Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Clarice Cliff keeps a strong collector following
17 July 2023It is 20 years ago that the auction record for Clarice Cliff was sent tumbling when an 18in (46cm) May Avenue charger sold for £34,000 at Christie’s South Kensington on May 14, 2003. Those were heady days indeed.
From a first batch of barographs
15 July 2023This is one of the very first batch of standard barographs produced by Richard Frères of Paris.
Forget the 2023 Ashes: try Beefy’s 1981 heroics
15 July 2023England cricketer Sir Ian Botham is selling memorabilia from his international and club career at an auction on July 15.
Mason's ironstone ceramics in our pick of five auction highlights
14 July 2023ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes two Mason's ironstone ceramics that could be making a comeback after taking 10-times estimate.
Old Master auction series posts best total since 2017
10 July 2023The latest Old Master auctions in London posted the highest total for a series in this category in the capital since 2017.
Clothing stand racks up six figures at US auction
10 July 2023Although the mid-week sales at US auction house Stair Galleries typically focus on affordable property, there are some exceptions.
Pick of the week: Knives collection proves a cut above
10 July 2023An amazing penknife proved a cut above in a sale from the David Hayden-Wright collection of antique knives offered at west London saleroom Olympia Auctions.
No fanfare as ivory netsuke sets a new record
10 July 2023A new auction record for netsuke – over three times the previous high – has been set in France.
A Fabergé magnifying glass is among five lots to watch
10 July 2023With estimates from £300, here are five previews of upcoming items.
Tempting machine that is full of socks appeal
10 July 2023The Harrison semi-automatic pedestal knitting machine was designed c.1900 for producing rib socks.
Very early TV set that’s a must for connoisseurs
10 July 2023The HMV 900 was one of first television receivers designed by the Marconi-EMI Television Company, the firm that also provided the technology for Britain’s first television service.
Rare Ruhmkorff survivor ready for sale
10 July 2023Induction coils used to produce high-voltage pulses from a low-voltage direct current, are often called Ruhmkorff coils although studied by Michael Faraday in the 1830s
You’ve got the hook: Maori jewellery
10 July 2023The best-known type of Maori jewellery is the pounamu (greenstone) hei tiki pendants, the figural carvings representing ‘the first man’ that were typically worn by women.
Auctioneer Burns takes golf top spot in golf challenge
10 July 2023Perth auctioneer Nick Burns of Lindsay Burns & Company was the winner of this year’s Scottish Auctioneers & Art Dealers golf tournament.
Hello, can I speak to a royal please?
10 July 2023A telephone exchange removed from Buckingham Palace during refurbishment 25 years ago sold in west London for £3000.
Rationality and religion combined
10 July 2023Like many scientists and eminent thinkers of the time, Isaac Newton was also a devout Christian who thought deeply about religious matters, as a manuscript sold at auction in New York reveals.
Take a peek before ‘glass and brass’ microscopes appear
10 July 2023A lucernal microscope is a rare survivor.
It must be one of the Ladds
10 July 2023This lacquered brass and mahogany Hawksbee-type double valve vacuum pump is signed to the recessed silvered plate Ladd, Penton Place, Walworth.
The oarsman who outraged Henley and a rower later mountaineer
10 July 2023A group of Victorian rowing memorabilia generated plenty of bidding at Claydon Auctioneers (19.5% buyer’s premium) in Buckinghamshire on June 25-26.