Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Pop music guru’s brewery signs star in our pick of six auction highlights
07 July 2023ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a group of classic slate brewery signs that made 20 times estimate in West Sussex.
Great price? Of corset is
03 July 2023Underwear soars above estimate at a Richard Winterton auction
An Anglo-Saxon gold and garnet artefact is among six lots to watch
03 July 2023With estimates from £2000, here are six previews of upcoming items.
Opera is a big deal in a playing cards selection
03 July 2023Another tranche of items from the Dudley Ollis collection of playing cards was offered at a recent Dominic Winter auction.
Pedigree wall clock in need of a bit of TLC
03 July 2023Needing work but with an impeccable pedigree, this striking drop-dial wall clock topped the day at Bellmans (25% buyer’s premium).
Masterful Meiji vase by Namikawa Yasuyuki offered in Sussex
03 July 2023The June 8 sale at Toovey’s (24.5% buyer’s premium) in Washington, West Sussex included a fine example of Meiji cloisonné by Namikawa Yasuyuki (1845-1927).
Devlin, Ramsden and Carr shine in single owner collection sales
03 July 2023Pieces from two single-owner collections of silver by Stuart Devlin (1931-2018) and the partnership of Omar Ramsden (1873-1939) and Alwyn Carr (1872-1940) focused specialist eyes on Murray’s (20% buyer’s premium) in Douglas, Isle of Man.
Famous Georgian beauty depicted on numerous occasions emerges again
03 July 2023Signed and dated 'T Beach Pinxt 1793', this portrait depicts the famous Georgian beauty Anne Templar, Lady de la Pole (1758-1832).
Norwich secular silver survives to make it to auction
03 July 2023Sworders’ (25% buyer’s premium) June 13-14 Fine Interiors sale included a collection of Norwich 17th century silver assembled by one of East Anglia’s best-known families.
Victorian rowing memorabilia stars in our pick of five auction highlights
30 June 2023ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes Victorian rowing memorabilia that took five-times estimate.
Brutus Eid Mar denarius sets record for any coin sold in Scandinavia
26 June 2023A Brutus Eid Mar-type silver denarius, struck shortly after the murder of Julius Caesar, has become the most expensive numismatic object ever sold at auction in Scandinavia.
Silver Tompion strikes a good note on Treasure House first day
26 June 2023Among the busiest stands on the opening day of The Treasure House Fair that ran at the Chelsea Hospital site from June 22-26 was that of horology dealership Carter Marsh.
Hoffman and Stoclet prove the perfect partnership at auction
26 June 2023Elements of an avant garde silver and malachite table service designed by Josef Hoffman for the Palais Stoclet in Brussels sold to a single buyer for £505,000 (£636,300 including 26% buyer’s premium).
Painting of London Bridge burning is among five lots to watch
26 June 2023With estimates from £100, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Adler led avant garde into the British art world
26 June 2023Refugee artist provided first-hand experience of cutting edge style
Book covers tokens of his affection
26 June 2023BADA dealer Timothy Millett, a specialist in historical medals and related works of art, has been collecting ‘defaced’ coins and tokens for many years. He first saw one as a teenager when working at the venerable London firm AH Baldwin in the late 1970s.
From Bombay to Crackpot Farm
26 June 2023Widely varying plans outlining a faraway harbour and a slice of rural Yorkshire bring saleroom surprises
15th century sapphire ring found by metal detectorist stars in our pick of five auction highlights
23 June 2023ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a 15th century gold and sapphire ring unearthed near a medieval nunnery that more than doubled its estimate.