Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Royal approval: Edward Seago works attract interest after emerging from Cotswolds house
25 June 2025The ‘quintessential’ Cotswolds property Ready Token House near Cirencester has had an interesting recent history.
Pioneering Victorian photograph book found in closet now heads to Roseberys
24 June 2025A scarce copy of a pioneering photograph book showing views of the Norfolk Broads has been consigned to south London saleroom Roseberys.
Only photograph of Abraham Lincoln with a family member emerges at Bonhams
23 June 2025Bonhams is offering a rare portrait of former US President Abraham Lincoln seated with his young son Tad.
Spotlight: 250 years of JMW Turner
23 June 2025Many works by the great British artist are now owned by institutions but smaller paintings and sketches are common sights at salerooms
Painter Devis whose passage to India proved to be a difficult process
23 June 2025Artist survived a shipwreck but then spent a decade creating portraits and views of the local landscape
Grandmother’s Alfred Wallis purchases bring reward for vendor
20 June 2025Provenance is all important when it comes to the works of Alfred Wallis (1855-1942).
CINOA issues rallying cry for the art trade to unite
19 June 2025The new president of CINOA has issued a call for unity across the cultural sector in response to “increasingly restrictive legislation affecting the global art and antiques trade”.
Mortimer Menpes travel pictures bring demand at West London sale
18 June 2025The artist Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938) was something of a jack of all trades. But contrary to the old adage he was a master of many.
Devis in demand: ‘Relaxed’ portrait of a civil servant bid to £140,000
16 June 2025Over recent years, works painted in India by Arthur William Devis (1762-1822) have become a valuable proposition.
Largest Tirzah Garwood group to emerge in one go sets a test of the market
16 June 2025The most extensive selection of works to come on the open market provides an opportunity to assess the market for the Modern British print specialist
Dealer brokers sale of Dobson self-portrait to two London museums
13 June 2025A rare self-portrait by William Dobson (1611-46) has been jointly acquired by Tate Britain and the National Portrait Gallery in a £2.37m private treaty sale brokered by dealer Hazlitt.
Turner prize: Rediscovered painting bought for £400 now estimated at up to £300,000 at Sotheby’s
10 June 2025The first oil painting ever exhibited by JMW Turner (1775-1851) in his lifetime will be offered at Sotheby’s this summer.
High expectations means bidders thin on the ground for Saunders Old Master collection
09 June 2025The Saunders collection seems to have been the consignment that Sotheby’s could not afford to lose.
Nathaniel Sparks’ ‘masterpiece’ flies over estimate at Cambridge sale
06 June 2025A work described ‘the masterpiece of Nathaniel Sparks (1880-1957)’ set a major record for the artist at Cheffins last month.
Van Beuningen’s Old Masters come to Christie’s
04 June 2025Works from the heirs of the Dutch coal magnate and business tycoon Daniël George Van Beuningen (1877-1955) are being offered at Christie’s in London this summer.
Menpes pictures with Eastern subjects emerge in West London
03 June 2025The artist Mortimer Menpes (1855-1938) produced a varied range of work over his career but a group of 15 works offered at Olympia Auctions this month has a particular focus on his views from his wide travels.
Jellett horses gallop away to artist top spot
02 June 2025An important Cubist painting by Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) set a major auction record for the Irish artist at Whyte’s.
‘Deeply moving’ Ribera work went from shed to saleroom
02 June 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.
Portrait of an artist: New benchmark for Catherine Lusurier at Christie’s
29 May 2025When it came to works drawing good competition at the latest series of Old Master auction in New York at the end of May, three works in particular caught the eye at Christie’s.
Whyte’s sets second highest price for a painting by an Irish woman
28 May 2025An important cubist painting by Mainie Jellett (1897-1944) set a major auction record for the Irish artist at Whyte’s this week.