Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Pick of the week: Putting China on course for golf
13 September 2021Estimated at £400-600, this 7in (17cm) high Chinese export silver dragon handled tankard sold for a much higher sum.
An Arts and Crafts cabinet by Ernest Gimson is among six lots to watch this week
13 September 2021With estimates from £150-8000, here are six previews of upcoming items this week.
Previews: issue 2509
13 September 2021A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.
Swig from this if gripped by gout
13 September 2021This 16in (39cm) mid-18th century saltglazed stoneware bottle has two relief moulded medallions to the shoulder.
Asian art auctions busy as ever
13 September 2021American firms will be cramming nearly 20 sales into the fourth week of September
Tagore ink painting brings Indian summer
13 September 2021A mount to an ‘Indian school’ ink wash offered by Cuttlestones in Penkridge on September 2 read simply 'G Tagore'.
Rare 17th century longcase clock stars in our weekly pick of five auction highlights
10 September 2021ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare Edinburgh longcase clock that tripled its estimate in a Scottish auction.
Going for a Song – ‘Ru’ censer brings £320,000
06 September 2021Stamford Auction Rooms set a house record when a Chinese pottery tripod censer shot over its £500-800 estimate to bring £320,000.
Pick of the week: Meissen made with a homely touch
06 September 2021This near-complete Böttger Meissen tea set, c.1725, came for sale at Keys of Aylsham on September 1.
Renaissance revival carved bellows and Sir Alf Ramsey’s football cap are among four lots to watch
06 September 2021With estimates from £350-4000, here are four previews of upcoming items this week.
Coins: Inside knowledge as major fair set to open this month
06 September 2021With Coinex set to be the first major indoor ‘antiques’ fair staged in London since March 2020, we take a look at the prestigious event plus auctions planned to coincide
Previews: issue 2508
06 September 2021A selection of 11 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland
USA: the land of opportunity for traditional European art and antiques
06 September 2021As the Silent Generation passes and Baby Boomers choose to divest, large deposits of once fashionable art and antiques are heading for auction in the US.
Bonnie Prince Charlie’s pre-Culloden meal
06 September 2021On April 14, 1746, two days before the battle that would seal his fate, Charles Edward Stuart held a lavish meal at Culloden House, the highland estate owned by Hanoverian loyalist Duncan Forbes (1685-1747) that had recently been commandeered by Jacobite forces.
Animal magic as Japanese works bring demand at Woolley & Wallis
06 September 2021This iron model of a hawk above is a striking example of a jizai okimono – lifelike, articulated animal figures popular in the last decades of Edo-period and Meiji Japan.
Rare comic featuring first appearance of Roy of the Rovers stars in our weekly pick of five auction highlights
03 September 2021ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a copy ‘Tiger’ weekly that made over 25-times estimate at Comic Book Auctions.
Auctioneer Alan Blakeman to sell giant pot lid in downsizing of his collection
30 August 2021Advertising and antique bottle supremo Alan Blakeman of BBR Auctions discovered this massive 18½in (45cm) diameter pot lid back in the early 1980s.
Butterfly-handled tea service and a group of Anglo-Saxon roundels are among six lots to watch
30 August 2021With estimates from £100-12,000, here are six previews of upcoming items this week.
Monart glass makes a mark on home turf
30 August 2021Collection of distinctive pre-war glass produced in Perth impresses at local saleroom
Portrait of George Washington in pastel form emerges at Cotswolds auction
30 August 2021The Cotswold Auction Company will offer a small lifetime portrait of the first American president as part of a pictures sale on October 19.