Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Carriera carried away in Cambridge at a new high
22 September 2025Underlining the current demand for works by female Old Masters, a portrait of an English MP set an auction record for the Italian artist Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757) at Cheffins.
Charleston buys collaborative Bloomsbury Group painting at Gorringe’s
22 September 2025A rare collaborative work by Duncan Grant (1885-1978) and his lover, the Russian-American artist George Bergen (1903-84), has sold at auction to Charleston, the East Sussex farmhouse where the painting was created.
A friendship with Beryl Cook that led to Jackpot
22 September 2025Art from the West Country featured prominently in the Tony Martin collection. He amassed a wide range of Cornish watercolours, 19th century marine paintings and Newlyn School pictures.
Great Hokusai price but not a greatest price
22 September 2025A hammer price of £300,000 sounds like a pretty hefty sum for any print sold in the UK regions. But when it comes to Katsushika Hokusai’s (1760-1849) legendary Great Wave, it is actually a relatively middling amount overall.
After the antique: Three sculptures inspired by ancient works bringing demand at auction
19 September 2025A number of high prices for works modelled on or inspired by ancient sculpture have been recorded at different auctions this month.
Rosalba Carriera portrait sets auction record at Cheffins
17 September 2025Underlining the current demand for works by female Old Masters, a portrait of an English MP set an auction record for the Italian artist Rosalba Carriera (1673-1757) at Cheffins.
Sotheby’s to offer major Klimt portrait as Lauder collection comes to auction
17 September 2025A work described as ‘one of the finest and most intricately conceived’ of Gustav Klimt’s (1862-1918) full-length portraits will be the headline lot at the auction of the Leonard A. Lauder collection at Sotheby’s in November.
Henry Stacy Marks bird pictures take flight at Edinburgh sale
16 September 2025A pair of characterful studies of cranes, a penguin and a boatbill heron set a high price for Henry Stacy Marks (1829-98) at Lyon & Turnbull (26% buyer’s premium) in Edinburgh earlier this month.
French royal château launches campaign to buy rediscovered sculpture
15 September 2025The Château Royal de Blois in France has launched a fundraising campaign to buy a terracotta bust of Louix XIII's brother Gaston d'Orléans.
Sparks ignites more sale interest
15 September 2025Artist’s masterpiece sold earlier this year is followed up by plates, prints and paintings from same source
Cast of George Frampton’s Peter Pan sculpture takes £350,000 at Dreweatts
11 September 2025A posthumous cast of George Frampton’s (1860-1928) best-known sculpture was the subject of strenuous bidding at Dreweatts this week.
Crucifixion scene gains ‘Rubens’ attribution and appears at Osenat auction
10 September 2025A previously unknown depiction of Christ on the cross believed to have been painted by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) has emerged at French auction house Osenat.
Rediscovered Old Masters draw interest in Salisbury
10 September 2025Two Dutch and Flemish Old Masters offered fresh to the market and with a sense of rediscovery drew notable competition at Woolley & Wallis’ latest Old Masters, British & European Paintings sale.
Beryl Cook strikes a chord at sale of her old friend Tony Martin’s collection
09 September 2025Art from the West Country featured prominently in the collection of the late antiques dealer Tony Martin.
‘Landscapes of the Mind’: Hegewisch collection heads to Christie’s
08 September 2025An important collection of prints and works on paper amassed by the German businessman Klaus Hegewisch (1919-2014) will appear at Christie’s in London next month.
Christie’s to offer works from the Weis collection in flagship New York series
05 September 2025Christie’s will offer works from the collection of Robert and Patricia Weis at its upcoming series of Modern and Contemporary art auctions in New York.
National Trust acquires two Joshua Reynolds paintings in £24.5m tax deal
04 September 2025Two key paintings by Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92) have been acquired by the National Trust from the Rothschild collection.
Large cast of Mercié’s David statue emerges at Canterbury Auction Galleries
03 September 2025Antonin Mercié’s (1845-1916) sculpture of David vanquishing Goliath caused a real stir when the French artist first exhibited the original plaster model in 1872.
Shannon portrait turns heads at Surrey auction
28 August 2025Among the most eye-catching pictures that emerged at the summer auctions around the country were a couple of early 20th century portraits of young women.