Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Meiji naturalism on show at Woolley & Wallis
02 May 2022The sale of Japanese works of art at Woolley & Wallis on the morning of May 17 is led by this 8in (20cm) high silvered bronze okimono of a cockatoo.
Canadian ‘Black Battalion’ memento sells at Dix Noonan Webb
02 May 2022A medal awarded to a member of the only Canadian battalion composed of black soldiers to serve in the First World War has sold in a London auction.
'Heavenly' globe vase at Dreweatts
02 May 2022This 2ft (60cm) tianqiuping or ‘heavenly globe vase’ is seemingly the only one known with this decoration.
Sharpshooter targeted at Banbury sale
02 May 2022As famous last words go, those of Major General John Sedgwick in the American Civil War take some beating.
Chinese export service still in the family since c.1755
02 May 2022Dreweatts’ May 18 sale of Chinese ceramics and works of art includes a 42-piece Chinese export part service which has been in the same family since purchase in c.1755.
Flying visit to New Guinea
02 May 2022This Victorian cased diorama of birds of paradise native to New Guinea sold for £18,000 to lead Tennants’ (22% buyer’s premium) Natural History and Taxidermy sale in Leyburn on April 20.
Dragon bowl from collection of Admiral Robert Coote emerges
02 May 2022This Jiajing (1525-66) mark and period wucai dragon bowl will be offered for sale at Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury on May 17.
From a client of Bluett’s
02 May 2022The Asian art sale at Duke’s of Dorchester, scheduled for May, has been moved back to June 15 to incorporate a significant late consignment.
Qianlong-marked tazza at Roseberys
02 May 2022These are three views of a famille rose ‘flowers and wufu’ tazza that has an estimate of £8000-12,000.
Anti-slavery glass stars in our pick of five auction highlights sold this week
29 April 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare anti-slavery glass rummer that went 20-times above estimate in Salisbury.
Bidding with abandon for Foucou’s Ariadne
25 April 2022An 18th century marble statuette with an extensive provenance emerged at a recent Nottingham auction.
Procter’s eyewitness account of Dunkirk, 1918
25 April 2022A previously lost First World War work by the Newlyn artist Ernest Procter (1886-1935) comes to auction this week.
Mickey and Minnie race into pole position
25 April 2022The Mickey and Minnie motorcycle made by Tippco, c.1932, is the most desirable of the German tinplate clockwork toys from this period.
A Patek Philippe gold watch and a Westminster Abbey skeleton clock are among five lots to watch this week
25 April 2022With estimates from £600-5000, here are five previews of upcoming items.
Treen that’s all it’s cracked up to be
25 April 2022A Queen Anne treen nutcracker proved popular at auction.
Indian pieces including jewellery owned by the mother of the Maharajah Duleep Singh attract bids at Bonhams
25 April 2022The Islamic and Indian Art sale at Bonhams (27.5/25/20/14.5% buyer’s premium) on March 29 was topped by a diamond and emerald set gold pendant from the collection of Maharani Jindan Kaur (1817-63).
Judge Gary’s celebrated service creates a stir
25 April 2022The March 30-31 sale at Bellmans (22% buyer’s premium) in Wisborough Green included three pieces from the Royal Crown Derby Judge Gary service.
Previews: issue 2540
25 April 2022A selection of 10 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Seven-foot pole club stretches well beyond estimate to £38,000
25 April 2022Carved from the heart of the toa or ironwood tree, long pole clubs with scalloped blades (akatara) are associated with Rarotonga and Atiu on the Cook Islands.
Heal’s oak furniture purchased new in the 1930s
25 April 2022On April 9, Chilcotts (21% buyer’s premium) in Honiton, Devon, offered 25 lots of Heal’s limed oak furniture from a single property.