Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Pick of the Week: Yongzheng dish serves £230,000
09 October 2017Hansons Auctioneers in Etwall, Derbyshire sold a Yongzheng (1723-35) mark and period dish for £230,000 (plus premium) on September 29.
Chinese records fall across Hong Kong series
09 October 2017Sotheby’s Hong Kong autumn series posted benchmark sums in two Chinese works of art categories. Records were broken for both ceramics and carved jade.
Auction record for British five-pound coin at £340,000
04 October 2017Baldwin’s of St James’s set a new record for a British five pounds piece when a “good, extremely fine” example of the 1839 ‘Una and the Lion’ five pounds coin took £340,000.
Pick of the Week: Marvellous Maltese marquetry at Gloucestershire auction
02 October 2017Maltese furniture commands a premium – and not simply because it appeals to a committed group of island collectors.
Sale of ‘lifetime’s passion’ as huge collection of Channel Islands silver heads to auction
02 October 2017Martel Maides in St Peter Port, Guernsey will sell a massive collection of Channel Islands silver on October 18, writes Roland Arkell.
Italy reaches compromise on export regulations
02 October 2017Italy has approved new laws relaxing the country’s art export regulations.
Trade gears up for Chippendale anniversary
02 October 2017Dealers in English furniture are putting their weight behind events in 2018 marking the life of Britain’s most famous furniture maker, designer and entrepreneur, Thomas Chippendale (1718-79).
Dated armorial Bow mug proves £18,000 treasure
02 October 2017Documentary pieces of early English porcelain always command a premium.
Outsiders come for sale in Newcastle
02 October 2017One of the UK’s largest collections of Outsider art will to be offered for sale at Newcastle auctioneers, Anderson & Garland on October 18.
Profile: Paul Moss of London dealer Sydney L Moss
27 September 2017Paul Moss chose an unorthodox route to move the family firm into its second century. Here he discusses his passion for ‘great’ Asian art, the ebbs and flows of the market and succession planning.
Saleroom selection of stand-out Asian art lots
27 September 2017Traditional tastes and newer trends were in evidence at auctions in London, the regions and overseas during the past 12 months. Here ATG selects its hammer highlights...
Asian Art – the state of the nations
27 September 2017The market for Asian art shifts from season to season, with the supply of blue-chip wares a constant issue. Here we look at current trends, including the emergence of a more selective buyer, and predict the fortunes of the market’s core collecting areas.
Huge Outsider art collection comes to auction in Newcastle
26 September 2017One of the UK’s largest collections of Outsider art will to be offered for sale at Newcastle auctioneers, Anderson & Garland next month.
Trade in US back in business after hurricanes Irma and Harvey
25 September 2017The antiques trade in the southern states of America is back in business following the upheavals of hurricanes Irma and Harvey.
A treasure of the Elizabethan Silk Road – Chinese bowl with 17th century English mounts
25 September 2017Some of the very first pieces of Chinese porcelain to arrive in Elizabethan Britain were mounted in silver-gilt to proclaim their luxury status.
Windows into the life of Henry Holiday – and accountants
25 September 2017The Institute of Charted Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW) has acquired a set of four Henry Holiday stained glass windows from Mayfair dealer Sinai & Sons.
Love of US history maintains pockets of market strength
25 September 2017America’s love affair with history shows no signs of coming to an end.
Altered States – The regional market in the US
25 September 2017In a market subject to the vagaries of collecting fashion, success is hard-earned for America’s leading regional salerooms.
Pick of the Week: Jewels fit for a cultured gent
25 September 2017This late 19th century necklace offered by Peter Wilson's latest sale in Nantwich is a spectacular example of Grand Tour jewellery. Most Georgian or Victorian gentlemen keen to display an appreciation of classical art were satisfied to purchase just one or two hardstone intaglios as a souvenir.
Maori artefacts with 180-year history
25 September 2017A collection of Maori artefacts with an unbroken provenance dating back to their acquisition by early English missionaries to New Zealand will be offered at John Nicholson’s of Fernhurst on October 5.