Latest News Articles by Terence Ryle
It’s chocs away for Fry’s advert figure at auction
22 January 2018On the basis that it’s never too late for chocolate, or indeed beer, a belated report from BBR’s (15% buyer’s premium) sale of advertising memorabilia at Elsecar.
Small Goliath carriage clock is mighty seller
22 January 2018This ‘Goliath’ carriage clock, below, was offered at Greenslade Taylor Hunt (19.5% buyer’s premium) in Taunton.
January clocks in confidently at Essex sale
22 January 2018Good times ahead were predicted by Guy Schooling, chairman of Sworders (23% buyer’s premium), after the January 9 Homes & Interiors sale at Stansted Mountfitchet which was topped by a WAS Benson brass mantel clock.
Sasha dolls play their part at auction
15 January 2018Must-have Christmas presents in the Sixties and Seventies, Sasha dolls have remarkable appeal today.
Superb provenance furnishes further strong Cotswolds results in Oxford
15 January 2018The studio ceramics offered at the Mallams Oxford (20% buyer’s premium) Design, Modern British and Post-War Art sale were the major talking point (see ATG No 2324), but furniture by major late 19th century and early 20th century makers also made an impact.
RAF clocks add touch of colour
15 January 2018Second World War technology starred at Tennants’ (20% buyer’s premium) militaria sale at Leyburn.
Sizeable bids for steam loco toys in Trains Galore sale
15 January 2018Whatever chaos faces hundreds of thousands of commuters on the railways as we enter the New Year, the better-ordered world of model trains steams on to continued success.
A sauce boat fit for island life
08 January 2018More Channel Islands silver to add to over 250 pieces dispersed as part of the Paint collection at Martel Maides earlier this year came to auction recently.
The science of selling whisky
08 January 2018The season, the spirit in question and the location of the sale put this bottle of Lagavulin whisky, below, into the spotlight.
Regional rooms move studio pottery into the mainstream
08 January 2018Two pre-Christmas sales, one at Woolley & Wallis (22% buyer’s premium) in Salisbury and one at Mallams (20% buyer’s premium) in Oxford, highlighted the move of studio pottery from esoteric niche into the mainstream market.
Sam Herman shows his glass at first Dawson's sale put together by Mark Hill
08 January 2018The inaugural Design at Home sale, put together by Mark Hill for Dawson’s (20% buyer’s premium) in Maidenhead, included a trio of pieces by ‘hot glass’ pioneer Sam Herman (b.1936).
The timeless appeal of London’s Golden Age
08 January 2018Clocks from England’s ‘Golden Age’ provided highlights at two early December sales.
Traquair brooch pinned down by auction buyer
08 January 2018Unsigned, but breathing the name of one of the leaders of the Arts & Crafts movement in Scotland, this enamel panel and unmarked silver brooch sold for £5500 at Greenslade Taylor Hunt (19.5% buyer’s premium) in Taunton.
Hey bulldog: Saatchi buy has less sale bite
08 January 2018Renowned as he is for promoting – indeed, creating – markets in art, advertising mogul Charles Saatchi appears to have over-estimated the taxidermy market when bidding at the sale of the Will Fisher Collection at Christie’s South Kensington in February 2012.
How to cash in on top attic discoveries
02 January 2018Beloved of TV antiques programmes and of bidders knowing the lots are absolutely fresh to market, there are few phrases to stir the blood at an auction as much as ‘from the attic’.
Top gear drives auction highs in south London
02 January 2018Which sector of the traditional antiques trade has been on an unbroken, record-busting rise since the early years of the century?
Giant small clock and mini longcase both tick auction boxes
02 January 2018Qualifying for the oxymoronic term ‘giant carriage clock’, the 8in (20cm) tall gilt-metal carriage clock shown below had the quality to trigger a bidding battle between specialists at Chilcotts (19.5% buyer’s premium) in Honiton on December 2.
KPM porcelain plaque is an object of desire
02 January 2018The most desirable of all porcelain plaques produced by KPM in the late 19th century are those that leave little to the imagination. However, evidence of their continued popularity across many different subject matters came in the form of this example below.
The ceramics scene setters
18 December 2017While English ceramics feature in most provincial sales, November provided four auctions where the market could be looked at overall.
Cider and a scapegoat in focus in Salisbury sale
11 December 2017Engraved 18th century glassware opened the sale at Woolley & Wallis (22% buyer’s premium) in Salisbury on October 18.