Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Pick of the week: House clearance chairs are £16,500 Voysey Arts & Crafts originals
09 March 2020Arts & Crafts enthusiasts who hoped to buy a pair of Voysey chairs at something close to their £20-40 estimate at an auction in the Cotswolds were to be disappointed.
‘Dragon’ dishes fire up a house record in East Yorkshire
09 March 2020A pair of doucai ‘dragon’ dishes that was entered for sale by a local vendor sold for over 25-times estimate at East Yorkshire saleroom Hawley’s.
Shelley ceramics, a Queen Anne silver bowl and a Saxon silver penny – five lots to watch at auction this week
09 March 2020With estimates from £600-15,000, here are five previews of upcoming items this week.
Cumbrian archive offered at auction recalls D-Day’s floating harbours
09 March 2020An historic archive belonging to the engineer who oversaw the design of the Mulberry Harbours in the Second World War comes to auction in Cumbria later this month.
Christopher Dresser dish, ‘Highlander’ plate, Pocket watch with Byron crest – five auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes
06 March 2020ATG’s selection of hammer highlights this week includes a Linthorpe pottery dish designed by Dr Christopher Dresser that made seven-times estimate in Rotherham.
Siege of Maastricht map among highlights at TEFAF Maastricht
04 March 2020The city of Maastricht itself will take pride of place on Daniel Crouch Rare Books’ stand at TEFAF, set to open tomorrow.
Ancient bust hits house record at Adam Partridge
02 March 2020A sculpture that had previously been owned by Stanley Seeger’s personal assistant at Sutton Place set a house record at Adam Partridge.
Tudor merchant’s ring found in a garden by metal detectorist sells for £36,000
02 March 2020An early 16th century ring found by a metal detectorist in East Yorkshire has sold at auction for £36,000.
Sleepy Canadian oil awakened in Teddington
02 March 2020A briefly catalogued 20th century painting, spotted by bidders as the work of the Ontario-born painter David Milne (1882-1953), raced to £38,000 at auction in Teddington. It had come for sale from Eaton Cottage in Thames Ditton, Surrey, with an estimate of just £100-200.
Art Nouveau vases, Mouseman wall brackets and Great War gallantry medals – five lots to watch at auction this week
02 March 2020With estimates from £600-3000 here are five previews of upcoming items this week.
Pick of the week: Exceptional shodana shows super details
02 March 2020David Lay’s (18% buyer's premium) second stand-alone Asian art sale held in Penzance was topped at £65,500 (estimate £3000-5000) by this shodana made in Meiji period Japan, c.1890.