Latest News Articles by Terence Ryle
Top Doulton demand evident in Evesham
02 July 2018In what can be a doleful time for Doulton, encouraging words about the factory’s output from auctioneer Geoff Shepherd at ceramics specialist Kingham & Orme (22% buyer’s premium).
Making mechanical music play and pay off at auction
25 June 2018A sophisticated disc-playing music box brought one of the highest recent prices for mechanical music at Thimbleby & Shorland (12% buyer’s premium) in Reading.
Auctioneer shows a golden James Bond poster touch
25 June 2018The morality laws of pre-liberal Ireland added to the allure and market value of this Goldfinger poster offered by Richard Winterton (17.5% buyer’s premium).
Mask netsuke prove a mixed bag but head is highlight
25 June 2018The 195-lot collection of mask netsuke amassed by Swiss entrepreneur Peter Müller met with mixed success when offered by Matthew Barton (24% buyer’s premium).
Pioneer pilot Peggy gives a saleroom lift
25 June 2018Less well-known than other daring young women in their flying machines, Peggy Salaman, or rather a bronze bust of her, emerged from a Mayfair basement to take off in a Suffolk saleroom.
Keyboard instrument collectors tune up and turn up
25 June 2018Putting a third major collection of highly specialist and highly priced material onto the market within little over three years might seem to be asking too much of a limited number of wealthy enthusiasts.
A welcome breeze for fans of fans
18 June 2018Two notable single-owner collections, augmented by items from the round of Oriental art sales, made spring a bumper crop in the specialist world of fans.
How £100 can go a long way in the fans collecting field
18 June 2018Advertising and souvenir fans from the late 19th to mid-20th centuries received a mixed reception at the April 10 Special Auction Services sale at Newbury devoted to works collected by the late Martin Willcocks.
Lancers’ silver standard sells at Lawrences
18 June 2018As regimental silver, the Victorian centrepiece shown below qualified to be part of the Militaria, Coins & Medals sale at Lawrences (22% buyer’s premium) of Crewkerne and, as a memento of the gallant 9th (The Queen’s Royal) Lancers, it swept the field.
A box of export delights at Dawson's
18 June 2018Catalogued as Anglo-Indian but probably Indo-Portuguese, this ivory, tortoiseshell and white metal casket, below, was a box of delight for the vendor.
Results for Kakiemon and Meiji metalwork underline stronger market for Asia’s ‘second tier’
11 June 2018Results for Kakiemon and Meiji metalwork underline stronger market for Asia’s ‘second tier’
Chinese bronze-focused sale boosts performance at Chiswick Auctions
07 June 2018The strong round of Chinese and Asian art sales last month continued in London with sales reaching a premium-inclusive £1m at Chiswick Auctions.
Coper studio pottery impresses and rainbow designs shine
04 June 2018It was only a matter of time before a treasure from the hot new British ceramics market emerged out of nowhere and onto the rostrum in the long tradition of boom areas.
Dirty Dozen member is one to watch at auction
04 June 2018Individually, watches which the War Office commissioned from 12 Swiss makers during the Second World War are not as highly rated as other military watches – but as a set they are a holy grail for British collectors.
Wool trade relic weighed up at £5100
04 June 2018Echoes of Lincolnshire’s history in the hugely lucrative late medieval wool trade, this wool weight, below, probably from the 16th century, was the star item at John Taylors’ (18% buyer’s premium) appropriately named Wool Mart auction rooms in Louth.
The view to a thrill before cinema
04 June 2018In the early development of motion pictures, this Kinora viewer, below, was the high end of the hugely popular ‘flip-book’ film machines.
Robust rostrum performances for market classics of ceramics, glass and furniture
28 May 2018It has been a generally encouraging spring at the UK rostrum. A latest look back at half-a-dozen auctions at major rooms reveals strong demand across the board of interests, and across the centuries to near the present day.
Bang the drum for furniture
28 May 2018Once-fashionable drum tables took a big hit during the furniture slump and while the best can do well, others can be picked up cheaply.
Why Bing is the toy train in-thing
21 May 2018Called to look at some toy trains in the home of a lady who had recently died at a great age, Special Auction Services (17.5% buyer’s premium) specialist Hugo Marsh was surprised to be shown two early and rare Bing items. They had been collected by the lady’s first husband and stored away since he was killed in the Second World War.
Cars are the sale stars
21 May 2018Two targets for clockwork toy car collectors on the occasions they appear at auction are the CIJ Alfa Romeo P2 racing car and the Gunthermann model of Captain Campbell’s Blue Bird. Good examples of both came up for sale recently.