Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Renowned Pre-Raphaelite beauty caught on camera
26 April 2021Original photographs of a well-known Pre-Raphaelite beauty – the muse of William Holman Hunt and the mother of Virginia Woolf and Vanessa Bell – sold for £2600 at Sworders (25% buyer’s premium).
Fussy time-keeper at auction, then an idiosyncratic dealer
26 April 2021South London auction house Roseberys (25% buyer’s premium) was instructed to sell the collection of Herbert Kennard on March 26.
Unique Mouseman bureau stars in our weekly pick of five auction highlights
23 April 2021ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a purpose-built bureau that tripled its estimate in Yorkshire and made the second-highest ever price for a piece of Mouseman.
John Cowburn’s Liverpool jug now worth £7400
19 April 2021A documentary 18th century blue and white porcelain jug emerged for sale at an auction held by Warren & Wignall in Leyland, Lancashire.
A 'Japonaise' mantel clock and a Rex Whistler illustration are among six lots to watch at auction
19 April 2021With estimates from £500-120,000 here are six previews of upcoming items this week.
Be sure to bid if you fancy a Shell poster
19 April 2021On April 29, Lyon & Turnbull, in partnership with poster specialist Tomkinson Churcher, will present Design on the Move: Selected Posters from the Shell Heritage Art Collection.
Thai deer points to a high value
19 April 2021Estimated at £60-80 but sold at £11,500, this set of 14-point deer antlers provided Martel Maides (17.5% buyer’s premium) with a sensational result.
Bailey design brings big price for Aynsley service
19 April 2021The best known of the decorators who worked at Aynsley in the 20th century is the flower painter Joseph A Bailey.
Taken up a peg or two from the estimate
19 April 2021The name ‘peg tankard’ comes from the vertical row of pegs inside that can be used to measure the amount of alcohol drunk as it was passed around a table.
He’s not the retiring sort: Jeremy Lamond looks forward to Woolley & Wallis back in auction action
19 April 2021Auctioneer Jeremy Lamond looks forward to a packed sale schedule at Woolley & Wallis in Salisbury.
Akhenaten gets his place in the sun
19 April 2021The sale of Islamic Art & Antiquities at Roseberys London (25% buyer’s premium) on March 31 included this New Kingdom yellow quartzite shabti fragment.
Auction previews: issue 2489
19 April 2021A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
New home for a ceramics specialist and a new face at Freeman’s
17 April 2021A new home and name for a Gloucestershire auction house is among the latest updates in the art and antiques sector.
Peter Rabbit teawares star in our pick of five auction highlights
16 April 2021ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a large group of Grimwades Beatrix Potter tea wares that made over 20-times estimate in Chippenham.
Ritual bronzes unearthed in Yorkshire come to auction at Hansons
12 April 2021A hoard of Romano-British bronzes discovered by metal detectorists in North Yorkshire last year will be offered at auction.
An Omar Ramsden silver spoon and a Polar medal are among the six lots to watch at auction
12 April 2021With estimates from £100-7000 here are six previews of upcoming items this week.
Modernist market thrives for Grima and Gard
12 April 2021Dawsons’ (23% buyer’s premium) dedicated Jewellery, Watches & Silver auction in Maidenhead on March 11 included two unusual signed pieces by flavour-of-the-month Andrew Grima (1921-2007).
Pick of the week: Apollino copy that stands up for itself
12 April 2021This copy of the Uffizi’s Medici Apollo (Apollino) is signed for the Italian sculptor Bartolomeo Cavaceppi (c.1716-99).
Mdina Glass and Leon Osman silver shine bright
12 April 2021Michael Harris signature piece sells well at auction alongside Louis Osman silver spoons set
Storied jewels from Mountbatten
12 April 2021Sotheby’s sold the collection of Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma at the end of last month.