Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Auction previews: issue 2484
15 March 2021A selection of fourteen upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Silver: Sale in Devon hots up with a Charles II brazier
15 March 2021Bolstered by a strong melt price of over £15 an ounce, domestic silver hollowwares and flatwares are selling strongly. However, it is the pieces of collectable value – novelties, provincial rarities and the work of the best Georgian, Regency and Victorian smiths – that continue to perform best in the market
Gold ring fitting for a de Vere
15 March 2021Metal detectorist’s discovery linked to flamboyant earl who was a favourite of Elizabeth I
Crewelwork from 1940s sells at 10-times estimate
15 March 2021Made using woollen yarns on a linen ground, crewelwork is most typically associated with England in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Neo-classical tea service stars in our latest pick of six auction highlights
12 March 2021ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a silver tea service made by two giants of the Regency era.
Pick of the week: Chieftain’s fashion statement is all the rage 2000 years later
08 March 2021This copper alloy and champleve enamel brooch would once have graced the chariot of an Iron Age chieftain.
Missing barometer brought back to life
08 March 2021A Surrey clockmaker has made a replica of a celebrated English barometer that is now lost.
A Lowry print and a Classical Revival ring are among the four lots to watch at auction
08 March 2021With estimates from £400-22,000 here are four previews of upcoming items this week.
Two electronic watches making three figures at auction
08 March 2021Introduced in 1960, the Bulova Accutron 214 was among the first commercially successful electronic watch.
Longines ‘Tuna can’ timepiece sold at Gardiner Houlgate
08 March 2021This rare 1940s Longines British military issue is appropriately nicknamed the ‘tuna can.’
Auction previews: issue 2483
08 March 2021A selection of eight upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Prototype Explorer that aimed for peak perfection
08 March 2021Rolex made the reference 6150 Oyster Perpetual Explorer for around two years after the 1953 Everest expedition. It is believed that Tensing Norgay wore a prototype of the watch, the first Explorer model to have the Mercedes hands, while completing the ascent.
Taste of adventure: Omega ‘Red Racing Dial’ Speedmaster emerges at Sotheby's
08 March 2021A recent Sotheby’s New York (26% buyer’s premium) sale included this rare ‘Red Racing Dial’ Speedmaster consigned by the original owner.
Asia Week New York: The gavel go-ahead
08 March 2021Auction houses are getting back to normal for this latest staging of the New York Asian art spotlight, although new import taxes are having an effect.
Oysterdate Monte Carlo makes £8500 at Bonhams
08 March 2021The Oysterdate Monte Carlo series were the first chronographs produced by Tudor.
Bonhams to conduct sale of stock from Chinese art dealership Roger Keverne
08 March 2021Bonhams is to auction the remaining stock of the long-established London Chinese art dealership Roger Keverne.
Grima and Omega – the About Time partnership
08 March 2021At the peak of his fame in the 1969, the Anglo-Italian jewellery designer Andrew Grima was invited by Omega to create what would become the About Time collection.
Value judgment: Interview with the new head of watches at Lyon & Turnbull
08 March 2021With classic watches usually priced in five or six figures, it is worth discovering the less well-known brands and especially those from the 1980s, says newly appointed Lyon & Turnbull specialist Sarah Fergusson
Foyer doors from Abbey Road studios star in our pick of five auction highlights
05 March 2021ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes the original foyer doors from the Abbey Road recording studios that tripled their estimate in Surrey.