EJ Ainger

Major estates in Ainger special auction

E.J. Ainger’s forthcoming special antique sale is a strong mix of three major estates that include the collection of a “Melbourne gentleman’s” paintings, etchings, prints and posters – about 100 in total.

The auction will start at 11am each day on Saturday August 15 and Sunday August 16 at 433 Bridge Road, Richmond.

A Caulfield vendor has a good collection of Royal Worcester including a Harry Stinton vase – while from Warrandyte comes statuary and bronzes, including one entitled The Three Graces and several French terracotta pieces.

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Abbeys Auctions

Outdoor furniture a great Spring buy

While new outdoor furniture is a feature of Abbeys Auctions forthcoming weekly sale, from 9am Friday August 14 at 480-482a Station Street Box Hill, the company is just as excited about its online auction, which starts at 7pm Wednesday August 13 and finishes on Friday August 21.

Included in the online sale are saucepan sets and cosmetic items.

The forthcoming collectables sale on Saturday August 29 features a Rolex Oyster Perpetual Day-date 18-carat yellow gold watch with 10 diamonds and a vintage Rolex. 

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Youngs

Auction furniture to suit homes old and new

Homeowners looking to furnish or refurnish their homes should check out Young’s Auctions latest weekly sale from for a comprehensive range of quality brand names in modern furniture.

The sale, from 9.30am Friday August 14 at 229 Camberwell Road, East Hawthorn, will feature modern furniture items from such well known brands as Ligne Roset, Moran, Coco Republic, Eastgate, Sulfaro, Grange and Nicholas Dattner.

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Leonard Joel

Vintage toy collection excites auction collectors

Collectors are eagerly awaiting the auctioning of the Richard Dawson Collection of vintage toys at noon Wednesday August 12 by Leonard Joel at 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra.

Built up over many years, this single owner collection features many highly collectable names including Dinky, Corgi, Hornby Dublo and Wrenn.

Highlights include a Dinky 514 Guy van ‘Weetabix’ in its original box (lot 84) and a Flash Gordon rocket fighter by Louis Marx USA circa 1939 (lot 200).

The fighter is clockwork powered by a rear flint wheel and is red and yellow in colour.

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Abbeys Auctions

Eclectic auction mix at Abbeys

A large collection of tools and a Mig welder are among items for auction from 9am Friday August 7 at Abbeys Auctions 480a-482 Station Street, Box Hill.

The remainder of the auction is an eclectic mix of furniture, including dining tables and chests of drawers, and other collectables.

One of these is a hall seat and mirror, another an unusual designer chair, a third a fur coat and a fourth an electric keyboard.

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Youngs

Auction items a reminder of significant Australian pioneers

Young’s Auctions special sale from 9.30am Friday August 7 will be a strong reminder to auction goers of two famous Victorian families – one who was instrumental in the development of medal and sterling silver manufacture in the State and the other a pioneer of the Western District.

English-born diemaker Thomas Stokes migrated to Australia in the 1850s in an unsuccessful search for gold and instead established a business in Melbourne minting large numbers of tradesmen’s tokens.

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Leonard Joel

Vintage Leica cameras to go under the hammer

A single owner collection of highly sought after Leica cameras – including the first model marketed successfully to the public at the 1925 Leipzig Spring Fair – will go under the hammer from 2pm Thursday August 6 at Leonard Joel 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra.

The Leica I (lot 2) for auction was manufactured in 1929, carries the number 19082 and has an Elmar 3.2 lens.

The name Leica is a combination of the first three letters of its inventor Ernst Leitz surname and the first two from the word camera.

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Philips Auctions

Investment and gift jewellery a great auction purchase

Philips Auctions forthcoming jewellery sale from 6pm Monday August 3 at 47 Glenferrie Road, Malvern continues a strong trend in this area for the auction house as vendors look to sell some of their more significant pieces for Spring. 

Quality is once more the catchcry as, under the watchful eye of resident gemmologist Tanya Philips, Philips Auctions furthers its reputation as an ideal venue to purchase jewellery valuable for both investment purposes and as the perfect gift.

According to Tanya Philips, quality offerings are more important than aesthetic appeal.

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Abbeys Auctions

Farewell online auction for artist Annette Edwards

Australian artist and printmaker the late Annette Edwards was one of those people who found it natural to mix music, dance, dramatic and visual arts in a meld of painting and printmaking that has left a lasting impression on the Australian art scene.

Graduating in 1981 with a Bachelor of Arts in Fine Arts from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), Edwards was heavily influenced by one of her teachers George Baldessin (the ‘Baldessin Circle’ was influential in Melbourne’s printmaking culture) and probably swayed her decision to become a printmaker.

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Philips Auctions

Neil Collister an auction house favourite

The late Neil Collister was the sort of collector most auction houses would pay good money to have in the room at sale time.

There was always some item – be it smalls or antique furniture – that would grab his interest every time he frequented his favourite Melbourne or Victorian regional auction houses and his collection grew steadily.

An accountant by profession, Collister even learned French polishing and took an interest in upholstering so he could either keep or restore his antique purchases to good order.

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