Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Nabeshima dish design draws on Japanese traditions
18 September 2023Nabeshima porcelain takes its name from the clan that controlled the Saga domain in the Edo period.
Shell out for ornamental combs
18 September 2023Massive ornamental hair combs such as this are associated with the East Sumbanese people of modern Indonesia.
Pop art at Hindman puts avocado salad on the menu
18 September 2023Hindman’s 116-lot auction of Post War & Contemporary Art on September 28 includes a classic pop art painting by Wayne Thiebaud that comes for sale from the estate of Kansas City collectors Morton and Estelle Sosland.
Chinese export porcelain wins its spurs
18 September 2023Over the course of four decades, medical stenographer Angela Gross Folk and her husband amassed an impressive collection of Chinese porcelain.
Auction houses hold sales to coincide with prestigious Coinex event
18 September 2023The Coinex extravaganza brings out the big guns of the UK numismatics trade alongside continental European dealers.
Led Zeppelin album cover signs in at £15,000
18 September 2023A copy of Led Zeppelin’s Houses of the Holy album signed by all four members of the band sold to a phone bidder for £15,000 .
From civil war to George III via two single owner collections
18 September 2023On October 3 Noonans will sell two single-owner collections.
Neil Gow fiddles on portrayed by 'Raeburn and studio'
18 September 2023Sir Henry Raeburn (1756-1823) painted several versions of his portrait of Neil Gow, the most famous 18th century Scottish fiddler, for a number of patrons.
Georgian high society portrayed by Nathaniel Hone
18 September 2023This 18th century portrait, sold for $10,000/£7965 ($12,600 including premium) at Merrill’s of Williston, Vermont, is by Nathaniel Hone (1718-84).
Japanese 17th century dish stars in our selection of five lots to watch in the US
13 September 2023ATG’s selection of items coming up for auction in the US includes a c.1680 Nabeshima porcelain dish from Japan.
Big bidding for a small prayer book: Hebrew manuscript takes five times estimate
11 September 2023An 18th century copy of Tikkunei Shabbat (an amalgam of Hebrew prayers and devotions for the Sabbath) sold for £57,000 to an international phone bidder at Hansons on September 5.
Pick of the week: Signing the first England captain
11 September 2023A timed online sale of sporting memorabilia that closed on August 27 at Graham Budd was topped by a photocard of Cuthbert J Ottaway (1850-78).
Ukrainian avant garde picture is among five lots to watch
11 September 2023With estimates from £400, here are five previews of items coming up for auction this week.
Lovely bubbly: cheers to the charitable froth blowers
11 September 2023The Ancient Order of Froth Blowers was a British charitable organisation established in the decade after the First World War ‘to foster the noble Art and gentle and healthy Pastime of froth blowing among Gentlemen of-leisure and ex-Soldiers’.
Cricket rarities catch attention
11 September 2023Sporting specialist saleroom highlights include wicket-keeping gloves, bat and even a soup tureen
It really was women and children first when HMS Birkenhead sank
11 September 2023This 19th century watercolour on ivory portrait miniature depicts Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Seton (1814-52) of the 21st Fusiliers.
Rare Dunhill ‘Aviary’ lighter stars in our pick of five auction highlights
08 September 2023ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a Dunhill lighter with a rare intaglio of a woodpecker that sold at Chiswick Auctions.
A cast of Charles Sargeant Jagger’s Maquette for The Driver leads our selection of 5 lots to watch in the US
05 September 2023ATG’s selection of items coming up for auction in the US includes a maquette for a famous sculpture that has become a London landmark.