Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Positive impressions of the Great Bardfield school
20 October 2025The printed work of Eric Ravilious (1903-42) has always been a fascinating area of the artist’s market - something with appeal both to connoisseurial collectors and the wider public.
Dealers fear overheating as gold and silver prices climb higher
17 October 2025A rally in global demand for gold and silver has led to UK precious metals dealers stopping quoting rates and the suspension of trade in some areas.
Rare Rembrandt counterproof emerges in Cambridge
17 October 2025As followers of Old Master prints are well aware, Rembrandt (1606-69) etchings appear at auction with great regularity with the most sought after subjects and earliest states commanding impressive prices.
New high for Percy Kelly at Cumbria auction
15 October 2025Cumbria saleroom Mitchells (22% buyer’s premium) broke its own auction record for Percy Kelly (1918-93) this autumn.
Swindon sale benefits from the friends of Frink
14 October 2025A significant group of Modern British artworks proved a major highlight of a recent auction held by Kidson-Trigg (24% buyer’s premium) in Swindon.
Stubbe’s punishment remembered in paint
13 October 2025Lot 586 at Henry Aldridge’s (22% buyer’s premium) latest sale was one of the more curious lots to appear at auction in recent times.
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.