Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Pick of the week: Sleeper in Norfolk as Worcester 'Union Jack House’ cup is flagged up
09 August 2021A solitary English blue and white porcelain coffee cup emerged from the relative anonymity of a one-line catalogue description and a £120-180 estimate to sell for £4100 at Keys in Aylsham on July 24.
A Grand Tour micro mosaic brooch and a rare Star Wars figure are among four lots to watch
09 August 2021With estimates from £50-1200, here are four previews of upcoming items this week.
Auction previews: issue 2504
09 August 2021A selection of 14 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK
Top-selling railway clock stars in our pick of five auction highlights sold this week
06 August 2021ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a Great Western Railway wall clock from the 1880s that made over 17-times estimate in Hertfordshire.
Christie's to open permanent saleroom in Hong Kong
03 August 2021Christie’s is to step up its operations in the Far East with its first permanent saleroom and gallery space in Hong Kong.
Outstanding iron model of a hawk stars in our pick of six auction highlights sold this week
30 July 2021ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare jizai okimono of a hawk that sold above estimate in Salisbury.
Queen Victoria’s bracelet joins coronet – with Butler’s help
26 July 2021Humphrey Butler has announced the rediscovery of a bracelet from the famed suite of sapphire and diamond jewels made for a young Queen Victoria.
French candelabra shine out at summer auction in Yorkshire
26 July 2021Leading the Summer Fine Sale at Tennants in Leyburn was this pair of French ormolu-mounted, white marble and porphyry candelabra.
Hu knew? Yongzheng vase takes over 700-times estimate in Irish auction
26 July 2021Bidders deem Yongzheng Guan ware to be of the period as estimate is demolished
A Lawrence of Arabia poster and a sketch of Lucian Freud by his daughter are among five lots to watch
26 July 2021With estimates from £150-30,000, here are five previews of upcoming items this week.
Chinese table topper from private Scottish collection sells 70-times over estimate in Glasgow
26 July 2021A private Scottish collection was the source of the-top selling lot at McTear’s (24% buyer’s premium) in Glasgow on July 2.
Vase bought at Sotheby’s Seligman sale reappears in Bath auction
26 July 2021This small Transitional porcelain vase came for sale at Gardiner Houlgate (22% buyer’s premium) in Corsham, Bath, on July 1.
Auction previews: issue 2503
26 July 2021A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK
Peach of a lot consigned in a plastic bag attracts 100 bids
26 July 2021Very much to current collecting taste is the 6½in (16.5cm) ‘peach bloom’ saucer dish shown here, offered by Batemans (20% buyer’s premium) on July 3.
Parfilage: the pick of the bunch at Bleasdales’ sewing sale
26 July 2021Set of tools was designed specifically to take apart rather than create fine textiles
Prize example of a tazza draws interest at Cotswolds auction
26 July 2021This 15in (37cm) Sèvres porcelain presentation tazza or ‘Coupe Cybele’ was made for the Paris Exposition 1878.
Pinxton pieces at their finest
26 July 2021William Billingsley (1758-1828), a key figure in the history of both English and Welsh porcelain, left the Derby factory in 1795 yearning to create the finest, whitest and most translucent porcelain.
Republican pieces spotted within lots of plates
26 July 2021Aficionados of later Chinese porcelain who happened to stumble on a lot of ‘collector’s plates’ at Unique Auctions (17.5% buyer’s premium) in Lincoln would have been excited to spot two fine artist-signed Republic period pieces.
Whone tram trundles to record at McTear’s
26 July 2021Growing collector interest in the work of musician-artist Herbert Whone (1925-2011) has meant his auction record price has been beaten on an almost annual basis in recent years.
Double gourd snuff bottle sniffed out
26 July 2021Mallams’ (25% buyer’s premium) latest Asian art sale was topped at £27,000 (estimate £3000-5000) by a Qing jade double gourd form snuff bottle.