Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Great Bardfield property yields appealing group of modern prints to Sworders sale
13 October 2025A single owner collection from a house in Great Bardfield, Essex provided a number of good quality prints to Sworders’ (25% buyer’s premium) latest sale of Modern and Contemporary art.
Kollwitz relief evoked scenes of Allied bombing raids
13 October 2025In the midst of the Second World War, the German artist Käthe Kollwitz (1867-1945) produced a series of small sculptural reliefs on the theme of mothers protecting their children.
Face of Victorian Scotland captured by Brodie
13 October 2025The Scottish sculptor William Brodie (1825-81) began his working life as a plumber’s apprentice in Aberdeen.
Relic of a Tudor trial turns heads at Wiltshire auction
10 October 2025Lot 586 at Henry Aldridge’s (22% buyer’s premium) latest two-day sale was one of the more curious lots to appear at auction in recent times.
Major auction record for Dod Procter set at Bonhams
08 October 2025While prices for the painter Dod Procter (1891-1972) have been rising over the last decade or so, a big jump in terms of her auction record came at Bonhams (28/27% buyer’s premium) latest sale of works by Modern British women artists in London.
Harry Clarke illustrations bring hefty sums in Dublin auction
07 October 2025Dubin-born Henry Patrick Clarke (1889-1931) was one of Ireland’s leading stained-glass artists and book illustrators.
Daubigny moonlight view in the spotlight
06 October 2025The late 1850s to early 1860s was a significant period in the career of French painter Charles-François Daubigny (1817-78).
Danish delights: Romantic landscape attracts highest UK auction price for 19th century painter
06 October 2025A strong selection of European pictures gave a boost to the latest specialist picture sale held at Salisbury saleroom Woolley & Wallis’ (27/26% buyer’s premium).
Mary Magdalene turns heads as Old Master painting flies to 20 times estimate in US auction
02 October 2025A painting of Mary Magdalene by Ambrosius Benson (c.1495-1550) drew dramatic competition at a recent US auction.
Edward VI portrait goes on view at Hampton Court Palace after selling at Roseberys
01 October 2025A portrait of King Edward VI that sold at a Roseberys auction earlier this year has gone on public display at Hampton Court Palace.
Woodcuts come to the fore at East Sussex auction
29 September 2025A small group of 20th century woodcuts showing local Sussex scenes were among the pictures bringing demand at the latest Art & Design Post 1880 auction at Gorringe’s (plus 25% buyer’s premium).
Shannon artwork shipped from Flanders for sale in Surrey
29 September 2025Among the most eye-catching pictures that emerged at the summer auctions around the country were a couple of early 20th century portraits of young women.
How posthumous copies of Gillray prints have a history of their own
25 September 2025The story of James Gillray’s (1757-1815) print plates is something of a mixture of comedy and tragedy – not unlike the great caricaturist’s life itself.
Rare views by elusive artist William Hedges bring bidders at London sale
24 September 2025Demand for rare topographical pictures remains an area of strength in the art market.
Carriera carried away in Cambridge at a new high
22 September 2025Underlining the current demand for works by female Old Masters, a portrait of an English MP set an auction record for the Italian artist Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757) at Cheffins.
Charleston buys collaborative Bloomsbury Group painting at Gorringe’s
22 September 2025A rare collaborative work by Duncan Grant (1885-1978) and his lover, the Russian-American artist George Bergen (1903-84), has sold at auction to Charleston, the East Sussex farmhouse where the painting was created.
A friendship with Beryl Cook that led to Jackpot
22 September 2025Art from the West Country featured prominently in the Tony Martin collection. He amassed a wide range of Cornish watercolours, 19th century marine paintings and Newlyn School pictures.
Great Hokusai price but not a greatest price
22 September 2025A hammer price of £300,000 sounds like a pretty hefty sum for any print sold in the UK regions. But when it comes to Katsushika Hokusai’s (1760-1849) legendary Great Wave, it is actually a relatively middling amount overall.
After the antique: Three sculptures inspired by ancient works bringing demand at auction
19 September 2025A number of high prices for works modelled on or inspired by ancient sculpture have been recorded at different auctions this month.
Rosalba Carriera portrait sets auction record at Cheffins
17 September 2025Underlining the current demand for works by female Old Masters, a portrait of an English MP set an auction record for the Italian artist Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757) at Cheffins.