Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Pick of the week: Designed to make your move a bit quicker
07 February 2022With the advent of modern tournament chess in the Victorian era came the issue of game time.
A steering wheel from a B-50 bomber and 19th century table-top celestial globes are among five lots to watch
07 February 2022With estimates from £250-2500, here are five previews of upcoming items this week.
If we’re not burning coal any more, what about furniture use?
07 February 2022Among the more unusual recent lots at Woolley & Wallis (25% buyer’s premium) was an early Victorian table carved from parrot coal.
Previews: issue 2529
07 February 2022A selection of 11 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Father and son's Cotswolds School furniture collection makes for white-glove auction
07 February 2022A new auction record for Edward Barnsley was among the many highlights of the Minoprio collection of Cotswold School furniture sold by Lyon & Turnbull (25% buyer’s premium).
Futuristic London Transport from 1926 poster stars in our pick of six auction highlights sold this week
04 February 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare transport poster from 1926 imagining what London may look like 100 years into the future.
Henry III gold penny is ‘best ever’ coin find
31 January 2022A newly discovered Henry III ‘gold penny’, one of the most fabled coins in all of British numismatics, has sold for £540,000 (plus 20% buyer’s premium).
Silver Vaults dealer S&J Stodel wins the £26,000 trophy
31 January 2022The potent mix of China, horseracing and the 1851 Great Exhibition yielded a strong price for this splendid ‘export’ silver trophy at auction.
Pick of the week: ‘Newbattle Turks’ take a huge £1.1m
31 January 2022A set of six 17th century portraits depicting Ottoman sultans sparked an extraordinary bidding contest at a Sotheby’s online sale.
Golfclub's Egyptian headrest offered at Catherine Southon is among five lots to watch
31 January 2022With estimates from £700-8000, here are five previews of upcoming items.
Previews: issue 2528
31 January 2022A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Exotic Christopher Dresser chairs influenced by Egypt motifs
31 January 2022Although catalogued by Smiths of Newent (20% buyer’s premium) as a chair from the early 19th century Empire period, this ebonised mahogany, gilt and polychrome side chair is more probably from the mid-Victorian period.
Famed for whimsical cats, but Louis Wain also took Futurist inspiration
31 January 2022The recent release of 'The Electrical Life of Louis Wain' starring Benedict Cumberbatch provided a topical spin to this rare Amphora pottery model.
Looks lovely on the chalet wall
31 January 2022At the top end of the budget for ski poster enthusiasts are the Art Deco images promoting Gstaad.
Silver tankard from Canadian admirers of British pluck
31 January 2022Marked for Savage & Lyman, Montreal, c.1855-60, this silver tankard was awarded to British bare-knuckle boxer Tom Sayers.
Royal Crown Derby teapot serves up Surrealism thanks to Dalí
31 January 2022A rare Royal Crown Derby teapot made to a design created by Salvador Dalí surfaced recently at Batemans (20% buyer’s premium) in Stamford.
Mahogany table sold by Winchester Cathedral stars in our pick of six auction highlights
28 January 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a George III mahogany serving table that made over 40-times estimate at Bellmans in West Sussex.
Bumper sales totals reveal Dreweatts now takes top spot in the regions
24 January 2022Auction figures for firms outside London show a shake-up of the status quo
Arundel Lion ready to roar again in a new home
24 January 2022The so-called Arundel Lions were once a well-known landmark in Sheffield.
A Vienna Secession chair spotted in a junk shop is among five lots to watch
24 January 2022With estimates from £400-4000, here is our pick of five lots coming up at auction this week.