Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Multi-gem necklaces: ‘Perfect for the enquiring mind’
12 April 2021A recent Fine Jewellery sale at Fellows (23% buyer’s premium) in Birmingham included an unusual Victorian necklace.
Armorial head with link to Anne Boleyn stars in this week’s pick of five auction highlights
09 April 2021ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a 16th century oak head of a crowned leopard that made 10-times estimate in Essex.
A Lalique bowl and a Rolex Submariner are among four lots to watch at auction
06 April 2021With estimates from £300-12,000 here are four previews of upcoming items this week.
Pick of the week: The 'earliest known portrait of an African in Persian art’
05 April 2021Among the highlights of last week’s Islamic and Indian art sales in London was this late Safavid portrait of a mercenary in the Persian army painted in the cosmopolitan city of Isfahan c.1680-90.
$1.9m record for British coin set in Dallas
05 April 2021The record for a British coin has been broken again with the sale at Heritage Auctions in Dallas of an Edward VIII proof pattern £5 for $1.9m (£1.39m).
Auction previews: issue 2487
05 April 2021A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Gloucestershire auction offers far from your normal antiques and collectables line-up
05 April 2021With hindsight, the boast made by the Flying Steam Company – 'To China in Twenty-Four Hours Certain' – was a tad ambitious.
Rare Swansea porcelain all white to buy
05 April 2021Experiments with porcelain at the Swansea factory began in 1814 with the arrival of William Billingsley and Samuel Walker from the Nantgarw China Works.
Racing away: Stubbs’ Turf Gallery prints sold for six times estimate in Gloucestershire
02 April 2021A complete copy of the famous ‘Turf Gallery’ prints of champion racehorses of the Georgian era has sold at auction for £30,000.
Pick of the week: A rare white bird worth waiting for
29 March 2021Having postponed the sale in November and again in January, Chorley’s finally got to sell an exceptional private collection of early English porcelain in Prinknash Abbey, Gloucestershire, on March 24.
A Union Jack advertising sign and a George III Gothic chair are among four lots to watch at auction this week
29 March 2021With estimates from £80-5000 here are four previews of upcoming items this week.
Courting couple united by Bow
29 March 2021This rare Bow figure was spotted by English porcelain specialists at Kingham & Orme’s (23% buyer’s premium) two-day auction of Fine and Decorative Arts.
Get the feel of Derby in Macclesfield
29 March 2021The sale at Adam Partridge (20% buyer’s premium) in Macclesfield on March 18-19 included a collection of 18th century English porcelain figures offered in around 30 lots.
Distler toy car races to a £4100 finish
29 March 2021At 20in (50cm) long, this stylised tinplate racer and driver was the largest toy car made by the German toymaker Johann Distler.
Table by French designer Fred Brouard boosts new saleroom
29 March 2021The work of French designer Fred Brouard (1944-99) is not uncommon at sales in France and the US but seldom appears at auction in the UK.
Auction previews: issue 2486
29 March 2021A selection of 14 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Closon clicks among clock fans
29 March 2021Peter Closon (c.1594-c.1662) was one of the most prolific of the so-called First Period lantern clock makers – although little is known about his life.
Gott’s foxy lady gets in tune with a buyer
29 March 2021Apprenticed to John Flaxman at the turn of the 19th century, Joseph Gott (1785-1860) travelled to Rome in 1822 on a pension from Sir Thomas Lawrence.
Ceramics of Shropshire and Song origins
29 March 2021Two very different ceramic objects illuminated The Spring Auction at Halls (20% buyer’s premium) in Shrewsbury on March 17.
Regency marble busts resurface together at auction
29 March 2021The Winter Antiques Sale at Duke’s (25% buyer’s premium) was topped by consecutive bids of £17,000 each for two Regency white marble busts.