Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Six lots to watch at auction this week including a Fabergé brooch, a Gustavsberg pottery tabby cat and a Scottish colourist picture
02 December 2019With estimates from £400-£100,000, here are six previews of upcoming sales this week.
Eleven early Christmas Carols stored in a garage
02 December 2019Although Charles Dickens is often credited with creating the ‘modern’ Christmas, some of the recognition should go to John Leech.
Positive thoughts in the bleak Van Diemen’s Land
02 December 2019This rare sampler, just 6in (15cm) across, was completed by a girl from the Queens Orphan School in Van Diemen’s Land (the island of Tasmania) in 1838.
Dracula lobby card once owned by Bela Lugosi sells for six-figures in Dallas auction
29 November 2019A lobby card for the 1931 classic horror movie Dracula, once owned by the film’s lead actor Bela Lugosi, sold for a hammer price of $160,000 (£123,000) at Heritage Auction’s Movie Poster sale in Dallas.
Chinese mantel clock, Rembrandt etching and Roman-Jewish bronze ring – five auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes
29 November 2019ATG’s selection of hammer highlights this week includes a rare Roman-Jewish bronze ring that made over 30-times estimate.
Pick of the week: Star role for George Woodall cameo appearance at Bonhams
25 November 2019A vase by the great cameo glass artist George Woodall (1850-1925) was offered at auction for the first time at Bonhams’ sale of Fine Glass and British Ceramics last week.
Pendant is a cut above the rest on paper
25 November 2019This rare late-17th century 4in (9.5cm) devotional pendant displays the craft of 'scherenschnitte' (scissor cuts).
Five lots to watch at auction this week including a taxidermy display, ancient Roman pottery and a Sèvres cup and saucer
25 November 2019With estimates from £180-4000, here are five previews of upcoming sales this week.
High society portrait, 19th century sketch books and an oak chair owned by Elisabeth Frink – five auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes in the last week
22 November 2019ATG’s selection of hammer highlights this week includes an oak chair from the collection of Dame Elisabeth Frink that made over 12-times estimate.
Auction record for Star Wars toy set in US with sale of rocket-firing Boba Fett figure
20 November 2019A new record for any Star Wars toy has been set in the US with the appearance at auction of a rare prototype action figure - the J-slot rocket-firing Boba Fett.
Yorkshire’s Brontë Parsonage Museum secures rare manuscript at Paris auction
18 November 2019The Brontë Parsonage Museum has secured an 1830 autograph miniature manuscript by a 14-year-old Charlotte Brontë (1816-55) that was auctioned at Aguttes in Paris.