Latest News Articles by Terence Ryle
Sèvres vase at Trevanion & Dean was ‘gift from French king’
25 November 2019An impressive 23in (58cm) tall Sèvres vase offered by Shropshire auction house Trevanion & Dean (20% buyer’s premium) had a lot going for it historically but a considerable amount of condition problems.
Sweet music in Macclesfield auction
25 November 2019Two music-makers caught the eye, or rather ear, at Adam Partridge’s (20% buyer’s premium) Macclesfield sale.
Not just cigarette cards but the packs too
25 November 2019The huge and ongoing task of cataloguing thousands of cigarette cards and other ephemera from a deceased collector’s home – he had walls pasted with beer mats instead of wallpaper – paid off for Bristol auctioneer Gavin Aplin.
Sikh gem-set medal awarded £24,000 in specialist sale
25 November 2019Top-seller at the latest sale of Islamic and Indian Art and antiquities held at Roseberys (25% buyer’s premium) in West Norwood was a 19th century Sikh enamelled and diamond-set gold medal.
Bidders warm to rare globes
18 November 2019Bringing the highest price yet at one of Richard Edmonds’ (20% buyer’s premium) specialist Petroliana and Automobilia sales in Chippenham was a rare petrol pump globe.
Beastly Beswick rarities in demand
18 November 2019In the resilient Beswick market, collectors paid high prices for some rarities – even modern prototypes – at autumn sales.
Real rail and the model variety
18 November 2019Hornby Dublo collectors fought spirited battles for clockwork rarities at Duggleby Stephenson’s (18.75% buyer’s premium) York sale.
Star decorators from Desire Leroy to Joseph Bailey
18 November 2019The talented Sèvres factory decorator Desire Leroy (1840-1908) came to the United Kingdom in 1878 to take up an appointment at Minton in Staffordshire. However, he is perhaps best known for his work at the Royal Crown Derby where he worked from 1890, aged 50, until his death in 1908.
Wolley winds up to £4800
18 November 2019Most regionally made Georgian oak longcase clocks can now be bought for under £500 but this example is by a highly regarded and collectable maker: John Wolley or Woolley (c.1738-95) of Codnor, Derbyshire.
Unsentimental decision to split Queen Anne silver tazza and tankard after 300 years together
18 November 2019Although the catalogue noted the rarity of a Queen Anne silver tazza and tankard having been together for more than 300 years, they were offered separately at Lawrences (25% buyer’s premium) of Crewkerne.
Big names boost Aesthetic appeal at auction
18 November 2019Even during his lifetime Edward William Godwin complained that ebonised tables to his textbook ‘Anglo-Japanese’ design c.1867-68 were being copied by a number of different manufacturers.
Eclectic clocks chime with bidders
11 November 2019Array of styles from traditional and electrical to atmospheric attracts Continental interest,
And here’s to you, Francis Robinson
11 November 2019Among the top-priced clocks sold in October was a rare late-17th/early-18th century musical bracket clock by Francis Robinson of London.
Fans coveted in Yorkshire and Guernsey
11 November 2019The impact of institutions on the collector-dominated market in fans was witnessed when the best-seller at a dedicated Tennants (20% buyer’s premium) auction went to a museum.
Mystery lamp could be a Clanny
11 November 2019Well placed in Tyne & Wear to receive a number of miners’ safety lamps from the old Durham and Northumberland coalfields, Boldon Auction Galleries (17.5% buyer’s premium) was presented with something of a mystery in the form of the lamp pictured here.
Seat of power: Churchill maquette
11 November 2019Less familiar than some of the busts and maquettes of Winston Churchill by Oscar Nemon (1906-85) was this bronze resin maquette, below, offered at Catherine Southon’s (18% buyer’s premium) sale in Selsdon, Surrey.
Spotlight on the design process
04 November 2019Ceramics, furniture, glass and figure highlights from a range of sales under same banner.
Gwyn Hanssen Pigott: An Aussie name to watch
04 November 2019A buoyant specialist subject in its own right, studio pottery appeared at a number of the recent Design sales with material by major British names selling in the expected low four-figure range.
Timely look at the clocks market
28 October 2019Latest sales give a snapshot of what collectors are looking for amid different styles and eras
Powell stained glass panels shine in sale
28 October 2019As part of a House & Garden sale, the top-seller at Mallams (22.5% buyer’s premium) in Abingdon was a set of six stained-glass panels by James Powell & Sons of Whitefriars.