Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Newly discovered Ribera painting makes top estimate in Swedish auction
27 May 2025A painting by Spanish artist Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652) which emerged from a shed in rural Sweden drew competition at an auction in Stockholm.
Indian art interest rolls out to a wider audience
26 May 2025Latest sales suggest a wider collector base targeting history and topography
Record for Lincoln memorabilia as bloodstained gloves take $1.2m
23 May 2025A consignment of historic material relating to Abraham Lincoln drew extensive interest at Freeman's Hindman in Chicago on May 21. The sale included a pair of the gloves that posted an auction record for any artefact related to the US President.
Saunders collection raises $64.7m at Sotheby’s but misses overall target
22 May 2025It was billed as the ‘first ever $100m collection of Old Masters to come to auction’ but the auction of the Saunders collection at Sotheby’s New York last night came in significantly below expectations.
Demand emerges for Mary Potter still life at specialist East Anglian art sale
21 May 2025A string of works by East Anglian artists, each with their own well-established market, drew notable attention at the latest specialist sale held by Reeman Dansie (25% buyer’s premium).
‘A feast for the eyes’: Luxurious de Heem still life emerges at Christie’s
21 May 2025Christie’s has announced a major highlight for its Old Masters evening sale in London on July 1.
Historical Moorcroft archive could be auctioned
19 May 2025The historic collection of pottery manufacturer Moorcroft could soon be heading to auction following the collapse of the company.
‘One of the most important Lincoln collections ever brought to market’
19 May 2025Auction house Freeman's Hindman is offering an extensive collection of historic materials relating to US President Abraham Lincoln.
Modern and contemporary art: Studio source brings strong results
19 May 2025Works coming to auction from artists’ estates give a never-seen-before quality and personal attraction
Rich seam of modern art surfaces in Somerset
19 May 2025An untitled abstract by Gillian Ayres (1930-2018) was among the works attracting interest from the collection of Simon and Jennifer Murray at Dore & Rees (25% buyer’s premium) in Somerset.
Monet’s painting of poplar trees brings demand in patchy New York auction series
16 May 2025The difficulties at the top end of the Modern and Contemporary art market were very much in evidence at the latest flagship auction series in New York.
Rare animal sketches bring demand in single-owner collection of Indian works
16 May 2025Two pictures with natural history subjects drew the strongest competition among the Indian works of art consigned from the collection of the late Francis Golding (1944-2013) to a recent Roseberys’ (26% buyer’s premium) sale.
Rediscovered Kangxi bird paintings raise £600,000 total at Roseberys
13 May 2025A group of Kangxi bird paintings from the celebrated ‘Imperial Manual of Birds’ sold for a combined £600,000 at Roseberys in south London.
John Pye to conduct sale of Moorcroft's business and assets
13 May 2025Auction house John Pye has been appointed to help find a buyer for the collapsed pottery firm W. Moorcroft Ltd.
Five highlights from dealer Paul Atkinson’s collection at Sworders
12 May 2025The ‘retirement’ sale of dealer Paul Atkinson’s collection at Essex saleroom Sworders this week will be held exactly 50 years since he opened his first antiques shop in Derbyshire.
Albrecht Dürer: The printmaker supreme
12 May 2025An artist in high demand in his day, Dürer prints still fascinate collectors. ATG surveys the market for works by great Old Master draughtsman
Interview: Dürer prints represent 'one of the biggest achievements in art history'
12 May 2025ATG speaks to Astrid-Christina Schierz, specialist in Master Drawings, Prints before 1900, Watercolours, Miniatures at Austrian auction house Dorotheum.
William Nicholson’s portrait of his daughter triples its estimate
09 May 2025Despite ongoing concerns that the current economic uncertainty, anaemic growth and trade tariffs is affecting the supply of major lots, the value to auction houses of paintings by ‘big names’ was underlined at Lyon &Turnbull’s latest Modern Made auction.
Indian sculptor’s earliest known work on paper turns heads at Chiswick Auctions
09 May 2025The earliest known painted work by the Indian sculptor Ganpatrao Mhatre (1879-1947) drew international interest at a recent sale at Chiswick Auctions (26% buyer’s premium).