Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Wells took steps to a varied career
21 November 2022A British subject born in Rio de Janeiro, Reginald Fairfax Wells (1877-1951) studied sculpture at the South Kensington School of Art in the 1890s and then studio pottery at Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts.
Japanese artist’s great landscape prints star in our pick of five auction highlights
18 November 2022ATG’s weekly selection of items that caught bidders’ eyes includes a near complete set of prints by Utagawa Hiroshige with remarkable original colouring.
A group of William and Mary walnut dining chairs is among five lots to watch
14 November 2022With estimates from £500-60,000 here are five previews of upcoming items.
The £126,000 photos of Darwin’s evolution
14 November 2022A rediscovered album of 19 cartes de visite portrait photographs documenting Charles Darwin’s changing visage over three decades sold for £126,000.
Racehorse miniatures from museum founder come to Yorkshire auction
14 November 2022Two miniatures of Derby winners belonging to John Bowes (1811-85), founder of the Bowes Museum in Barnard Castle, come for sale at Elstob & Elstob’s Ripon saleroom on November 30.
Victorian silver shaving pot sells at Lockdales
14 November 2022This rare and unusual item is a late Victorian campaign shaving companion.
Anti slavery: small message, big impact
14 November 2022The sale of Commemoratives, Fairings, Stevengraphs and Pot Lids at Historical & Collectable (24% buyer’s premium) included this rare pin cushion.
Toadstone prized for magical properties
14 November 2022A rare 16th or 17th century gold ‘toadstone’ ring comes for sale at Sworders in November 23 with expectations of £3000-5000.
Splash out on a boating trophy
14 November 2022The sale of maritime antiques at Charles Miller (24% buyer’s premium) in London on November 1 included a number of silver boating trophies from the Royal Naval Club & Royal Albert Yacht Club, Portsmouth – most of them well received by the collecting audience.
Single-owner sauce: vinaigrettes on offer
14 November 2022The Woolley & Wallis (25% buyer’s premium) silver department sold a private collection of over 100 vinaigrettes assembled in the 1980s.
Baltimore jug chased by bidders at Bonhams
14 November 2022Full-blown repoussé ornamentation defined Baltimore silver in the antebellum period.
A Rothschild with a passion for horses
14 November 2022Dreweatts’ November 23 sale includes jewels from the collection of Renée Louise Marie de Rothschild (1927-2015).
Queen Victoria’s wolf gift
14 November 2022Queen Victoria gave many gifts to family, friends and servants, often commemorating notable events in her life.
Limerick ladle scoops £2500 bid
14 November 2022Irish Georgian silver made outside Dublin and Cork comes with significant rarity value
Rolex red letter day
14 November 2022The Fine Wristwatches & Pens auction at Chiswick Auctions includes a rare variant of perhaps the most celebrated of all Rolex ‘tool’ watches: a 1970s Submariner with the so-called ‘single red’ Mark IV dial.
Gunbus could be an auction high flyer
14 November 2022This fine First World War silver presentation model of the Vickers FB5 or Gunbus was made by Goldsmiths & Silversmiths Company (London 1916).
A Mayfair menagerie at Noonans
14 November 2022The most famous firm of the many silversmiths in the German city of Hanau in the late 19th century was Neresheimer & Söhne.
Tiffany presented with royal approval
14 November 2022This Tiffany Aesthetic movement silver-gilt pepperette is engraved with the presentation inscription Given by TRH Prince & Princess of Wales, Xmas 1879.
Previews: issue 2568
14 November 2022A selection of 10 upcoming lots from auctions taking place around the UK and Ireland.
Wilson’s new route got strait to the point
14 November 2022Although the box to this bronze medal is dated 1873 (leading the auction house to conclude it was Victorian), the piece itself was struck in 1760.