Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
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.
18th century Windsor chairs star in our pick of five auction highlights
15 April 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a pair of Windsor chairs painted with two noble coats of arms.
Pick of the week: ‘The talk of the Staffordshire community’
11 April 2022As a general rule prices for most pairs of Staffordshire dogs, the quintessential Victorian fireside ornament, have dipped markedly in the past generation.
Sèvres ‘Etruscan’ plates receive just desserts in Lincolnshire
11 April 2022Plates from a documented mid-19th century Sèvres dessert set sold for £36,000 at Golding Young & Mawer in Grantham on April 6.
US bidder chooses French seasons from Spain
11 April 2022A hitherto unrecorded set of four late 17th or early 18th century marble seasons statues took £230,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) at Summers Place Auctions in West Sussex on March 29.
Set of 12 oak dining chairs from a Derbyshire country house are among four lots to watch this week
11 April 2022With estimates from £500-15,000, here are four previews of upcoming items.
At auction: Peruse, bid and buy – online or in the room
11 April 2022Whereas buying at fairs often involves a heavy dose of serendipity, buying at auction tends to be a more focused and considered affair.
A trio of Arts & Crafts designers in focus
11 April 2022While the market for post-war wares by Thompson’s of Kilburn – particularly the animal and figure carvings – has grown substantially in recent years, the ‘prime period’ for Mouseman collecting remains the 1920s-30s.
Qwerty spelt the end for the Niagara
11 April 2022The Blickensderfer Typewriter Co of Stanford, Connecticut, introduced the Niagara ‘index’ typewriter in 1902.
Cat sat on a shelf came all the way from Egypt
11 April 2022Cats were represented in the social and religious practices of ancient Egypt for several millennia.
Previews: issue 2538
11 April 2022A selection of 13 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.