Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Sotheby’s to offer major Klimt portrait as Lauder collection comes to auction
17 September 2025A work described as ‘one of the finest and most intricately conceived’ of Gustav Klimt’s (1862-1918) full-length portraits will be the headline lot at the auction of the Leonard A. Lauder collection at Sotheby’s in November.
Henry Stacy Marks bird pictures take flight at Edinburgh sale
16 September 2025A pair of characterful studies of cranes, a penguin and a boatbill heron set a high price for Henry Stacy Marks (1829-98) at Lyon & Turnbull (26% buyer’s premium) in Edinburgh earlier this month.
French royal château launches campaign to buy rediscovered sculpture
15 September 2025The Château Royal de Blois in France has launched a fundraising campaign to buy a terracotta bust of Louix XIII's brother Gaston d'Orléans.
Sparks ignites more sale interest
15 September 2025Artist’s masterpiece sold earlier this year is followed up by plates, prints and paintings from same source
Cast of George Frampton’s Peter Pan sculpture takes £350,000 at Dreweatts
11 September 2025A posthumous cast of George Frampton’s (1860-1928) best-known sculpture was the subject of strenuous bidding at Dreweatts this week.
Crucifixion scene gains ‘Rubens’ attribution and appears at Osenat auction
10 September 2025A previously unknown depiction of Christ on the cross believed to have been painted by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) has emerged at French auction house Osenat.
Rediscovered Old Masters draw interest in Salisbury
10 September 2025Two Dutch and Flemish Old Masters offered fresh to the market and with a sense of rediscovery drew notable competition at Woolley & Wallis’ latest Old Masters, British & European Paintings sale.
Beryl Cook strikes a chord at sale of her old friend Tony Martin’s collection
09 September 2025Art from the West Country featured prominently in the collection of the late antiques dealer Tony Martin.
‘Landscapes of the Mind’: Hegewisch collection heads to Christie’s
08 September 2025An important collection of prints and works on paper amassed by the German businessman Klaus Hegewisch (1919-2014) will appear at Christie’s in London next month.
Christie’s to offer works from the Weis collection in flagship New York series
05 September 2025Christie’s will offer works from the collection of Robert and Patricia Weis at its upcoming series of Modern and Contemporary art auctions in New York.
National Trust acquires two Joshua Reynolds paintings in £24.5m tax deal
04 September 2025Two key paintings by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92) have been acquired by the National Trust from the Rothschild collection.
Large cast of Mercié’s David statue emerges at Canterbury Auction Galleries
03 September 2025Antonin Mercié’s (1845-1916) sculpture of David vanquishing Goliath caused a real stir when the French artist first exhibited the original plaster model in 1872.
Shannon portrait turns heads at Surrey auction
28 August 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.
Cricket picture market: a pitch with plenty of cracks
27 August 2025The sticky wicket in terms of the market for cricketing pictures was in evidence this summer as Dreweatts (27% buyer’s premium) sold off a large group of works from the collection of the late Mark Loveday.
Racing and romanticism: Two watercolours bringing demand at Lincolnshire auction
26 August 2025Two works on paper caught bidders’ eyes at a sale at Stamford Auction Rooms (24% buyer’s premium) this summer.
Edward VII drawing gets stamp of approval from bidders
22 August 2025If this small portrait of Edward VII looks a bit like a postage stamp, that’s no surprise.
Sotheby’s to open Breuer Building premises ahead of flagship New York sales
21 August 2025Auction house Sotheby’s has announced the opening date of its New York headquarters at the Breuer Building.
Cheyne Walk house comes down in value
11 August 2025A riverside view of Lindsey House in London’s Cheyne Walk drew decent interest at a recent Bonhams (28% buyer’s premium) sale but ended up selling for markedly less than its last auction appearance 10 years ago.
The face of Burne-Jones by the hand of Rossetti
11 August 2025Two works catalogued as ‘circle of Dante Gabriel Rossetti (1828-82)’ caught the attention at a recent sale at Keys in Aylsham, one creeping over estimate but the other smashing it spectacularly.