22 Sep
Australian conservationist's collection goes under the hammer
One of Australia’s best-known conservationists, Sydney-born Chris Pratten, who died this year aged 90, is being remembered through his massive collection of antique clocks, Wedgewood and other porcelain brands, and naturalist art - to be auctioned by Melbourne-based Leski Auctions as part of its Decorative Arts sale from 10am Sunday September 22.
The Pratten collection, containing 274 lots, is one of three on the day – the other two belonging to Sydney dealer Alan Landis and Tasmanian collector Chris Burghley.
29 Oct
Leski Auctions
Beatles photographic collection highlights Australian auction
Although an event that happened 60 years ago, the Beatlemania phenomenon that gave rise to hysterically screaming and crying teenagers as part of pop music culture will be front of mind when Melbourne-based Leski Auctions holds a sale that includes a photographic collection of the Beatles 1964 visit to Adelaide as part of their only Australian tour.
The auction, from 12pm Tuesday October 29 and Wednesday October 30 at 727-729 High Street Armadale, also will comprise a significant poster and camera and photographic equipment collection among the 1076 lots.
20 Oct
Leski Auctions
Australian antiques and art history stalwart auctions her collection
A stalwart of Australian antiques and art history, Dr Jane Lennon, is auctioning many items from her personal collection of Australian silver and gold, rare photographs, furniture, pottery, jewellery and paintings at Melbourne-based Leski Auctions forthcoming sale from 11am Sunday October 20 at 727-729 High Street, Armadale.
17 Sep
Leski Auctions
Hindenburg disaster recalled at Australian postal auction
Although the Hindenburg disaster occurred more than 87 years ago, it is still often referred to as one of aviation’s greatest tragedies.
16 Sep
Philips Auctions
Melbourne interior decorator's collection to intrigue auction goers
Melbourne interior decorator and landscaper the late Daryl Mills, who died late last year, was a popular figure among collectors.
Those who visited his business Demille Decorative Arts in High Street, Kew became used to seeing him in trademark white overalls tending to his largely art deco and 1950s and 1960s collection of fittings and furniture, and he was a great supporter of Melbourne’s auction houses.
Daryl’s artistic life began at 18 with landscaping that also incorporated an art gallery in Gardenvale.
28 Aug
Deutscher and Hackett
McClelland collection to attract auction goers
Deutscher and Hackett has boosted its forthcoming Melbourne Australian and international fine art auction with select works from the historic McClelland collection to ensure strong collector interest.
The estimated $5.1-$7.3 million sale, from 7pm Wednesday August 28 at 105 Commercial Road, South Yarra, features the painting Vanity c1912 (lot 2) by Emanuel Phillips Fox (1865-1915), with a catalogue estimate of $350,000-$550,000 among the seven works (lots 1 to 7) from the collection.
28 Aug
Menzies Art Brands
Deceased Australian sculptor remembered at auction
Collectors will have the opportunity to remember Bruce Armstrong, one of Australia’s most important sculptors who died earlier this year aged 67, when Menzies online auction of Prints & Multiples closes from 6.30pm on Wednesday August 28.
His bronze sculpture entitled The Cricketer, conceived in 1987 and cast in 2021, (lot 14) is among more than 80 works on offer from some of Australia’s best artists.
27 Aug
Abacus Auctions
WWII prisoner-of-war letters auction a vital historic record
The phrase “necessity is the mother of invention” was never more apt than during World War II when a British army captain captured by the Japanese and interned at a prisoner-of-war camp in Thailand sent a secret message cleverly squeezed between two layers of a postcard to his wife back home.
On September 9, 1943, Captain Phil Rogers inscribed a 133-word message in micro-writing on tissue paper, which he then secreted between the postcard layers, alerting his wife to his fate.
11 Aug
Leski Auctions
An eye for beauty in Melbourne decorative arts auction
Dubbed An Eye For Beauty sale, this part II auction of a single owner collection of decorative arts and general collectables from 10am Sunday August 11 by Melbourne-based Leski Auctions at 727-729 High Street, Armadale is an excellent opportunity for buyers to pick up affordable pieces in a comprehensive range of categories.
Auction goers will be able to choose from sterling silver, Chinese and Asian art, paintings, clocks, jewellery, religious icons, porcelain, glass, lamps, furniture and military items assembled over 20 years to satisfy their collecting hunger.
28 Jul
Fine Arts Auctions
Melbourne auction collection important to Australia-Chinese cultural relations
When Hong Kong born Feng Xiao Wei took a position in 1969 with Radio Australia in Melbourne, little did she realise what an impact this would have on her future as a collector and seller of traditional Chinese furniture, art and antiquities.
Barely 22 years old and also known by her Anglicised name Teresa Chung, the young broadcaster was one of two (and the only woman) selected from 2000 applicants.
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