Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
A London Cartier Tank sets Birmingham house record
11 November 2024Updated 1960s and 70s versions of earlier Cartier classics are much in demand. The best are those made for the London boutique during the Jean-Jacques Cartier years, with the cases commissioned from the London workshop Wright & Davies and the manual wind movements supplied by Jaeger-LeCoultre.
The pick so far of Ashley Down Bristol orphanage samplers
11 November 2024The highest price at auction for a Bristol orphanage sampler was registered at Mellors & Kirk (24% buyer’s premium) in Nottingham.
Lock-inspired tables on the auction block in the US
11 November 2024George II period furniture bought by ‘international bidder’ for five-times top estimate in Connecticut
Claudet helped to develop UK photography
11 November 2024Although born in the La Croix-Rousse district of Lyon, Antoine François Jean Claudet (1797-1867) is best known for his contribution to the history of British photography.
Estonian artist Wiiralt brings party time and hellish experience
11 November 2024Two of the most familiar works by Estonian graphic artist Eduard Wiiralt (1898-1954) came for sale in St Paul, Minnesota, on September 17.
Sotheby’s sets highest price for a piece of Asian art in the UK for seven years
08 November 2024Recently rediscovered in a German family collection where they have been for at least a century, a pair of Ming dynasty wucai ‘fish’ jars and covers have sold at Sotheby’s for £8.3m.
Reunited De Rothschild vases take top result at auction of works from dealer Tomasso
04 November 2024Dreweatts’ sale of items from the Leeds and London dealership Tomasso included a recently reunited pair of porphyry vases.
Limehouse cat find gives paws for thought
04 November 2024Leading Bonhams’ Fine Glass and British Ceramics sale in London on November 26-27 is a recently discovered Limehouse porcelain cat.
18th century London view among five lots to watch this week
04 November 2024With estimates from £400, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week
Single-owner 'beautiful collection' helps design sale to top the £1m mark
04 November 2024Premium-inclusive total achieved in Edinburgh underlines the quality of lots on offer
Asian Art in London award winners announced
04 November 2024Prizes were awarded for outstanding objects at the opening gala party for this year’s staging of Asian Art in London.
Local history in a local saleroom: documents and maps uncover story of a Quaker family
04 November 2024Maps and documents relating to Quaker family come up at Essex auction house centuries later
Clarice Cliff Etna charger erupts into auction again
04 November 2024A focus on four Clarice Cliff chargers sold in October at two different salerooms
Dealer discovers miniature thought to be Maria de’ Medici lost portrait
04 November 2024What is thought to be a lost portrait of Maria de’ Medici (1575-1642) as a young woman has been discovered by dealer Nick Cox of Period Portraits.
Scarce Dresser teapot serves to please
04 November 2024Recently found in a trunk containing the possessions of an Edwardian socialite, an electroplated teapot designed by Christopher Dresser c.1879 sold for £63,000 at auction in Cambridge.
Italian-English dictionary contains cryptic cricket term
04 November 2024Published in 1598, John Florio’s 'A Worlde of Wordes, or most Copious, and Exact Dictionary in Italian and English' is considered the first comprehensive Italian-English dictionary.
Tolkien Rings trilogy shines bright
04 November 2024Copies of the Lord of the Rings trilogy just don’t get much better than the set shown here.
The Ravilious handkerchief not to be sniffed at
04 November 2024A rare version of Eric Ravilious' Child’s Handkerchief print and a scarcely seen Doulton figure emerged in North Yorkshire
Rare silver medal celebrating luxury liner sells in Newcastle auction
04 November 2024Offered by Thomas Miller (24% buyer’s premium) in Newcastle was a large silver medal struck to mark the maiden voyage of the SS Normandie from Le Havre to New York on May 29, 1935. She took the Blue Riband at the first attempt.
Lutyens supplies the furniture style in joint project with Jekyll
04 November 2024Edwin Lutyens and Gertrude Jekyll were both closely associated with Country Life magazine in its formative years from 1897.