Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Sotheby’s to offer a van Gogh as Bonhams unveil a Picasso
27 February 2021Two major consignments of Impressionist and Modern art have been announced in the last week.
New hires and appointments at auction houses in the UK and US
24 February 2021An update on the latest appointments at auction houses including at Bishop & Miller, Phillips and Clevedon Salerooms
Post-war & Contemporary art: Special forces at work as buyers play the auction game
22 February 2021An increasing number of salerooms are now holding specialist sales dedicated to Post-war and Contemporary art with demand at primary market level driving auction opportunities
Five lots to watch at auction this week including a Soviet propaganda plate
22 February 2021With estimates from £400-2000 here are five previews of upcoming items this week.
Large John Cunningham loch scene offered at Glasgow sale
22 February 2021Another auction house staging regular sales of Scottish Contemporary art is McTear’s of Glasgow, whose next auction in this category takes place on February 28.
Arty eccentricity turns heads at Dreweatt's Aynhoe Park sale
22 February 2021James Perkins, the co-founder of rave music promoter Fantazia, kept an eclectic collection of Contemporary art at Aynhoe Park in Oxfordshire.
An L of a good Blackburn group
22 February 2021The largest contingent of works by British abstract painter John Blackburn (b.1932) ever to come to auction will be offered at Cheffins of Cambridge on February 25.
Eileen Agar works lead the Freer collection at Chiswick Auctions
22 February 2021A large group of works from the collection of Allen and Beryl Freer has been consigned to Chiswick Auctions.
Timeless Archipenko and Gormley studies
22 February 2021A drawing by Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964) will be among the lots on offer at Sworders’ sale of Modern British & 20th Century art on April 20.
Slice of Michael Morgan studio life makes £3800
22 February 2021A group of works from the estate of West Country artist Michael Morgan (1928-2014) drew bidding at a recent sale at Atkins Auctions (15% buyer’s premium) of Axminster, Devon.
Another grand price for abstract painter Aubrey Williams
22 February 2021An abstract painting by Aubrey Williams (1926-90) offered at Grand Auctions (20% buyer’s premium) in Folkestone at the end of last year set another auction high for the Guyanese artist.
Jack Vettriano's 'Fish Teas' sets a four-year high
22 February 2021Back in 2004-6, a boom occurred in the prices for Jack Vettriano (b.1951) and a host of works made six-figure sums at auction. These included his most famous work 'The Singing Butler', which sold for a staggering £660,000 at Sotheby’s in April 2004, still a Vettriano auction record.
Christie’s closes Barcelona office and moves Spanish headquarters in Madrid
20 February 2021Christie’s has closed its existing offices in Madrid and Barcelona and will now operate from a premises on Calle Serrano in Madrid, about 2km north of its previous address.
Cambridge’s Kettle’s Yard to sell donated abstract art collection at auction
18 February 2021The largest contingent of works by British abstract painter John Blackburn (b.1932) ever to come to auction will be offered at Cheffins in Cambridge on February 25.
Knight might and awesome foursome
15 February 2021Quartet of West Country works featured in the same sale as our £105,000 cover star
Beryl Cook market boost: highest auction price for 12 years
15 February 2021The highest auction price for 12 years for Beryl Cook (1926-2008) was posted at David Lay’s recent fine art sale.
Cooper Henderson: years of coaching pay off
15 February 2021Typical Charles Cooper Henderson coach scene rolls into Cheffins' saleroom
Row breaks out over artist model’s estate sale
08 February 2021A row has erupted over the circumstances surrounding the auction of a collection of Modern British art in Derbyshire in December.
‘A great connoisseur of art’ – Richard L Feigen (1930-2021)
08 February 2021The US art dealer Richard L Feigen has died at the age of 90. A notice in the New York Times stated he ‘died peacefully in his sleep after a brief illness with Covid-19 pneumonia’.
Pick of the week: So what am I bid for my great-great aunt?
08 February 2021A nude study by Dame Laura Knight (1877-1970) found plenty of admirers when it appeared at the latest fine art sale held by Penzance saleroom David Lay (18% buyer’s premium).