Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Albert Wainwright works highlight Stourbridge sale
26 October 2020The Decades of Design sale at Fieldings (24% buyer’s premium inc VAT) in Stourbridge on October 15-16 included 52 works from the family of Albert Wainwright (1898-1943). He was a Castleford artist who trained at the Leeds School of Art in 1914.
Lenci figures show sex sells
26 October 2020The latest British & Continental Ceramics & Glass Auction at McTear’s (24% buyer’s premium) was topped by 'La Modista Il Cappellino', a 14in (35cm) Lenci figure.
Art Deco cocktail shaker in the mix alongside ‘exceptional’ Lalique
26 October 2020This bakelite and electroplated cocktail shaker is from the Master Incolor series made for sale at the Wilson and Gill on Regent Street in the 1930s.
Bernard Moore lustre wares come to the fore at Chester sale
26 October 2020A recent sale at Byrne’s (17.5% buyer’s premium) in Chester included 22 lustre wares by the Staffordshire art potter and chemist Bernard Moore.
Auction previews: issue 2465
26 October 2020A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.
Collection of boxed Hornby trains steam into Surrey auction
24 October 2020An extensive single-owner collection of boxed Hornby trains– much of it in largely untouched condition – will be offered at Ewbank’s in Surrey next week.
Rarely seen Eric Ravilious print stars in our pick of five auction highlights sold this week
23 October 2020ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare wood engraving of a crowing rooster by Eric Ravilious that sold 25-times over estimate at an auction in Essex.
Persian tomb-marker tile takes £80,000 in Surrey auction
19 October 2020A large 13th century Persian lustre tile sold for £80,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) at John Nicholson’s in Haslemere.
Copy of ‘the earliest obtainable map printed in Arabic’ reaches 15-times estimate at Forum Auctions
19 October 2020The atlas 'Ay majmu’ kharitat rasm al-ard…,' published by the Church Missionary Society Press in Valetta, is today considered the earliest obtainable atlas printed in Arabic.
Pick of the week: Replica great auk is real winner at auction
19 October 2020A Rowland Ward replica of a great auk – the flightless seabird that became extinct in the mid 19th century – sold at auction in Gloucestershire for £25,000.
Cartier carriage clock and Lalique jewellery are among the five lots to watch at auction this week
19 October 2020With estimates from £150-35,000 here are five previews of upcoming items this week.
Textbook longcase created by one of London’s finest makers
19 October 2020This textbook William and Mary longcase clock is from the workshop of Joseph Windmills, one of the finest clockmakers in late 17th century London.
Auction previews: issue 2464
19 October 2020A selection of 14 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.
Single-owner collection ‘represents something of a return to form’ for the Spode market
19 October 2020The 'Indian Sporting' series is the most celebrated of all Spode blue and white transfer-prints. This multi-scene pattern (there are 17 different designs in total) is based on aquatints by Samuel Howitt from 'Oriental Field Sports, Wild Sports of the East' by Captain Thomas Williamson, published in 1807.
Medal saluting bravery of ‘Colored Troops’ sells in Salisbury
19 October 2020A Colored Troops Medal or Butler Medal was offered for sale at the Medals & Coins, Arms & Armour Militaria at Woolley & Wallis (25% buyer’s premium) in Salisbury.
Bidders shell out for sign and a noted beauty
19 October 2020Entered by different vendors to raise money for charities, and accordingly given token estimates, petrol signs and Irish banknotes took the top prices at Clarks Auctions Rooms (17.5% buyer’s premium) in Liskeard.
Buyer has a new home at £2200
19 October 2020Boxes such as these fashioned and painted as cottages are among the most desirable of all 19th century caddies and boxes.
An Arts and Crafts oak panelled door and a rare token of Napoleonic-era patriotism are among five auction highlights sold this week
16 October 2020ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes an oak panelled door designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens.
Pick of the week: King George I in the running at £125,000
12 October 2020Paintings by leading British sporting artists went under the hammer for the first time in over 100 years at Cheffins in Cambridge on October 1.
Eight Immortals vase brings £3.3m in Paris
12 October 2020This 21½in (55cm) high Qianlong famille rose vase and stand sold for €3.7m (£3.3m) at the Drouot in Paris last month.