Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Brooches concealing watches make striking auction prices
04 March 2024Two fine Art Deco jewelled pendant brooches featuring miniature fob watches achieved strong results at Bonhams’ (28% buyer’s premium) London Jewels sale.
Bangle by architect turned designer Zaha Hadid builds interest
04 March 2024Among the most eagerly contested lots at a west London saleroom was a Georg Jensen silver bangle from the Lamellae collection designed by the architect-turned-designer Zaha Hadid.
Auctions and dealer shows aplenty at Asia Week New York
04 March 2024Fifteeth year of the New York event involves 28 dealers and 12 salerooms taking part
Art Deco-era vanity cases highly sought by contemporary collectors
04 March 2024Legend has it that Charles Arpels (of Van Cleef & Arpels fame) saw a lady friend stashing her lipstick and other cosmetics in an ordinary cigarette tin for a trip out on the town.
De Medici letter reveals Pope appointment plot
04 March 2024This single-sheet letter was written by Catherine de Medici (1519-89) to the ambassador to Spain.
Memorabilia from a famous 1913 show in US is now highly sought after
04 March 2024The 'International Exhibition of Modern Art' held at the 69th Regiment Armory building in New York from February 15 to March 15, 1913, ushered in a new era for the art market.
Ring by Dubret influenced by Lalique but at a more affordable level
04 March 2024Dawsons’ (25% buyer’s premium) Fine Jewellery, Watches & Silver sale included this Art Nouveau gem-set foliage panel ring by Henri Dubret (1872-1947).
Omega watches by Andrew Grima are bang on time
04 March 2024At the peak of his fame, the Anglo-Italian jewellery designer Andrew Grima was invited by Omega to create what would become the About Time collection.
Purple patch – Arts & Crafts collection of dealer duo comes to auction
04 March 2024Collection of dealers who founded a shop and popular brand is up for sale next month in Sussex, offering more than 600 lots in a dedicated sale
Map gives a one-sided religious global view
04 March 2024John Nicholson’s (25% buyer’s premium) Fine Paintings sale in Fernhurst on February 20 included a good example of The Pictorial Missionary Map of the World - a rarity that appears at auction perhaps once in every decade.
Original Alastair illustration for Oscar Wilde edition soars above estimate
04 March 2024The aristocratic German artist, composer, dancer, mime, poet, singer and translator Hans Henning Otto Harry Baron von Voigt (1887-1969) is best known by his pen name. From 1914 he went simply by the pseudonym Alastair.
Bellmans hit a Purple patch with Arts and Crafts collection
01 March 2024A group of Arts & Crafts jewellery from the collection of the late dealers Anthony Gardner and Michael Becker will be sold by Sussex auction house Bellmans in April.
Barnstorming performance for recently discovered 1888 Spalding Baseball World Tour poster
29 February 2024Discovered by an auction house in Ohio, a baseball poster described as ‘the finest known’ has sold at auction for a record $200,000/£158,000 ($240,000 including premium).
A picture by Newlyn School artist Midge Bruford is among five lots to watch
26 February 2024With estimates from £400, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Naval captain and the captor of Napoleon
19 February 2024Memorabilia from the descendants of Captain Frederick Lewis Maitland – the officer Napoleon surrendered to on board HMS Bellerophon on July 15, 1815 – is coming to auction.
An Art Nouveau ring by Henri Dubret is among five lots to watch
19 February 2024With estimates from £400, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
First edition of early feminist text makes over 30 times estimate
19 February 2024Actress cheated by the Prince of Wales turned to a campaign based on ‘injustice of mental subordination’
Antiquities auction brings Egyptian tiles of the unexpected
19 February 2024Blue-glazed decoration thought to have been invented by king’s architect takes £55,000 at auction