Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Anglo-Saxon coin emerged from stubble
14 March 2022An Anglo-Saxon gold shilling or thrymsa dating from 650- 670AD took £15,000 at Dix Noonan Webb in Mayfair.
A rare lead sculpture by Henry Moore is among seven lots to watch this week
14 March 2022With estimates from £100-50,000, here are seven previews of upcoming items.
Previews: issue 2534
14 March 2022A selection of 15 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Contents from Tudor manor owner shows eye for excellence
14 March 2022Despite a general lack of provenance, Tudor house owner had clearly been well advised
A blue john vase and a proof copy of Harry Potter star in our pick of six auction highlights sold this week
11 March 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes an 18th century blue john perfume burner made by Matthew Boulton’s Soho factory.
New auction houses and promotions – the latest news across the art and antiques sector
08 March 2022Movers & Shakers in the UK and US.
Cupboard love: 17th century English oak court cupboard is the star of Yorkshire sale
07 March 2022This early 17th century English carved and inlaid oak court cupboard or buffet was the highlight of a sale in Doncaster.
Pick of the week: Heraldic plaques found in a wardrobe take £10,000 bid
07 March 2022Found in a wardrobe during the clearance of a deceased estate in Spalding, ‘a group of four early 19th century French heraldic plaques’ sold way over hopes at Stamford Auction Rooms in Lincolnshire on February 26.
Symev welcomes auction reform
07 March 2022French auction reform took another step forward last month with the creation of a new regulatory body to oversee sales in France.
A Tunbridgeware writing slope and a John Betjeman watercolour are among seven lots to watch
07 March 2022With estimates from £160-8000, here are seven previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Reid Dick stars in Curated Auctions debut
07 March 2022A collection of works from the family of the sculptor Sir William Reid Dick (1879-1961) comes for sale at a new London firm this month.
Avery jockey scales go weigh above estimate
07 March 2022Former champion jockey Joe Mercer 1934-2021) was a keen buyer of racing memorabilia.
Recognition for the ‘quartz crisis’ casualties
07 March 2022Although Roamer fell victim to the ‘quartz crisis’ – the introduction of quartz watches in the 1970s and early 1980s that largely replaced mechanical watches – in the 1950s-60s the firm enjoyed a good reputation as the maker of good-quality, affordable automatic mechanical watches.
98 ways to restore Poniatowski’s reputation
07 March 2022The jewellery department at Woolley & Wallis has built up something of a reputation for selling cameos and intaglios.
Ecclesiastical Mouseman commissions emerge at Northumberland sale
07 March 2022Ecclesiastical commissions are integral to the Mouseman story – it was the friendship between Father Paul Neville and Robert Thompson that led to the work at Ampleforth College – but in commercial terms these can be relatively difficult pieces.
William and Mary furniture welcomed to salerooms
07 March 2022Among the most traditional of antiques, the William and Mary oyster veneered walnut chest of drawers remains a welcome visitor to the saleroom.
Previews: issue 2533
07 March 2022A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Melancholic not monstrous Mephistopheles sculpture sells at Sworders
07 March 2022The unexpected highlight of the Sworders (25% buyer’s premium) Out of the Ordinary sale on February 15 was this plaster version of the Jean-Jacques Feuchère (1807-52) sculpture Mephistopheles.
Bloomsbury and Omega are key to pottery appeal
07 March 2022From the early 1930s, the London potter Phyllis Keyes (1881-1968), with a studio in Warren Street and later in Clipstone Street, supplied Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and other members of the Bloomsbury Group with earthenware teawares, jugs and vases for decoration.
Investment that brings a big return
07 March 2022One of the stand-out lots at Sotheby’s New York (26/20/13.9% buyer’s premium) was a 1949 first printing of The Intelligent Investor.