Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Summer sales preview: Lots on the way
19 June 2023A look ahead to some of the many stand-out items on offer at auctions this summer
People power: portraits become focus of dealer events
19 June 2023With the National Portrait Gallery about to reopen, ATG takes a look at exhibition and auctions on the theme
Top-selling Japanese cloisonné vase stars in our pick of five auction highlights
16 June 2023Our weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a fine example of Meiji cloisonné by Namikawa Yasuyuki that made over three times estimate in West Sussex.
Painting of a fire of London – but not the great one – comes to auction
12 June 2023A sale of Old Masters, British & European Art at Chorley’s in Gloucestershire on June 27 includes this 17th century English School painting depicting the burning of London Bridge.
Second Gonsalvus portrait now emerges
12 June 2023A previously unrecorded second version of Lavinia Fontana’s Mannerist portrait of Antonietta Gonsalvus has sold in France for a record €1.25m (£1.1m).
Doulton Lambeth bear model is among five lots to watch
12 June 2023With estimates from £2000, here are five previews of upcoming items.
Davenport comes with a tuneful twist
12 June 2023A musical ‘captain’s desk’ davenport sold for £9500 at Tennants’ (22% buyer’s premium) Scientific and Musical Instruments sale in Leyburn on May 17.
‘Unrecorded and possibly unique’ Arita porcelain adds up to £54,000
12 June 2023The first recorded order for Arita porcelain by the Dutch East India Company (VOC) is dated 1653.
JS spells out work of portrait miniature master John Smart
12 June 2023Although catalogued simply as an 18th century English School miniature, this portrait of an Indian prince is discretely signed and dated JS 1793.
Market fresh breeze blows through Scottish saleroom
12 June 2023Trio of collections is offered in Perth auction with estimates pitched to entice bidders
Kangxi blue and white delight in Essex
12 June 2023The Qing hexagonal form blue and white jardinière shown here is a type used to grow flowers or bonsai at the Qing court.
Rare print of an early British tennis tournament stars in our pick of five auction highlights
09 June 2023ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare print of one of the first British tennis tournaments that took more than 26-times estimate at auction.
Symbol of a Victorian secret society emerges at Norfolk auction
05 June 2023Oscar Wilde and Lord Alfred Douglas were probably members. So too Charles Robert Ashbee.
Sèvres vase sells for nearly £90,000 in Oz
05 June 2023Made in 1762 at the cusp of the vogue for rococo and neo-classicism, this 15in (44cm) high Sèvres vase combines elements of both styles.
Splendid Hoffman Palais Stoclet service on offer at auction
05 June 2023Woolley & Wallis is selling elements of a silver and malachite table service designed by Josef Hoffman for the Palais Stoclet in Brussels.
George I bookcase is among six lots to watch
05 June 2023With estimates from £200, here are six previews of upcoming items.
Lowry depicts street life in pastels
05 June 2023The 1947 Street Scene with Figures by LS Lowry (1887-1976) is the earliest work so far to appear on the market from a group of vibrant figurative pastels.
Georgian necklace evokes family memories
05 June 2023A necklace composed of nine ‘Stuart crystal’ memorial slides comes for sale at Sworders’ auction of Fine Jewellery and Watches on June 27.
Floral swags and pear-shaped drops on offer
05 June 2023Featuring in the June 22 Jewellery, Watches Silver auction at Dawsons in Maidenhead is this late Victorian diamond garland necklace.