Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Former BBC Antiques Roadshow expert’s collection heads to auction
27 February 2025A collection of works owned by the late BBC Antiques Roadshow expert and former director at Christie’s, Hugo Morley-Fletcher (1940-2022), has been consigned to Roseberys.
Rediscovered Old Master painting heads to Salisbury auction
26 February 2025A Flemish Old Master lost to scholars for almost a century has emerged from a private source at Woolley & Wallis.
Quirky contents of now-defunct theme park to be sold
24 February 2025It’s not often that you find a Concorde cockpit, a Victorian pharmacy and a butcher’s shop appearing at the same sale.
Sotheby’s reaps rewards as Renaissance portraits impress
24 February 2025De’ Conti and Tintoretto works shine as part of the Old Master sales in New York
British people pics bring benefits in Berkshire
24 February 2025A series of British portraits offered across two different Dreweatts (26/25% buyer’s premium) sales got the new year off to a good start at the Newbury saleroom.
Quirky contents of now-defunct Flambards theme park to be sold at Lay’s
21 February 2025It’s not often that you find a Concorde cockpit, a Victorian pharmacy and a butcher’s shop appearing at the same sale.
Five highlights from Christie’s auction of the Barry Humphries collection
20 February 2025“Hello Possums”. Bidders were greeted by Dame Edna Everage’s imitable phrase as Christie’s auctioneer Piers Boothman took to the rostrum to offer the extraordinary collection of the late Barry Humphries (1934-2023).
John Piper Poole picture bought by local museum
17 February 2025Poole Museum has emerged as the buyer of a work on paper by John Piper (1903-92) that sold at a Roseberys auction.
Workplace scenes bring productivity bonus at auctions
17 February 2025Paintings depicting humble carpenter and not-so-humble locksmith benefit from market freshness
Scottish pictures in bloom as part of local collection
17 February 2025A stylised still-life by Robert Colquhoun (1914-62) was one of a number of good quality Scottish pictures generating interest at a recent sale at Taylors Auctions (26% buyer’s premium) in Montrose, Angus.
Fresh shoots: ‘Never-before-seen’ Cedric Morris painting to appear at Cheffins
11 February 2025A market fresh picture by the artist-plantsman Sir Cedric Lockwood Morris (1889-1982) has emerged at auction in Cambridge.
New York Old Masters auctions hit by El Greco withdrawal
10 February 2025As with last year’s equivalent sales, the winter Old Masters auctions in New York looked a little thin.
International bidders give auction boost when UK buyers prove more cautious
10 February 2025A deceased estate in Dorset that yielded a notable collection of Old Masters provided a fillip to Lawrences (25% buyer’s premium) of Crewkerne’s latest mixed-category auction.
Personal collection of Welsh artists Gwilym Prichard and Claudia Williams consigned to Rogers Jones
07 February 2025The family collection of works by Gwilym Prichard (1931-2015) and Claudia Williams (1933-2024), the renowned husband and wife team of modern Welsh art, is being offered without reserve at Rogers Jones.
John Piper architectural study sold to Poole Museum at Roseberys’ auction
06 February 2025Poole Museum has emerged as the buyer of a work on paper by John Piper (1903-92) that sold at a Roseberys auction last year.
Unrecorded Constable landscape sketch comes to North Yorkshire saleroom
03 February 2025An early and previously unrecorded sketch by John Constable (1776-1837) has emerged at auction house Tennants.
Season kicks off with Bernard Kelly fine art highlights
03 February 2025Collection of banker and financier with a bohemian streak included an eclectic mix of pictures
Wyllie takes to the skies for once instead of the waves
03 February 2025A high-flying lot came to Glasgow saleroom Great Western Auctions (24% buyer’s premium) in the form of a rare First World War subject by William Lionel Wyllie (1851-1931).
Dutch Old Master brings overseas bidding and triples estimate in Gloucestershire
30 January 2025International interest came to Bourton-On-The-Water in Gloucestershire this month when a Dutch Old Master emerged from a family collection at Tayler & Fletcher (23.5% buyer’s premium).
Yale Centre for British Art buys rare Emma Soyer portrait from dealer
27 January 2025Art dealer Dominic Sanchez-Cabello has sold a rare portrait by Emma Soyer (c.1810-42) to the Yale Center for British Art.