Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Two Jacques who combined organic materials with metal modernity
08 April 2024Mid-century works by the French Modernist architects and interior designers Jacques Adnet (1900-84) and Jacques Quinet (1918-92) were in strong demand at Los Angeles Modern Auctions (31/25% buyer’s premium).
Hey Presto – speedy painter’s work offered in the US
08 April 2024A recent Brunk’s (23% buyer’s premium) auction in Asheville, North Carolina, included a group of six small oil-on-copper mythological scenes by Neapolitan painter Luca Giordano (1634-1705).
Sleeping clair-de-lune bottle vase from Ohio yeast magnate rises to six-figure sum
03 April 2024The stand-out performance in the March series of Asian art sales was a Qing monochrome clair-de-lune bottle vase.
Scottish country house giltwood side tables spark international bidding battle
02 April 2024A pair of 18th century giltwood side tables from a Scottish country house made £220,000 at Lyon & Turnbull.
Outstanding Meissen figure collection comes to auction in Paris
01 April 2024The first part of one of the finest collections of 18th century Meissen figures still in private hands will be offered at Bonhams in Paris on April 17.
A Steiff teddy bear is among seven lots to watch
01 April 2024With estimates from £60, here are seven previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Ann and Gordon Getty lots: all gone, including the kitchen sink
01 April 2024Doulton washroom elements provide surprise as final items from extensive collection come to auction
Dealer buys second Celestial Cup at auction
01 April 2024The latest sale of Fine Asian Art at Alastair Gibson Auctions in London included a particularly impressive example of 19th century Chinese export silver.
Easter Bunny and Santa moulds choc full of appeal
01 April 2024Chocolate moulds do not get much better than the two ‘showpiece’ models offered for sale at Leonard Auction in Addison, Illinois, on March 24.
Trough digs out another Spry auction success
01 April 2024This large rectangular earthenware trough, measuring 20in (21cm) across the handles, is part of the range of flower containers made by the Fulham Pottery for the society florist Constance Spry (1886-1960) from the mid-1930s to the 1950s.
Early map provides wall to wall coverage of London south of the Thames
01 April 2024Seventeenth century map of Bermondsey area reveals garden suburb character in a pre-industrial age
Archaic style to modern taste when it comes to Clarice Cliff
01 April 2024The Clarice Cliff, Art Deco & Design auction at Woolley & Wallis (26% buyer’s premium) in Salisbury on March 20 included this rare 10in (25cm) vase, shape no 375, decorated in the Archaic pattern mirroring a capital design from a temple in Luxor.
‘It felt like the old heyday of Clarice’
01 April 2024Three-hundred lot sale of the Art Deco classic shows signs of the market returning to 1990s boom time
Calder’s tapestries – the South American versions
01 April 2024Alexander Calder (1898-1976) first produced designs for tapestries made at the Aubusson factory in the early 1960s.
Pick of the week: Dutch Golden Age relic blossoms
01 April 2024The gift of the private collection of the late George Withers keeps on giving.
Western horology ticked Chinese requirements
01 April 2024Just as rich Europeans coveted Chinese porcelain and lacquer in the 18th and 19th century, so the Chinese were fascinated by Western horology.
Early Khanna creation emerges in New Jersey
01 April 2024A relatively early work by the Indian post-war painter Krishen Khanna (b.1925) hammered for $116,000 (£90,500) against an estimate of $4000-8000 at Taurus Auctions (18% buyer’s premium).
Pick of the week: Buyer is a big fan of Giroux’s work
25 March 2024A pair of 19th century Parisian novelty silhouette hand screens, made by François Simon Alphonse Giroux, doubled their estimate at auction.
Rediscovered third Burges piece in 13 years sells at auction
25 March 2024A brooch by the great Victorian designer and architect William Burges, found with the help of the BBC’s Antiques Roadshow, has sold for £9500 at Leicestershire auction house Gildings.