Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Five works raising the bar for LS Lowry since ‘A Cricket Match’ last appeared at auction 23 years ago
23 May 2019LS Lowry’s (1887-1976) painting of a back-street cricket match in Salford from 1938 is among the stand-out lots offered at Sotheby’s this summer. Ahead of the sale, it was unveiled today at The Lowry in Salford – a public gallery not far from the Old Trafford Cricket Ground – where it will remain on view until May 27.
Boris Becker memorabilia auction to go ahead after bankrupt tennis star withdraws injunction
21 May 2019The sale of sporting memorabilia seized from bankrupt tennis star Boris Becker will be going ahead this summer, the auctioneers handling the consignment have confirmed to ATG.
Old Master still-life brings £300,000 in Wiltshire sale
20 May 2019A major price for an Old Master in the English regions came in Wiltshire last week when a still-life by Flemish painter Frans Snyders (1579-1657) caught the eye of multiple bidders.
Giant haystacks and a steel rabbit post art market landmarks
20 May 2019Some eye-catching individual prices punctuated the latest Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art sales in New York, helping to lift the year-on-year total .
Salvador Dali Christmas card designs on sale this summer
20 May 2019A group of 15 works on paper by Salvador Dalí (1904-89) which were produced as Christmas card designs will be offered in Paris this summer. They are estimated to raise up to €1m at Artcurial’s Modern and Impressionist Art auction in Paris, writes Alex Capon.
John Singer Sargent later watercolours raise a combined $220,000 at Boston sale
20 May 2019The American artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) is best known for the high-society ‘swagger’ portraits that had earned him fame and fortune, but the watercolours he produced in greater number are more commonly available at auction.
Sotheby’s sets auction record for an Impressionist picture as Claude Monet 'Haystack' painting takes $97m
15 May 2019A painting from Claude Monet’s (1840-1926) ‘haystacks’ series set the highest price at auction for an Impressionist picture at Sotheby’s New York last night.
Salvador Dalí original Christmas cards predicted to make up to €1m at Paris auction
15 May 2019A group of 15 works on paper by Salvador Dalí (1904-89) which were produced as Christmas card designs will be offered in Paris this summer. They are estimated to raise up to €1m at Artcurial’s Modern and Impressionist Art auction.
Qianlong throne takes £5.2m at Christie’s auction
14 May 2019A fervent bidding battle was witnessed in London earlier today as a Chinese throne sold for five times estimate at Christie’s.
Top stories this week – including news of historic book dealer Bernard Quaritch leaving Mayfair
10 May 2019The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of the famous rare book dealership Bernard Quaritch relocating away from Mayfair.
Fresh-to-market John Singer Sargent watercolours emerge at Skinner auction
09 May 2019Two watercolours by John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) that have been in a private American collection for nearly a century have emerged will be offered at an auction in Boston this week. One of them was described in the artist’s catalogue raisonée as “one of the most subtle and beautiful of Sargent’s architectural studies”.
Strong selling rates across New York’s Classic Week auctions
06 May 2019Christie’s latest ‘Classic Week’ sales series put in a robust performance with sales of Old Master and 19th century pictures, sculpture and antiquities generating a premium-inclusive total of $79.5m (£61.16m).
Early depiction of a British synagogue interior by first Jewish member of the Royal Academy sells to Ben Uri Gallery at auction
03 May 2019A watercolour by Solomon Alexander Hart (1806-1881), the first Jewish member of the Royal Academy, drew dramatic competition at Tennants’ latest sale in North Yorkshire.
Phillips bolsters US business with former Sotheby's hires and Christie’s focuses on private sales - the latest Movers and Shakers
30 April 2019A selection of appointments across the art and antiques market including Phillips hiring former Sotheby’s head of Impressionist & Modern art David Norman.
Top stories this week – including news of UK museums buying a portrait of the Scottish architect James Adam
26 April 2019The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a New York Old Master dealer helping the National Galleries of Scotland and the Victoria & Albert Museum buy a portrait of the Scottish architect and designer James Adam.
Japanese vendor consigns JMW Turner landscape to Sotheby’s auction in London
25 April 2019A late work by JMW Turner (1775-1851) depicting a Surrey landscape that was once owned by the banker JP Morgan will be offered at Sotheby’s Old Master evening sale in London this summer.
An Old Master jigsaw puzzler
19 April 2019Researching Old Master paintings is sometimes likened to putting together the pieces of a jigsaw. But for one upcoming work, it seems this was quite literally the case.
Top stories this week – including news of the ‘biggest house contents auction’ in the regions for a decade
19 April 2019The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of the announcement of what promises to be the biggest house contents sale of the year and the largest by a UK regional auction house for more than a decade.
Catalogue released as ‘Toulouse Caravaggio’ goes on show at Paris contemporary art gallery
17 April 2019The catalogue for the painting billed as the ‘Toulouse Caravaggio (1571-1610)’ has been published ahead of its auction in June.
Christie’s owner Pinault family pledges €100m for Notre-Dame in Paris after fire
16 April 2019The Pinault family, owner of auction house Christie’s, has pledged €100m for the reconstruction of Notre-Dame cathedral in Paris after the fire yesterday.