Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Jackson’s northern exposure
31 October 2022Highest price in five years is achieved for Manchester School and Staithes Group artist
Thatcher depictions tick the box for bidders
31 October 2022Judging by recent events, members of the Conservative Party might well look back longingly to the days of Margaret Thatcher when Britain’s first female prime minister brought a comparative measure of stability to government.
LS Lowry match view nets a record result
24 October 2022Despite wider economic uncertainty, prices for LS Lowry (1887-1976) seem to keep on rising.
Portaels part of the Barnwell Manor procession
24 October 2022A number of pictures from another single-owner collection caught the eye at Dreweatts a month earlier than the Flaxley Abbey auction.
When charm is simplicity itself
24 October 2022Naive artworks that can also suit modern decorating taste are rising in popularity and price.
‘Going to the Match’ sets record for LS Lowry with £6.6m bid at Christie’s auction
19 October 2022One of LS Lowry’s most famous works, ‘Going to the Match’, has sold for a record price at Christie’s.
Pick of the week: American who fought against independence
17 October 2022While many US museums display portraits of famous Patriots from the War of Independence, especially the likes of George Washington, Alexander Hamilton and Nathanael Greene, pictures of Loyalists are less common in their collections.
Gwen John drawing from Sir Jack Baer collection takes a new high price
17 October 2022Modern British pictures featured prominently among the works dispersed by Sworders this autumn from the collection of Sir Jack Baer.
Influential dealer Sir Jack Baer's art collection comes to market
17 October 2022Views of France, both rural and urban, provided an interesting facet to the sale of the collection of Sir Jack Baer and his wife Diana.
Benois steps up in the saleroom
10 October 2022A couple of ballet-related lots danced away for high prices over the summer.
Art Market: Pryse guide – artist’s estate bonanza
10 October 2022Largest group of artist’s works to be offered was consigned to Essex auction house by daughter.
Bidders on Kew for the chance to buy a Berg
26 September 2022Modern and Contemporary art was one of the sectors that seemed to experience an uplift of interest during the lockdown as people had more time to search online for works they like.
Wirth-Miller proves his worth in the saleroom
26 September 2022Two abstract landscapes by Denis Wirth-Miller (1915-2010) were among the works in demand at the latest Post-War and Contemporary art sale held at Lyon & Turnbull (26% buyer’s premium) in Edinburgh.
Single-owner collection takes Root in Bath instead of clinging on to London hotbed
26 September 2022Does the Contemporary art auction market need levelling up?
Hambling and Long on offer
26 September 2022Five works by Maggi Hambling (b.1945) will be offered at Cambridge saleroom Cheffins on October 27.
Clutterbuck’s temple benefits from Indian summer
19 September 2022Most watercolours by Violet Esther Drury Clutterbuck (1869-1960) tend to fetch a few hundred pounds or less at auction.
Pitch perfect for Ruskin’s tower
19 September 2022Watercolour of Oxford by the Victorian arbiter of taste benefits from attractive estimate.
Dutch works by mystery artist land well in the saleroom
19 September 2022Two large 18th century paintings of figures at the port of Antwerp drew plenty of comment when they went on display at the South Cerney saleroom of Dominic Winter in the run-up to its July 21 sale.
Co-founder of Russian art auction house William MacDougall dies
17 September 2022William MacDougall, the co-founder of London Russian art specialist auction house MacDougall's, has died.
Lowry’s ‘Going to the Match’ reappears at auction with £5m-8m estimate
14 September 2022Christie’s is offering one of LS Lowry’s most famous works, ‘Going to the Match’, two decades after it last sold at auction.