Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Bizarre beast catches the attention
28 August 2023A curious pearlware pottery hybrid animal with the head of a sheep and body of a winged fish proved a popular entry at Toovey’s (24.5% buyer’s premium).
Goss Harvard rarity emerges in a group lot
28 August 2023Forty years ago, the market for crested china was booming – the subject of specialist sales, annual price guides and an international collecting base
Mason’s shows signs of making a collecting comeback
28 August 2023Is Mason’s ironstone going through a collecting Renaissance? Well, perhaps
Cameo glass perfume bottle stars in our selection of five lots to watch in the US
25 August 2023ATG’s selection of items coming up for auction in the US includes a Thomas Webb cameo glass perfume bottle mounted in silver by Elkington.
Royal Navy deck life in year of Trafalgar attracts bids at Florida auction
21 August 2023Sailing way above expectations at Sarasota Estate Auctions in Florida was a diminutive English watercolour depicting the deck of a Royal Navy ship.
Title of the Lord of the Manor of Silverstone is among five lots to watch
21 August 2023With estimates from £2000, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Not plain to see: highly decorative furniture in focus
21 August 2023Spotlight on a selection of auction lots made using unusual or exotic materials
Robert E Lee button bonanza
21 August 2023Defeated Confederate general gave out uniform items as gifts until the government cracked down
Make an auld acquaintance: Scottish artists in London club together
21 August 2023This handwritten volume bound in maroon calf boards with brass clasp is titled inside The Minute Book of The Auld Lang Syne Sketching Club.
Bidders home in on a top tea caddy
21 August 2023A superior tea caddy proved to be the toast of a Bonhams’ (28/27/21/14.5% buyer’s premium) sale of fine decorative arts in London.
French author’s work proves cream of the crop rotation
21 August 2023'Theatre d’Agriculture et Mesnages des Champs' issued in 1600 is the first major work on French agronomy.
Corot still very popular in the States
21 August 2023This unframed 8 x 11in (20½ x 28cm) oil sketch of the Swiss village of Dardagny is signed for Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot (1796-1875).
Beefy memorabilia reminds England of Ashes triumph
21 August 2023England cricketer Sir Ian Botham sold a group of memorabilia from his international and club career at auction on July 15.
George III commode at Christie's is a long story
21 August 2023Attributed to Ince and Mayhew, this lot has an extensive provenance and auction history
Buyer takes slice of the pie crust table top
21 August 2023An 18th century acanthus carved mahogany tripod table with pie-crust tilt top was one of the sought-after pieces of furniture at Tennants (24/20% buyer’s premium).
Homer finds an English audience
21 August 2023Famous 17th century version by George Chapman translates into five figures
French try to curry favour with the emperor Qianlong
21 August 2023The Exceptional Sale at Christie’s included a complete copy of a celebrated suite of engravings that were printed in France for the Qing emperor Qianlong.
Ditko’s personal Spidey spins a premium
21 August 2023The name Steve Ditko (1927-2018) scarcely needs an introduction to comic collectors.