Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Caddy spoons array ‘probably best on market since Norie’
14 June 2021The principal private collection of silver sold at Woolley & Wallis's latest specialist auction included a fine array of caddy spoons.
Top-selling Nigerian mask stars in our pick of five auction highlights sold this week
11 June 2021ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare Ibibio mask from the Niger Delta that made over 35-times estimate in Salisbury.
Royal Worcester vases and a Victorian silver jug are among five lots to watch at auction this week
07 June 2021With estimates from £300-60,000 here are five previews of upcoming items this week.
Medal marks a springboard moment for Arts & Crafts
07 June 2021A recent sale at Gildings (20% buyer’s premium) of Market Harborough included a number of medals of historical interest.
Sumptuous Sèvres in UK salerooms
07 June 2021Range of Sèvres highlights from ancien regime to the empire periods sold in UK auctions
Odundo work attracts prices at the level of Coper and Rie
07 June 2021More Odundo ceramics pieces sell well at specialist auction house Maak
Double Islamic and Indian interest
07 June 2021Shown here are two highlights from sales of Islamic & Indian art held by London salerooms recently.
Auction previews: issue 2496
07 June 2021A selection of 14 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Breakfast service fit for royal visitors makes 10-times estimate in Edinburgh sale
07 June 2021This huge porcelain breakfast service was made to welcome Queen Victoria and Prince Albert on their first visit to Scotland in 1842.
Master forger Mark Hofmann's infamous work comes to auction
31 May 2021The 'Oath of a Freeman', one of the most infamous forgeries in US history, heads to auction at Heritage this month. It comes for sale from Justin Schiller, the antiquarian bookseller who in 1985 attempted to broker its sale for $1.5m.
Plaques pull in devoted fans at Olympia Auctions
31 May 2021This rare pair of south Italian or Sicilian devotional plaques (capezzali) sold for £26,000 at Matthew Barton of Olympia Auctions in west London on May 25.
Pick of the week: Spending quality time with Pablo Picasso
31 May 2021The silvered dial to this 1960s stainless steel bracelet watch gives a clue to its former owner.
A Cotswold School sideboard and a rare coronation souvenir are among the four lots to watch at auction
31 May 2021With estimates from £30-6000 here are four previews of upcoming items this week.
Four sales prove better by design at Lyon & Turnbull
31 May 2021Extensive cross-section of design-themed objects offered in Edinburgh and London by same auction house
Bed courtesy of Collier & Plucknett
31 May 2021This half-tester bed with its carved heraldic lions and painted and gilt panels is part of an extensive bedroom suite made c.1870 by Collier & Plucknett.
Uncommon Wimbledon cast-iron mechanical bank emerges in Scarborough sale
31 May 2021Almost two decades after the first American cast-iron mechanical banks, John Harper and Company of the Albion Works in Willenhall, Staffordshire filed a patent for the Wimbledon bank on September 21, 1885.
You can be sure of Shell poster popularity
31 May 2021Lyon & Turnbull’s Lalique sale had been displayed at the Mall Galleries in London with posters from the Shell Heritage Art Collection as a backdrop.
Auction previews: issue 2495
31 May 2021A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Inscribed Lowestoft jug can be linked to factory owner
31 May 2021Lowestoft porcelain is particularly admired for its sense of place: the close ties the factory on Crown Street (then Bell Lane) enjoyed with its local community in Norfolk and Suffolk between 1757-1802.
Rare octagonal Cartier watch and a Victorian poppy picture feature in our pick of five auction highlights
28 May 2021ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a Victorian picture featuring poppies that made nearly four-times its low estimate.