Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Auction record for any book as Hebrew bible takes $38.1m at Sotheby’s
18 May 2023Setting an auction record for any book, manuscript or item of Judaica, a work billed as the ‘earliest and most complete Hebrew bible’ in existence sold for $33.5m (£26.6m) at Sotheby’s New York.
Japanese collector wins battle for Klimt’s lakeside view
17 May 2023A view of Austria’s Lake Attersee by Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) led Sotheby’s latest sale of Modern art in New York.
Symons supporters make a bugle call
15 May 2023William Christian Symons (1845-1911) had a varied career, working as a designer for Royal Doulton but also in a wide range of roles.
Funny felines stand up and deliver Louis Wain record
15 May 2023Has the film 'The Electrical Life of Louis Wain' raised demand for the artist?
Alma-Tadema’s friends put on a panel show at his house
15 May 2023Six of the 45 distinctive designs from the artist’s spectacular London villa emerge at auction
Christie’s raises buyer’s premium... then sets a Rousseau record
15 May 2023Christie’s first major auction series since raising its buyer’s premium last month kicked off in New York offering Impressionist and Modern art.
Interview: 'Bawden prints are a bit of fun'
08 May 2023Amy Scanlon, head of Modern and Contemporary art at Sworders of Stansted Mountfitchet, discusses her affection for Bawden prints
Edward Bawden: Printmaker at the cutting edge
08 May 2023A lively market has emerged for the linocuts of Great Bardfield artist Edward Bawden
A rural Essex man who loved the city
08 May 2023'Cattle Market, Braintree' from 1937 is a trademark Edward Bawden image. But it is also the artist’s only pre-war editioned print.
Indian artist’s ‘Bindu’ picture brings hefty demand at Roseberys’ auction
05 May 2023A large acrylic on canvas by Indian artist Syed Haider Raza (1922-2016) drew strong interest at Roseberys (25% buyer’s premium), surpassing a £50,000-70,000 estimate and selling at £240,000 to a private collector.
Turner and Wilkie turn up at auction
01 May 2023Drawing four phone bidders plus online, a rediscovered early watercolour of Chepstow Castle by JMW Turner (1775-1851) led Cheffins’ latest fine art sale.
Webb depicts majesty of Greenwich Palace in smaller form
01 May 2023Born into a family of artists, James Webb (c.1825-95) became a prolific painter primarily of landscapes, seascapes and river scenes depicting locations around England and Wales as well as the Netherlands, France, Italy and southern Spain.
London as seen before the big blaze
01 May 2023View of the city ahead of the Great Fire was attributed to a Dutch artist who produced several panoramas
Famous tiger burns bright – despite being a copy
01 May 2023A later but good copy of George Stubbs’ (1724-1806) famous painting Portrait of The Royal Tiger earned its stripes when it emerged at auction.
Sotheby’s offers Hammershøi interior scene with highest ever estimate for the artist
18 April 2023A major painting by Vilhelm Hammershøi (1864-1916) will be offered at Sotheby’s evening sale of Modern art in New York on May 16. Pitched at $3m-5m, it has the highest estimate ever placed on a work by the Danish artist.
Latest Lowry drawing shows rise in demand over three decades
17 April 2023Simple Salford street scene dating from year after he left art school is now at £70,000 hammer price level
Another winner from Denton Hall consignment
17 April 2023A high price for a Victorian work sold outside London came at Tennants’ (22% buyer’s premium) latest British, European and Sporting Pictures sale.
Staithes Group works show signs of revival at the top end at least
10 April 2023Local supporters help to boost pictures produced in art colony based in a North Yorkshire fishing village
Brueghel found behind door in French home takes six-figure sum at auction
06 April 2023A large painting by Pieter Brueghel the Younger (c.1564-1638) discovered in a home in France took a six-figure sum at a Paris sale.
Double values: Cedric Morris picture with another work on the back emerges in Cambridge
03 April 2023Even in relatively strong sectors of the art market like Modern British pictures the twin attractions of market freshness and attainable estimates remain key factors.