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Beatlemania goes Down-Under
16 May 2014Leonard Joel of Melbourne will be marking the 50th anniversary of the Beatles arriving to tour Australia by offering a collection of photographs taken of the group in Adelaide.
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Symbols of longevity – and wealth
15 November 2013A new record for any work of art sold in New Zealand was set when Webb’s in Auckland sold this pair of 19th century Chinese carved rhinoceros horns for NZ$680,000 (£375,700).
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Grundy collection sets Australian record for single-owner sale
01 July 2013Fred Williams’ ‘You Yangs Landscape 1’ of 1963 made the highest price of the 89-lot sale of Australian art from the Reg Grundy and Joy Chambers-Grundy collection when it sold for Aus$1.9m (£1.2m).
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For sale: Australia’s first federal banknote
07 May 2013It has a face value of ten shillings but a price tag of Aus$3.5m (£2.3m) at Coinworks, the specialist dealers and auctioneers of Melbourne.
New saleroom force for Melbourne as Leski merge with Mossgreen
07 May 2013Two auction houses are joining forces in the latest shake-up to affect the Melbourne scene.
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Ibeji figures highlight sale in New Zealand
21 March 2013This pair of heavily carved Ibeji figures are one of the highlights at Webb’s Oceanic & African Arts sale on March 26 in Auckland, New Zealand.
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The Holey grail of Australian coins
18 March 2013A private collector has paid a record Aus$495,000 for one of Australia’s first coins, the so-called Holey Dollar.
If you think you have it bad in the UK…
31 October 2012PERSONAL VIEW: Jolyon Warwick James, President of the Australian Antique and Art Dealers’ Association (AAADA, NSW Chapter) and chairman of the Australian Antiques and Art Market Federation (AAAMF), examines the problems with the Artist’s Resale Right in Australia.
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Geddes stock at auction
31 August 2012In mid September the well-known Melbourne antiques dealer Graham Geddes will be holding a large stock sale at Leonard Joel auction house.
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Record Boyd in Melbourne
30 August 2012Setting an auction record for the artist, a picture by Arthur Boyd (1920-99) was the top-selling work among the 60 lots of Australian and International paintings at Sotheby’s most recent sale in Melbourne.
Joel throw down the gauntlet over vendors’ commissions
09 June 2012Australian auction house Leonard Joel have made a public challenge to competitors by offering a 105% return to sellers for the higher end of the market.
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Lewis collection invigorates Australian art market
12 December 2011IT was a sale tipped to defy a generally lacklustre market, and boy did it deliver! Some 590 items from the estate of Dr Ann Lewis were auctioned by Mossgreen on November 7 at the Art Gallery of New South Wales in Sydney.
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Boyd’s Bridegroom sets record in Sydney
05 September 2011DESPITE the uncertain economic conditions that have cooled the art market in Australia, last month saw a new high for one the country’s most highly regarded artists.
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The £180,000 bounty for Bligh’s descendants
08 August 2011ICONIC is the only word to describe two gold medals offered at a recent sale by Noble Numismatics of Melbourne, Australia.
Australia sets up its own version of BAMF
16 May 2011THE Australian art and antiques industry has formed its own version of the British Art Market Federation following what it calls “several years of uncertainty in the Australian art market”.
Bonhams raise stakes Down Under
16 May 2011THE contstant jockeying for position in the Australian art and antiques auctions market continues with the appointment of Mark Fraser as chairman of Bonhams Australia with immediate effect.
Christchurch dealer fights to save his stock
14 March 2011REPORTS from Christchurch in New Zealand reveal that an antiques dealer is appealing for help to retrieve his stock before the army demolishes his damaged shop.
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Profitable journey from Suffolk to Sydney
14 March 2011A PICTURE discovered in a Suffolk village has sold for Aus$132,000 (£85,715) in Bonhams' saleroom in Sydney, Australia.
Australian trade launch fight against Resale Right
07 February 2011AUSTRALIAN dealers and auctioneers are joining forces to fight the current Artist’s Resale Right scheme introduced to the country seven months ago.
Goodman sells up in Australia
10 January 2011AFTER just one year at the helm of Sotheby’s Australia, Tim Goodman has retired as chairman and principal shareholder.
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