Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Beyond Beale to Bratby and Irish scenery
08 March 2021The first fine art sale of 2021 at Reeman Dansie (20% buyer’s premium) will be remembered for the spectacular £100,000 bid for a Mary Beale (1633-99) work.
Birley moves past the formalities
08 March 2021Traditional high-society portrait by Sir Oswald Birley finds modern-day auction fans including an overseas buyer
Talmage catches bidders’ attention
08 March 2021Algernon Mayow Talmage (1871-1939) is probably not the most familiar name in the canon of Modern British artists, but some believe he is undervalued.
Euro will remain the currency for Artist’s Resale Right, says UK government
01 March 2021The UK government has confirmed to ATG that it has “no plans to make changes to either the rates of Artist’s Resale Right that are applied or how the levy operates” following the post-Brexit trade deal agreed with the EU.
The $4m house record for Vienna Secession picture
01 March 2021An evocative interior scene by one of the founding members of the Vienna Secession movement set a landmark price at Freeman’s of Philadelphia.
Pick of the week: Irish exuberance brings the big bucks in North Carolina
01 March 2021Bidders were out in force at a recent sale in North Carolina for a collection of 136 lots consigned from the estate of the late Robert K Johnson, a finance and telecommunications executive.
Works boosted by Ford family values
01 March 2021Collection in Cheltenham auction is latest in a series of valuable consignments with Ford family distinguished provenance
Rare Ernest Townsend still life blooms at auction
01 March 2021A painting by Derby artist Ernest Townsend (1880-1944) was among the works that caused something of a surprise at auction early this year.
Sotheby’s to offer a van Gogh as Bonhams unveil a Picasso
27 February 2021Two major consignments of Impressionist and Modern art have been announced in the last week.
New hires and appointments at auction houses in the UK and US
24 February 2021An update on the latest appointments at auction houses including at Bishop & Miller, Phillips and Clevedon Salerooms
Post-war & Contemporary art: Special forces at work as buyers play the auction game
22 February 2021An increasing number of salerooms are now holding specialist sales dedicated to Post-war and Contemporary art with demand at primary market level driving auction opportunities
Five lots to watch at auction this week including a Soviet propaganda plate
22 February 2021With estimates from £400-2000 here are five previews of upcoming items this week.
Slice of Michael Morgan studio life makes £3800
22 February 2021A group of works from the estate of West Country artist Michael Morgan (1928-2014) drew bidding at a recent sale at Atkins Auctions (15% buyer’s premium) of Axminster, Devon.
Jack Vettriano's 'Fish Teas' sets a four-year high
22 February 2021Back in 2004-6, a boom occurred in the prices for Jack Vettriano (b.1951) and a host of works made six-figure sums at auction. These included his most famous work 'The Singing Butler', which sold for a staggering £660,000 at Sotheby’s in April 2004, still a Vettriano auction record.
Another grand price for abstract painter Aubrey Williams
22 February 2021An abstract painting by Aubrey Williams (1926-90) offered at Grand Auctions (20% buyer’s premium) in Folkestone at the end of last year set another auction high for the Guyanese artist.
Large John Cunningham loch scene offered at Glasgow sale
22 February 2021Another auction house staging regular sales of Scottish Contemporary art is McTear’s of Glasgow, whose next auction in this category takes place on February 28.
Arty eccentricity turns heads at Dreweatt's Aynhoe Park sale
22 February 2021James Perkins, the co-founder of rave music promoter Fantazia, kept an eclectic collection of Contemporary art at Aynhoe Park in Oxfordshire.
An L of a good Blackburn group
22 February 2021The largest contingent of works by British abstract painter John Blackburn (b.1932) ever to come to auction will be offered at Cheffins of Cambridge on February 25.
Eileen Agar works lead the Freer collection at Chiswick Auctions
22 February 2021A large group of works from the collection of Allen and Beryl Freer has been consigned to Chiswick Auctions.
Timeless Archipenko and Gormley studies
22 February 2021A drawing by Alexander Archipenko (1887-1964) will be among the lots on offer at Sworders’ sale of Modern British & 20th Century art on April 20.