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Australian cricket team postcard in bat at new Melbourne saleroom
02 July 2018Newly formed Australian firm Abacus Auctions holds its second sale on July 22, devoted to coins and banknotes plus a selection of collectables and sporting memorabilia.

Mueller European art glass collection comes up at Australian sale
02 July 2018Having successfully dispersed the collection of Lalique glass formed by Hans and Gertrud Mueller in March this year, Sotheby’s Australia is now selling the couple’s collection of other European Art Glass.

Collection of Australian clockmaker expert Ken Hose offered at Leonard Joel auction
11 June 2018Ken Hose, who has published three books on Australian clockmakers, has been fascinated by clocks and their mechanics since he was a teenager.
Mossgreen ‘won’t be the last’ until trust accounts compulsory
14 May 2018The Auctioneers and Valuers Association (AVAA), a trade body representing Australian auction houses, has called for client accounts to become a compulsory legal requirement in the country.

BDO report hits out at Mossgreen management
30 April 2018The administrator BDO’s report into the collapse of Mossgreen has recommended that the Australian auction house’s former management be investigated by the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) over possible criminal activities.

Mossgreen consignors free to collect goods without facing charges from administrator BDO
25 April 2018The administrator to collapsed Australian auction house Mossgreen has lost a court case over fees which means goods can be returned to their rightful owners without fees being due.

John Schaeffer sale in Sydney
23 April 2018When John Schaeffer visited the pre-Raphaelite exhibition at the Tate Gallery in 1984 it changed the course of his art enthusiasm.

Administrators ‘wrong to charge Mossgreen consignors for returns’
16 April 2018Consignors to collapsed Australian auction house Mossgreen will not have to pay fees to have items returned, a Sydney court has ruled.

Sotheby’s offers Schaeffer collection in Sydney auction
13 April 2018Sotheby’s Australia will auction what it calls “the most significant collection of historical international art” offered in the country later this month.

Court orders Mossgreen to return lots to owners
09 April 2018The administrator of collapsed Australian auction house Mossgreen has been ordered to return thousands of lots after Federal Court ruled it did not have the right to charge clients fees to collect their own goods.

Russell Crowe’s exuberant divorce auction led by Australian art and film memorabilia
09 April 2018Australian art starred at Russell Crowe’s ‘divorce auction’, which took place with much fanfare and festivity at Sotheby’s Australia on Saturday.

Auctioneer Richard Madley to represent Sydney firm as UK agent
09 April 2018Richard Madley, a former director of Dreweatts, has been appointed UK agent for Sydney firm Shapiro Auctioneers, to source objects with an Australian background or provenance to be sold Down Under.

Mossgreen consignors to appear at court hearing in Sydney over collection fees
23 March 2018A large number of Mossgreen consignors are rapidly preparing their case to challenge the collection fees being charged by the administrators of the collapsed Australian auction house.

Webb’s survives Mossgreen debacle
19 March 2018Two businessmen from Auckland have rescued New Zealand auction house Webb’s from administration after the collapse of parent company Mossgreen.

Mossgreen vendors baulk at ‘unfair’ fees
05 March 2018Clients of the collapsed Australian auction house Mossgreen are preparing to challenge the fees being demanded by firm’s administrators to collect their own goods.

Actor Russell Crowe sells film memorabilia and more in ‘divorce’ auction at Sotheby’s Australia
27 February 2018Australian art, film memorabilia and jewellery all feature at Sotheby’s Australia’s auction of Russell Crowe’s collection candidly titled The Art of Divorce.

Auction exhibits colour range of Lalique glass as Mueller collection heads to Sotheby’s Australia
09 February 2018More than 130 pieces of Art Deco glass by the famous French manufacturer René Lalique are coming up for auction at Sotheby’s Australia in Sydney next month.

Australian association insists on client accounts following collapse of Mossgreen
29 January 2018The Australian professional auctioneering body has called for all auctioneers to introduce client accounts – known as trust accounts in Australia – to avoid a repeat of the grim situation at failed firm Mossgreen.

Mossgreen boss ‘devastated’ by firm’s closure
22 January 2018Paul Sumner’s hopes of a restructure of Australian saleroom Mossgreen melted away last week after his proposed investment plan failed and the administrator began winding down the business.

Australia’s Mossgreen auction house and art gallery to close if buyer cannot be found
17 January 2018Australian auction house Mossgreen is to be wound down by administrators after joint founder Paul Sumner was unable to restructure the firm.

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