August 2014

EJ Ainger

Paintings and jewelley to attract auction buyers

Several interesting oil paintings, jewellery, English sterling silver and plated ware, brass and copper are some of the highlights of E.J.Ainger’s latest weekly sale from 9.30am Tuesday September 2 at 433 Bridge Road, Richmond.

The auction includes items procured from private Melbourne homes and estates including English, French and Australian furniture.

Of interest to auction goers will be mahogany bookcases and chests, bureaus, dining tables and gilded mirrors.

Aingers will hold its next special auction on Sunday October 12 at 433 Bridge Road, Richmond.

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Amanda Addams Auctions

Single vendor Aboriginal art auction to entice collectors

Tasmanian collector Michael Morgan’s collection of Aboriginal and Island art will be a highlight of Amanda Addams Auctions forthcoming sale from 6.30pm Monday September 1 at 344 High Street, Kew.

Mr Morgan qualified in commerce before commencing teaching in the late 1980s at Numbulwar in South East Arnhem Land, followed by Maningrida and the Western Desert’s Yuendumu in the Tanami Desert.

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Mossgreen

Neil Fletcher classic car and photography collection an auction treasure

Neil Fletcher has had two major passions in life.

One is photography – and he spent his early adult life (from 1975-1985) building Fletcher Fotographics, a chain of 54 stores in New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and South Australia before, in his forties, falling foul of the Australian Taxation office following the change to duty-free laws and having the business sold out from under him.

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Christian McCann Auctions

Rare Russian icons to attract auction buyers

A third generation Russian Australian’s collection of rare 18th and 19th century Russian icons is one of the major highlights of Christian McCannn Auctions sale from noon Sunday August 31 at 426 Burnley Street, Richmond.

Auctioneer Christian McCann said seldom has he had the chance to offer such an extensive collection of quality antique furniture, art and objets d’art.

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Christopher Bragg Auctions

Radio auction for collector buffs

Brought up on a farm about 50 kilometres north of Wagga Wagga, radio collector Alan Higman is a country boy at heart with a practical nature.

“The first valve radio I collected I discovered as a youngster in a back lane in Wagga Wagga because the owners were throwing out,” he says. “It was a 1937 Switchon – a brand I have not seen since – still working and went ahead and restored it.”

Alan first became interested in collecting radios when he befriended a ham radio operator at school and listened to other amateur operators from all parts of the world.

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Youngs

Jewellery a big drawcard to Young's special sale

Auction goers will be particularly impressed with Young’s Auctions special sale from 9.30am Friday August 29 at 229 Camberwell Road, East Hawthorn.

A significant component of the auction is jewellery put aside specially for the sale and incorporating rings, earrings, gold bracelets and necklaces and sizeable gold nugget.

The jewellery also contains emerald and diamond earrings and a matching diamond and sapphire necklace, bracelet and ring.

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EJ Ainger

Collectibles strong auction attraction

Antique and retro furniture, collectibles, paintings, decorative furnishings and jewellery will be among strong attractions at E.J. Ainger’s forthcoming weekly sale from 9.30am Tuesday August 26 at 433 Bridge Road, Richmond.

The items have been removed from homes and estates in Malvern, Toorak and Hawthorn or are part of a container load from England.

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Mossgreen

Mossgreen auctions limb from tree under which Australian explorer buried

Among the 1000 lots that comprise Mossgreen’s forthcoming Quarterly Collectors Auction Series is a piece of a tree at Cooper’s Creek, South Australia – under which the ill-fated explorer Robert O’Hara Burke was buried with his second-in-command William John Wills before their bodies were later brought back to Melbourne.

Burke and Wills – and their fellow expeditioners John King and Charley Gray – are famous for being the first Europeans to cross Australia from south to north (Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria) in 1860-61.

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Fine Arts Auctions

Landmark Brighton property gives up its treasures

Former Toyota dealer Graham Werner and his wife Carol have sold their landmark Victorian property at 66 Hanby Street(cnr Denby Street), Brighton and have asked auctioneer Phil Caldwell to auction the contents from 11am Sunday August 24.

The auction features major artworks, antiques, porcelain and clocks – along with Asian antiquities, several rare motorcycles and a luxury boat.

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Leonard Joel

First Sydney auction for Leonard Joel

Jewels and objets d’art will be the highlight of Leonard Joel’s inaugural $1.3 million Sydney auction from 1pm Sunday August 24 at the Intercontinental Hotel, 117 Macquarie Street.

One of the major attractions is a Cartier gold panther double cuff never before seen at an Australian auction.

Another intriguing item is the “Face and Owl” vase by Pablo Picasso.

Heading the Asian objects is a significant and elegant blue and white bluster vase – while international makers such as Faberge, Lalique, Galle, Meissen and Chiparus populate the collection.

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