Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
All Souls College sealed bottles remain a common favourite
25 July 2022Of all antique sealed bottles, those made for the All Souls College Common Room are probably the most prevalent.
Buyers bag onion form bottles
25 July 2022This sealed and dated onion in olive green glass, below, comes with a handwritten scrap of paper inscribed 'George found [this bottle] when he dived into the Thames at Windsor'. The seal reads 'S Slater 1710'.
Knife and fork made for Napoleon star in our pick of five auction highlights
22 July 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes two pieces of silver-gilt cutlery from a service made for the French emperor
Bunnykins figures set Doulton record
18 July 2022A new record for a Royal Doulton figure has been set in Stoke-on-Trent.
Rawley or Raleigh, it’s worth £22,000
18 July 2022The sale of Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs at Lyon & Turnbull in Edinburgh on July 13 included a document signed by the adventurer and courtier Sir Walter Raleigh (1554-1618).
Guide gets to the point: needlework sample album highlight of Nottinghamshire sale
18 July 2022Just as the title reads, this album offered by Mellors & Kirk in Nottingham contains Specimens of Needle-Work Executed in the Female Model School, Kildare-Place, Dublin.
A silver bear pin cushion and a portrait of Thomas Hardy are among five lots to watch
18 July 2022With estimates from £200-7000, here are five previews of upcoming items.
Tuning up: musical lots make impressive saleroom results
18 July 2022This early 17th century harpsichord is inscribed to the name baton for Andreas Ruckers, Antwerp, 1614.
Rolex Military Submariners with macho provenance command high prices at Bonhams
18 July 2022Two Rolex tool watches were estimated to bring £80,000-120,000 each at a recent Fine Watches sale at Bonhams’ (27.5/25% buyer’s premium).
Pair of ‘Bakewell decorated’ Wedgwood plates bid to over 30 times estimate
18 July 2022Estimated at £40-60, a pair of puce decorated creamware plates sold for a surprise £2000 at Bamfords (21% buyer’s premium) in Derbyshire.
Mary Ireland ‘fabric mosaics’ emerge from collection of dealer Paul Reeves
18 July 2022Eighteen works by the Birmingham School artist Mary Ireland (1891-1980) were offered at a recent Lyon & Turnbull’s (25/20% buyer’s premium) sale.
A Rolex chronograph rarity surfaces in Italy
18 July 2022The reference 3330 antimagnetic is one of the rarest pre-Oyster chronographs made by Rolex.
Important custom-made doll’s house sells for £30,000
18 July 2022‘The Gregson House’ and its contents date from the early Victorian period.
Pick of the week: Vases of true exhibition quality
18 July 2022Although he initially specialised in small furnishing objects and statuettes, the Parisian bronzier Victor Paillard (1805-86) began exhibiting with more elaborate creations in the 1840s.
Previews: issue 2552
18 July 2022A selection of 12 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Watches: Sherpas on the rise
18 July 2022ATG reports on the market for the Enicar series of watches that were taken to Everest
Inscribed and dated delft in demand in Glasgow and Lewes sales
18 July 2022An English delft drug jar offered by Great Western Auctions (24% buyer’s premium) in Glasgow was both a polychrome and a documentary piece.
Play the name game for value
18 July 2022The watch market can be obsessed with brand names – and the best names do come with a price tag to match.
Victorian bat brooch stars in our pick of six auction highlights
15 July 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare Victorian diamond and ruby bat brooch that sold for 45-times estimate in Somerset.
Sèvres tea service celebrated King George’s regal recovery
11 July 2022A remarkable Sèvres part tea service made to mark the recovery of George III from illness in 1789 was among the unheralded highlights of this year’s London sales season.