Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Hoffmann hare inspired by Dürer leaps to £1.02m
09 August 2021While Christie’s had by far the top-selling Old Master drawing of the latest series (the £7.5m Leonardo da Vinci drawing of the head of a bear - see ATG No 2501), a good number of other works on paper generated better competition although sold for understandably lower prices.
Snowy Swiss valley gets a warm sale welcome
09 August 2021A high price for a Russian picture came at Rushbrooks (22.5% buyer’s premium inc VAT) when a work by Ivan Fedorovich Choultsé (1877-1932) drew eight different bidders.
Art Market: Are Old Masters suffering from long Covid?
09 August 2021After a difficult period because of the pandemic, the latest round of Old Master sales in London returned to some kind of normality.
Russian artist’s alpine scene draws admirers at Rushbrooks Auctioneers
04 August 2021A high price for a Russian picture came at Rushbrooks Auctioneers when a work by Ivan Fedorovich Choultsé (1877-1932) drew eight different bidders.
From Paul Storr silver to Sèvres porcelain – 10 highlights from dealers at TEFAF Online 2021
31 July 2021The first details of objects that dealers will exhibit at ‘TEFAF Online’ in September have been revealed.
Record for Kyffin Williams as buyer’s childhood memories of Anglesey village prompt £62,000 bid at Rogers Jones auction
29 July 2021Welsh auction house Rogers Jones has broken its own record for a work by Sir Kyffin Williams (1918-2006).
Poynter panels reunited after selling at Christie's and through dealer Rupert Maas
26 July 2021Separated for over a century, a trio of small panels by Sir Edward John Poynter (1836-1919) have been reunited thanks to a dealer, an auction and two Australian Victorian art collectors.
Raeburn at the height of his powers
26 July 2021Rare market appearance by a Sir Henry Raeburn work heads a special report on recent Scottish highlights
Hat trick: ‘Hunter at his best’
26 July 2021Vibrant colours, good subject and intriguing composition helped to spark a bidding competition for a painting by George Leslie Hunter (1877-1931).
Alexander Mann gets away at last
26 July 2021It was third time lucky for a painting by Scottish artist Alexander Mann (1853-1908) at Cheffins’ (24.5% buyer’s premium) fine art sale in Cambridge.
Ethel Walker portrait is much-admired at Essex auction
26 July 2021A high price for Scottish painter Ethel Walker (1861-1951) came at Sworders’ (25% buyer’s premium) sale of the Sally Hunter and Ian Posgate collection.
Ramsay resemblance draws in the bidders
26 July 2021Found in the garden room of a local property among a stack of other pictures, this unsigned oil on canvas had a distinct resemblance to portraits by Allan Ramsay (1713-84).
Flowery fields bloom at auctions
26 July 2021Two views of children in flowery fields, both by Scottish artists, were among the works drawing competition at Woolley & Wallis’ (25/12% buyer’s premium).
Not just any old ironworks
19 July 2021Two rare and evocative paintings depicting a 19th century ironworks in South Wales were hotly contested at a recent Dreweatts (25% buyer’s premium) sale.
Bob Dylan art stays on track at auction
19 July 2021Artworks by another legendary musician, Bob Dylan (b.1941), drew decent competition once again at Tennants (20% buyer’s premium) this summer.
Art market: Bowie sprinkles saleroom stardust
19 July 2021Record for a painting by the music legend David Bowie leads a look at rockstar attempts at visual art
Early work by Pink Floyd’s Syd Barrett doubles artist's auction record
19 July 2021An early painting by Roger ‘Syd’ Barrett (1946-2006) of Pink Floyd led a 200-lot picture section at a recent Cheffins (22.5% buyer’s premium) sale.
One Leonardo sold, another caught up in a court battle
12 July 2021Two Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) drawings created national news last week as Christie’s posted a record for a sketch by the great master in London while a court in Paris is to determine whether another can be legally exported from France.
Christie’s sells Leonardo’s head of a bear drawing for £7.5m
08 July 2021A sketch of the head of a bear by Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) has sold for £7.5m at a Christie’s auction in London.
London sales are ‘best since pandemic’
05 July 2021The latest round of Impressionist, Modern and Contemporary art sales at Sotheby’s and Christie’s represented the highest overall total for a ‘London’ auction series since before the coronavirus pandemic.