Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Miniature chair and huge ox add up to big prices
24 February 2020The Gentleman’s Library Sale at Bonhams on February 12-13 included a miniature William and Mary or Queen Anne walnut armchair standing 21in (53cm) high).
Vernacular furniture returning home from US provides textbook lots in Oxford saleroom
24 February 2020The Oak Interior sale at Bonhams in Oxford on February 19 included two substantial private collections consigned for sale from the US.
Frankfurt silver cup survivor draws bidders' attention
24 February 2020German silver Kiddush cups survived the Second World War in only relatively small numbers but there were some treasured heirlooms, part of Jewish family festivals for generations, that were kept safe throughout the religion’s darkest times.
Beer jug celebrating Glorious Revolution makes 20-times estimate
24 February 2020A Westerwald salt-glaze jug offered at Reeman Dansie's latest sale in Colchester was worked with stylised tulips and a medallion with the portraits of William of Orange and Queen Mary.
Marble bust makes spectacular six-figure price at Macclesfield auction
21 February 2020A marble bust, probably depicting Alexander the Great, sold for £320,000 at Adam Partridge in Macclesfield today.
Victorian picture of bare knuckle fighters and a Qing period Chinese vase – four auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes
21 February 2020ATG’s weekly selection of hammer highlights this week includes an oil painting of bare knuckle Victorian boxers in Birmingham.
Pick of the week: Institutions flock to Cheltenham sale for Maria Edgeworth archive
17 February 2020Two institutions dominated bidding for the notebooks and correspondence of a significant Regency period female author at the Cotswold Auction Company in Cheltenham last week.
Cazabon’s Trinidadian scene surfaces in Lancashire
17 February 2020A watercolour by Michel-Jean Cazabon (1813-88), Trinidad’s first internationally known artist, sold for £24,000 (plus 18% buyer’s premium) in Lancashire earlier this month.
Lalique glass and a bullet-shaped teapot are among five lots to watch at auction this week
17 February 2020With estimates from £100-1500, here are five previews of upcoming items this week.
Fishy Pelham footman puppet pulls the strings at Hansons
17 February 2020The Fish Footman puppet is among the most sought after of the entire back catalogue of Pelham Puppets.
Headlamps go for glamour at West Sussex sale
17 February 2020According to patent documents dated February 1928, Woodlite headlamps invented by a William G Woods of Los Angeles were said to give the driver better illumination of distant objects ahead.
Elizabethan beer jug, Irish chess set, Iron ‘witch's bridle’ – six auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes
14 February 2020ATG’s weekly selection of hammer highlights this week includes a Victorian iron head mask known as a gossip's bridle or witch's bridle that sold in Essex.