Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Set sail and roll out the seven barrels
28 November 2022On account of its extraordinary appearance, the Nock seven-barrelled flintlock volley gun has become something of an icon of warfare in the Age of Sail.
Coin purse gives you bang for your buck
28 November 2022This Victorian purse gun was designed by Oscar Frankenau from Nuremberg and patented in both the UK and the US in 1876.
Lalique glass sails in as poster collector goes Forth
28 November 2022Lalique glass and Travel & Vintage Posters (conducted in partnership with specialist firm Tomkinson Churcher) were offered at a recent Lyon & Turnbull (26% buyer’s premium) auction at the Mall Galleries.
Summers finds his place in the sun
28 November 2022British Modernist designer’s inter-war plywood creations are now seen as pioneering works
Stroud pepperbox adds spice on home soil
28 November 2022The Stroud engineer Edwin Beard Budding (1796-1846) is considered the inventor of the lawnmower (1830) and the adjustable spanner (1842).
Case for the defence
28 November 2022Estimated at just £60-90, this English Civil War-era mortuary sword sold for £2300 at Unique Auctions (22.5% buyer’s premium) in Lincoln on October 22.
Previews: issue 2570
28 November 2022A selection of 14 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Maidens version of seven classic Crane vases
28 November 2022Walter Crane (1845-1915) designed seven red lustre vases for the Shropshire tile makers Maw & Co of Jackfield in 1889.
Arms & armour: A pick of Purdey
28 November 2022Chris Wynne dedicated his collecting energies to early guns by a London maker that became an international brand
Prince of Wales’ royal Tiffany gift stars in our pick of six auction highlights
25 November 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a Tiffany silver-gilt pepperette that was commissioned as royal gift in 1879.
Beswick shire horse gallops to an £11,300 top price
21 November 2022A record for Beswick pottery was set in Stoke-on-Trent this month when a rare variant of one of the factory’s best-known models sold for a five-figure sum.
Rare survivor: Sydney Cove medallion sells at Scottish sale
21 November 2022Wedgwood design was made from clay found when the First Fleet landed in Australia.
Sex appeal: Iranian erotic poem
21 November 2022Sixteenth century single folio manuscript displays orgiastic spree in graphic detail
Previews: issue 2569
21 November 2022A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Iranian incense burner helps to fuel ‘white glove’ sale
21 November 2022Chiswick Auctions (25% buyer’s premium) was another of the London salerooms that held a designated sale in Islamic week.
Magic posters from the estate of Paul Daniels are among five lots to watch
21 November 2022With estimates from £700, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Mirror reflects Hope design
21 November 2022Estimated at £800-1200, this Regency giltwood and ebonised convex wall mirror sold at £12,500 at Toovey’s (24.5% buyer’s premium) on November 3.
‘For Emperor John’ Lennon
21 November 2022This German brown leather and plated metal hip flask has the inscription 'Fur Kaiser John Zu Seinem Geburtstag 9. Okt 1960 Von Stu'.
Wells took steps to a varied career
21 November 2022A British subject born in Rio de Janeiro, Reginald Fairfax Wells (1877-1951) studied sculpture at the South Kensington School of Art in the 1890s and then studio pottery at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts.
Japanese artist’s great landscape prints star in our pick of five auction highlights
18 November 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a near complete set of prints by Utagawa Hiroshige with remarkable original colouring.