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Leski Auctions
28 Jun
A comprehensive turnout of mainly affordable items bound to interest both first-time and established collectors and those auction goers looking for that treasured bargain is the hallmark of Melbourne-based Leski Auctions forthcoming Decorative Arts & Collectables two-day sale, from 10am Saturday June 28 and Sunday June 29 at 727-729 High Street, Armadale.
30 Jun
Philips Auctions
The largest and best gents watch auction in Australian history – one man’s collection conservatively valued at $2.2 million – will be held online, closing from 7pm Monday June 30, at Melbourne-based Philips Auctions 47 Glenferrie Road, Malvern.
Collected mainly over the past 12 months, the 96 watches feature many of the best and most popular brands on the market.
Made from various metals including, titanium, white and yellow gold and stainless steel, many of the watches have other features such as moon faces, dates and stopwatch mechanisms.
27 Jun
Abacus Auctions
Former Australian fast bowler Jason “Dizzy” Gillespie loved being part of a successful Test and one-day cricket side.
“The highlight of my career was winning Tests and World Series matches and contributing to the victories by bowling well,” he explained.
The first Aboriginal male to become a Test cricketer and the only nightwatchman to score a record 201 not out (against Bangladesh in 2006), Gillespie began both his Test and one-day career in 1996, aged 21.
24 Jun
Abacus Auctions
Mail used to be a useful source of income and easy pickings for 19th century Australian bushrangers who regularly held up and robbed the famed Cobb & Co coaches that provided vital communication links between Australia’s major cities and regional towns.
Many of the registered letters contained banknotes and, once opened, the envelopes were then tossed aside.
18 Jun
Menzies Art Brands
Fifty-seven-year-old leading Australian artist Lisa Roet is fascinated with the relationship between humans and primates, travelling to remote areas in Borneo to further her knowledge, and unashamedly uses the monkey as the muse for her sculpture creations.
Based in Melbourne, one of her ape sculptures is part of the famous McClelland Sculpture Park and Gallery near the outer suburb of Frankston.
17 Jun
Leski Auctions
A valuable collection of gold coins estimated to be worth at least $500,000 is the major component of Melbourne-based Leski Auctions forthcoming Coins & Stamps sale from 10am Tuesday June 17.
The coins belong to a family whose father has passed away and the mother is about to be moved into a nursing home and need to be sold to help pay for her care.
Highlights of the collection include two complete collections of Perth Mint sovereigns struck between 1899 and 1931 (lots 41 and 42) in felt-lined timber cases – each estimated at $40,000-$50,000.
24 May
Leski Auctions
A true icon of Australian comedy and satire, the late Barry Humphries (1934-2023) was famous for the comedic characters he created who became internationally famous in their own right – none more so than Dame Edna Everage and Sir Les Patterson.
Not only was Humphries a comedy genius, he also was a dab hand as an artist, often referring to himself as a “Sunday painter”.
19 May
Philips Auctions
Melbourne sculptor Deborah Halpern is at the forefront of weekend viewing at Philips Auctions forthcoming Fine & Decorative arts online sale, ending from 9.30am Monday May 19 at 47 Glenferrie Road, Malvern, with her Flying Fish 2011 sculpture (lot 16) fashioned from steel, fibreglass and tiles.
07 May
Deutscher and Hackett
At $1.5 million high catalogue estimate, Howard Arkley’s (1951-1999) Neapolitan delight 1993 (lot 24) leads strong collector value works in Duetscher and Hackett’s forthcoming Sydney art auction, from 7pm Wednesday May 7 at 36 Gosbell Street Paddington.
Almost $11 million estimated worth of paintings and sculptures (76 in total) are up for grabs in the sale.
09 Apr
Menzies Art Brands
When Australian art scene icon Brett Whiteley (1939-1992) arrived in February 1960 in Rome on an Italian Government Travelling Scholarship, he was not quite 21 years old.
After brief stints in Paris – where he met his muse and future wife Wendy – and Florence, in November that year they moved to London and the now legendary Ladbroke Grove of Notting Hill.
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