Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Secessionist silver flower baskets by Josef Hoffmann are among five lots to watch
20 November 2023With estimates from £300, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Bulgari heads Notting Hill luxury week auction
20 November 2023Signed jewels by contemporary and historic makers come to auction as part of Elmwood’s first ‘Winter Luxury Week’.
Rolex for the Japanese market comes to London auction
20 November 2023This rare Rolex reference 6238 was one made for the Japanese market in 1965.
The draw of a great sapphire and a great atelier
20 November 2023Kashmir sapphires have acquired a near-legendary status, due to their lustrous cornflower colour, soft velvety texture and extreme rarity.
Books and works on paper previews including a rare 19th century travel album
20 November 2023The Antiquarian Book auction at Bearnes Hampton & Littlewood includes a travel album titled The Ramblings and Adventures of an Indian Officer.
Mid Century art and design show market strengths in upstate New York sale
20 November 2023Line Vautrin (1913-97) began her career selling her cast metal jewellery door-to-door.
Antique and vintage jewels and watches on a budget
20 November 2023A selection of antique and vintage jewels and watches on a £500 budget that are perfect for gift giving this season
Drawing conclusions on jeweller Templier at auction
20 November 2023Raymond Templier (1891-1968) came from a traditional Parisian jewellery family but became one of a small group of designers dubbed ‘bijoutiers-artistes’ or artist jewellers.
Hardman jewel with a Pugin connection
20 November 2023This gothic revival gold and enamel 'artist's jewel' made by the Birmingham metalworkers Hardman and Co is very similar to one given by architect Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin (1812-52) to his third wife Jane Knill.
Imperial power told through a £110,000 hardwood chest
20 November 2023A Chinese ‘dragon’ box fashioned in the prized Asian wood zitan sold for £110,000 at Sworders (25% buyer’s premium) on November 3.
Discovering Lalique’s lost wax
20 November 2023Lyon & Turnbull’s (26/25/20% buyer's premium) Lalique sale in London included six of the rare pieces made using the cire perdue technique.
Doat’s exhibition vase the pick of Kovel collection
20 November 2023On November 1, Rago and Toomey & Co in Lambertville, New Jersey sold property from the “duke and duchess of the North American antiques world”, Ralph and Terry Kovel. In the US, the Kovels are renowned as authors and experts who published over 100 books on collecting.
Yul Brynner behind the lens at auction in Vienna
20 November 2023Spanning two sessions at Leitz Photographica in Vienna on November 24-25 are consignments from the personal collection of the late Yul Brynner (1920-1985) via his daughter Victoria.
Chaumet’s ‘floating laurel leaves’ bring £240,000
20 November 2023Bonhams’ London Jewels sale on September 21 was topped by this Chaumet diamond necklace.
A trio of works by the brilliant Burges
20 November 2023Jade censer modified by the architect-designer for his own enjoyment returns to auction in Edinburgh
Silver: Cutting the mustard
20 November 2023The forthcoming sale of a collection of around 100 silver mustard pots in Newcastle highlights the connection between the northeast and the rise of the commercial trade in English mustard
New scholarship pays off for teapots
20 November 2023Chiswick Auctions’ most successful silver sale to date on October 11 included a George II teapot of American colonial interest.
Robert De Niro’s ‘Godfather’ suit stars in our pick of five auction highlights
17 November 2023ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a suit worn by Robert De Niro in a famous scene from ‘The Godfather Part II’ that more than doubled estimate at an auction in Hertfordshire.
Massive prices for Massier majolica
13 November 2023Top prices set for majolica by the French Massier factory at auction in Belgium