Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Combination of Chinese export and Regency silver stars in our pick of five auction highlights sold this week
18 February 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a pair of Chinese octagonal bowls combined with Paul Storr silver gilt plinths which more than doubled estimate at Christie’s.
Woodcarver Kendall chipper once again
14 February 2022A collection of works by the Victorian woodcarver Thomas Henry Kendall has been consigned for sale next month.
A Lalique scent bottle and a Lutyens table are among five lots to watch
14 February 2022With estimates from £200-3000, here are five previews of upcoming items.
The £1000 note sold for £32,000
14 February 2022This Bank of England £1000 note dated October 15, 1935, was issued under chief cashier Kenneth Oswald Peppiatt (1934-49).
Golf medal converted to a brooch more than triples estimate at Mullock’s
14 February 2022This 18ct gold and enamel medal was awarded to Reginald Arthur Whitcombe (1898-1957) for winning the 1936 Open Golf Championship of Ireland.
Una and the Lion coin turns head at St James’s Auctions
14 February 2022The most cherished coin from the reign of Victoria is the 1839 gold £5 piece by William Wyon.
Honouring Antinous
14 February 2022A three-quarters-length bust of a bare-chested Antinous, the favourite of Hadrian, appears on this medallic coin minted in Mantinea, Arcadia, c.134AD.
Range of furnishings from Dorset manor add buzz to Crewkerne auction
14 February 2022The furniture and works of art sale at Crewkerne auction house Lawrences (25% buyer’ premium) on January 21 included a set of George II walnut seating furniture with an excellent provenance.
Church lots: Holy appropriate consignments come to saleroom
14 February 2022Ecclesiastic buildings can be the source of good secular antiques: typically items bequeathed in the distant past by parishioners for church use.
Coins & medals: Inflationary trends as market hits new high
14 February 2022Price increases and a good supply fired the London coins and medals market to record levels in 2021
Indian Mutiny VC sold at Spink
14 February 2022The 150th Victoria Cross ever awarded sold for £180,000 at London auction house Spink on July 29.
Briot’s pattern unite
14 February 2022The sale at Sovereign Rarities on September 21 included this Charles I (1625-49), silver pattern unite (20 shillings) dated 1630.
Record for Cromwellian coin
14 February 2022The fourth and final part of the North Yorkshire Moors collection of coins and medals sold by Dix Noonan Webb included some exceptional examples from the Interregnum.
Hird’s Elizabethan treasures set house record for Spink's coin department
14 February 2022Spink offered 52 coins from one of the ‘lost’ parcels of Alderman Horace Hird (1899-1973), former president of the Yorkshire Numismatic Society.
Wyon’s gothic masterpiece at Baldwin’s
14 February 2022This ‘cameo’ version of the 1847 gothic crown is one of the finest available for commerce.
Poster fast forwards London to 2026
14 February 2022A 1926 London Transport poster with artwork by Montague Birrell Black (1889-1964) imagining what the capital may look 100 years into the future was offered at Ewbank’s (25% buyer’s premium) in Woking on January 21.
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.