Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Dynamic duo brought daring Art Nouveau to Rozenburg
30 January 2026The Plateelbakkerij Rozenburg (Royal Delftware Factory) was established in The Hague in 1883 in the hope of making blue and white tin-glazed earthenwares.
Sweet selection on offer for the third time in Somerset saleroom
30 January 2026Following equivalent sales in November 2024 and May 2025, Dore & Rees (25% buyer’s premium) in Frome was again offering Japanese objects at the end of last year from the wider collection of Asian works of art formed over more than half a century by Eva and Aubrey Sweet.
Kluge gifts keep on giving to Columbia University
30 January 2026The primary draw to a sale at Roland Auctions (30% buyer’s premium) was a series of lots benefiting Columbia University.
Japanese specialist finds home at Kent auction house
30 January 2026Demand for Japanese works was first hit by the so-called ‘Lost Decade’ that followed the collapse of the Japanese economy in 1991. However, changes in fashion, taste and legislation have also impacted prices.
Staying ice-cool in the White City with an extraordinary Japanese vase
30 January 2026Vase is thought to be from a group that share a provenance to the 1908 Japan-British Exhibition
Kirin vase comes alive at £12,500
30 January 2026A recent sale at Whittons (21% buyer’s premium) in Honiton, Devon, included this Meiji or Taisho (1912-26) vase by the Ando Company.
Edo period ivory netsuke to be sold after gaining ‘outstanding quality’ exemption
23 January 2026Norfolk auction house TW Gaze has secured permission to sell an Edo period ivory netsuke in the spring.
Astronomy made accessible to enquiring minds thanks to orrery invention
23 January 2026In 1782, the 20-year-old William Jones published a booklet of which he was the sole author, The Description and Use of a New Portable Orrery.
Anthropomorphic adulation: George Tinworth mice draw serious interest from collectors
23 January 2026A selection of whimsical and distinctive Doulton Lambeth stonewares sold across three auctions in December and January
Barometer travelled to South Pole with successful Amundsen expedition
23 January 2026At the time of his death polar explorer and carpenter Jorgen Stubberud (1883-1980) was the last surviving member of Roald Amundsen’s successful 1910-12 expedition to the South Pole.
Napoleon hailed as Caesar in sculpture form earns his laurels at £23,000
23 January 2026This marble sculpture of Napoleon as Caesar is based on a model created by the French neoclassicist Antoine-Denis Chaudet for the Sèvres porcelain manufactory in 1810.
Georgian candle wall lights survive to go electric on sale day
23 January 2026The highlight of the latest Country House sale held by Duggleby Stephenson (25% buyer’s premium) of York was the part contents of the Kirkham Hall estate in North Yorkshire.
New York auction extravaganza includes ingots dubbed Australia’s first gold ‘coinage’
16 January 2026Some of the rarest coins in world numismatics were sold at auction in New York last week. Auction sessions spanning seven consecutive days (January 12-18) were held as part of the annual New York International Numismatic Convention, the US’s largest and most prestigious numismatic event known as NYINC.
More kitchenalia on offer across the board in Canterbury
16 January 2026More pieces from Britain’s biggest collection of breadboards were sold by Canterbury Auction Galleries (25% buyer’s premium) at the end of last year.
Early model by clockmaker Vulliamy flies over estimate in Hampshire
16 January 2026Cases boasting bronze lions decoration proved popular and were produced for two decades
Don’t hurry, urged Archibald Knox with his clocks
16 January 2026This diminutive and rare clock from the Liberty & Co Cymric range is The Sigurd (model No 579), a typical Archibald Knox creation named after the dragon-slaying hero of Norse mythology.
North-east focus as banknote sales return
16 January 2026Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s is holding a British & World Banknotes sale on January 29, its first for several years.
Silver to savour: two examples of Caribbean creativity emerge in a rather colder climate
16 January 2026Although 17th and 18th century Jamaican silver is some of the rarest colonial plate, two small waiters sold at auctions in the north of England in as many months.