Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Delightful Danish characters from Royal Copenhagen dressed to impress
03 February 2025The Royal Copenhagen ‘Danish National Costumes’ series designed by sculptor and modeller Carl Martin-Hansen was produced between 1906-25.
Marvels come to the market including two large portrait plaques by a celebrated Limoges enameller
03 February 2025Paris auction staged at the Drouot centre offered a richly varied and valuable range of lots
‘Unrivalled’ collection of saltglaze stonewares to be sold at BBR without reserve
29 January 2025A very fine collection of saltglaze stonewares is coming for sale at BBR Auctions in Elsecar, North Yorkshire.
Pick of the Week: Souvenir seized from George IV coronation feast
27 January 2025Even when set against the standards of royal pageantry, the crowning of George IV at Westminster Abbey on July 19, 1821, was a lavish affair.
New event proposed to fill the hole left by London Art Week
27 January 2025Plans are being drawn up for a marketing initiative designed to replace London Art Week (LAW), the yearly festival of traditional art that folded at the end of 2024.
Welby porcelain collection up for sale at Woolley & Wallis
27 January 2025On February 6 Woolley & Wallis is selling the Sir Bruno Welby collection of European porcelain. Estimates across 350 lots cover an affordable range from £50 to £2500 with the group as a whole expected to fetch around £100,000.
Assembled with care: the sumptuous Zilkha collection comes to auction
27 January 2025Sale of Kunstkammer items amassed by the founder of Mothercare will bring English and Continental silver and furniture in the princely tradition to the rostrum
Cubist design with a difference
27 January 2025The Leicester engineer Robert Crawford Johnson (1882-1937) registered the design for the cube teapot in 1916.
Chess bidders make moves for early Staunton set and medieval piece
27 January 2025Full array sells for £26,000 while single lot hammers at £6500 as enthusiasts compete in salerooms
Jumbo tribute to a retiring colleague
27 January 2025The silver sale at Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury on February 4-5 includes this Indian silver inkstand by Hamilton & Co.
Thomas Bardwell views of Cheshire estate sell for £150,000 at Dreweatts
23 January 2025A striking example of English country house portraiture, commissioned to record architectural changes to a Cheshire family seat in the mid 18th century, has sold for £150,000 (plus premium).
Bohemian banker danced with joy when buying art
20 January 2025Lyon & Turnbull sold the collection of the banker and financier Bernard Kelly (1930-2022) at The Mall Galleries in London on January 15.
The last hurrah: Sworders to offer dealer’s stock without reserve as Guinevere Antiques finally closes
20 January 2025After 61 years on the King’s Road, Guinevere Antiques shut its doors for the last time at Christmas.
Extraordinary late imperial Russian enamels on offer in US saleroom
20 January 2025Market for imperial Russian works of art appears to have shifted to US given global circumstances
Fijian collection came from missionary Miss Tookey
20 January 2025The core of the December 10 Out of Europe sale at the Cardiff rooms of Rogers Jones (22% buyer’s premium) was formed by the collection of Miss Annie Elizabeth Tookey.
Joshua Reynolds portrait leads sale of banker Bernard Kelly’s collection
17 January 2025Lyon & Turnbull sold the collection of the banker and financier Bernard Kelly (1930-2022) at The Mall Galleries in London on January 15.
Long-lost Cartier Egyptian revival jewel emerges at Salisbury auction
15 January 2025A long-lost Cartier Egyptian revival jewel, previously known from an advert in ‘The Illustrated London News’, has been rediscovered.
Collection of Barbara Hepworth drawings and working notes sells at Chiswick Auctions
15 January 2025An archive of annotated sketches and correspondence showing the working methods of sculptor Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975) sold for £20,000 at the end of last year.