Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Buddhist goddess takes a lotus position
03 May 2021This 19th century thangka depicts the Buddhist goddess Tara seated in lalitasana on a lotus growing from a lake a pond, a padma in each hand.
Anglo-Japanese wall cabinet stars in our weekly pick of five auction highlights
30 April 2021ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a wall cabinet designed by EW Godwin that made over double estimate in Edinburgh.
Dr John C Taylor clocks collection up for sale
26 April 2021Perhaps the finest assemblage of English clocks in private hands goes on sale in the summer at Winchester dealership Carter Marsh.
An Edwardian Arts & Crafts silver cup and a costume design for Rudolf Nureyev are among six lots to watch at auction
26 April 2021With estimates from £150-10,000 here are six previews of upcoming items this week.
Cash in the attic – and cellars
26 April 2021The sale of the contents of the attics and cellars at Dunrobin Castle, family seat of the Earls of Sutherland, was held at Bonhams Edinburgh on April 20.
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.
Beatrix Potter pottery by Grimwade’s
26 April 2021Not to be confused with the modern Peter Rabbit series by Wedgwood, much scarcer teawares were made by the Grimwade’s factory in the 1920s.
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).
Opium smoker automaton gets high result
26 April 2021Estimated at just £100-200, a rare automaton of a stereotypical Chinaman smoking an opium pipe sold for £7400 at McTear’s (24% buyer’s premium).
Auction previews: issue 2490
26 April 2021A selection of 16 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.