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While Jeffrey Smart’s (1921-2013) painting Bus by the Tiber 1977-78 (lot 18) was the top selling artwork at Menzies March 29 Melbourne auction – finishing mid catalogue estimate range at $638,182 including buyer’s premium – it was another of his works that sent the sale into overdrive.
Renowned for paintings that reflect on changing social and environmental conditions, the artist’s Study for the Petrol Station 1975 (lot 15) saw three telephone...
Melbourne-based Leski Auctions had no trouble selling the large wine collection of Polish Jew Martin Sachs who survived the horrors of the World War II Holocaust in the German Mauthausen Labour Camp to live to the venerable age of 95.
After the war, Martin, who died in 2020, migrated to Australia where he became a successful builder and developer and was able to indulge in some of the finer things in life such as art and wine collecting, cooking and chess.
In...
Popular former Australian Test cricketer Doug Walters baggy green cap (lot 3537) didn’t quite reach its $15,000 catalogue estimate – but nevertheless was knocked down for a credible $13,800 (including buyer’s premium) at Melbourne-based Abacus Auctions four-day March sale of stamps, postal history, coins and banknotes and sporting memorabilia.
Director Torsten Weller was pleased with the auction’s overall result of more than $1.35 million including buyers’ premiums,...
Led by a strong return from iconic indigenous artist Lin Onus (1948-1996) with his Deep Water, Matong 1995 (lot21) and six artist auction records, Australian Aboriginal art is alive and well if the latest Deutscher and Hackett Melbourne sale on March 22 is anything to go by.
The painting sold for $343,636 including buyer’s premium (on a $180,000-$250,000 catalogue estimate) in an auction that realised $3,262,950 for 73 lots – 168 per cent by value where 91...
A circa 1725 English Georgian spring table clock with an ebonised bell top case and ormolu mounts (lot 641) doubled its high estimate of $6000 ($13,145 with buyer’s premium) to take out top billing at Melbourne-based Leski Auctions decorative arts and collectables sale on March 18.
An antique red stone statue of the Indian goddess Rajasthan (lot 1006) filled second spot with a price tag of $9560 – while a pair of late 18th century demi-lune commodes (lot...
Despite some of the more valuable painted Royal Worcester plaques not going under the hammer, there was plenty of interest in Ken and Gloria Ely’s world-renowned collection of works by the English porcelain manufacturer at Melbourne-based Gibson’s Auctions February 27-28 sale.
At $20,000 hammer price and more than three times the catalogue estimate, the top selling item was a signed 1912 William Hawkins porcelain plaque (lot 14).
Painted after Jean Louis...
A rare 1813 holey dollar (lot 60) met all expectations when it sold for $145,000 at Melbourne-based Leski Auctions coins, banknotes and stamps auction on February 16.
Struck on a Spanish Charles III 1806 eight reales from Mexico City the sale price was at the higher end of the catalogue estimate.
Introduced by Governor Lachlan Macquarie in 1813 and Australia’s first coins, holey dollars were used in New South Wales during the early days of penal settlement....
Fred Williams (1927-1982) You Yangs c1962 (lot 6) was the most expensive painting to go under the hammer and Deutscher and Hackett’s timed online modern and contemporary art auction in Melbourne on February 15 – realising its upper catalogue estimate of $45,000 ($56,250 including buyer’s premium) – as 27 of the 36 works listed sold on the day.
Surprisingly, famous street artist Banksy’s work Gangsta Rat 2004 (lot 25) did not achieve the $40,000-$60,...
When auction buyers know a painting’s provenance, it invariably adds to its sale value.
And so it proved for popular Sydney collectors Colin and Elizabeth Laverty’s collection of Aboriginal and contemporary art, sold by Deutscher and Hackett on December 13 in Melbourne, which at $421,455 including buyers’ premiums was a 152 per cent by value and 98 per cent by volume return for the 47 paintings and sculptures involved.
Duetscher and Hackett this year had...
Paintings by Hermannsburg School Aboriginal artist Albert Namatjira (1902-1959) occupied the first two spots in South Australian-based Elder Fine Art’s December 4 art auction that also featured many other well-known Australian painters.
Finke River Gums, Central Australia (lot 26) was knocked down for $57,500 ($67,620 including buyer’s premium) while Ghost Gums, Jay Creek – MacDonnell Ranges (lot 27) sold for $57,624.
Another of his works...
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