Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Kentian table takes remarkable six-figure result
12 May 2025A sleepy Kentian table from a home in Connecticut was awoken by a sensational sum in late April.
Pick of the Week: Indian-English bureau flies at auction
12 May 2025Standing 3ft (91cm) high, this miniature rosewood and ivory bureau cabinet illustrates the successful fusion of Indian decoration to English form achieved by artisans working in the port of Vizagapatam in the 18th century.
De Ribera work emerges from rural Swedish shed
12 May 2025Stockholms Auktionsverk believes it has discovered a previously unknown oil by Spanish Baroque artist Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652).
When France gave up Guadeloupe
12 May 2025The British invasions of the island of Guadeloupe during the Seven Years’ War was part of William Pitt’s plan to attack the French wherever they could.
Cuneo covers Second World War German surrender - from a photo
12 May 2025A painting by Terence Cuneo (1907-96) depicting the German surrender at Lüneburg Heath in the Second World War has sold for £60,000 at Sworders (25% buyer’s premium).
Toulouse-Lautrec doodles show talent
12 May 2025A Latin to French dictionary that belonged to Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec was among the highlights a recent sale of Rare Books, Autographs & Maps at Doyle New York (28/27% buyer’s premium).
Spirited performances for books at German auction
12 May 2025ATG takes a look at some stand-out lots sold recently at an auction in Berlin
Rediscovered Nazarene work revealed to be Overbeck
12 May 2025A previously lost and unpublished work by Johann Friedrich Overbeck (1789- 1869) sold for €104,000 (£87,000) as part of the latest Tajan (26% buyer’s premium) Old Master Paintings and Drawings sale.
Key text by Locke takes $120,000
12 May 2025A recent Freeman’s Hindman (28/27% buyer’s premium) sale in Chicago included a first edition of John Locke’s foundational text on civil society and the nature of government 'Two Treatises of Government….'
Our selection of upcoming books and works on paper auction previews
12 May 2025Stand-out lots from Shakespeare to Sendak, Marie-Antoinette to Mary Queen of Scots, Gill to Waugh and Turing to Buffalo Bill
Sotheby’s halts sale of Piprahwa Gems after protest from Indian government
07 May 2025Following opposition from the Indian state, Sotheby's took the 11th hour decision to cancel a Hong Kong auction of a collection of relics linked to the historical Buddha.
Shipshape teapot: Wedgwood commemorative surfaces in the saleroom
05 May 2025This Wedgwood creamware tea or punch pot commemorating the launch of a gun ship at Deptford in 1784 was among 29 lots from the collection of The Worshipful Company of Shipwrights sold by specialist Charles Miller.
Already got Mantel’s Mirror and the Light? Now you can have her desk too
05 May 2025Among the attractions at this year’s Firsts: London’s Rare Book Fair on May 15-18 is the desk upon which Hilary Mantel wrote her celebrated Wolf Hall trilogy.
Print shows British delight at American woes
05 May 2025The etching 'A View in America in 1778' is a satire on the progress of the American Revolution.
Need ointment for your ‘emrods’? Why early remedy books help in the modern day
05 May 2025With crossover interest to several collecting disciplines, early manuscript recipe and remedy books continue to thrive at auction.
Printed catalogues retain their charm for book buyers
05 May 2025It’s probably no surprise that, even in the days of digital first, printed catalogues are still loved by rare book collectors.
‘Featherie’ golf balls: ideal to score a birdie?
05 May 2025An early leather-bound feather golf ball consigned for sale from a house move in Old Woking in Surrey comes for sale at John Nicholson’s in Haslemere on May 14.
Asian Art: Previews of lots from 16 upcoming auctions
05 May 2025There is no doubt that the Asian art auction market in London’s major salerooms is feeling the squeeze.