Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Mixed returns for Imp and Mods
25 June 2018Market rebounds with £13.5m Franz Marc record at Christie’s after guaranteed works fail at Sotheby’s...
Record set for Scottish Colourist as Peploe blooms at Christie’s
22 June 2018Christie’s posted an auction record for any work by a Scottish Colourist when a still-life by Samuel John Peploe (1871-1935) drew strong interest at its latest Modern British art sale.
Fitzwilliam Museum raises £1m to secure Queen Victoria sculpture
21 June 2018The Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge has acquired a marble sculpture of Queen Victoria by Sir Alfred Gilbert (1854-1934) after raising the required £1.01m to prevent it from export.
Monet’s view of Paris station leads Christie’s Impressionist and Modern art auction
21 June 2018Christie’s latest Impressionist & Modern auction in London drew keen bidding on certain lots as the market reacted more favourably to the works offered than at Sotheby’s sale the previous evening.
Henri Matisse drawing of Bloomsbury hostess fetches £2.6m at Sotheby’s Impressionist and Modern art auction
20 June 2018A charcoal portrait by Henri Matisse (1869-1954) of the writer and Bloomsbury hostess Mary Hutchinson was knocked down at £2.6m at Sotheby’s latest Impressionist & Modern Art evening sale in London.
Dutch private equity firm acquires fine art shippers Cadogan Tate
19 June 2018Shipping firm Cadogan Tate has been acquired by Amsterdam-based investment firm H2 Equity Partners.
Renowned salvage dealer’s collection raises £90,000 at Cheffins auction
19 June 2018The final sale of stock from a once renowned architectural antiques business in Fulham raised more than £90,000 at Cambridge saleroom Cheffins.
Cadell’s 'Reflection' tops Sotheby's auction of Harrison Colourists
18 June 2018An auction record for FCB Cadell (1883-1937) was the highlight of Sotheby’s 31-lot sale of works from the Harrison collection of Scottish Colourists, writes Alex Capon.
Sir Stanley Spencer’s ‘Cookham Regatta’ painting sells for £2.8m at Sotheby’s
13 June 2018A painting by Sir Stanley Spencer (1891-1959) made the year before he died provided the latest test of the artist’s market at Sotheby’s.
Chinese vase brought into Sotheby’s in a shoebox sells at £12.5m
12 June 2018A Chinese vase discovered in the attic of a French family home and bearing a mark for the reign of the Qianlong emperor (1736-1795) was knocked down at €14.2m (£12.5m) at Sotheby’s Paris.
Kazimir Malevich archive emerges at Bonhams auction
11 June 2018An archive of manuscripts and correspondence from Russian avant garde artist Kazimir Malevich (1879-1935) has emerged at Bonhams. It will be auctioned as a single lot in London on June 20.
Bowled over by Singer Sargent - National Trust secures painting of Ightham Mote
11 June 2018In 1889, the artist John Singer Sargent (1856-1925) visited the 14th century manor house Ightham Mote in Kent and painted a picture of its occupants playing a game of bowls.
Theatrical stars of latest Russian art sales
11 June 2018The recent crackdown on Russian money in London seemed to have little noticeable effect on the latest Russian art sales in the capital.
Boris Becker’s collection seized following bankruptcy now offered in online auction
07 June 2018An auction of tennis legend Boris Becker’s collection of memorabilia is taking place as a timed online sale that runs until June 28.
Sotheby’s brokers sale of John Singer Sargent painting to National Trust
06 June 2018A painting of a game of bowls by John Singer Sargent previously in the collection of the late A Alfred Taubman has sold to the National Trust’s Ightham Mote, the manor house in Kent depicted in the picture.
Dealer Katz sells bronze sculptures to the Getty
04 June 2018London dealer Daniel Katz has sold two bronze sculptures to the J Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles, one by Auguste Rodin (1840-1917) and the other by Rodin’s assistant, model and lover Camille Claudel (1864-1943).
Story of Doctor Zhivago typescript
04 June 2018An original typescript for Boris Pasternak’s most famous novel Doctor Zhivago with handwritten corrections by the author was sold for £110,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) at Forum Auctions.
Sir Francis Drake shown 'warts and all' at Bonhams’ Old Master auction
01 June 2018Bonhams is offering a portrait at its upcoming Old Master sale in London which is being billed as one of the earliest paintings of Sir Francis Drake.
Christie’s relaunches summer contemporary art auctions in London – but day sales only
31 May 2018Christie’s will hold two contemporary art day sales in London this June. The announcement follows the auction house’s decision to drop its summer series in this category last year in favour of its March and October offerings.
Long-lost Antonio Canova bust emerges at Sotheby’s
30 May 2018One of the few autograph works ever to have emerged at auction by the neo-classical sculptor Antonio Canova (1757-1821) will be offered at Sotheby’s in London this summer.