Latest News Articles by Terence Ryle
Scott says sorry to fellow explorer with a cigarette box
22 February 2021A cigarette box engraved with the facsimile signature Captain Falcon Scott may have been a piece the Antarctic hero gave to a fellow explorer he offended.
Mug celebrating George Stephenson’s Rocket steams to triple-estimate
22 February 2021This Liverpool creamware transfer-printed frog mug was produced by the short-lived Herculaneum factory c.1830-33 just after the 1829 Rainhill Steam Trials.
Seventy-five mirror bids in the frame
22 February 2021On a day when furniture and antiques proved to be particularly popular, the surprise star of Fellows’ (23% buyer’s premium) 740-lot online sale was an Italian 19th century pier mirror.
Bidders eager to compete for market-fresh material from Warwickshire manor
22 February 2021Until its sale last year, Newbold Pacey Hall had been the seat of the Little family since the house was built by William Little in c.1780-90.
Estate of Turpin Antiques dealer stands up and delivers
15 February 2021A recent Reeman Dansie sale in Colchester included 80 pieces from the estate of the well-known dealer Jane Sumner, who died last September at the age of 82.
Chinese works of art: a here-to-sell strategy
15 February 2021Colchester auction house Reeman Dansie follows a policy of detailed cataloguing for Chinese art but modest estimates
The toon mark
07 December 2020Four early pieces of Newcastle plate and a selection of other silver rarities sold at auction this autumn
Slimline sale in Cheffins still one to remember
09 November 2020Auctioneer makes his debut on the Cambridge rostrum with reduced but memorable offering
Caterpillar Club races to record
02 November 2020Gold pin awarded to Second World War Polish pilot later executed after the Great Escape
Wally birds and Moorcroft retain star appeal
26 October 2020Topping a 360-lot, £242,000 single-owner collection of Martinware and Moorcroft at Kingham & Orme (23% buyer’s premium) was a Robert Wallace Martin grotesque bird.
What a relief: Italian surprises emerge at Mallams' auction
19 October 2020Brought back to England by 19th century travel writer Richard Ford, a carved alabaster relief of the Madonna watching over Christ was the outstanding lot from a Gloucestershire country house offered at Mallams Cheltenham (22.5% buyer’s premium).
Urns and mug make big earners
19 October 2020Coadestone urns to this design were a personal favourite of company founder Eleanor Coade herself.
Ewe beauty: Rice collection in demand
05 October 2020Further pieces from English porcelain specialist’s collection are among highlights in Lewes.
Lot watched by eager beaker bidders
05 October 2020Silver by major names from the early to late years of last century were major eyecatchers at the Lacy Scott & Knight (20% buyer’s premium) 20th Century Design Sale in Bury St Edmunds.
Mouseman lucky 13
05 October 2020The best of 13 Mouseman pieces that sold at Morphets (20% buyer’s premium) for a total of £41,000 was a classic early adzed oak and burr oak sideboard made in Robert Thompson’s Kilburn workshop c.1928-30.
Dealer Jack Webb’s superb 1000-lot militaria collection brings white-glove result
28 September 2020London dealer Jack Webb, who died last year aged 94, was known for the variety of unusual pieces at his Camden Passage shop, but the D-Day veteran’s personal enthusiasm was for militaria.
US hero given British honour
28 September 2020As heroic a defence against the odds as Rorke’s Drift, and certainly more important, the twin battles of Imphal and Kohima are much less well known.
Casablanca and a right carry-on in court
28 September 2020Backing up his upbeat view of the future for salerooms (ATG No 2444) veteran auctioneer Chris Ewbank enjoyed a 99% success rate at the latest outing for his Sports & Entertainment specialist department.
Bottle vase supplies a £55,000 Chinese surprise
24 August 2020Solid selling punctuated by a number of estimate-eclipsing bids made the July 17-18 sale a very welcome return to business for Tennants (20% buyer’s premium).
Five O’Clock means it is time for Belleek
24 August 2020Around the year 1904, during the Second Period of Belleek production in Fermanagh, Ulster, designer William Harris designed the Five O’Clock pattern.