Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Queen Anne bracket clock, Godwin table and Roman glass bowls – five auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes in the last week
01 November 2019ATG’s selection of hammer highlights this week includes a Queen Anne bracket clock made by Francis Robinson that more than doubled estimate.
French auction reform closer to reality as bill passes through Paris’ Senate
01 November 2019A draft bill recommending further reform to the French auction system has passed through the Senate in Paris.
Rare prototype Star Wars figures could make auction record
30 October 2019A new record for any Star Wars toy is anticipated next month with the appearance at auction of a rare prototype action figure.
Linthorpe pottery enters new price territory
28 October 2019A Linthorpe pottery sake bottle designed for the Middlesbrough pottery by Dr Christopher Dresser has sold for a record £17,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium).
Five lots to watch at auction this week including a novelty Victorian vesta case, a 1930s Britains toy lorry and a rare portrait of Rousseau
28 October 2019With estimates from £80-15,000, here are five previews of upcoming sales this week.
Hands of history for Nelson memorabilia collectors
28 October 2019The great appeal of an otherwise typical early 19th century longcase offered for sale on September 12 by Malvern auctioneer Philip Serrell was its painted dial.
Pick of the week: No.1 microscope proves it’s still the best
28 October 2019The opening lot of Flints Auctions’ photographica and scientific instruments sale in Reading on October 18 was an exceptional Victorian microscope.
Regimental badge is a cut above
28 October 2019A white-metal regimental badge estimated at £50-100 sold for £4800 at Lindsay Burns (20% buyer’s premium) in Perth, Scotland, on September 3. Why? It probably hailed from the time and place of the American War of Independence (1775-83).
Charlotte Brontë’s teenage miniature manuscript returns to auction
28 October 2019Parsonage Museum ‘determined to make the most of second opportunity’ to own miniature manuscript
Auction record for a £1.2m bottle of Scotch whisky
25 October 2019The £7.6m sale of ‘The Ultimate Whisky Collection’ at Sotheby’s in London on October 24 included a single bottle sold for £1.2m (plus 21% premium).
Moshe Oved silver ring, rare British petrol pump globe and William Gladstone’s grandfather clock – six auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes in the last week
25 October 2019ATG’s selection of hammer highlights this week includes a silver ring by Moshe Oved that made 70-times estimate, a rare British petrol pump globe that doubled predictions and a longcase clock believed to have been owned by former British Prime Minister William Gladstone that chimed with bidders.
Actress Judi Dench and the Brontë Museum call on public to help fund bid for miniature manuscript by a 14-year-old Charlotte Brontë
24 October 2019The Brontë Parsonage Museum in Haworth in West Yorkshire has begun a public campaign to raise the final funds needed to bid for a rare manuscript from the Brontës' childhood.