Auction Results

A collection of Japanese ivory figures proved extremely popular with collectors and sold for four to five times its quoted value at Philips Auctions latest sale on May 17.

The collection belonged to the late Bonnie Knight, who had been collecting artefacts and jewellery since she was a teenager and viewed netsukes as her favourite items.

One of the figurines, depicting a couple making love, was the subject of a contentious indecency court case in the late 1980s...

A Poltronova Glove sofa, knocked down for $8000, was the highest furniture money earner at Leonard Joel’s Modern Design Furniture auction on April 23.

Other strong highlights were the Charles and Ray Eames lounge chair and ottoman, which went under the hammer for $7000, and a Poul Kjaerholm PKO chair for $6000.

The auction featured an international collection including designer pieces never offered on the Australian auction market and, while many of the pieces...

A growing auction trend towards sterling silver saw 153 keen bidders battle it out for quality items at Philips Auctions late March sale.

Many of these items sold well above catalogue estimates with an 1840 large early Victorian sterling silver salver one of the leading contenders.

Complete with maker Henry Wilkinson’s mark, the salver changed hands for $2880 including buyer’s premium, its richly scrolled foliate border carrying a coat of arms bearing the Latin...

Mossgreen’s first auction of Collectors Motor Cars & Automobilia at the Australian Motoring Festival on March 29 received a mixed response from the more than 250 bidders who attended – with many of the cars being passed in.

Designed to appeal to weekend motoring enthusiasts and discerning collectors, the auction realised $1.5 million.

However, much of that was the result of the high-end rare models being sold and the fact that Martin Burger’s highly prized...