Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Rare example of vases dated to a particular year
18 October 2021This pair of 12in (30cm) high meiping-shaped vases bear the year 1701, making them one of the few dated pieces of Chinese porcelain to exist.
Not one but two sales in west London
18 October 2021Chiswick Auctions will hold two dedicated sales for the November season.
Dish boasts Augustus the Strong provenance
18 October 2021The scene on this 19in (43cm) Yongzheng famille rose dish depicts the Daoist immortal Magu on her way to celebrate the famous peach banquet of the Queen Mother of the West, Xi Wang Mu, who rules over the garden of the peaches of longevity.
Family values: the Ezekiel collection
18 October 2021Sotheby’s Important Chinese Art sale on November 3 includes a group of Chinese porcelains, jades and small works of art from the collection, formed by Marcus Ezekiel (1854-1927) and his son Victor (1905-76) in the first part of the 20th century.
Why collector Bohman became Bowman
18 October 2021Dawsons of Maidenhead holds an Asian sale on November 4 where this damaged 18in (46cm) famille verte yen-yen vase is guided at £200-300.
Lectern took musical inspiration
18 October 2021The November 4 Japanese sale at Bonhams includes, estimated at £7000-8000, this Meiji (1868-1912) or Taisho (1912-26) era lacquer kendai (lectern) fashioned in the form of traditional court music and dance implements.
Trading places: Japanese lacquer cabinet made for the Western market
18 October 2021This 17th century Japanese lacquer cabinet was made for the Western market, c.1680.
Famous tree, we presume
11 October 2021A section of wood taken from the tree where Stanley met Livingstone in 1871 sold at Sworders’ September 14-15 Fine Interiors sale for £2400.
A taste for travel from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
11 October 2021Housed in his home – Fox Pointe Manor in Anaheim, southern California – the rare book collection of radiologist Howard Knohl and his interior designer wife Linda reached more than 80,000 volumes.
'Lovely' copy of George Eliot’s masterpiece
11 October 2021The timed online sale of Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana that closes at Christie’s New York on October 15 includes books from the estate of Theodore Cohn, a professor of political science.
Pro-vaccination: Jenner work
11 October 2021The sale of Early Printed Books at Swann in New York on October 14 includes this author’s presentation copy of Edward Jenner’s On the Varieties and Modifications of the Vaccine Pustule, Occasioned by an Herpetic State of the Skin.
Previews: issue 2513
11 October 2021A selection of seven upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
A Henry Moore sculpture and a 19th century state carriage are among six lots to watch
11 October 2021With estimates from £400-80,000, here are six previews of upcoming items this week.
Single-owner collection of insurance company badges forms intriguing part of Essex sale
11 October 2021It was in the wake of the Great Fire of London in 1666 that the first societies were created to protect against the losses caused by fire.
Comic effects: Beano collecting highpoints
11 October 2021In anticipation of an exhibition at London’s Somerset House, ATG reviews 10 landmarks of Beano comic collecting
Time to buy a Bond film poster
11 October 2021To coincide with the belated launch of 'No Time to Die', Lyon & Turnbull of Edinburgh is offering a fine selection of 007 designs as part of a specialist sale of vintage posters held in partnership with specialist Tomkinson Churcher on October 19.
Houdini held upside down
11 October 2021Sotheby’s New York is selling the Ricky Jay collection on October 27-28.
First responder: physician's almanac
11 October 2021Tennants’ sale of Books, Maps and Manuscripts in Leyburn on November 24 will include this rare 15th century illuminated folding almanac on vellum.
Rare third edition of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol emerges
11 October 2021The third edition of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was the last of those published in 1843, coming out (appropriately) on Christmas Eve.
Complete copy of the first folio atlas ever printed in the Islamic world
11 October 2021This complete copy of the first folio atlas ever printed in the Islamic world was discovered in one of the nine attics at Weston Hall in Northamptonshire, home of the Sitwell family for more than 300 years.