Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Buyers give warm reception to winter Holliday dispersal at Sworders
21 January 2019A single-owner collection, including significant works from the Modern British canon, sold for £541,200 at Sworders in Stansted Mountfitchet last week.
Eight auction highlights from 2018 in the UK and Ireland
21 January 2019A selection of eight top items sold at regional salerooms who reported hammer totals for ATG's annual round-up of the auction market for 2018.
Bonhams focuses on contemporary and online with new hires
21 January 2019Bonhams has made a trio of hires as contemporary art and digital growth become a focus for the auction house following the purchase by private equity group Epiris in September.
Another good day on the tiles for De Morgan
21 January 2019The British Art Pottery sales at Woolley & Wallis have posted some remarkable sums for single William De Morgan tiles.
Certified vintage video games make debut at Heritage Auctions
19 January 2019Following on from new-found nostalgia for toys and games of their youth, collectors tempted by fond memories for often Star Wars and Lego are now moving on to vintage video games.
What lots caught bidders’ eyes in the last week? Five auction highlights including a George I walnut chest
18 January 2019ATG’s selection of hammer highlights over the past week include a George I walnut chest with some appealing decoration and a bronze sculpture of a golden eagle by Dame Elisabeth Frink.
Six remarkable objects from the collection of Anne and Frederick Vogel III at auction this weekend
17 January 2019The collection of Anne and Frederick Vogel III – for sale at Sotheby’s New York on Saturday – includes not just a stellar array of early American furniture but also a remarkable collection of early English delftware, metalwork, textiles and related vernacular works of art.
Movers and shakers: the latest arts and antiques appointments including at Bonhams in London and at Christie’s France
15 January 2019A trio of hires for Bonhams as contemporary art and digital growth become a focus for the auction house following the purchase by private equity group Epiris in September 2018.
Monumental Meiji vase 'rediscovered' in a Californian restaurant comes to auction
14 January 2019For over a century, a monumental 8ft (2.44m) high Meiji cloisonné vase provided the focal point to one of the San Francisco Bay Area’s oldest restaurants.
Auction house Keys plans for future after split from parent company
14 January 2019Norfolk auction house Keys has marked the end of its 65th year in business by gaining independence from its estate agency parent company.
Twin touches of early glass shine in the regions
14 January 2019Serendipity had it that two important, but scantily catalogued, lots of European glass emerged for sale in the south of England in early January.
Pick of the week: Buyer does give a hoot for splendid Athenian coin
14 January 2019The Athenian silver dekadrachm c.469/465-460BC is among the ancient world’s most celebrated coins – and a splendid example appeared for sale in New York last week.
Meissen sea goddess figure group at Leslie Hindman leads selection of US auction highlights
14 January 2019A late 19th century Meissen figure group offered at Leslie Hindman in Chicago features in ATG's selection of auction highlights in the US this winter.
Florida fairs: Sunshine State finds stability
14 January 2019The closure of south Florida’s primary exhibition venue for a two-year, $615m refurbishment threw the annual winter pilgrimage to the Sunshine State into flux. Perhaps, now that works at the Miami Beach Convention Center are largely complete, 2019 will be a little more straightforward.
What lots caught bidders’ eyes in the last week? Five auction highlights including a Beatles poster and a bronze of Hercules
11 January 2019ATG’s selection of hammer highlights over the past week include ancient coins and sentimental needlework from around the regional auction houses.
More of ‘America’s first porcelain’ surfaces in UK
07 January 2019A previously unrecorded teabowl and saucer attributed to a pioneering American porcelain factory is expected to bring a six-figure sum when offered for sale in Salisbury next month.
Pick of the week: US celebration of English silver on New Year’s Day
07 January 2019Auctions on New Year’s Day are a tradition in regional North America. The sale at Nadeau’s in Windsor, Connecticut, on the first day of 2019 included a collection of 17th and 18th century English silver that had been given to Yale University in 1896 in memory of a former alumnus, the Pennsylvania coal baron James Browne Neale.
What lots caught bidders’ eyes in the last fortnight? Five auction highlights including a Liverpool delft soup bowl
04 January 2019ATG’s selection of hammer highlights over the past week includes a Liverpool delft soup bowl with a battle scene showing the famous capture of Porto Bello by the British in 1739.
Five predictions for the art and antiques market in 2019
31 December 2018What will happen to the art and antiques market in 2019 and what are the key factors at play affecting collectors, dealers and auctioneers? ATG looks ahead and makes five predictions for the next 12 months.
The year of the Dragon – Chinese bronze sculpture could be Summer Palace discovery
21 December 2018Did the final days of 2018 provide the year’s greatest discovery? Bidders who pursued a bronze dragon head from €20,000 to €2.4m (£2.2m) at the Drouot in Paris on December 17 certainly thought so.