Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Pick of the week: Toso’s ‘Monsieur and Madame Satan’
26 October 2020Relatively little is known about the 19th century woodcarver Francesco Toso, who was born in Murano, Venice, to a family of glass makers.
Deep pockets required for rare Submariner
26 October 2020A Rolex Submariner 5512, bought for around £70 by its original owner in 1964, has sold for £175,000 at auction in Wiltshire.
‘Retro’ drinking glasses are Hoffman classics
26 October 2020The sale at Wessex Auction Rooms (17% buyer’s premium) in Chippenham on October 17 included this lot catalogued as ‘a retro banded glass decanter and glasses together with a set of similar shot glasses’. The estimate was just £15-25.
An Arts & Crafts table and an early photography album are among the five lots to watch at auction this week
26 October 2020With estimates from £100-70,000 here are five previews of upcoming items this week.
East Asian art: our pick of 23 auction previews
26 October 2020A selection of previews from auction houses either taking part in Asian Art in London (marked below with a *) or holding sales to coincide with the event.
East Asian art: our pick of 13 hammer highlights
26 October 2020A selection of hammer highlights from recent auctions offering East Asian objects.
Albert Wainwright works highlight Stourbridge sale
26 October 2020The Decades of Design sale at Fieldings (24% buyer’s premium inc VAT) in Stourbridge on October 15-16 included 52 works from the family of Albert Wainwright (1898-1943). He was a Castleford artist who trained at the Leeds School of Art in 1914.
Lenci figures show sex sells
26 October 2020The latest British & Continental Ceramics & Glass Auction at McTear’s (24% buyer’s premium) was topped by 'La Modista Il Cappellino', a 14in (35cm) Lenci figure.
Art Deco cocktail shaker in the mix alongside ‘exceptional’ Lalique
26 October 2020This bakelite and electroplated cocktail shaker is from the Master Incolor series made for sale at the Wilson and Gill on Regent Street in the 1930s.
Bernard Moore lustre wares come to the fore at Chester sale
26 October 2020A recent sale at Byrne’s (17.5% buyer’s premium) in Chester included 22 lustre wares by the Staffordshire art potter and chemist Bernard Moore.
Auction previews: issue 2465
26 October 2020A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.
Collection of boxed Hornby trains steam into Surrey auction
24 October 2020An extensive single-owner collection of boxed Hornby trains– much of it in largely untouched condition – will be offered at Ewbank’s in Surrey next week.
Rarely seen Eric Ravilious print stars in our pick of five auction highlights sold this week
23 October 2020ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare wood engraving of a crowing rooster by Eric Ravilious that sold 25-times over estimate at an auction in Essex.
Persian tomb-marker tile takes £80,000 in Surrey auction
19 October 2020A large 13th century Persian lustre tile sold for £80,000 (plus 25% buyer’s premium) at John Nicholson’s in Haslemere.
Copy of ‘the earliest obtainable map printed in Arabic’ reaches 15-times estimate at Forum Auctions
19 October 2020The atlas 'Ay majmu’ kharitat rasm al-ard…,' published by the Church Missionary Society Press in Valetta, is today considered the earliest obtainable atlas printed in Arabic.
Pick of the week: Replica great auk is real winner at auction
19 October 2020A Rowland Ward replica of a great auk – the flightless seabird that became extinct in the mid 19th century – sold at auction in Gloucestershire for £25,000.
Cartier carriage clock and Lalique jewellery are among the five lots to watch at auction this week
19 October 2020With estimates from £150-35,000 here are five previews of upcoming items this week.
Textbook longcase created by one of London’s finest makers
19 October 2020This textbook William and Mary longcase clock is from the workshop of Joseph Windmills, one of the finest clockmakers in late 17th century London.
Auction previews: issue 2464
19 October 2020A selection of 14 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.
Single-owner collection ‘represents something of a return to form’ for the Spode market
19 October 2020The 'Indian Sporting' series is the most celebrated of all Spode blue and white transfer-prints. This multi-scene pattern (there are 17 different designs in total) is based on aquatints by Samuel Howitt from 'Oriental Field Sports, Wild Sports of the East' by Captain Thomas Williamson, published in 1807.