Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Bidders embrace best of Lalla’s Wedgwood Arts and Crafts revival
12 September 2022This large 21in (54cm) early 20th century Arts and Crafts charger was painted by Louise Powell (1865-1956) for Wedgwood.
Pick of the week: Collector bids for Saint George and George Forsyth
12 September 2022This ‘St George and the Dragon’ Pilkington’s Royal Lancastrian plaster panel came for sale at Gildings in Market Harborough by descent from Abraham Lomax.
Autumn auction season begins with deep seated interest in Scottish sofas
12 September 2022Pairs of Regency sofas brought some very comfortable sums at two Scottish auction houses as the autumn season began last week.
A Georgian brooch to commemorate Halley’s Comet is among five lots to watch
12 September 2022With estimates from £200, here are five previews of upcoming items.
‘The King of Desks’ comes to the UK
12 September 2022A recent sale at Mander Auctions (20% buyer’s premium) in Sudbury was topped by this textbook example of late 19th century American furniture: the Wooton secretaire desk.
Coins: BNTA's London showpiece event Coinex returns
12 September 2022Coinex, the most important event on the British calender for many serious coin collectors, opens at the Biltmore Hotel in Mayfair on September 23-24.
Chinese bone inscriptions star at Alastair Gibson
12 September 2022Collection offered in London sale presented rare chance to buy fragments from Shang period
A hoard under boards emerges at Spink
12 September 2022The 264 English gold coins in the so-called Ellerby Hoard, uncovered by a Yorkshire family while re-laying a floor in an 18th century home, range from the reign of James I to George I.
Buying British abroad as rare coins emerge in Germany and Monaco
12 September 2022Away from London, some exceptional coin sales coming up in Europe include a number of outstanding British issues.
Previews: issue 2559
12 September 2022A selection of upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.
Fowler’s star award on offer at Sovereign Rarities
12 September 2022The Royal Medal for Astronomy is presented each year by the Royal Society for distinguished contributions to the applied sciences.
Alexander’s distater – the spoils of conquest
12 September 2022Alexander the Great’s conquest of the Persian Achaemenid empire delivered into his hands a vast wealth.
Gold from buttons
12 September 2022The Premier Sale held by St James’s Auctions on September 22 includes this gold half guinea token with a ‘phoenix from the flames’ motif made for Wilson and Younge of Sheffield in 1812.
Nantes expo gold medal emerges at Harmers
12 September 2022Although an auction house since 1918, stamps specialist Harmers is a relative newcomer to the London numismatic sales.
Russian incense burner stars in our latest pick of five auction highlights
09 September 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a 19th century Russian silver, gilt and enamel incense burner that made over 30-times estimate in Bedford.
A piece of Mouseman furniture and a psychologist's portrait are among six lots to watch
05 September 2022With estimates from £200-6000, here are six previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Famous owners Tuke and Klimt enhance early 20th century items
05 September 2022This textbook Edwardian Arts & Crafts planished silver chalice by Omar Ramsden and fellow Sheffield-born designer Alwyn Carr, pictured below, is of extra interest for its inscription.
Qing trophy won by an Australian bidder
05 September 2022Cheffins’ (24.5% buyer’s premium) latest silver offering in Cambridge was topped by a Qing trophy, c.1850.
Irish ‘freedom’ boxes bring fierce bidding battles in Oxfordshire auction
05 September 2022The sale at Swan Fine Art (21% buyer’s premium) in Tetsworth, Oxfordshire, on August 11-12 included two Irish ‘freedom’ boxes, c.1775.
Silver: The growing fame of the Highlands ‘hammermen’
05 September 2022Edinburgh auction highlights work of the Highlands silversmiths who operated far from the control of the assay office in the Scottish capital