Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
‘Bing Brake’ brings a big result on Teesside
07 March 2022The latest Tinplate & Specialist Toy sale at Vectis (20.83% buyer’s premium inc VAT) in Stockton-on-Tees included this large-scale tinplate clockwork vintage car by the Gebruder Bing factory of Nuremberg.
Investment that brings a big return
07 March 2022One of the stand-out lots at Sotheby’s New York (26/20/13.9% buyer’s premium) was a 1949 first printing of The Intelligent Investor.
Playful Tinworth packs a Punch and Judy
07 March 2022As a Doulton ‘lifer’ George Tinworth’s (1843-1913) output was immense.
Oysterdate Monte Carlo and Seiko Pepsi Pogue: Two views of the 1970s
07 March 2022The Oysterdate Monte Carlo series were the first chronographs produced by Tudor. A cyclops date magnifier, screw-down pushers and the distinctive dial with angled subsidiaries make them instantly recognisable.
Mirror result at Bonhams reflects Ralph Edwards link
07 March 2022The George I period giltwood and gilt gesso girandole or mirror shown here belonged to art historian, connoisseur and collector Ralph Edwards (1894-1977).
Bloomsbury and Omega are key to pottery appeal
07 March 2022From the early 1930s, the London potter Phyllis Keyes (1881-1968), with a studio in Warren Street and later in Clipstone Street, supplied Vanessa Bell, Duncan Grant and other members of the Bloomsbury Group with earthenware teawares, jugs and vases for decoration.
98 ways to restore Poniatowski’s reputation
07 March 2022The jewellery department at Woolley & Wallis has built up something of a reputation for selling cameos and intaglios.
Melancholic not monstrous Mephistopheles sculpture sells at Sworders
07 March 2022The unexpected highlight of the Sworders (25% buyer’s premium) Out of the Ordinary sale on February 15 was this plaster version of the Jean-Jacques Feuchère (1807-52) sculpture Mephistopheles.
Previews: issue 2533
07 March 2022A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Nuggets of truth from the Kildonan Gold Rush
07 March 2022A locket that tells the story of the brief, and little known, Scottish gold rush of 1869 surfaces in Gloucestershire
A Civilotti jewel to rival Castellani
07 March 2022The Etruscan, Renaissance and Byzantine revival jewels made by the Civilotti family (Carlo, Antonio and Giuseppe) in Rome are less numerous and less well known than those of the Castellani dynasty.
Exceptional alabaster reliefs star in our pick of six auction highlights sold this week
04 March 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a pair of Mechelen alabaster sculptures that made five-times estimate in Doncaster.
Pick of the week: Pioneering rail trio took a trip to the US
28 February 2022Sometimes it pays to look a little further afield.
A Queen Victoria presentation vase and a miniature table clock are among five lots to watch
28 February 2022With estimates from £3000-35,000, here are five previews of upcoming items.
Heaven and earth: toilet invention influences
28 February 2022During the Victorian era the Rev Henry Moule (1801-80) of Fordington in Dorset was doubtless considered something of a zealot.
Previews: issue 2532
28 February 2022A selection of 13 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
HG Beasley’s collecting odyssey since the age of 13
28 February 2022Two Soloman Island clubs were catalyst to amassing of more than 10,000 artefacts
A duo of ‘Qianlong’ objects inspired by China’s archaic past emerge at regional sales
28 February 2022This blue and white ewer with a Qianlong mark offered at Cheffins (24.5% buyer’s premium) in Cambridge as part of an Interiors sale is of a type modelled on a Zhou bronze ritual wine vessel or 'he'.
Lalique scent bottle stars in our pick of six auction highlights sold this week
25 February 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare Lalique scent bottle that sold for 20-times estimate at Lyon & Turnbull.
Pick of the week: From China to Peru to London – a bowl that inspired the royal goldsmiths
21 February 2022This silver-gilt chinoiserie garniture would not have looked out of place at the Brighton Pavilion.