Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Trading places: Japanese lacquer cabinet made for the Western market
18 October 2021This 17th century Japanese lacquer cabinet was made for the Western market, c.1680.
Famous tree, we presume
11 October 2021A section of wood taken from the tree where Stanley met Livingstone in 1871 sold at Sworders’ September 14-15 Fine Interiors sale for £2400.
A taste for travel from the Fox Pointe Manor Library
11 October 2021Housed in his home – Fox Pointe Manor in Anaheim, southern California – the rare book collection of radiologist Howard Knohl and his interior designer wife Linda reached more than 80,000 volumes.
'Lovely' copy of George Eliot’s masterpiece
11 October 2021The timed online sale of Fine Printed Books and Manuscripts including Americana that closes at Christie’s New York on October 15 includes books from the estate of Theodore Cohn, a professor of political science.
Pro-vaccination: Jenner work
11 October 2021The sale of Early Printed Books at Swann in New York on October 14 includes this author’s presentation copy of Edward Jenner’s On the Varieties and Modifications of the Vaccine Pustule, Occasioned by an Herpetic State of the Skin.
Previews: issue 2513
11 October 2021A selection of seven upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
A Henry Moore sculpture and a 19th century state carriage are among six lots to watch
11 October 2021With estimates from £400-80,000, here are six previews of upcoming items this week.
Single-owner collection of insurance company badges forms intriguing part of Essex sale
11 October 2021It was in the wake of the Great Fire of London in 1666 that the first societies were created to protect against the losses caused by fire.
Comic effects: Beano collecting highpoints
11 October 2021In anticipation of an exhibition at London’s Somerset House, ATG reviews 10 landmarks of Beano comic collecting
Time to buy a Bond film poster
11 October 2021To coincide with the belated launch of 'No Time to Die', Lyon & Turnbull of Edinburgh is offering a fine selection of 007 designs as part of a specialist sale of vintage posters held in partnership with specialist Tomkinson Churcher on October 19.
Houdini held upside down
11 October 2021Sotheby’s New York is selling the Ricky Jay collection on October 27-28.
First responder: physician's almanac
11 October 2021Tennants’ sale of Books, Maps and Manuscripts in Leyburn on November 24 will include this rare 15th century illuminated folding almanac on vellum.
Rare third edition of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol emerges
11 October 2021The third edition of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol was the last of those published in 1843, coming out (appropriately) on Christmas Eve.
Complete copy of the first folio atlas ever printed in the Islamic world
11 October 2021This complete copy of the first folio atlas ever printed in the Islamic world was discovered in one of the nine attics at Weston Hall in Northamptonshire, home of the Sitwell family for more than 300 years.
Near complete Visscher atlas on offer
11 October 2021The sale at Peter Kiefer Buch und Kunstauktionshaus in Pforzheim on October 14-16 includes a near complete copy of 'Atlas minor, sive geographia compendiosa qua orbis terrarum per paucas attamen novissimas tabulas ostenditura' by the Dutch engraver, cartographer and publisher Nicolaes Visscher (1649-1702).
Alexander Hamilton fascination
11 October 2021On October 25 Philadelphia firm Freeman’s will offer the Alexander Hamilton collection of John E Herzog.
Napoleon tries his English skills
11 October 2021According to the memoir Le Mémorial de Sainte- Hélène by Count Emmanuel de Las Cases published in 1823, Napoleon first expressed an interest to learn the English language during the two-month voyage from Europe to the island in 1815 aboard the Northumberland.
Pompeii focus in west London
11 October 2021The Books and Works on Paper sale at Chiswick Auctions on November 9 includes a rather special copy of Sir William Gell and John P Gandy’s The Topography, Edifices, and Ornaments of Pompeii.
Printed map pioneer appears in massive German auction
11 October 2021Like Antiques Trade Gazette, German biblio auction house Reiss & Sohn is marking its 50th anniversary this year.
First things first for horror and fantasy
11 October 2021The Gary Munson collection of horror and fantasy books will be offered by Heritage Auctions in Dallas on October 14.