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If iconic Australian businesswoman Millie Phillips were still alive, she no doubt would not have been surprised that two of the paintings in her auction collection would achieve world auction records for the artists involved.
And so it proved on November 23 at Menzies Sydney sale when Lloyd Rees’s Sydney – The Source 1973 (lot 17) and Yosl Bergner’s The Last Supper 1982 sold respectively for $564,545 and $79,773 including buyers’ premiums – as most...
A comprehensive mix of items appealed to auction goers at Melbourne-based Leski Auctions two-day decorative arts and collectables sale on November 5 and 6 led by a stunning pair of antique Chinese 17th century late Ming or early Qing Dynasty ceramic architectural panels with green and gold dragon decorations (lot 348) that sold for $14,500 on a $4500-$5500 catalogue estimate.
In second spot was a vintage Bengal tiger skin rug from the firm Vaningen &...
The late John Hart’s (1937-2014) collection of Aboriginal watercolour paintings from the Northern Territory’s Hermannsburg Mission west of Alice Springs drew plenty of timed online auction interest on October 18 at Deutscher and Hackett in Melbourne – led by the mission’s famous son, highly talented Albert Namatjira (1902-1959), widely considered one of the greatest and most influential of Australian artists.
His work entitled Ghost Gum and Central Australian Landscape (lot 5...
When it comes to some of Australia’s and the world’s best artists, prints and lithographs seem to be just as popular as major oil paintings.
And so it proved for Menzies Prints & Multiples Sydney auction on October 12 when several Australian auction records for artists were set during the bidding and 84 per cent of the 70 works on offer were sold.
The top two lots in the sale were taken out by 20th century American contemporary artist Andy Warhol...
Single owner collections often do well at auction but, given the niche market art photography occupies in Australia, Deutscher and Hackett’s October 11 62 per cent sale result by volume of Australian photographer the late Joyce Evan’s collection of fellow colleagues works was undoubtedly pleasing.
Evans died in 2019 aged 90 but during her life was dedicated to all aspects of photography including portraiture, landscape and documentaries and was always seeking to...
Nineteenth century clocks still attract a large following and an impressive German table Black Forest “Trumpeter” version (lot 870) was no exception when knocked down for $7000 on a $1500-$2500 catalogue estimate at Melbourne-based Leski Auctions two-day September Decorative Arts & Collectables sale.
The clock was the auction’s top-selling item followed by a 19th/20th century blanc de chine Chinese porcelain Buddha statue (lot 296) for $5500...
All bar one of the seven highly valuable paintings owned by two icons of Australian media and advertising sold within or above their catalogue estimates at Deutscher and Hackett’s Important Australian and International Fine Art Sydney September auction.
The paintings, all by Australia’s best known artists, were part of collections by founder of Australia’s largest advertising agency Clemenger BBDO Peter Clemenger and his wife Joan and media mogul the late Reg Grundy (...
A glazed earthenware kookaburra bough dish (lot 23) made by Australian potter Grace Seccombe (1880-1956) sold for as hammer price of $11,000 – 10 times its lower catalogue estimate – at Gibson’s Auctions Australian, Maritime and Natural History sale on August 28 and 29 in Melbourne.
A little more than half (180) of the 314 items offered at the live auction on the first day sold
with a rare 1940s Remued glazed earthenware koala vase (lot 14) bringing $8500 – the...
A piece of nostalgic sporting history went under the hammer at Leski Auctions July 23 sporting memorabilia Melbourne sale when Shane Warne’s batting helmet from his first Ashes tour of England in 1993 (lot 271) was sold for $8500 hammer price.
Warne, who died tragically on March 4 this year from a heart attack aged 52, took 708 Test wickets for Australia during his 15-year career from 1992-2007 as a leg spin bowler.
During the 1993 six-Test Ashes tour, Warne...
Not all art collectors are keen on Aboriginal bark paintings – but those purchased by Australian superannuation giant Cbus as part of its iconic art collection most art enthusiasts would have thought to be an exception.
The bark paintings – all by senior member of the Barabba clan from South-Central Arnhem Land in the Northern Territory Wally Mandarrk – comprised Part IV of the paintings that Cbus asked Deutscher and Hackett to sell in four auctions throughout late...
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