Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Auction previews: issue 2468
16 November 2020A selection of 17 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.
Chinese art special – Our pick of six auction highlights sold this month
13 November 2020ATG’s latest selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes features six pieces of Chinese art including a Kangxi-period porcelain wine-bottle cooler that sold above estimate in Dorchester.
Pick of the week: Fab pair from ‘Glasgow Four’ duo
09 November 2020Two pieces by ‘Glasgow Four’ artists Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) and Frances Macdonald McNair (1873-1921) topped Lyon & Turnbull’s Decorative Arts: Design since 1860 auction on November 2-3.
Papers reveal doomed anti-slavery colony
09 November 2020In 1793, well in advance of the Slave Trade Act (1807) and the Slavery Abolition Act (1833), 275 British men, women and children attempted to settle an uninhabited island off the coast of Sierra Leone.
A looking glass believed to have been owned by Marie Antoinette is among the four lots to watch at auction this week
09 November 2020With estimates from £1000-70,000, here are four previews of upcoming items this week.
Auction previews: issue 2467
09 November 2020A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland. While care has been taken in compiling these previews, we strongly advise that you also check with the saleroom concerned in case of cancellations or postponements because of the latest Covid-19 lockdowns and restrictions.
‘Hans Sloane’ Chelsea dish is a vine find
09 November 2020This Chelsea dish moulded as a vine leaf and painted with polychrome fruit is a textbook production from the Red Anchor period c.1755-58.
1930s petrol pump globe stars in our pick of five auction highlights sold this week
06 November 2020ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare Dominion petrol pump globe from c.1937 that sold five-times over estimate in Chippenham.
Illuminating an African royal dynasty in India
02 November 2020An early 19th century royal manuscript produced for the Nawab of Sachin, c.1830, was given the Antiques Trade Gazette prize for Outstanding Indian or Islamic Work of Art from an Auction House when the annual Asian Art in London awards were announced last week.
Serving the nation – the Pitt family china
02 November 2020A Chinese export dinner service used in the home of three Georgian prime ministers comes for sale this week as part of Asian Art in London.
An Italian Renaissance plaquette and a paperback first edition of The Hobbit are among the four lots to watch at auction this week
02 November 2020With estimates from £300-60,000 here are four previews of upcoming items this week.
Watches: vintage era parts bring forward demand for timepieces
02 November 2020Watch parts such as replacement dials, cases and hands from well-known models can add up to a lot of interest at auction, as recent results show.
Rare TR-900 survivors dive into Massachusetts auction
02 November 2020The latest online sale of Clocks, Watches, & Scientific Instruments held by Skinner (25/20/12% buyer’s premium) in Marlborough, Massachusetts included two of perhaps only 50 surviving Tornek-Rayville TR-900 stainless steel dive watches.
‘Pussy Galore’ Rolex watch bought in Singapore brings demand in Wiltshire
02 November 2020The Rolex GMT-Master Ref 6542 is known to collectors as the ‘Pussy Galore’ as it was worn by Honor Blackman in Goldfinger. Made from 1954-59, it was replaced by the more commonly encountered GMT-Master Ref 1675.
Award for ‘oldest rowing race’ brings strong bidding at Gloucestershire sale
02 November 2020This large silver arm badge was awarded to a late 19th century winner of Doggett’s Coat and Badge Race – the oldest rowing race in the world, held from London Bridge to Cadogan Pier since 1715.
Zenith chronometer with elegant and award-winning movement makes over 30-times estimate in Exeter
02 November 2020This Zenith chronometer dating from c.1954 is powered by a calibre 135 movement which is widely considered to be the most elegant manual wind movement ever made.
Fragment of magnificent dish makes bullish £4600
02 November 2020This tin-glazed earthenware fragment comes from a once magnificent early Italian maiolica ‘istoriato’ dish from the first half of the 16th century.
Example of first Heuer skipper model sells at Fellows
02 November 2020The Skipper Carrera Ref 7753/54, nicknamed the Skiperrera, was the first of the Heuer skipper models and a trophy lot in the collecting sphere.
Extraordinary hidden statuary brings demand out in the open at Summers Place
02 November 2020An extraordinary group of garden statuary, unseen for decades, was offered for sale recently at Summers Place Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) in Billingshurst, West Sussex.
Pick of the week: Manuscript at Roseberys reveals a little-studied era
02 November 2020As referenced in an inscription to the opening folio, this early 19th century manuscript – offered at Roseberys in south London – was produced for the Nawab of Sachin, Ibrahim Muhammed Yakut Khan I Bahadur (r.1802-53).