Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
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
Vietnamese inspired bleu de Hue porcelain in high demand
19 February 2024A Chinese blue and white dish recognised by bidders as a fine example of bleu de Hue porcelain flew to $26,000 (£20,500).
White gloves and trilby hats for Turpin
19 February 2024Essex saleroom Sworders (25% buyer’s premium) enjoyed a white-glove sale and a £406,000 total for the personal collection of Maurice Turpin (1928-2005).
Copy of George Washington’s Thanksgiving Day proclamation is toast of auction
19 February 2024A printing of George Washington’s 1795 Thanksgiving Day proclamation sold way above hopes at Sarasota Estate Auction (23% buyer’s premium) in Florida.
Auction magic from a very different Potter
19 February 2024Richard Potter (1783-1835) is considered the first successful stage magician born in the US and African-American celebrity.
Royal Doulton Guy Fawkes figure with a difference
19 February 2024The Royal Doulton figure Guy Fawkes designed by Charles Noke was issued as HN98 from 1918.