Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Tale of two table cabinets in one sale
21 February 2022Chorley’s (22.5% buyer’s premium) Fine Art & Antiques auction was topped at £28,000 by a 17th century Mughal ivory inlaid rosewood table cabinet.
Previews: issue 2531
21 February 2022A selection of 15 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Ercolani’s post-war vision lives on
21 February 2022And why, when it comes to the secondary market for Ercol furniture, blonde is certainly more fun
Inside stories: How new focus on improving home spaces has boosted antique and vintage items
21 February 2022Long periods of life at home because of Covid restrictions for both lifestyle and work reasons have encouraged a trend for younger buyers in particular to target second-hand items from auction houses and dealers
Combination of Chinese export and Regency silver stars in our pick of five auction highlights sold this week
18 February 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a pair of Chinese octagonal bowls combined with Paul Storr silver gilt plinths which more than doubled estimate at Christie’s.
Woodcarver Kendall chipper once again
14 February 2022A collection of works by the Victorian woodcarver Thomas Henry Kendall has been consigned for sale next month.
A Lalique scent bottle and a Lutyens table are among five lots to watch
14 February 2022With estimates from £200-3000, here are five previews of upcoming items.
Record for Cromwellian coin
14 February 2022The fourth and final part of the North Yorkshire Moors collection of coins and medals sold by Dix Noonan Webb included some exceptional examples from the Interregnum.
Wyon’s gothic masterpiece at Baldwin’s
14 February 2022This ‘cameo’ version of the 1847 gothic crown is one of the finest available for commerce.
Coins & medals: Inflationary trends as market hits new high
14 February 2022Price increases and a good supply fired the London coins and medals market to record levels in 2021
Range of furnishings from Dorset manor add buzz to Crewkerne auction
14 February 2022The furniture and works of art sale at Crewkerne auction house Lawrences (25% buyer’ premium) on January 21 included a set of George II walnut seating furniture with an excellent provenance.
The ‘sweet tin’ shilling
14 February 2022The finest-known example of a New England shilling sold for £220,000 at Morton & Eden in London on November 26.
Church lots: Holy appropriate consignments come to saleroom
14 February 2022Ecclesiastic buildings can be the source of good secular antiques: typically items bequeathed in the distant past by parishioners for church use.
Bristol rose ryal sold at Timeline
14 February 2022In response to a decline in the wool trade, a shortage of bullion and the impact of the Wars of the Roses, English coinage was devalued on August 13, 1464.
The £1000 note sold for £32,000
14 February 2022This Bank of England £1000 note dated October 15, 1935, was issued under chief cashier Kenneth Oswald Peppiatt (1934-49).
Indian Mutiny VC sold at Spink
14 February 2022The 150th Victoria Cross ever awarded sold for £180,000 at London auction house Spink on July 29.
A costly Ploughman
14 February 2022The first tranche from a large collection of Irish banknotes assembled by the late Gus Mac Amhlaigh of Dublin sold by DNW on November 25 included red and orange Bank of Ireland £20 ‘specimen’ notes from the famous Ploughman series.
Honouring Antinous
14 February 2022A three-quarters-length bust of a bare-chested Antinous, the favourite of Hadrian, appears on this medallic coin minted in Mantinea, Arcadia, c.134AD.
Trinidad & Tobago in colour
14 February 2022The Trinidad & Tobago $1000 note, c.1914, is itself a rare beast but this example is a colour proof printed on two sheets by Thomas De La Rue.
‘A tiger in a fight’
14 February 2022Dix Noonan Webb set a record for a British army Victoria Cross on June 23.