Latest News Articles by Roland Arkell
Sketchbooks of worldwide interest created by Alexander the great traveller
20 March 2026Papers outline the journeys extraordinary for even a Victorian military man and explorer
Lantern clock and case reconnected after a remarkable reunion
20 March 2026A private collection of 17th century lantern and longcase clocks recently came for sale at Dawsons (27.5% buyer’s premium) in Maidenhead.
Write up your street in Edwardian days
20 March 2026Edwardian silver and enamel desk sets are rarely as extensive as this one sold by Franklin Browns (18% buyer’s premium) in Edinburgh.
First Period lantern clock and George Graham longcase emerge in regional sales
20 March 2026Discovered as a ‘box of bits’ in the late 1960s when clearing the attic of a London residence, a ‘First Period’ lantern clock was placed in storage until being put back together in the 1980s.
Pieces emerge from famous Sèvres service make 20 times estimate
20 March 2026Elements of a well-documented Empire period Sèvres dinner and dessert service surfaced at Kinghams (26% buyer’s premium) in Moreton-in-Marsh, Gloucestershire, on March 4.
Bidders see the point of needlework
20 March 2026A diminutive but rare mid-17th century needlework picture sold for £11,000 in Tennants’ (24% buyer’s premium) latest Fashion, Costume and Textiles Sale.
Record prices for diamond jewels at UK auctions
19 March 2026Two items of diamond jewellery achieved record sums for UK salerooms Duke’s and Elmwoods this week.
Pimlico Road dealer Ossowski closes with on-the-premises insolvency auction
18 March 2026Longstanding Pimlico Road dealer Ossowski is thought to have closed with a liquidation auction held on the premises.
Elizabethan Golden Age table shines at auction
13 March 2026This “incredibly rare elaborate, fantastical and exquisitely carved” oak draw-leaf table, dating from the Golden Age of the English Renaissance, stood out at the Paul Fitzsimmons – A Life in Oak sale.
Great Scots regalia on offer at auction
13 March 2026Georgian regalia from two famous Scottish regiments was sold by Railtons (20% buyer’s premium) in Wooler, Northumberland, on February 20.
Peninsular War medal with clasps for nine actions underlines a soldier's dangerous service
13 March 2026A medal with nine clasps from a soldier who was wounded in the head and twice in the thigh during the Peninsular War stood out in a recent sale held by Stanley Gibbons Baldwin’s (23% buyer’s premium).
Maker's mark helps papier-mâché vase fly to 10 times estimate
13 March 2026Japanned Jennens & Bettridge creation gains value as rare survivor in such good condition
‘Dora's’ sampler brings demand in Bath auction
13 March 2026The New Orphan Houses in the Ashley Down district in the north of Bristol were once the largest orphanages in the UK.
The Midas silver touch from the great van Vianen
13 March 2026London numismatic auction house Morton & Eden (23% buyer’s premium) sold a silver plaquette by the great Dutch silversmith Paulus van Vianen (1570-1613) for £130,000 at a recent sale.
Saffron well done: ‘bachelor’s’ teapots made a rather diferrent brew
13 March 2026Across the Georgian period a number of diminutive ‘bachelor’s’ teapots were produced that were probably intended for brewing saffron.
Egypt brought to life in just two dimensions
13 March 2026The artist Joseph Lindon Smith (1863-1950) is considered one of the most important figures in 20th century American Egyptology.
Late recognition for those who served in the dangerous and freezing Arctic convoys
13 March 2026Following Operation Barbarossa, Germany’s invasion of Russia, Winston Churchill proposed the Arctic Convoys to deliver supplies to the Soviet Union via Iceland.
Rare Dutch glass goblet sails in to take €50,000
06 March 2026Rediscovered during a routine valuation, a wheel-engraved glass goblet by master engraver Jacob Sang (1720-86) has sold at auction in the Netherlands.
Forum Auctions to sell last stock from Dutch dealership
06 March 2026With the recent retirement of Allard Schierenberg and Jeanne van Bruggen, the remaining stock of Dutch dealership Antiquariaat Junk will be sold at auction.