Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Treen that’s all it’s cracked up to be
25 April 2022A Queen Anne treen nutcracker proved popular at auction.
Previews: issue 2540
25 April 2022A selection of 10 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Indian pieces including jewellery owned by the mother of the Maharajah Duleep Singh attract bids at Bonhams
25 April 2022The Islamic and Indian Art sale at Bonhams (27.5/25/20/14.5% buyer’s premium) on March 29 was topped by a diamond and emerald set gold pendant from the collection of Maharani Jindan Kaur (1817-63).
Judge Gary’s celebrated service creates a stir
25 April 2022The March 30-31 sale at Bellmans (22% buyer’s premium) in Wisborough Green included three pieces from the Royal Crown Derby Judge Gary service.
Seven-foot pole club stretches well beyond estimate to £38,000
25 April 2022Carved from the heart of the toa or ironwood tree, long pole clubs with scalloped blades (akatara) are associated with Rarotonga and Atiu on the Cook Islands.
Probable souvenir of earl’s Grand Tour at Summers Place Auctions
25 April 2022Estimated at £25,000-40,000, this 15th century Istrian marble wellhead in the late Gothic style sold for £110,000 at Summers Place Auctions (25/20% buyer’s premium) in West Sussex on March 29.
Heal’s oak furniture purchased new in the 1930s
25 April 2022On April 9, Chilcotts (21% buyer’s premium) in Honiton, Devon, offered 25 lots of Heal’s limed oak furniture from a single property.
Carved nutcracker from 1706 stars in our pick of five auction highlights
22 April 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare 18th century fruitwood nutcracker carved as a standing figure that tripled estimate in North Yorkshire.
Let there be light and music – two sales from well-known dealers come to auction this week
19 April 2022Items from Pimlico Road dealer Christopher Butterworth and LAPADA dealer Tony Bingham are coming to auction in London and Essex.
Museums target Cook discoveries at Sloane Street Auctions
18 April 2022A previously unrecorded family archive relating to Richard Grindall (1751-1820), an able seaman aboard Cook’s Second Voyage, surfaced for sale in London last week with spectacular results.
An Arts & Crafts light fitting and a Michael Caine poster are among five lots to watch this week
18 April 2022With estimates from £300-12,000, here are five previews of upcoming items.
The Sassoon family in photographs
18 April 2022The Modern British Art sale at Woolley & Wallis on May 31 offers family photographs that come by descent from the war poet Siegfried Sassoon (1886-1967).
Tooth be told on toadstones
18 April 2022Toadstones are understood to be the button-like palatal teeth of lepidotes, an extinct genus of ray finned fish from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods.
Pick of the week: Poniatowski fakes gained real appeal
18 April 2022The story of the Poniatowski gems provided one of the great art scandals of its day.
Julia Margaret Cameron – known and unknown images on offer
18 April 2022The 19th & 20th Century Photography sale at Dominic Winter on May 18 includes several works by Julia Margaret Cameron (1815-79).
Lili Grenier: model, muse and friend in pictures at Paris auction
18 April 2022On June 13 the Paris auction house Millon is selling items from the collection of Lili Grenier, celebrated artist’s model and muse and friend of some of the most famous artists of the late 19th century including Edgar Degas and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
Back in focus: Historical photography and photographica in the spotlight at fairs
18 April 2022Two transatlantic spring fairs bring the twin collecting areas of historical photography and photographica into focus in the spring.
Fenton captures Cheltenham views
18 April 2022These two salt prints from waxed paper negatives by Roger Fenton (1819-69) carry an estimate of £1000-2000 at Cheffins in Cambridge on April 28.
Previews: issue 2539
18 April 2022A selection of eight upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
New viewing space in Old Sarum for Woolley & Wallis
18 April 2022Visitors to the Furniture, Works of Art and Clocks sale at Woolley & Wallis on March 31 were the first in the auction house’s new viewing gallery at the Castle Gate premises.