction
02 April 2026For followers of rock stars, style icons, actors and actresses, opportunities abound to acquire signed photographs of some of the famous cultural figures of the 20th century.
Rock stars roll in to show artistic side of their creative talents
02 April 2026Original works and prints by the likes of Bob Dylan and Ronnie Wood are increasingly sought after
‘Clear recognition of George Sherwood Hunter’s distinctive vision and technical accomplishment’
27 March 2026A large group of works by George Sherwood Hunter (1846-1919) that had remained in the artist’s family for over a century was dispersed at two sales conducted by Anderson & Garland (25% buyer’s premium) over the last six months.
Focus on art from unusual angles
27 March 2026Works in demand at auction do not always reflect the subjects and themes that artists are best known for