Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Welcoming Nelson's protégé Hoste at Morton & Eden
14 February 2022Nelson held his protégé Captain Sir William Hoste KCB (1780-1828) in high esteem.
A costly Ploughman
14 February 2022The first tranche from a large collection of Irish banknotes assembled by the late Gus Mac Amhlaigh of Dublin sold by DNW on November 25 included red and orange Bank of Ireland £20 ‘specimen’ notes from the famous Ploughman series.
‘A tiger in a fight’
14 February 2022Dix Noonan Webb set a record for a British army Victoria Cross on June 23.
A £5 cameo from George IV
14 February 2022Stamps specialist Harmers is a newcomer to London numismatic sales.
The ‘sweet tin’ shilling
14 February 2022The finest-known example of a New England shilling sold for £220,000 at Morton & Eden in London on November 26.
Bristol rose ryal sold at Timeline
14 February 2022In response to a decline in the wool trade, a shortage of bullion and the impact of the Wars of the Roses, English coinage was devalued on August 13, 1464.
Trinidad & Tobago in colour
14 February 2022The Trinidad & Tobago $1000 note, c.1914, is itself a rare beast but this example is a colour proof printed on two sheets by Thomas De La Rue.
Victorian ‘composting’ toilet invented by rural vicar stars in our pick of five auction highlights sold this week
11 February 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare mahogany and cast iron ‘earth closet’ from 1873 designed to ‘return waste to the soil’.
Just what the doctors ordered: a healthy infusion of $10,000
07 February 2022An 18th century teapot was among the stand out items in the sale of the collection of doctors-turned-dealers Wynn A Sayman Antiques.
Reduced returns for Duleep marble
07 February 2022One of the highlights of the April 2007 London Islamic sale series had been this 2ft 4in (74cm) high white marble bust of Maharajah Duleep Singh by neoclassical sculptor John Gibson.
Pick of the week: Designed to make your move a bit quicker
07 February 2022With the advent of modern tournament chess in the Victorian era came the issue of game time.
A steering wheel from a B-50 bomber and 19th century table-top celestial globes are among five lots to watch
07 February 2022With estimates from £250-2500, here are five previews of upcoming items this week.
If we’re not burning coal any more, what about furniture use?
07 February 2022Among the more unusual recent lots at Woolley & Wallis (25% buyer’s premium) was an early Victorian table carved from parrot coal.
Father and son's Cotswolds School furniture collection makes for white-glove auction
07 February 2022A new auction record for Edward Barnsley was among the many highlights of the Minoprio collection of Cotswold School furniture sold by Lyon & Turnbull (25% buyer’s premium).
Previews: issue 2529
07 February 2022A selection of 11 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Futuristic London Transport from 1926 poster stars in our pick of six auction highlights sold this week
04 February 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare transport poster from 1926 imagining what London may look like 100 years into the future.
Henry III gold penny is ‘best ever’ coin find
31 January 2022A newly discovered Henry III ‘gold penny’, one of the most fabled coins in all of British numismatics, has sold for £540,000 (plus 20% buyer’s premium).
Silver Vaults dealer S&J Stodel wins the £26,000 trophy
31 January 2022The potent mix of China, horseracing and the 1851 Great Exhibition yielded a strong price for this splendid ‘export’ silver trophy at auction.
Pick of the week: ‘Newbattle Turks’ take a huge £1.1m
31 January 2022A set of six 17th century portraits depicting Ottoman sultans sparked an extraordinary bidding contest at a Sotheby’s online sale.
Golfclub's Egyptian headrest offered at Catherine Southon is among five lots to watch
31 January 2022With estimates from £700-8000, here are five previews of upcoming items.