16 Aug
EJ Ainger
Fine furniture fills up auction room
An R. Lipp & Sohn upright piano is among the attractions at E.J. Ainger’s forthcoming weekly auction from 9.30am Tuesday August 16 at 433 Bridge Road, Richmond.
The sale, including estate furnishings from Melbourne’s eastern and south-eastern suburbs, is particularly notable for the vast selection of Victorian burr walnut and flame mahogany furniture.
Auction goers also should be impressed at the range of English retro teak dining room furniture, 19th and 20th century items, Middle Eastern rugs and decorative mirrors.
14 Aug
Mossgreen
Classic car auction a motoring enthusiast's delight
Motoring enthusiasts will be over the moon at the prospect of picking up a rare 1988 Ferrari 328GTB “Gran Turismo Berlinetta” factory right hand drive at Mossgreen’s forthcoming Collectors’ Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia auction from noon Sunday August 14 at 935 High Street, Armadale.
The Ferrari 328, with a catalogue estimate of $225,000-$250,000, has a 3.2-litre V8, four valve per cylinder layout and a top speed of 267 km/h – reaching 160km/h in 13 seconds.
11 Aug
Leonard Joel
1960s fashion photographers vie for auction limelight
Works by 1960s fashion photographer Henry Talbot – who currently has an exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria – will be among some of the more appealing photographs in Leonard Joel’s forthcoming Specialist Prints & Photography auction from 11.30am Thursday August 11 at 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra.
Leonard Joel holds four specialist print auctions each year and this sale features works by other fashion photographers from the same period including Bruno Benini, Rennie Ellis and Wolfgang Sievers.
09 Aug
Sothebys Australia
Designer jewellery has auction appeal
Sotheby’s Australia’s latest designer jewellery auction is bound to appeal to auction goers looking for that individual or memorable piece.
One of the major highlights of the auction, from 6pm Tuesday August 9 in the InterContinental Sydney at 117 Macquarie Street, is an impressive selection of jewels by the designer Cartier.
The catalogued cover depicts a platinum and diamond panther ring with a rotating head and eyes accented with pear-shaped emeralds (lot 129).
07 Aug
Kim's Auctions
Boulle furniture collection to the fore at Melbourne auction
Twenty pieces of 19th century French boulle inlaid marquetry, brass and tortoiseshell furniture in mint condition belonging to a Toorak-based doctor is a major highlight of Kim’s Auctions forthcoming sale from 11am Sunday August 7 at 327-329 Warrigal Road, Burwood.
07 Aug
EJ Ainger
McPherson family collection goes under the hammer
An Emmanuel Phillips Fox painting entitled The Avenue that has not been seen in public for 100 years is a major highlight of the estates of Lady Sidney Orme McPherson and her daughter Marion Orme Page to be auctioned from 10am on site at 216 Domain Road, South Yarra through E.J. Ainger.
In its original John Thallon frame, the painting was originally part of the artist’s estate sale on February 29, 1916 at the Upper Athenaeum Hall in Collins Street, Melbourne where it sold for 15 guineas.
02 Aug
EJ Ainger
Seascape and landscape paintings auction for art collectors
A collection of seascape and landscape paintings are highlights of E.J. Ainger’s forthcoming weekly sale from 9.30am Tuesday August 2 at 433 Bridge Road, Richmond.
The auction contains Goebel figurines and a pair of large Blackamoor figure lamps – along with pocket watches and porcelain.
Among the large range of estate furnishings is Victorian burr walnut and mahogany, a French walnut 12-seat dining room table, mahogany and cedar chests, a Moran leather lounge suite and retro dining room furniture.
31 Jul
Mossgreen
A rose by any other name - auction a reminder of Flemington's famous gardens
Items belonging to the woman responsible for Flemington Racecourse’s rose garden and the wearing of flowers on major Spring Carnival racing days will be part of Mossgreen’s three-day International Decorative Arts auction from 4pm Sunday July 31 at 926-930 High Street, Armadale.
In 1962, the late Sheelah Wood convinced her Victorian Racing Commission committee member husband Sam (and other committee members) to wear a blue cornflower on Derby Day as a symbol of respect to soldiers killed in World War II – a custom already followed by the French.
31 Jul
Leonard Joel
Bromley collection part two for country auction goers
Part two of artist David Bromley and his fashion designer wife Yuge’s collections will be auctioned from 12pm Sunday July 31 at 39 East Street, Daylesford.
Collection two is wide ranging and in many cases off beat – and once again demonstrates their diverse collecting life together.
“Our intention is to bring magic into the everyday,” writes David Bromley in the catalogue introduction.
“What rules our world is our mutual obsession for collecting, decorating and injecting engaging narratives into spatial context.”
31 Jul
Philips Auctions
Boulle clock and Chinese screen major auction drawcards
A 1730s baroque gilt bronze boulle clock and an eight-leaf double sided Chinese coromandel screen from the late Qing dynasty are two of the highlights at Philips Auctions latest auction from noon Sunday July 31 at 47 Glenferrie Road, Malvern.
The eight-day clock, complete with the maker’s mark De Lorme of Paris, contains enamel cartouches and Roman numerals upon a gilt dial bearing the “Sun King” emblem.
Another intriguing item is a fine antique Chinese bronze vase with timber base, also from the Qing dynasty.
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