Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell

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Previews: issue 2603

24 July 2023

Our selection of lots from 15 upcoming UK and Irish auctions

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Meat and greet: butcher’s slabs display collecting popularity

24 July 2023

Victorian and Edwardian pottery butcher’s slabs made to display lard, butter and margarine are relatively frequent visitors to UK salerooms.

Ian Botham’s World Cup shirt

Ian Botham’s World Cup shirt stars in our pick of six auction highlights

21 July 2023

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes memorabilia from the collection of Sir Ian Botham sold at Knight's Auctioneers.

Wade Ivy figure

That’s the Wade to go: rare figure sets auction record for pottery factory

17 July 2023

A new auction record for the Wade factory was set by Potteries Auctions in Stoke-on-Trent when this monumental 3ft 10in (1.15m) high figure made for the 1951 Festival of Britain sold at £4200.

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Egyptian relic ‘from Akhenaten’s tomb’ is full of life in London auction

17 July 2023

A fragmentary shabti with a cartouche for the Egyptian pharaoh Akhenaten proved a highlight of Bonhams’ latest Antiquities sale.

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Viking artefacts found in a field are among five lots to watch

17 July 2023

With estimates from £1000, here are five previews of upcoming items.

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Buffa and Anzani rarity emerges

17 July 2023

Among the most popular lots in the Guinevere: 60 Years on the King’s Road sale was this rare Italian marquetery, vellum and bronze sideboard.

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John Ward pot sets a new auction record at Dreweatts

17 July 2023

A large stoneware vessel by studio potter John Ward (1938- 2023) sold for £35,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) as part of a private collection of his work offered by Dreweatts on July 11.

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Art Deco: Cocktails shake up the Jazz Age

17 July 2023

Partying through Prohibition, cocktail shakers sum up the spirit of Art Deco

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Ivory laws hit Deco prices

17 July 2023

It’s no surprise that prices of Art Deco bronze and ivory figures have fallen sharply since US and UK laws on the sale of elephant ivory were tightened.

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Epitome of Art Deco that sailed into oblivion

17 July 2023

The SS Normandie was both the apogee and the nadir of the Art Deco movement.

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Previews: issue 2602

17 July 2023

Our selection of eight lots from upcoming UK auctions.

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Sumptuous work by the Shaykh

17 July 2023

Album of watercolours by mysterious but talented Indian artist takes £90,000 at Scottish saleroom

Gold box

Pick of the week: Well done to naval hero Waldegrave

17 July 2023

The practice of presenting gold and enamel swords and freedom boxes, already popular in England in the 18th century, became more widespread during the Napoleonic Wars.

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Clarice Cliff keeps a strong collector following

17 July 2023

It is 20 years ago that the auction record for Clarice Cliff was sent tumbling when an 18in (46cm) May Avenue charger sold for £34,000 at Christie’s South Kensington on May 14, 2003. Those were heady days indeed.

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From a first batch of barographs

15 July 2023

This is one of the very first batch of standard barographs produced by Richard Frères of Paris.

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Forget the 2023 Ashes: try Beefy’s 1981 heroics

15 July 2023

England cricketer Sir Ian Botham is selling memorabilia from his international and club career at an auction on July 15.

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Mason's ironstone ceramics in our pick of five auction highlights

14 July 2023

ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes two Mason's ironstone ceramics that could be making a comeback after taking 10-times estimate.

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Old Master auction series posts best total since 2017

10 July 2023

The latest Old Master auctions in London posted the highest total for a series in this category in the capital since 2017.

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Clothing stand racks up six figures at US auction

10 July 2023

Although the mid-week sales at US auction house Stair Galleries typically focus on affordable property, there are some exceptions.