Latest News Articles by Terence Ryle
God bless American bidders - Lyon & Turnbull hails return of transatlantic interest in furniture at auction
17 September 2018Auction house Lyon & Turnbull hails the encouraging return of American interest at its September 5 sale.
Early photos of Penang are pick of the auction in Yorkshire
17 September 2018An album of 40 albumen images by pioneering photographer John Thomson with direct appeal to the market for early depictions of the Orient was the outstanding star at Hartleys (17.5% buyer’s premium).
Fine chalice choice at Stourbridge auction
17 September 2018Two Worcester ‘Limoges’ chalices were the star lots at Stourbridge auction house Fieldings (21% buyer’s premium).
Vases head to Hong Kong after Hertfordshire auction success
17 September 2018This pair of Qing vases caught the eye of Hertfordshire auctioneer Richard Kluk when valuing jewellery at a London home.
Meissen tailor saddles up again at auction in Leicestershire
17 September 2018A scarce Meissen figure, but no stranger to these pages in recent months (see ATG No 2349), Count Bruhl’s Tailor rode his goat to more success at Gildings (15% buyer’s premium) on September 4.
More puppets make their mark as latest lot more than trebles estimate at Edinburgh auction
12 September 2018Following puppet-maker John Blundall’s entire collection being auctioned at Lyon & Turnbull through a series of sales, another rare puppet set more than trebled its estimate last week.
Buyers become silver surfers
10 September 2018UK dealers buying foreign silver, overseas bidders taking British work and generally solid interest for traditional pieces of mid-ranking silver brightened up the normally quieter late summer sales across the country.
Devil’s hour in West Sussex
10 September 2018One of the more unusual clocks on offer this summer was the late 19th century French ‘devil band’ mantel clock that attracted international bidding at Bellmans (22% buyer’s premium).
Sumptuous quilt, sampler and silk robe add sale colour
10 September 2018The product of child labour – but conscious-clear purchases for bidders – provided two of the top lots at a specialist textiles and costume sale at Tennants (20% buyer’s premium) of North Yorkshire.
Buttons up at the Bleasdales sale
27 August 2018‘More affordable’ Lucie Rie lots head a selection of hammer highlights from summer sales.
Getting Carter costs £2800 at auction
27 August 2018Outselling the usual favourite Bond movie posters, a British Quad for Get Carter starring Michael Caine topped the 69-lot specialist sale of movie posters at Ewbank’s (22.5% buyer’s premium).
Bidding battle for a ‘wrestler’
27 August 2018Pitched at £20-40, a small bisque doll with jointed limbs, below, topped Mitchells’ (20% buyer’s premium) toys sale at Cockermouth on July 21.
Republicans in Leominster
27 August 2018Topping two days of steady selling and 750 wide-ranging lots at Leominster saleroom Brightwells’ (17.5% buyer’s premium) summer auction was a Republic period cong-form vase in the style of the renowned Qianjiang School artist Wang Yeting.
Communism in Canterbury
27 August 2018For a Communist tyrant, Joseph Stalin remains remarkably popular in the capitalist world of UK auctions – the latest evidence provided by a rare cast bronze death mask offered at Canterbury Auction Galleries (24% buyer’s premium).
Sculpture in the spotlight at Dreweatts auction
13 August 2018The first stand-alone British and European sculpture sale to be held by Dreweatts (24% buyer’s premium) was a solid-enough affair to justify department head Cristian Beadman’s belief that there is an exploitable gap in the market.
Cabinet result runs Chinese charger close in Exeter
13 August 2018It’s a rare sale these days at which an English furniture standard challenges quality Chinese pieces for price, but the top end of the trade certainly rated a 6ft 3in (1.9m) William and Mary walnut and featherbanded bureau cabinet offered by Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood (21% buyer’s premium).
Huanghali heads to high popularity
13 August 2018Just as fine English mahogany is selling below par, Chinese furniture, particularly in the desirable huanghuali hardwood, is booming.
Bird brains: saleroom sells large African taxidermy dioramas
13 August 2018As both a collecting and a decorating sphere, taxidermy is one of the major growth areas over the past decade.
Trade buyers shine in a heatwave
13 August 2018Private bidders were overtaken as dealers found warmth in the best traditional furniture and chattels offered at auction.
Saleroom selection: Dales and Cotswolds highlights
13 August 2018A selection of highlights from the Chorley's auction on July 24-25 and the Tennants sale on July 21 (also see main Auction Reports story this edition).