Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Ethel Walker works stand out in the saleroom
06 November 2023Two of the highest prices at auction in the last 20 years for Dame Ethel Walker (1861-1951) came at Roseberys’ (26% buyer’s premium) latest Modern British & 20th Century Art sale.
Sporting art in the picture at Gloucestershire sale
03 November 2023A group of works previously kept at Glympton Park in Oxfordshire will be offered at British Bespoke Auctions on November 16.
That loving feline: David Hockney ceramic cat doubles estimate at auction
30 October 2023A rare ceramic cat given by David Hockney (b.1937) to strangers who helped him as a student fetched a record price for one of the artist’s sculptural felines when it sold at Stacey’s in Chelmsford.
Robert Kime: ‘Great assembler of beautiful things’
30 October 2023Pictures were a prominent part of the Robert Kime (1946-2022) aesthetic.
Gold price reaches record high in UK
27 October 2023The price of gold reached a record high this week as the instability in the Middle East was among the reasons investors flocked to the traditional ‘safe haven’.
Family value of Brian Shields
23 October 2023Large urban or coastal scenes in the manner of LS Lowry were the stock-in-trade of Brian ‘Braaq’ Shields (1951-97).
Charles Ginner takes to the London rooftops
23 October 2023The highest prices at auction for the Camden Town Group artist Charles Ginner (1878-1952) have all come for oil paintings but his precise, lucid style very much leant itself to the medium of watercolour.
Not such a warm response to Frieze week auctions compared to last year
23 October 2023The latest Frieze week auctions in London generated a markedly lower total than the equivalent series last year.
Specialists had gone on a Frank Algernon Stewart hunt
23 October 2023Two watercolours by Frank Algernon Stewart (1877-1945) were among the best performers in a collection of works amassed by two former gallery owners.
Another high Helen Allingham price in Worcestershire
23 October 2023Following the record £64,000 for a Helen Allingham (1848-1926) watercolour at Philip Serrell (20% buyer’s premium) back in July, another group of works by the artist was offered at the Malvern saleroom.
Bauer’s Balinese scene serves to please
23 October 2023Dutch artist used a technique that was much admired in his homeland as well as Britain
Reidentified Rembrandt emerges at Sotheby's auction
16 October 2023Sotheby’s and Christie’s have both announced major lots that will feature at the next series of Old Master auctions in London in December.
Iberia held a fascination for Hillier
16 October 2023The early English Surrealist Tristram Hillier (1905-83) was a regular visitor to Spain and Portugal.
Hefty Houston work lochs in a commission bid
16 October 2023The highest price at auction for Scottish painter George Houston (1869-1947) in almost six years came at a recent McTear’s (24% buyer’s premium) sale.
The Birleys up close and personal
16 October 2023Group of paintings the artistic couple kept at their beloved manor house find new homes after auction
Auction of Robert Kime collection takes more than £7m
09 October 2023The sale of the collection of dealer and ‘titan of design’ Robert Kime drew a flurry of interest at Dreweatts last week, raising more than £7.6m hammer across three days.
Mysterious result at Sotheby's shows market stays ‘stubbornly mercurial’
09 October 2023Not for first time in recent memory, a work by a female artist made an unexpected amount at auction that left saleroom watchers and probably even the auctioneers themselves struggling to explain the price.
Raphael goes into auction battle after new attribution of horseman study
09 October 2023A study of a horse and rider billed as a late work by Raphael (1483-1520) is being offered at auction in Austria.
‘Forgotten’ or not, a market that is good for profit
09 October 2023Rediscovery of overlooked female artists is a welcome reappraisal – and driving ever-higher prices
Glenavy work appears in Texas
09 October 2023An intriguing painting by Lady Beatrice Glenavy (1881-1970) emerged at auction in an unusual location last month.