Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Single-owner sauce: vinaigrettes on offer
14 November 2022The Woolley & Wallis (25% buyer’s premium) silver department sold a private collection of over 100 vinaigrettes assembled in the 1980s.
Rolex red letter day
14 November 2022The Fine Wristwatches & Pens auction at Chiswick Auctions includes a rare variant of perhaps the most celebrated of all Rolex ‘tool’ watches: a 1970s Submariner with the so-called ‘single red’ Mark IV dial.
Wilson’s new route got strait to the point
14 November 2022Although the box to this bronze medal is dated 1873 (leading the auction house to conclude it was Victorian), the piece itself was struck in 1760.
Baltimore jug chased by bidders at Bonhams
14 November 2022Full-blown repoussé ornamentation defined Baltimore silver in the antebellum period.
Recognition of pedal power
14 November 2022The auction at Roseberys London on November 17 includes, estimated at £600-1000, this Victorian silver trophy made by Edward Ker Reid (London, 1864).
Splash out on a boating trophy
14 November 2022The sale of maritime antiques at Charles Miller (24% buyer’s premium) in London on November 1 included a number of silver boating trophies from the Royal Naval Club & Royal Albert Yacht Club, Portsmouth – most of them well received by the collecting audience.
A Rothschild with a passion for horses
14 November 2022Dreweatts’ November 23 sale includes jewels from the collection of Renée Louise Marie de Rothschild (1927-2015).
Singer machine makes over 20 times estimate in Chippenham
14 November 2022The Singer 222K Featherweight is rated as one of the best sewing machines ever made.
Anti slavery: small message, big impact
14 November 2022The sale of Commemoratives, Fairings, Stevengraphs and Pot Lids at Historical & Collectable (24% buyer’s premium) included this rare pin cushion.
Five pieces of jewellery coming up at UK auctions
14 November 2022A look at upcoming jewellery auction lots
Gunbus could be an auction high flyer
14 November 2022This fine First World War silver presentation model of the Vickers FB5 or Gunbus was made by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company (London 1916).
A Mayfair menagerie at Noonans
14 November 2022The most famous firm of the many silversmiths in the German city of Hanau in the late 19th century was Neresheimer & Söhne.
Queen Victoria’s wolf gift
14 November 2022Queen Victoria gave many gifts to family, friends and servants, often commemorating notable events in her life.
Pick of the week: Court dwarf’s trousers – or just a tall story?
14 November 2022This pair of trousers, sold for £7500 in Essex on November 9, was thought to have been worn by the 17th century court dwarf Sir Jeffrey Hudson (1619-82).
Tiffany presented with royal approval
14 November 2022This Tiffany Aesthetic movement silver-gilt pepperette is engraved with the presentation inscription Given by TRH Prince & Princess of Wales, Xmas 1879.
Previews: issue 2568
14 November 2022A selection of 10 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.
Limerick ladle scoops £2500 bid
14 November 2022Irish Georgian silver made outside Dublin and Cork comes with significant rarity value
Top-selling Japanese inlaid cabinet stars in our pick of five auction highlights
11 November 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a cabinet in the form of a traditional Japanese timber building that made nearly 10-times estimate.
Guilmet’s torpedo clock boat shoots away at auction
07 November 2022André Romain Guilmet’s industrial themed clocks, the epitome of Victorian ‘progress’, are an ever-popular series.
A Doulton Lambeth ceramic and a Victorian cake stand are among six lots to watch
07 November 2022With estimates from £200-3500, here are five previews of items coming up at auction this week.