Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Courting couple united by Bow
29 March 2021This rare Bow figure was spotted by English porcelain specialists at Kingham & Orme’s (23% buyer’s premium) two-day auction of Fine and Decorative Arts.
Get the feel of Derby in Macclesfield
29 March 2021The sale at Adam Partridge (20% buyer’s premium) in Macclesfield on March 18-19 included a collection of 18th century English porcelain figures offered in around 30 lots.
Distler toy car races to a £4100 finish
29 March 2021At 20in (50cm) long, this stylised tinplate racer and driver was the largest toy car made by the German toymaker Johann Distler.
Table by French designer Fred Brouard boosts new saleroom
29 March 2021The work of French designer Fred Brouard (1944-99) is not uncommon at sales in France and the US but seldom appears at auction in the UK.
Auction previews: issue 2486
29 March 2021A selection of 14 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Closon clicks among clock fans
29 March 2021Peter Closon (c.1594-c.1662) was one of the most prolific of the so-called First Period lantern clock makers – although little is known about his life.
Gott’s foxy lady gets in tune with a buyer
29 March 2021Apprenticed to John Flaxman at the turn of the 19th century, Joseph Gott (1785-1860) travelled to Rome in 1822 on a pension from Sir Thomas Lawrence.
Ceramics of Shropshire and Song origins
29 March 2021Two very different ceramic objects illuminated The Spring Auction at Halls (20% buyer’s premium) in Shrewsbury on March 17.
Regency marble busts resurface together at auction
29 March 2021The Winter Antiques Sale at Duke’s (25% buyer’s premium) was topped by consecutive bids of £17,000 each for two Regency white marble busts.
Washington: the head of state
29 March 2021This bust of the first American president George Washington (1732-99) is titled to the base, and signed and dated 'R Trentanove Fecc in Roma, 1827'.
Fishing rarity reels in a buyer
29 March 2021This 3in (7.5cm) brass and ivorine fishing reel is inscribed to the face 'Ustonson & Peters, Makers to the Queen, 48 Bell Yard, Temple Bar, London'.
Stephany and Dresch showcase carving talents in miniature
29 March 2021Filigree or micro-carving was hugely popular among fashionable English society in the late 18th century.
Letter suggests Powell design
29 March 2021Although catalogued simply as ‘a 19th century Art Nouveau glass’ and estimated at just £30-50, a letter that accompanied this rare wine glass gave a clue to its origins.
Birds by ‘the cabbage lady’
29 March 2021This pair of 1970s-80s stoneware models of hoopoes carry the monogram 'AG' for Lady Anne Gordon (Dowager Marchioness of Aberdeen (1924-2007).
Top-selling tinplate racer stars in our weekly pick of six auction highlights
26 March 2021ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare example of the largest toy car made by the German maker Johann Distler that sold for over 20-times estimate in Dunfermline.
$35 yard sale find stars in Asia Week New York
22 March 2021Bought for just $35 at a yard sale in Connecticut last year, this small blue and white ‘lotus bud’ bowl proved one of the star lots of Asia Week New York.
Dutch Golden Age portraits and an Agatha Christie first edition are among the five lots to watch at auction
22 March 2021With estimates from £150-15,000 here are five previews of upcoming items this week.
Auction previews: issue 2485
22 March 2021A selection of fourteen upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Panels treated as an investment
22 March 2021Stained glass windows by Morris, Marshall and Faulkner impress at auction
Churchill puts his feet up, has a smoke and a drink
22 March 2021British wartime Prime Minister Winston Churchill memorabilia in the form of slippers, brandy balloon and cigar box.