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Early Australia takes shape: maps sold at auction in Melbourne
27 August 2024Seventeenth and 18th century maps sold in Melbourne auction show how much discoveries had revealed
Tasmanian artist scoops the AUS$100,000 Hadley's Art Prize
12 August 2024Zoe Grey's depiction of Preminghana, a seaside mountain in her home town, secured two cash prizes and critical acclaim
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Crouch and Harrington set to exhibit at the Melbourne Rare Book Fair
19 July 2024Detailed accounts from colonial settlers and a trove of radical erotica are just some of the offerings at Australia's rare book bonanza
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Medals from an Anzac war hero take 30 times top estimate at auction
04 July 2024How the personal story of an Anzac war hero boosted the value of a common group of medals offered at auction to 30 times the top estimate.
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Shakespeare’s First Folio lands in Tasmania
29 June 2024London rare book dealer Peter Harrington sold the copy to an edgy Australian museum
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European ceramics that went to Oz come back on the market
15 April 2024Deceased estates and collectors selling up mean items collected in the late 20th century reappear at auction.
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George Owen Worcester wins admirers
15 April 2024Andrew Morris spent over 30 years putting together a collection focusing on the Worcester porcelain of the Kerr and Binns and Royal Worcester periods and Leonard Joel (25% buyer’s premium) offered it at auction in Melbourne, Australia, over two days on March 25-26.
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Prime 18th century English porcelain on offer in Australia
29 January 2024When Australian auction house Artvisory offers the Robert Burke collection on February 19-20 in Melbourne it will launch around 300 lots of prime 18th century English porcelain onto the market.
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Australian library buys ‘convict artist’ portrait
13 November 2023A portrait miniature previously bought on eBay has been knocked down at an Australian auction for 30-times more than the original price.
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Cavalry charges into history at Omdurman
18 September 2023Australian saleroom Abacus Auctions will feature a compact but significant collection of medals formed by British expatriate Dr Cecil Walkley.
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Sir Joshua’s Guercino sketch surfaces Down Under
11 September 2023The artist and Royal Academy founder Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-92) was also a major collector, especially in the field of Old Master works on paper.
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Copy of the ‘foundation book of modern Australia’ comes to auction
08 August 2023Following the arrival of the first British colonists and convicts to Australia in 1788, early accounts of the settlement on the continent were created.
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Very early printed work to be found down south
17 July 2023'Antipodum, nobis, incognita': how a great southern land is labelled (“the Antipodes unknown to us”) in one of the first mentions in print.
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Sumptuous porcelain takes pride of place in salerooms
10 July 2023Auctions held in Australia and Germany rack up strong prices for major European makers
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Sèvres vase sells for nearly £90,000 in Oz
05 June 2023Made in 1762 at the cusp of the vogue for rococo and neo-classicism, this 15in (44cm) high Sèvres vase combines elements of both styles.
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Classic Georgian tables that stood in Melbourne suburbs
05 June 2023Two examples of classic early Georgian mahogany proved to be in demand at Artvisory (26% buyer’s premium) of South Yarra, Victoria.
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Australian cricketer bowls in and tribal art drums up support
05 June 2023The Abacus sale on June 28-30 in Melbourne will feature an eclectic mix of material.
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Victorian ladies’ cycling gear wheels its way to Australia after wealthy donor bids at auction
03 April 2023A Victorian ladies’ sporting jacket believed to have been used for cycling has been bought for the National Gallery of Victoria (NGV) in Melbourne, Australia.
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Royal Worcester purchases in the running
27 March 2023Kenneth Ely (b.1926) had a first career as a jockey, apprenticed at the age of 15
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Olympic swimmer Rose set a gold standard
19 December 2022Murray Rose (1939-2012) became the youngest Olympian to win three gold medals during one Games, aged just 17 in 1956.
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