Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Second World War submarine’s Jolly Roger flag is among six lots to watch
09 May 2022With estimates from £800-30,000, here are six previews of upcoming items.
Star Wars figures: The force remains strong
09 May 2022Power of the Force line was launched as the original Star Wars began to lose its shine but rarest figures still bring demand
Eighties toys that young at heart today would love
09 May 2022To mark the new range of Star Wars toys that came with the release of Return of the Jedi in 1983, the Leicester firm Palitoy commissioned a series of hand-built and hand-painted store displays to send to some of its best retailers.
Previews: issue 2542
09 May 2022A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.
Chinese bowl selling for 28-times estimate stars in our pick of six auction highlights
06 May 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a Southern Song tea bowl with a presentation mark that attracted a flurry of bids at Hansons.
Snappy Dresser rewarded at £21,000
02 May 2022The latest design sale at Roseberys featured this Aesthetic movement silver and ivory claret or water jug designed by Christopher Dresser.
Xianfeng’s flask comes to auction
02 May 2022Alastair Gibson Auctions has secured a remarkable Chinese imperial object with a Second Opium War provenance for a sale in London in the summer.
Star Wars collectables and a Fijian whale’s tooth hook are among five lots to watch
02 May 2022With estimates from £800-15,000 here are five previews of upcoming items.
Kendall carved out a reputation for quality
02 May 2022This large oak Orientalist carving, 'Eastern Slave Girl', is by the Victorian woodcarver Thomas Henry Kendall.
Early Ming vase at Lyon & Turnbull
02 May 2022Lyon & Turnbull’s Fine Asian & Islamic Works of Art auction includes this Longquan yuhuchun vase with carved decoration from the early Ming period.
Previews: issue 2541
02 May 2022A selection of 12 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.
First light of neoclassicism
02 May 2022This 13in (33cm) ormolu vase candelabrum is a candidate for the earliest English neoclassical metalwork.
Marks of a Jesuit
02 May 2022European subject matter adorns this rare 18th century painted enamel ‘Jesuit’ bowl.
Going global: A preview of the spring series of UK Asian art sales
02 May 2022Globalisation, the phenomenon that first created a Western market for Asian art in the 17th century, is once more changing the way that Chinese works of art, in particular, are being sold.
Polish and Poise
02 May 2022Bonhams holds a sale titled Polish and Poise: Japanese Art Through the Centuries sale at New Bond Street on May 12.
Lacquer discovery at Bonhams
02 May 2022This 14th century cinnabar lacquer dish measuring almost 14in (35cm) across was acquired in Shanghai by the father of the present owner in the 1930s.
Kinkozan set
02 May 2022McTear’s in Glasgow conducts an Asian Art sale on June 10 where a set of 11 Satsuma plates is guided at £1000-2000.
Kangxi famille noire vase offered at Sotheby’s
02 May 2022The sale of Important Chinese Art at Sotheby’s on May 11 includes this monumental Kangxi famille noire vase estimated at £220,000-280,000.
Record for ‘MoMa’s’ Aalto smoking table
02 May 2022This table by Alvar Aalto (1898-1976) sold for €92,000 (£77,700) at Stockholms Auktionsverk in Helsinki – a record for the Finnish designer.
Front cover lot reappears at Chiswick Auctions
02 May 2022Chiswick Auctions holds three sales on May 16-17: Asian Art Part I and Part II and a catalogue titled The Chinese Art of Monochrome.