Latest News Articles by Alex Capon
Lawyer’s new book published covering the ‘nuts and bolts’ of art market law
14 January 2020A recent addition to Elgar Practical Guides – a series of handy, concise and practical guides to a range of legal practice areas – has been penned by Martin Wilson, the chief general counsel at Phillips Auctioneers.
US tariffs on Chinese art “diverts market elsewhere”, says Sotheby’s
08 January 2020Sotheby’s has added its weight to the art market’s response against President Donald Trump’s imposition of import tariffs on Chinese works of art in the US.
Top stories this week – including our pick of 10 outstanding dealer sales in the last year
05 January 2020The most popular stories on this website over the last week included our selection of the most unusual and wonderful objects that dealers sold in the last 12 months.
France blocks export of €19.5m Cimabue panel following sale to overseas buyer
03 January 2020The French government has blocked the export of ‘The mocking of Christ’, a medieval panel by Cenni di Pepo (known as Cimabue) that sold in October for €19.5m plus premium at auction house Actéon.
Six top Old Masters sold at auction in 2019
30 December 2019This year has seen some notable action in the Old Master market including some major rediscoveries which led to some extraordinary bidding at auction. Here ATG picks out six highlights sold across 2019.
Jeremy Lamond conducts last sale at Halls
12 December 2019Jeremy Lamond’s final auction as Halls’ fine art director took place this week with the annual Christmas sale in Shrewsbury.
Old Master’s new look: Met Museum pays €5m after X-ray reveals the original work
09 December 2019In the third multi-million-pound sale this year of a rediscovered Old Master at a provincial French auction house, a late Gothic panel offered at Cortot & Associés of Dijon brought a dramatic competition late last month.
Miracles of Saint Clare lift Old Masters series
09 December 2019Two recently restituted panels by Sienese artist Giovanni di Paolo (c.1399-1482) lifted the latest series of Old Master auctions in London.
Top stories this week – including news of another antiques show being launched by the BBC
08 December 2019The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of the launch of a day-time TV show called 'The Bidding Room' hosted by Nigel Havers and featuring art and antiques dealers.
Jack Butler Yeats dominates auction of Ernie O'Malley collection in Dublin
02 December 2019One of the highest-ever totals for an art auction in Ireland was set last week when the sale of the Ernie O'Malley collection held by Dublin saleroom Whyte's in association with Christie's raised a premium-inclusive total of €5.42m (£4.65m).
Suprematism tops solid ‘Londongrad’ sales
02 December 2019London’s Russian week of auctions put in a consistent performance last week with the sales at four salerooms generating a combined £37.5m with fees. This compared to £39.2m for the equivalent series last year and the £35.8m raised at the June series.
Vilhelm Hammershøi interior scene sets record for a painting sold in Denmark
28 November 2019Copenhagen auction house Bruun Rasmussen has set an auction record for any painting sold in Denmark.
Charlton Heston’s 1673 copy of Macbeth returns to the market at Bonhams’ New York sale
27 November 2019A 17th century copy of Shakespeare’s ‘Macbeth’ formerly owned by Charlton Heston (1923-2008) is reappearing at auction only three years after it sold from the actor’s collection.
Rediscovered Pissarro takes €280,000 at Paris auction house Ader
27 November 2019A previously unrecorded painting by French Impressionist Camille Pissarro (1830-1903) sold above estimate at a recent auction in Paris.
Bust of leading French statesman by the king’s sculptor fetches £2m in Paris auction
22 November 2019A rare early 17th century bronze bust of a French statesman discovered in a French country house was knocked down at €2.4m (£2.07m) hammer at the Drouot auction centre in Paris this week.
Hindman sets auction record for copy of Charles Darwin’s ‘On the Origin of Species’
08 November 2019A record for a copy of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species came at Hindman’s sale of the library of a Midwestern collector in Chicago earlier this week.
Sculpture of Emperor Hadrian reigns supreme in Christie's Classic Week
04 November 2019Christie’s latest ‘Classic week’ in New York raised a premium-inclusive $59.9m (£46.8m) from nine separate sales.
Irish auction house Whyte’s teams up with Christie’s to disperse the Ernie O’Malley collection
04 November 2019Dublin auction house Whyte’s will be offering works from the collection of leading Irish revolutionary Ernie O’Malley (1897-1957) on November 25. The sale is held in association with Christie’s and will take place at the Royal Dublin Society.
Top stories this week – including news of a 13th century panel found hanging in a kitchen selling for over £20m
02 November 2019The most popular stories on this website over the last week included news of a rediscovered panel by Cimabue (c.1240-1302) drawing dramatic competition at a French auction house.
New CEO for Sotheby’s following Patrick Drahi acquisition
28 October 2019Sotheby’s has appointed Charles F Stewart as chief executive officer. Joining from communications and media company Altice USA, he takes over from Tad Smith who has served as CEO since 2015.