Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Hand-drawn maps lift demand for Mary Tudor’s personal copy of Anglica Historia
12 September 2024Mary Tudor’s personal copy of Vergil’s history of England has sold at auction for £140,000.
Single-owner collection of Chinese export silver emerges at Chiswick Auctions
12 September 2024The Gerard collection of Chinese export silver comes for sale at Chiswick Auctions on October 9.
Major collection of Terence Cuneo and Ruskin Spear pictures consigned to Sworders
10 September 2024What promises to be a market-defining sale for two well-known Modern British artists will be held in Essex this autumn.
Collection of founder member of the Scottish Military Collectors Historical Society comes to auction
09 September 2024This week Anderson & Garland is offering for sale the private collection of militaria and weapons belonging to Douglas Napier Anderson (b.1927).
Big three auction houses to host Asian Art in London dealer shows
09 September 2024For the first time London’s three major auction houses will host commercial dealer and gallery exhibitions as part of Asian Art in London (AAL).
Whoopee as Beano sets new British comic record
09 September 2024A copy of the very first issue of the The Beano - and the only one to retain its original ‘free gift’ - has sold at auction for £26,000.
Expressionist pioneer Bauhaus artist later became a Nazi
09 September 2024Lithograph comes from 1920s series made long before Schreyer pledged allegiance to Hitler
Impronte act as reminder of famous Grand Tour works
09 September 2024The DuMouchelles (24% buyer’s premium) July 19 sale in Detroit included a collection of ‘Grand Tour’ plaster intaglios and cameos by Paoletti of Rome.
Sandoz bronze goose reduced to snail’s pace
09 September 2024Clars (26% buyer’s premium) brought a bronze sculpture by famed 20th century animalier Edouard-Marcel Sandoz (1881-1971) to market in Oakland, California, as part of the Summer Fine Art Sale.
Black Louis Vuitton trunk could match a car colour
09 September 2024Coloured Vuittonite canvas – in yellow, red, green, black or orange – usually appears on trunks made from 1900-20.
18th century view of London by Irish female artist flies to over 30 times estimate
09 September 2024The only known painting of London by an 18th century Irish female artist came for sale in Salisbury earlier this month.
Adamson ice fisherman catches the attention at auction
09 September 2024Top lot at The Magnusson Group (25/15/12% buyer’s premium) at Morristown, New Jersey on July 24, was a 1898 bronze by the Estonian sculptor Amandus Heinrich Adamson (1855-1929).
Bidders make Wiener Werkstätte buckles link
09 September 2024A rarity spotted in the Summer Gallery Auction at Hartzell’s (24% buyer’s premium) on July 29 was a pair of early 20th century women’s evening shoes with appliques by the Wiener Werkstätte.
Ram trade sign hammers at $16,000
09 September 2024This handsome English trade sign in the form of a ram had a provenance to the London folk art dealership Robert Young Antiques.
Handy way to carry a rubber duck in style
09 September 2024A single-owner collection of 37 pieces of Louis Vuitton luggage formed part of Sworders’ (25% buyer’s premium) Design sale.
Pergay’s steel furniture proved to be a big hit
09 September 2024When the Romanian-born French designer Maria Pergay (1930-2023) was asked why she chose to make furniture out of steel, she responded that it was because she had a score to settle with Stalin. “You know his name means steel? So the more I hit it, the happier I am.”
Examples of Namikawa’s intricate art excite many admirers
09 September 2024Five works by one of the greatest exponents of the intricate art of cloisonné enamel were included in Alderfer Auction’s (23% buyer’s premium) Collectors sale staged on July 24-25.
Monty Python’s buying circus - English literary landmarks collected by the late Terry Jones
09 September 2024Dozen books including literary trailblazers come to auction from collection of actor and historian Terry Jones
Ritual ornament comes from Kansas collection of 22 jades
09 September 2024Revere Auctions’ (25% buyer’s premium) sale in St Paul, Minnesota, titled Eternal Beauty: Splendors in Asian Art was dominated by a group of Chinese jades that came by descent from the family of Jerry O’Brien (1902-51).
Luxury travel: Christie's sells largest private collection of Louis Vuitton trunks
09 September 2024The largest private collection of Louis Vuitton trunks ever to come to auction was sold by Christie’s Paris (26% buyer’s premium) earlier this year.