Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Embroidered bindings boost book results
24 June 2024Most Tudor and Stuart embroidered bindings that have survived from the 16th and 17th century cover Bibles, prayerbooks, and other devotional texts.
Rare Rousseau herbarium bought by Swiss institution
24 June 2024The last Jean-Jacques Rousseau herbarium in private hands came for sale at Ader in Paris on June 17.
Bidders go for Subleyras link
24 June 2024On May 28 in Bruges, Carlo Bonte (28% buyer’s premium) offered The Hermit, Brother Luce, an oil study attributed to the French late Baroque painter Pierre Hubert Subleyras (1699-1749).
Hockney California drawing rediscovered by Chiswick Auctions
20 June 2024A large prime period ‘California’ drawing by David Hockney, recently rediscovered by Chiswick Auctions, comes for sale this month.
Macau scenes set record for William Prinsep at Bonhams
19 June 2024Two watercolours of the Portuguese colony of Macao by the British colonial artist William Prinsep (1794-1874) sold for record sums in Bonhams’ latest Travel & Exploration sale.
Defra to crack down on marine ivory trade
17 June 2024The trade in most antique scrimshaw and narwhal tusks will effectively be banned in the UK in just over two months
Browne steps down as executive chairman of BAMF after 28 years
17 June 2024Anthony Browne, executive chairman of the British Art Market Federation (BAMF) since its founding in 1996, is to stand down at the end of the month. While he will remain with the association as president, his successor will be the art lawyer Martin Wilson.
'William Kent' table is among five lots to watch this week
17 June 2024With estimates from £800, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week
Previews: Lots on the way at this summer's auctions
17 June 2024Our look ahead to some of the many stand-out items on offer at auctions this summer.
Fouquet’s plaster temples stand firm at auction
17 June 2024Scale models such as these Grand Tour-era plaster of Paris models of classical temples were used as prototypes by architects and inspiration for their own designs
Prowling panthers set Rembrandt Bugatti record in Paris
13 June 2024An exceptional bronze by the Italian animalia sculptor Rembrandt Bugatti (1884-1916) sold for a record €3m (£2.53m) at Bonhams Cornette de Saint Cyr in Paris.
Archibald Knox silver vases are among five lots to watch this week
10 June 2024With estimates from £425, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week
Ottoman tile packs in power of tiger and leopard
10 June 2024This large 12in (30cm) hexagonal painted fritware tile from 16th century Damascus is decorated with one of the most recognisable Ottoman decorative motifs - the çintamani pattern.
New saleroom Azca launches in west London with Indian and Islamic selection
10 June 2024London has a new boutique auction house with the launch this month of Azca Auctions in Hammersmith, west London.
Meissen freemasons rub shoulders with Lowestoft musicians in Essex
10 June 2024The most desirable element of a collection of 18th century white-glazed porcelain figures offered by Reeman Dansie (22.5% buyer’s premium) in Colchester was the Meissen group known as Two Freemasons.
In the embrace of Nathaniel Marchant
10 June 2024This gold-mounted carnelian intaglio ring depicting classical profiles of Cupid and Psyche embracing is signed in mirror image capitals for Nathaniel Marchant (1739-1816).
Well-known Sèvres service depicting dashing warriors delights bidders in Massachusetts
10 June 2024A set of 10 plates from a well-documented Sèvres service from the July Monarchy period emerged for sale at Tremont Auctions (27% buyer’s premium) in Sudbury, Massachusetts, on June 2.
Union general Sherman’s own civil war selection
10 June 2024Well-known works covering the conflict come from the library of the famed and feared commander