Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Omnibus driver staged brave blaze rescue
07 August 2023A privately produced Victorian silver bravery medal proved hugely popular when offered at Noonans (24% buyer’s premium) on June 21.
Extraordinary 18th century pannier dress stars in our pick of five auction highlights
04 August 2023ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes an ornate 5ft wide pannier dress that made five times estimate in Gloucestershire.
Museum of life in East Germany comes to auction
03 August 2023The entire inventory of a museum devoted to life in East Germany will be auctioned by Historia Auctionata in Berlin on August 26.
A Napoleonic prisoner-of-war ship model is among five lots to watch
31 July 2023With estimates from £300, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Stunning Suzanne Belperron brooch stars in our pick of five auction highlights
28 July 2023ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a diamond flower brooch by Suzanne Belperron (1900-83) that made over five times estimate in Yorkshire.
Australian demand lifts Edmund Edgar miniature to five times estimate in Oxford auction
27 July 2023Edmund Edgar (c.1804-54) worked as a house painter, engraver and lithographer in London. And life may have stayed that way had he not been apprehended by a constable in Lisson Grove, Marylebone on the morning of September 12, 1825, in possession of a bag of silver, watches, jewellery and fine linen.
Darwin notes reveal evolution of a book
24 July 2023Christie’s Books and Manuscripts sale on July 12 included a remarkable copy of 'Insectivorous Plants' by Charles Darwin (1809-82).
A rare Minton boar’s head tureen is among five lots to watch
24 July 2023With estimates from £120, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Signs sales signal a robust market
24 July 2023Born into a Jewish Orthodox family in Brooklyn, New York, Seymour Stein (1943-2023) discovered his love of pop music early on, listening to records and memorising Billboard magazine’s charts.
‘Ferris wheel’ timepiece turns heads
24 July 2023This ‘ferris wheel’ timepiece, thermometer and barometer compendium is a novel type that was first made in France in the last quarter of the 19th century.
Racing pics in the running once again
24 July 2023There was a time when historic racing pictures by a top name might have been priced close to six figures.
From chocolate and tea to tyres and petrol: a promotional selection of results
24 July 2023Recent advertising highlights from UK sales and an Italian auction
Meat and greet: butcher’s slabs display collecting popularity
24 July 2023Victorian and Edwardian pottery butcher’s slabs made to display lard, butter and margarine are relatively frequent visitors to UK salerooms.
Ian Botham’s World Cup shirt stars in our pick of six auction highlights
21 July 2023ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes memorabilia from the collection of Sir Ian Botham sold at Knight's Auctioneers.
That’s the Wade to go: rare figure sets auction record for pottery factory
17 July 2023A new auction record for the Wade factory was set by Potteries Auctions in Stoke-on-Trent when this monumental 3ft 10in (1.15m) high figure made for the 1951 Festival of Britain sold at £4200.
Egyptian relic ‘from Akhenaten’s tomb’ is full of life in London auction
17 July 2023A fragmentary shabti with a cartouche for the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten proved a highlight of Bonhams’ latest Antiquities sale.
Viking artefacts found in a field are among five lots to watch
17 July 2023With estimates from £1000, here are five previews of upcoming items.
Buffa and Anzani rarity emerges
17 July 2023Among the most popular lots in the Guinevere: 60 Years on the King’s Road sale was this rare Italian marquetery, vellum and bronze sideboard.