Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
How Cartier still shone despite the thrifty financial times
28 June 2021In the thrifty years after the Wall Street Crash, many Cartier jewels used fewer large diamonds and more colourful secondary stones. What they lost in intrinsic value they more than made up for with the ‘wow’ factor.
Boucheron bought direct from the Bond Street shop
28 June 2021Halls’ (23% buyer’s premium) Summer auction in Shrewsbury on June 16 included a private collection of nine pieces of Boucheron jewellery.
Mouseman powder bowl stars in our pick of five auction highlights
25 June 2021ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes one of Robert ‘Mouseman’ Thompson’s smaller decorative pieces that made over three-times estimate in Yorkshire.
Pick of the week: Exhibition history adds lustre to Pilkington vase
21 June 2021A new record for the Pilkington’s Lancastrian factory was set by Moreton-in-Marsh firm Kinghams.
A Newlyn fisherman picture and a Jacobite goblet are among five lots to watch at auction
21 June 2021With estimates from £1500-10,000 here are five previews of upcoming items this week.
George Washington’s slave purchase note comes to auction
21 June 2021The opening lot in Hake’s June 29-30 auction Pennsylvania, is a 1767 promissory note hand-signed by a prominent Virginia slave owner – George Washington.
St Ives artist re-appears at auction in Cornwall
21 June 2021William Black is a little-known member of the St Ives artist group who, having been an architect after the Second World War, worked as an artist in the town following an inheritance in the early 1950s.
Copy of the Declaration of Independence unearthed in Scotland heads to Philadelphia auction
21 June 2021In 1820 the then US Secretary of State John Quincy Adams commissioned William J Stone to produce a facsimile of the original 'Declaration of Independence'.
Auction previews: issue 2498
21 June 2021A selection of seven upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
Cellarette made in London, on offer in Maine
21 June 2021Thomaston Place Auction Galleries in Maine kicks off its summer season with a three-day sale from July 9-11 and the return of live in-house bidding.
Photographer with good eye for antiques
21 June 2021On July 15, Stair in Hudson, New York, will offer the collection of photographer Luigi Pellettieri.
Medal reflects a royal heartfelt emotion
21 June 2021The 1702 Accession of Queen Anne medal is not uncommon in copper and silver but very rare in gold.
Broders brings elegance at varied sale
21 June 2021Poster Auctions International holds a 500-lot auction that includes Art Nouveau, Art Deco, Modern, and Contemporary designs by a mix of designers.
Nakashima frame design comes to Dallas auction
21 June 2021Included in the design sale to be held by Heritage in Dallas on July 15 is this walnut frame from c.1970 by George Nakashima (1905-90).
Barber’s chair for a mini customer
21 June 2021Doll specialist Theriault’s Summer Marquis auction will be conducted on July 10-11 in Annapolis, Maryland.
Victorian silver tray at Brunk
21 June 2021The Premier & Emporium Auctions at Brunk on July 9-10 include this large late Victorian silver tray with a shell and scroll border.
English park on view in Los Angeles
21 June 2021'Hunters and Dogs in the Park at Silkwood House, 1886', is an oil on canvas by British equestrian painter Edward Benjamin Herberte (1857-93).
Japanese cabinet for the export market emerges at Christie’s New York
21 June 2021Christie’s New York rooms is holding an online sale titled Treasures of a Storied Manhattan Collection open for bidding from June 15-July 1.
Top-selling cameo of Napoleon from 1810 stars in our latest pick of five auction highlights
18 June 2021ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a rare sardonyx cameo depicting Napoleon as a classical emperor that sold above estimate at Chiswick Auctions.
Infamous forgery 'Oath of a Freeman' doubles estimate at US auction
17 June 2021The 'Oath of a Freeman', one of the most infamous forgeries in US history, sold for a double-estimate $42,000 (£30,000) at Heritage.