Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Canaletto once owned by Robert Walpole headlines Christie’s Old Master sale
08 May 2025One of Canaletto’s ‘prime-period’ views of Venice which once hung in 10 Downing Street has emerged at Christie’s.
Rediscovered Tirzah Garwood prints and drawings emerge at Cheffins
07 May 2025The largest group of works by Tirzah Garwood (1908-51) to ever come on the open market in one go will be offered at Cheffins later this month.
National Gallery buys ‘mystery’ altarpiece in £16.4m deal brokered by Sotheby’s
06 May 2025The National Gallery in London has acquired two Old Masters, one of which is a remarkable 16th-century altarpiece bought for £16.4m in a private treaty sale brokered by Sotheby’s.
Seton was championed by Scottish clients in Calcutta
05 May 2025The top price of the recent sale of the Philip Astley-Jones collection came for a portrait with a strong Indian connection.
Topographical views of the East and India land impressive sums
05 May 2025Result for album of watercolours underlines the current demand in salerooms for such subjects
Salvator Mundi drawing from Leonardo’s studio makes five times estimate
01 May 2025An unfinished drawing of the Salvator Mundi attributed to Leonardo da Vinci's workshop drew strong competition at Dorotheum of Vienna this week.
Church and mine: Auction record set for George Chapman at Rogers Jones
30 April 2025At the time that the London-born artist George Chapman (1908-1993) first encountered the Rhondda Valley in 1953, he happened to be reading a series of books by US writer William Faulkner.
Sotheby’s to offer copies of all four Shakespeare Folios as a single lot
28 April 2025Sotheby's is staging a single-lot auction next month, offering copies of all four Shakespeare Folios.
‘Jewel-like’ Harem scene by John Frederick Lewis adds allure to Bonhams sale
25 April 2025A market-fresh Orientalist scene by John Frederick Lewis (1804-76), unseen in public for a generation, led the latest sale of 19th Century and British Impressionist Art at Bonhams.
Dealer Daniel Katz sells Spanish Old Master to Getty Museum
23 April 2025The J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles has bought a 16th-century painting by Spanish Renaissance painter Luis de Morales (1509-86).
Dealer sells ‘feminist’ medieval manuscript to Getty Museum
17 April 2025Dealer Les Enluminures has sold a ‘pioneering-feminist’ medieval manuscript to the Getty Museum in Los Angeles.
Rediscovered Hans Coper vase found in garden flies over estimate at Chiswick Auctions
17 April 2025A monumental work by Hans Coper (1920-81) which was found in a London garden among weeds and covered in snails sold at more than three times estimate at Chiswick Auctions.
Unique Timurid manuscript folio estimated £2m-3m at Christie’s
16 April 2025A folio from a rare 15th century Timurid manuscript will be offered at Christie’s in London on May 1.
Earliest known Kiddush cup emerges at Sotheby’s
16 April 2025The oldest known medieval Jewish artefact, a Kiddush cup from the 11th or 12th century, is being offered at Sotheby’s later this year.
Jackie Kennedy sketch flies over estimate at Bonhams
16 April 2025An original artwork by Jackie Kennedy (1929-1994) created just one month before the assassination of her husband, US President John F Kennedy, drew strong demand at a recent Bonhams sale.
Child prodigy Mendelssohn on song in saleroom
14 April 2025String of portraits offered by south London auction house included sketch of the 12-year-old musical prodigy
‘Gem of a painting’ was created by key figure in Tempera Revival
07 April 2025One of the highest prices for a figurative work by Maxwell Ashby Armfield (1881-1972) came at an early spring sale at Plymouth Auction Rooms (20% buyer’s premium).
London sale suggests works by US painter Horton are on the rise
07 April 2025Swiss Alpine scene takes top spot in a family consignment as UK sale reveals considerable demand
Vintage views on the radio
05 April 2025BBC Radio 4’s consumer affairs programme You and Yours featured a special episode about the market for antiques and vintage collectables on March 25.
Heads up for overseas bidders active at Oxford auction
31 March 2025Two very different works offered in Oxford now have new owners from Australia and continental Europe