30 May
Leski Auctions
Solid gold horse racing trophy a prize at Melbourne auction
An eye-catching solid gold horse racing trophy with a $120,000-$150,000 catalogue estimate (lot 489) is the most valuable item in Melbourne-based Leski Auctions forthcoming two-day Australian & Historical sale from 10am Saturday May 30 and Sunday May 31 at 727-729 High Street Armadale.
The classic style 18-carat yellow gold two-handled cup was awarded to the horse Buckulana – a local Aboriginal word for “my lovely one” – winner of the December 1951 Southern Riverina Picnic Turf Club Breeder’s Plate at Deniliquin and owned by Mrs A.J. Webb.
13 May
Leski Auctions
Rare apothecary jars star in Melbourne auction
Apothecary specie jars are rarely seen on the auction market, but the recent retirement of Elsternwick pharmacists Geoff and Sue Szwarcbard has resulted in their remarkable collection being offered through Melbourne-based Leski Auctions as part of its apothecary, advertising, radio and other collectables sale from 11am Wednesday May 13 at 727-729 High Street, Armadale.
07 May
Menzies Art Brands
Fred Williams painting hits Australian auction scene after 60 years in private collections
After almost 60 years brightening corporate and private collections, Australian iconic artist Fred Williams (1927-1982) highly significant painting Pond in Landscape (lot 38) will make a welcome and first appearance at auction from 6.30pm Thursday May 7 at Melbourne’s Menzies Gallery, 1 Darling Street, South Yarra with a catalogue estimate of $600,000-$800,000.
28 Apr
Leski Auctions
Mystery surrounds historic Australian auction coin
An 1873 Queen Victoria half sovereign with a previously unrecorded plate number has experts scratching their heads at its sudden appearance at an Australian auction.
The coin (lot 408), with the plate number 276 inscribed below the shield on the reverse, will be part of Melbourne-based Leski Auctions forthcoming Coins & Banknotes, Postcards, Stamps and Postal History sale from 12pm Tuesday and Wednesday April 28 and 29 at 727-729 High Street, Armadale.
30 Mar
Leski Auctions
Prized cricket bat a highlight of Australian Test cricketer auction collection
A cricket bat known as the “Hayward Century” that legendary Australian batsman Victor Trumper (1877-1915) used in the 1911-12 English tour of Australia (lot 210) is the main feature of fellow Australian Test player Keith Stackpole’s cricket collection being offered as part of Melbourne-based Leski Auctions forthcoming sporting memorabilia sale from 10am Monday March 30 at 727-729 High Street, Armadale.
24 Mar
Abacus Auctions
Spiralling gold and silver prices having massive impact on Australian auction items
In the knowledge that dealers are currently paying between $7200 and $7600 per ounce for gold bars and $3500-$4000 per kilo for silver as queues now stretch out the door at Melbourne CBD outlets, Abacus Auctions Nick Anning had no hesitation placing much higher estimates on gold and silver items at the company's forthcoming stamps, coins, postal history, sporting memorabilia and other collectables auction from 10am Tuesday March 24 to Friday March 27 at 29 Hardner Road, Mount Waverley.
14 Mar
Leski Auctions
Melbourne auction a tribute to antique sewing tools collection
How many people these days use a needle and thread to make or repair their own clothes? In this modern, disposable world, it is a lot easier to throw items away and simply replace them with new ones when they wear out or are no longer fashionable.
Which is why the Margaret Frecker Collection of sewing tools is so unusual and is bound to attract massive interest when offered for sale as part of Melbourne-based Leski Auctions Decorative Arts & Collectables sale from 10am Saturday and Sunday March 14 and 15 at 727-729 High Street, Armadale.
25 Feb
Leski Auctions
Designer glass collection a Melbourne auction for the ages
Imagine winning the gold medal for your glass vase design at the 1962 Venice Biennale – only to have it taken away because you were not born in Italy.
This is what happened to American glass designer and sculptor Thomas Stearns (1936-2006), the first of his countrymen to design at Murano for Paolo Venini on a Fulbright Travel Grant at age 23 from 1959-61.
23 Feb
Philips Auctions
Unusual antique pistols feature in Melbourne decorative arts auction
Antique pistols from a Richmond estate are among the highlights of Melbourne-based Philips Auctions online decorative arts sale ending from 9.30am Monday February 23 at 47 Glenferrie Road, Malvern.
The four pistols (lots 23-26) include a circa 1840 Belgian eight-barrel ‘pepperbox’ revolver (lot 23), so named because it resembles a peppercorn grinder.
Active as an arms manufacturer from 1832 to 1865, Giles Mariette from Charette, Liege, manufactured the short barrel pistol, which contains the markings Mariette Brevete on the front of the grip.
02 Dec
Abacus Auctions
Legendary Australian winemaker auctions his stamp collection
No stranger to public life, now 87, James Halliday is undoubtedly better known as a wine writer and judge and successful vigneron than a stamp collector.
A one-time big city lawyer and merchant banker, like his passion for wine and winemaking, James love of stamp collecting runs deep and has done for many decades.
Declining health in recent times has meant the venerable wine industry icon has had to sell his country home and move to Sydney to share a house with daughter Caroline.
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