Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Probable souvenir of earl’s Grand Tour at Summers Place Auctions
25 April 2022Estimated at £25,000-40,000, this 15th century Istrian marble wellhead in the late Gothic style sold for £110,000 at Summers Place Auctions (25/20% buyer’s premium) in West Sussex on March 29.
Carved nutcracker from 1706 stars in our pick of five auction highlights
22 April 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare 18th century fruitwood nutcracker carved as a standing figure that tripled estimate in North Yorkshire.
Let there be light and music – two sales from well-known dealers come to auction this week
19 April 2022Items from Pimlico Road dealer Christopher Butterworth and LAPADA dealer Tony Bingham are coming to auction in London and Essex.
Museums target Cook discoveries at Sloane Street Auctions
18 April 2022A previously unrecorded family archive relating to Richard Grindall (1751-1820), an able seaman aboard Cook’s Second Voyage, surfaced for sale in London last week with spectacular results.
An Arts & Crafts light fitting and a Michael Caine poster are among five lots to watch this week
18 April 2022With estimates from £300-12,000, here are five previews of upcoming items.
Fenton captures Cheltenham views
18 April 2022These two salt prints from waxed paper negatives by Roger Fenton (1819-69) carry an estimate of £1000-2000 at Cheffins in Cambridge on April 28.
Julia Margaret Cameron – known and unknown images on offer
18 April 2022The 19th & 20th Century Photography sale at Dominic Winter on May 18 includes several works by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-79).
Two versions of the Compass
18 April 2022It was supposedly as a result of a bet whether it was possible to make a camera that could fit into a cigarette packet that Noel Pemberton Billing (1881-1948) began work on a miniature, collapsible camera that would accept 35mm film.
Pick of the week: Poniatowski fakes gained real appeal
18 April 2022The story of the Poniatowski gems provided one of the great art scandals of its day.
Previews: issue 2539
18 April 2022A selection of eight upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
The Sassoon family in photographs
18 April 2022The Modern British Art sale at Woolley & Wallis on May 31 offers family photographs that come by descent from the war poet Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967).
Kemp & Co field camera comes to Yorkshire sale
18 April 2022North Yorkshire saleroom Tennants is selling this Kemp & Co field camera with ‘tropical’ mahogany casing and brass fittings, with an estimate of £150-250.
Cross-culture objects becoming increasing fashionable
18 April 2022China trade wares attract significant bidding at Dreweatts
Behind the lens of Eugène Cuvelier
18 April 2022The photographica department at Chiswick Auctions will be taking over the firm’s South Kensington gallery for the duration of May when highlights from the 19th & 20th Century Photography sale on May 24 will be on view.
Tooth be told on toadstones
18 April 2022Toadstones are understood to be the button-like palatal teeth of lepidotes, an extinct genus of ray finned fish from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
Back in focus: Historical photography and photographica in the spotlight at fairs
18 April 2022Two transatlantic spring fairs bring the twin collecting areas of historical photography and photographica into focus in the spring.
The world in stereo
18 April 2022The sale of Photographica & Cameras at Special Auction Services in Newbury on April 26 features this complete set of 'Tour Of The World' stereoviews by the Keystone View Company of Meadville, Pennsylvania.
Lili Grenier: model, muse and friend in pictures at Paris auction
18 April 2022On June 13 the Paris auction house Millon is selling items from the collection of Lili Grenier, celebrated artist’s model and muse and friend of some of the most famous artists of the late 19th century including Edgar Degas and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Vanity for spies
18 April 2022The Fine Photographica sale at Flints in Thatcham, Berkshire, on April 23 includes this Ansco Photo Vanity 'spy' camera, estimated at £800-1200.
New viewing space in Old Sarum for Woolley & Wallis
18 April 2022Visitors to the Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks sale at Woolley & Wallis on March 31 were the first in the auction house’s new viewing gallery at the Castle Gate premises.