Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Eyewitness view of Napoleon’s funeral catches the attention
03 April 2023Subject to particular competition from Napoleon buffs at the sale of Books and Works on Paper at Chiswick Auctions on March 16 was an original watercolour sketch titled Funeral Procession to the grave of Bonaparte, 9 May 1821.
Pick of the week: Old Romantics who loved to dress up
03 April 2023This military tunic was worn by the English soldier and friend of the Romantic poets Edward John Trelawny during the Greek War of Independence.
A triptych design for church windows by artist John Piper is among five lots to watch
03 April 2023With estimates from £400, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
The Iron Duke’s hands of time
03 April 2023Sculpture of a personal nature leads a fine collection of memorabilia offered in Gloucestershire saleroom
Fabergé elephant table lighter stars in our pick of six auction highlights
31 March 2023ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a sought after Fabergé silver elephant table lighter that more than doubled estimate in Yorkshire.
The jug that jogs the memory: pair to wine jug found and then sold at same Yorkshire auction house
27 March 2023The George III silver wine jug sold by Tennants in Leyburn in March is the exact pair to another the auction house offered on behalf of a different vendor two years ago.
Pick of the week: Austere Moorcroft catches the eye
27 March 2023The series of relatively austere wares made by Moorcroft in the 1930s are, today at least, not the factory’s most commercial designs.
Lucie Rie bowl given to her cleaning lady is among five lots to watch this week
27 March 2023With estimates from £300, here are five previews of items coming up at auction.
Hands of history relating to US hero Lafayette
27 March 2023The visit of ‘Revolutionary Wars’ hero Gilbert du Motler, the Marquis of Lafayette, to the US in 1824 spawned a large number of commemoratives.
Surrealist carpet designed comes with heart and sole
27 March 2023Footprint design telling a story of lost love stars among a selection of ‘out of the ordinary’ collectables lots sold at auction
Shipwreck Lutine surfaces again as tabletop souvenir
27 March 2023La Lutine, launched by the French in 1779 and later requisitioned into the Royal Navy, is today best known for its sinking.
Middlesbrough FC jerseys is ‘possibly the oldest Football League shirt extant’
27 March 2023This jersey dates from between 1886 and 1890, making it not just the oldest Middlesbrough FC shirt but possibly the oldest Football League shirt extant.
On a mission to make porcelain
27 March 2023Items sold at auction show how Jesuit expertise helped China to gain technological skill for enamelling
Moorcroft exhibition vase stars in our pick of five auction highlights
24 March 2023ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a Moorcroft vase made for a 1937 exhibition that made over six times estimate in the West Midlands.
Roma owner arrested in coin false provenance probe
20 March 2023Richard Beale, the owner and managing director of London coin auction house Roma Numismatics, has been arrested in New York in connection with the sale of a record-breaking classical coin.
A grand design: George I architect’s desk in demand
20 March 2023This exceptional George I walnut and feather-banded architect’s desk was hammered down at seven times its low estimate.
A Charles II stumpwork casket is among five lots to watch
20 March 2023With estimates from £400, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.
Designer celebrated in the Soviet era
20 March 2023This 9in (22cm) vase by the Lomonosov Porcelain Factory is signed and dated 1929 for Aleksey Vorobyevsky (1906-92)