Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Five lots to watch at auction this week including a taxidermy display, ancient Roman pottery and a Sèvres cup and saucer
25 November 2019With estimates from £180-4000, here are five previews of upcoming sales this week.
High society portrait, 19th century sketch books and an oak chair owned by Elisabeth Frink – five auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes in the last week
22 November 2019ATG’s selection of hammer highlights this week includes an oak chair from the collection of Dame Elisabeth Frink that made over 12-times estimate.
Auction record for Star Wars toy set in US with sale of rocket-firing Boba Fett figure
20 November 2019A new record for any Star Wars toy has been set in the US with the appearance at auction of a rare prototype action figure - the J-slot rocket-firing Boba Fett.
Yorkshire’s Brontë Parsonage Museum secures rare manuscript at Paris auction
18 November 2019The Brontë Parsonage Museum has secured an 1830 autograph miniature manuscript by a 14-year-old Charlotte Brontë (1816-55) that was auctioned at Aguttes in Paris.
Bids pour in for Asian art as £800,000 teapot and Kangxi rediscovery highlight latest sales series
18 November 2019A Qianlong teapot which made £800,000 in Dorchester provided the stellar result among some exceptional Asian art lots offered for sale in the UK regions and Ireland last week.
Five lots to watch at auction this week including a rediscovered Paul Nash painting, a tripod table and a rare sampler
18 November 2019With estimates from £600-70,000, here are five previews of upcoming sales this week.
Pick of the week: Porthia Prints take pride of place
18 November 2019An archive of material relating to Porthia Prints, a short-lived company that harnessed the talents of a host of St Ives artists, proved a sell-out success at Lyon & Turnbull’s Modern Made auction in Fitzrovia, London. The 24-lot section of original designs and textiles came for sale ‘from an important St Ives artist’s estate’.
Insurance fire marks sell in a blaze of glory
18 November 2019The practice of placing a metal mark on a building to indicate insurance against a fire started in earnest after the Great Fire of London (1666). Each insurance company had its own fire service and distinctive logo.
A clockwork gramophone playing chocolate discs and a Cartier silver case – five auction highlights that caught bidders’ eyes in the last week
15 November 2019ATG’s selection of hammer highlights this week includes a Cartier silver presentation cigarette case with the monogram of the King and Queen of Belgium.
Little silver collection coming to auction includes big rarities
11 November 2019The Little collection of early English silver is coming to Christie’s London on December 3. The auction comprises 26 domestic vessels from the Tudor and early Stuart periods that survived the tumult of the Civil War period. Some pieces are considered the last of their type in private hands.