Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
New faces including at Catherine Southon Auctioneers, Olympia Auctions and LAPADA
18 August 2022The latest appointments and moves across auction houses, dealers and associations.
Banks close down client accounts for some smaller auction houses due to anti-money laundering rules
15 August 2022Chattels auction houses operating at the lower end of the market are being told to close client accounts as the banking sector tightens its rules.
Buyer shells out for a tortoise teapot
15 August 2022Among the most desirable examples of Victorian majolica is the series of whimsical teapots produced by factories in the second half of the 19th century.
Pick of the week: George IV period dining table in demand at Bath sale
15 August 2022A recent sale at Aldridges of Bath (20% buyer’s premium) included a fine George IV period mahogany extending dining table.
‘Finest’ Welsh treen collection consigned to Bonhams
15 August 2022Bonhams is to offer what it calls ‘the finest collection of Welsh treen ever presented’ for auction next month.
A remarkable Jacobite goblet is among five lots to watch this week
15 August 2022With estimates from £250-5000, here are five previews of items coming up at auction.
Previews: issue 2555
15 August 2022A selection of eight upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Napoleonic memorabilia: Bust of Boney sold at Sotheby's among latest highlights
15 August 2022Rediscovered sculpted portrait heads a special report covering recent lots linked to the man who became emperor, dedicated to both his triumphs and defeats
Meet the son of an emperor
15 August 2022Only two examples of this 11in (28cm) Sèvres biscuit porcelain bust of Napoleon’s son, Napoléon-François-Charles-Joseph Bonaparte (1811-32), are known.
Tumbler to be taken on the last campaigns
15 August 2022This glass tumbler, pictured below, engraved with a crowned 'N' over a band of diamond cutting, contained in a tooled leather cylindrical travelling case, is of a type that accompanied Napoleon on campaign.
In the emperor’s service
15 August 2022The French silver-gilt table knife and fork shown here, c.1810, is from a service made for Napoleon Bonaparte.
Trafalgar celebrated with a splash of vinegar
15 August 2022This example of the well-known Nelson memorial vinaigrette made by Matthew Linwood of Birmingham in 1805 sold for £2800 at Lawrences (25% buyer’s premium) of Crewkerne.
Classical marble sculpture stars in our latest pick of five auction highlights
12 August 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes an allegorical marble figure of Flora that tripled its estimate at Bonhams Skinner.
Pick of the week: Murder most foul but fascinating jug bid to 27-times estimate
08 August 2022The murder of William Weare in the Hertfordshire village of Radlett in 1823 has been called the first trial by newspaper.
Pilkingtons charger given as a wedding present is among five lots to watch this week
08 August 2022With estimates from £150-8000, here are five previews of items coming up at auction.
Previews: issue 2554
08 August 2022A selection of eight upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Silversmiths who left Britain in search of fortune
08 August 2022Sale tells a tale of the English and Scottish makers who headed out to India for work
Art Deco suite ‘went to sea’
08 August 2022According to family history, an Art Deco four-piece suite offered by Mander (20% buyer’s premium) in Sudbury on July 9 has an ocean-going history.
Panels impress in sideboard sale
08 August 2022As Sand, an Elizabethan house in east Devon which has been in the Huyshe family since 1560, is being sold for the first time in over 460 years, Chilcotts (21% buyer’s premium) dispersed much of the contents on July 16.
Paperweight adds polish to a collection
08 August 2022This unusual Grand Tour paperweight shown here is made from fragments of Roman mosaic, millefiori, spiral twist and reticelli glass.