Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Classic Lucie Rie footed bowl makes £33,000
10 October 2022A summer Design and Modern sale at Chiswick Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) included a small collection of ceramics by Dame Lucie Rie (1902- 95).
Focus on Chinese five-figure buys from the regions
10 October 2022Although catalogued as Kangxi period, an ovoid blue and white vase offered by Stacey’s (20% buyer’s premium) on September 20 is a Transitional piece.
Record gasoline sign escaped fate as a septic tank lid
10 October 2022Enthusiasts who feel British enamel advertising signs are becoming overpriced may spare a thought for collectors in the US.
Pick of the week: Honey seller from as early as 1620 marks a sweet success
10 October 2022Depictions of north Africa and the Middle East became commonplace in Western art as the Orientalist art movement reached its height in the 19th century.
Lucie Rie bowl stars in our pick of seven auction highlights sold this week
07 October 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a Dame Lucie Rie bowl from the 1970s that made over three times estimate in Dorset.
Chinese vase sells for 3850-times estimate in French sale
05 October 2022A Chinese blue and white vase with a Qianlong mark shot past its four-figure estimate to sell for €7.7m (£6.2m) in France on October 1 – described as winning the 'EuroMillions' by the auction house.
Wallpaper well covered by an American auction
03 October 2022Bonhams conducts a sale in New York on October 6 titled Wonders in Wallpaper.
Knox clock combines Celtic tradition and Victorian innovation
03 October 2022Archibald Knox’s work for Liberty & Co often drew on the rich cultural heritage of his native Isle of Man.
Hans Coper Spade vase unearthed from lord and lady's collection
03 October 2022The sale at Lawrences of Crewkerne on October 12 includes a collection of studio ceramics formed by Lord and Lady Peyton of Yeovil.
Martin Brothers bird jars at the double in the Cotswolds
03 October 2022The Decorative Arts auction at Kinghams in Moreton-in-Marsh on October 6-8 includes four Martin Brothers stoneware bird jars by Robert Wallace Martin.
Peter Collingwood wall hanging consigned to auction by Prue Leith
03 October 2022This ‘microgauze’ woven linen and steel wall hanging by pioneering British weaver Peter Collingwood (1922- 2008) comes for sale courtesy of Prue Leith.
Pick of the week: Cabinet made of wood from Nelson’s flagship makes 13-times estimate
03 October 2022HMS Foudroyant, which served as Nelson’s flagship in the Mediterranean Squadron, had been touring English seaside resorts as an attraction when it was wrecked off Blackpool Sands on June 16, 1897.
Bidders on red alert for Chinese vase
03 October 2022Among the highlights of the latest Important Chinese Art sale at Sotheby’s New York was this rare porcelain meiping from the Yongzheng or early Qianlong period.
Classic New Sculpture archer hits £20,000 spot
03 October 2022A cast of Hamo Thornycroft’s Teucer, classic of the New Sculpture movement, sold for £20,000 (plus 21% buyer’s premium) at JS Auctions in Banbury on September 23.
A Country House picture from the family home of designer Oliver Messel is among six lots to watch
03 October 2022With estimates from £400-10,000 here are six previews of upcoming items.
John Maclauchlan Milne: Stunned by Cézanne’s work
03 October 2022The sale of Scottish pictures at McTear’s on October 12 includes this oil painted by John Maclauchlan Milne (1885-1957) while living in Paris in 1922.
Design post-1860: Crane made Maw vase designs
03 October 2022The Shropshire pottery, Maw & Co of Jackfield, is best known for the mass production of earthenware tiles and architectural ceramics.
It’s a burner bonus
03 October 2022Although catalogued as a lantern, this Russian silver, gilt and enamel object is more probably an incense burner, used in the Eastern Orthodox tradition.
Previews: issue 2562
03 October 2022A selection of eight upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Early Slade days of CRW Nevinson
03 October 2022This early work by Christopher Richard Wynne Nevinson was completed during his later years at the Slade School of Art.