Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
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Sapphire-set owl makes five times estimate at Oxford sale
22 August 2022The owl had been a symbol of wealth and wisdom since the days of ancient Greece and inspired designers such as Lalique.
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Previews: issue 2556
22 August 2022A selection of eight upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
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The small world of Gamda toys
22 August 2022Special Auctions Services (25% buyer’s premium) in Newbury sold the collection of John Garside last month.
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Go batty about a brooch
22 August 2022Although, thanks in part to Bram Stoker’s Dracula (first published in 1897), bats have acquired a reputation as ‘creatures of the night’ in many cultures they are viewed as symbols of luck or reincarnation.
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Old World works of art come fresh to Massachusetts saleroom
22 August 2022English and Continental ‘country house’ offerings are rare in the US but not gone forever
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Roman marble busts from the Finches
22 August 2022On November 9-10 Sworders will conduct an auction of objects from the collection of pioneering dealer Jan Ellen Finch (1952-2021) of Finch & Co.
Obituary: Jerome Eisenberg
22 August 2022Jerome Eisenberg (1930-2022), who died aged 92 on July 6, was a leading member of the antiquities trade.
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On the zigzag trail
22 August 2022TimeLine Auctions’ Antiquities sale includes a dozen good examples of Roman glass including this 3rd-5th century unguentarium with zigzag trail decoration.
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New faces including at Catherine Southon Auctioneers, Olympia Auctions and LAPADA
18 August 2022The latest appointments and moves across auction houses, dealers and associations.
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Banks close down client accounts for some smaller auction houses due to anti-money laundering rules
15 August 2022Chattels auction houses operating at the lower end of the market are being told to close client accounts as the banking sector tightens its rules.
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Buyer shells out for a tortoise teapot
15 August 2022Among the most desirable examples of Victorian majolica is the series of whimsical teapots produced by factories in the second half of the 19th century.
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Pick of the week: George IV period dining table in demand at Bath sale
15 August 2022A recent sale at Aldridges of Bath (20% buyer’s premium) included a fine George IV period mahogany extending dining table.
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‘Finest’ Welsh treen collection consigned to Bonhams
15 August 2022Bonhams is to offer what it calls ‘the finest collection of Welsh treen ever presented’ for auction next month.
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A remarkable Jacobite goblet is among five lots to watch this week
15 August 2022With estimates from £250-5000, here are five previews of items coming up at auction.
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Tumbler to be taken on the last campaigns
15 August 2022This glass tumbler, pictured below, engraved with a crowned 'N' over a band of diamond cutting, contained in a tooled leather cylindrical travelling case, is of a type that accompanied Napoleon on campaign.
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Previews: issue 2555
15 August 2022A selection of eight upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
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In the emperor’s service
15 August 2022The French silver-gilt table knife and fork shown here, c.1810, is from a service made for Napoleon Bonaparte.
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Trafalgar celebrated with a splash of vinegar
15 August 2022This example of the well-known Nelson memorial vinaigrette made by Matthew Linwood of Birmingham in 1805 sold for £2800 at Lawrences (25% buyer’s premium) of Crewkerne.
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Meet the son of an emperor
15 August 2022Only two examples of this 11in (28cm) Sèvres biscuit porcelain bust of Napoleon’s son, Napoléon-François-Charles-Joseph Bonaparte (1811-32), are known.
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Napoleonic memorabilia: Bust of Boney sold at Sotheby's among latest highlights
15 August 2022Rediscovered sculpted portrait heads a special report covering recent lots linked to the man who became emperor, dedicated to both his triumphs and defeats