Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Tuning up: musical lots make impressive saleroom results
18 July 2022This early 17th century harpsichord is inscribed to the name baton for Andreas Ruckers, Antwerp, 1614.
Mary Ireland ‘fabric mosaics’ emerge from collection of dealer Paul Reeves
18 July 2022Eighteen works by the Birmingham School artist Mary Ireland (1891-1980) were offered at a recent Lyon & Turnbull’s (25/20% buyer’s premium) sale.
Inscribed and dated delft in demand in Glasgow and Lewes sales
18 July 2022An English delft drug jar offered by Great Western Auctions (24% buyer’s premium) in Glasgow was both a polychrome and a documentary piece.
Victorian bat brooch stars in our pick of six auction highlights
15 July 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare Victorian diamond and ruby bat brooch that sold for 45-times estimate in Somerset.
Sèvres tea service celebrated King George’s regal recovery
11 July 2022A remarkable Sèvres part tea service made to mark the recovery of George III from illness in 1789 was among the unheralded highlights of this year’s London sales season.
Furniture suite could be first ‘museum quality’ ivory sale
11 July 2022A suite of solid ivory and gilt furniture sold by Christie’s on July 7 appears to be the first auction lot to benefit from the exemption to the Ivory Act allowing the sale of items of ‘outstandingly high artistic, cultural and historical value’.
Vendor’s prayers answered by a £480,000 nut
11 July 2022The major summer sales of works of art included a boxwood prayer nut and Rothschild provenanced vases.
Pick of the week: A rediscovered carving emerges at Sotheby's sale
11 July 2022Despite appearing in a 1930s photograph held in the MAK Museum, Vienna, this wood carving of Adam and Eve seems to have hitherto eluded scholars of the German woodcarver Leonhard Kern (1588-1662).
Castellani brooch lights up first Frome jewellery auction
11 July 2022Topping the bill at Dore & Rees in Frome, Somerset on July 6 was this 2in (5cm) archaeological revival brooch by Castellani.
A floral still-life and an oak sideboard are among seven lots to watch
11 July 2022With estimates from £200-20,000, here are seven previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Previews: issue 2551
11 July 2022A selection of eight upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Colman buyers keen as mustard
11 July 2022Ninety lots from family’s Norfolk home gave a taster of the traditional items they collected
Rare 16th century ‘prayer nut’ stars in our pick of seven auction highlights sold this week
08 July 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a miniature boxwood carving with biblical scenes known as a ‘prayer nut’ that made over six-times estimate at Sotheby’s.
A Symbolist triptych and a 12th century charter are among five lots to watch
04 July 2022With estimates from £400-25,000, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Jewellery: Royal connections bring added interest
04 July 2022Platinum jubilee excitement combined with an emotive back story and a royal connection to create the perfect conditions to sell an Elizabeth II brooch
Victorian pair took a passage from India
04 July 2022A Victorian sapphire, diamond and pearl brooch-pendant was one of two pieces with Indian roots offered for sale at Duke’s (25% buyer’s premium).
Silversmith Gerald Benney's collection on offer at Dreweatts
04 July 2022Dreweatts offers a private collection of work by Gerald Benney, perhaps the key figure in the revival of British silversmithing in post-war Britain.
Previews: issue 2550
04 July 2022A selection of 14 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Art Deco necklace bearing the Boivin mark makes over 10-times estimate
04 July 2022This Art Deco turquoise, rock crystal and black enamelled silver necklace carries the maker’s mark of the celebrated French atelier René Boivin.
Diamond pendant was gift from a rear admiral
04 July 2022The Summer Sale at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood in Exeter on July 13-15 includes this mid-Victorian colour change sapphire and rose-cut diamond pendant.