Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Doulton delights packed in floor to ceiling
03 June 2023A remarkable Nautilus Clock sold for £7000 when Sworders (25% buyer’s premium) offered the first part of the Ann Turner collection of Doulton pottery.
Miniature masterpiece gold stater retakes title of the most expensive classical coin
29 May 2023A Panticapaeum gold stater, struck in present day Crimea c.350-300BC, has regained the rank of the world’s most expensive classical coin.
Stoclet Buddhist stele in high demand at auction
29 May 2023This 2ft 7in (78cm) high white marble stele depicting the Buddhist goddess Guanyin on a lotus throne between two bodhisattva was carved in the Northern Qi dynasty.
Silver Tompion clock is the ‘best in private hands’
29 May 2023Horology dealership Carter Marsh is bringing to market what it calls the most important English table clock it has ever handled.
Pick of the week: Cheesy does it for £45,000 Elizabethan manuscript at auction
29 May 2023Leading the sale at Dominic Winter on May 17 was a highly unusual Elizabethan manuscript treatise on cheese and cheese making.
Get a taste of silver from the Colman collection coming to auction in Essex
29 May 2023Sworders’ next Fine Interiors sale includes a collection of Norwich 17th century silver assembled by one of East Anglia’s best-known families.
Latest Jennifer Lee top price at auction pushes studio potter close to Rie and Coper levels
29 May 2023Mallams regained the record for a pot by Jennifer Lee (b.1956) on May 18 when a large asymmetrical vessel from c.1990 sold at £40,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium).
An Edward Lear watercolour is among five lots to watch
29 May 2023With estimates from £1500, here are five previews of upcoming items.
How Omega pottery became a part of the Bloomsbury Group story
29 May 2023Estimated at £20-40, this large ‘continental’ turquoise-glazed bowl sold for a surprise £5800 at Tayler & Fletcher (21% buyer’s premium) in the Cotswolds.
Chinese teapot with Dutch touch
29 May 2023This rare Chinese export teapot, cover and stand is painted with the arms and motto of the Dutch Republic and the cypher of the Verenigde Oost Indische Compagnie – better known as the Dutch East India Company.
Furniture that created a ‘new language for woodworking’
29 May 2023Fresh-thinking range of furniture features in a four-day auction showcasing modern design styles
Silver owned by the 'Golden Ball' gambler who frittered away a fortune comes to auction
29 May 2023This pair of silver wine decanter stands or bottle coasters by Philip Rundell (1746-1827) for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell, (London 1819 and 1820) sold for £10,500.
Charity shop Chinese jars find at £20 sells for £46,000
29 May 2023This near pair of Qianlong mark and period doucai jars were a charity shop find for a keen-eyed London vendor.
Chinese jardinière selling for 194-times estimate features in our pick of five auction highlights
26 May 2023ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a Chinese blue and white jardinière that sold for 194 times its top estimate.
The £19 Chinese box now worth £230,000
22 May 2023The highlight of Dreweatts’ Asian art sale on May 17-18 was this very rare Xuande (1426-35) mark and period cloisonné ‘pomegranate’ box and cover.
Gallery holds Giambologna extravaganza
22 May 2023Stuart Lochhead Sculpture will offer a group of five Mannerist bronzes by Florentine sculptor Giambologna (1529-1608) and his pupils as part of the summer edition of London Art Week.
‘Earliest standard measure’ is the weigh to go
22 May 2023The Oak Interior sale at Bishop & Miller in Stowmarket on June 1-2 includes this ‘important and exceptional’ Edward IV bronze measure.
Pick of the week: Bread and salt charger is welcomed on second visit
22 May 2023It is traditional in Russia for important, respected or admired guests to be greeted with an offering of bread and salt.
Rolex bought for £200 by vendor is among six lots to watch
22 May 2023With estimates from £200, here are six previews of items coming up at auction this week.