Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
William Morris writes a bedtime story
04 September 2026For the Bed at Kelmscott was written by William Morris in 1891 as an ode to the oak four-poster at his country home in the Thames Valley.
Another Annan photographic record of Glasgow appears
04 September 2026Thomas Annan’s Photographs of The Old Closes and Streets of Glasgow is the earliest and most famous photographic record of the city’s slums.
Christmas comes early in California as Dickens’ carols tune in at auction
04 September 2026Full set of seasonal series from the 1840s stars as Californian collection of literature comes for sale in US
Scarce Easter Island carving bought for £100 takes £60,000 at auction
28 August 2026A rare Easter Island pectoral ornament bought at auction earlier this year for under £100 sold for £60,000 at an online sale held by Salisbury’s Woolley & Wallis on August 20.
Compendium clinches £15,000 as gold prices pick up
28 August 2026This 9ct gold pocket compendium with hallmarks for Alfred Dunhill & Sons, London, 1950, hammered at the lower end of a £15,000-20,000 estimate at Fellows in Birmingham on August 21.
Crescent mark stirs up bidding on liner teapot
21 August 2026An Edwardian ‘Regent Plate’ teapot by the Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company of London sold to a UK bidder for £4300 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) at Adam Partridge in Liverpool.
Egyptian antiquities emerge in London
21 August 2026A small collection of Egyptian antiquities comes for sale at Catherine Southon in Chislehurst, south-east London, on September 9.
Necklace gifted from artist Sir David Young Cameron to his wife
21 August 2026This fine mother of pearl, citrine and chalcedony Arts & Crafts necklace was a gift from the Scottish artist Sir David Young Cameron (1865-1945) to his wife Jeanie on Christmas Day 1911.
Four Clarice Cliff Age of Jazz classics dance, play and sing into auction action
21 August 2026The Age of Jazz figures issued in 1930 are among the most desirable of all Clarice Cliff models.
Tempting tazze courtesy of maker Ker take £16,000
21 August 2026Estimated at £10,000-15,000, a pair of Scottish Queen Anne tazze hammered for £16,000 at Dawsons (27.5% buyer’s premium) in Maidenhead, Berkshire on July 23.
Watch was sold after princesses took their pick from Queen Charlotte's possessions
21 August 2026This Regency open-faced pocket watch tells an interesting story.
William and Mary Delftware vases attract interest in US auction
21 August 2026The heyday of Dutch and English tinglazed earthenwares coincided with the reign of William and Mary.
Isfahan to Islington: tiles ended up with ‘almost legendary’ dealer Jack Webb
21 August 2026Safavid examples from the north London dealer's collection find their latest homes after palace demolition
Zoffoli cast of the Farnese Hercules found in a box under the stairs steps up to £12,000 hammer
21 August 2026Giacomo Zoffoli (c.1731-85) and his younger brother Giovanni (c.1745-1805) ran a highly successful workshop in Rome, specialising in the bronze casting of reproductions of antique originals.
‘The discovery of a lifetime’: taxidermy ‘fox head’ turns out to be extinct Tasmanian rarity
18 August 2026A taxidermy ‘fox head’ bought in an antiques market for just £50 has been described as ‘the discovery of a lifetime’ after fetching £50,000 at an auction near Bristol.
Spate of recent thefts from antiques shops and centres
18 August 2026A string of thefts from antiques shops in the Thames Valley, Northamptonshire and Nottinghamshire has led to fears more traders could be targeted.
Lowry print market given a fresh kick with new auction record
14 August 2026The auction record for a print by LS Lowry has crept higher.