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Issue NINeTeeN / JULY 2013
MODeRN + TRADITIONAL
Viewing & Auctionin collingwood
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ART
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CoverModern + Tradition AuctionOld & New Curated by David Bromley for Leonard JoelSunday 7 July 2013, 11am
Preview & Auction Location 12 Smith Street, Collingwood
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M A R G A R E T R I V E R
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JohN ALBreChT
MANAGING DIreCTor LeoNArD JoeL
TIME CAPSULES IN SUBURBIA
One of my fondest memories of Auctionland
is probably the first house contents valuation
I had to attend. It was 25 years ago at Leonard
Joel when Graham Joel (the original owner
of Leonard Joel) was conducting literally
dozens of house valuations every week. It
was unusual for him to decline a valuation
but perhaps he just had too many on that
week and the drive seemed a bit much for
him – who knows? Anyway, I was told I
could visit a lady in Essendon who had
a garage full of “things”. I was excited;
probably more because I could escape the
arduous work of setting up our large weekly
auction of the time. When I arrived she
did not take me to her home but rather her
garage-shed on a large sprawling property.
As we walked she told me that her husband,
a chemist, was long gone and that it was very
much his space and that she never really
concerned herself with it – I was fascinated!
She unlocked the door and it revealed a well
stocked shed of “things” as she promised.
We first found the remnants of her wedding
cake in a tin container – she laughed and I
was curious. She explained to a young boy
that “in those days” they kept the leftovers
as a memory. It was my first first-hand social
history lesson and I was intrigued. But there
was more than just the cake. Her husband
had clearly been one of those organised
men where every object had its place. He
had well packed in their mechanical tin
robots from the 1950s and also beautiful
hand painted chemist vessels from most
likely his own chemist. The inventory went
on and on and it was made all the more
interesting because the contents had been
locked up out of sight and out of mind for
at least 40 years. If the Melbourne Museum
had got their first they would have had a
field day as it truly was a Melbourne time
capsule albeit an unintended one. Lucky
for me and the auction house I worked for
that the widow did not care for the contents
and wanted a spring clean – we obliged! The
contents were duly removed and we set up
the contents at our then Inkerman Street
salerooms and catalogued every last little
bit right down to the old flour sieves. We
advertised the collection as “The Contents
of a Shed” and little did I know at the time
but it was probably my first single-owner
sale. The media came, the widow came to
be filmed (and loved it) and the buyers came
in droves to acquire “things” from a time
gone by and we realised the staggering sum
of about $50,000 for the contents. I’m not
sure whether any of the institutions were
buying at that auction but I hope so. In 2013
the single-owner sale has taken on much
more grand connotations but whether it is
the contents of a shed or a mansion I find
that the delight comes not so much from
the value but more from the intricacies, the
personality and history of the collection.
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CONTeNTs
JULY Contents
CALeNDAr 3
NeWS 4
FINe ArT & PhoToGrAPhIC reSULTS 6
CoNTeMPorArY ArT 7
MoDerN + TrADITIoNAL 8
The YoUNG CoLLeCTIoN 12
JohN ForD PATerSoN 14
SPeCIALIST PrINTS 15
FINe JeWeLLerY 16
CLASSIC FUrNITUre, oBJeCTS &
CoLLeCTABLeS 18
MoDerN DeSIGN 19
The ANTIqUe & INTerIorS AUCTIoN 20
CoNSIGNING FINe ArT 21
GeT LeoNArD ALL The TIMe
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AUSTrALIAN AND INTerNATIoNAL ArT
FINe JeWeLLerY AND WrISTWATCheS
Pre-oWNeD LUxUrY
CLASSIC oBJeCTS AND FUrNITUre
MoDerN DeSIGN
SINGLe oWNer CoLLeCTIoNS
CoLLeCTABLe ToYS AND SPorTING MeMorABILIA
MILITArIA
BookS AND MANUSCrIPTS
Modern + Tradition Auction Sunday 7 July 2013, 11amPreview & Auction Location 12 Smith Street, Collingwood
195VINTAGE DECORATIVE FRENCH WOODEN OIL CRATE ‘HUILES RENAULT’, 50CM HIGH X 63CM WIDE X 39CM DEEP $600 - 800
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ForthComing AUCtions
The Antique & Interiors Auction every ThursdayFurniture & Interiors – 10am Jewellery & Wristwatches – 10.30am Art – 11.30am Books – 12pm Objects & Collectables – 12pm 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
The Stock in Trade of Brighton Antiques Thursday 4th July 2013 – 12pm 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Modern + Traditional Sunday 7th July 2013 – 11am 12 Smith Street, Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria
The Monthly Toy Auction Thursday 25th July 2013 – 12pm 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
The Specialist Print Auction Thursday 8th August 2013 – 11.30pm 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
The Modern Design Auction Sunday 25th August 2013 – 12pm 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
The Fine Art Auction Monday 2nd September 2013 – 6.30pm 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
The Fine Jewellery Auction Tuesday 10th September 2013 – 6.30pm 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Pre-owned Luxury Auction Thursday 12th September 2013 – 1pm 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Classic Furniture, objects & Collectables Auction October 2013 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
CALeNDAR
Leonard Joel is a proud supporter of Arts Project Australia
Auctions and viewing times are subject to change.
Modern + Tradition Auction Sunday 7 July 2013, 11amPreview & Auction Location 12 Smith Street, Collingwood
215DAVID LARWILL (1956-2011) Figures oil on paper, 180 x 68cm (irregular) $8,000 - 12,000
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News
DAVIDA ALLEN, PLAYING, SCULPTURE Sold for $4,880 IBP
PRO HART, STUDY FOR POLO MATCH (PATTERSONS HEEBUNG POLO CLUB)
OIL ON CANVAS, 20 X 25CM Sold for $1,159 IBP
roYAL ChILDreN hoSPITAL AUCTIoN INWeekLY ArT
SINGLe-oWNer CoIN SALe reALISeS More ThAN 100% BY VALUe
WorkS oF ArT, PrINTS & eDITIoNS AND oTher ProPerTY FroM The roYAL ChILDreN’S hoSPITAL WAS oFFereD For PUBLIC AUCTIoN WITh SoMe SUrPrISING reSULTS.
enquiriesPlease contact Anna Hombsch or Bronwen Quill for any further information 03 8825 5630.
Today Leonard Joel offered the coin collection from The Estate of Norman
Stevens with outstanding results. The low estimate of $88,260 was comfortably
surpassed with a total of $94,040 or more than 100% by value. This very focused
collection of mainly precious metal coins enjoyed spirited bidding by new and
seasoned collectors alike and the highest price realised was for lot 2066, a
boxed set of seven Olympic gold coins in pure gold which sold for $3,000 plus
BP. With a near 100% sale rate the collection was swooped on in less than hour.
Robert Haigh, specialist in charge of this auction, commented: “The strength of
this auction confirmed several things. Firstly, the appetite for fresh and unseen
collections when they come to market. Secondly, the comfort people find with
investing in precious metals and finally, the timeless collectability of boxed
sets”. Leonard Joel is now seeking high-value coin and related single-owner
collections for its calendar of specialist auctions.
If you have a coin collection to sell please contact
robert haigh
03 8825 5618 / 0449 143 538
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JewelleryIncluding important signed jewellery, collectable wristwatches, Australian jewellery and pre-owned luxury
ArtIncluding important Australian and international art Photography and Sculpture
Classic Furniture and objectsIncluding modern design and single-owner collections
CollectablesIncluding toys, sporting memorabilia and militaria
AlWAYS CoNSIgNINg
News
enquiriesPlease contact Giles Moon
03 8825 5635 / [email protected]
STEINWAY MODEL B GRAND PIANO
SoLD BY PrIVATe TreATY AT LeoNArD JoeL
AuCTION 25 JuLy AT 12pMVIeW & BID
oNLINe
For enquiries regarding private marketing services for high value items, contact:
Guy Cairnduff
(03) 8825 5611 / 0407 828 137
MICHEL AROUTCHEFF LIMITED EDITION GIL JOURDAN LIBELLULE S’EVADE PEUGEOT 202, EDITION 0863/666
MICHEL AROUTCHEFF LIMITED EDITION BLAKE AND MORTIMER REF ARJ02 ‘THE MYSTERY OF THE GREAT PYRAMIDS’ EDITION 415/666, WINDSCREEN DECAL.
MICHEL AROUTCHEFF LIMITED EDITION BLACK SAD ARCTIC NATION BUICK COUPE EDITION 083/666
MoNThLY ToYS
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fINe ART & phOTOGRAphIC ResuLTs
ART eNTRIes INVITeD
AuCTIONsepTeMbeR
2013
ROBERT JACKS (BORN 1943)Possibly Happiness 1966oil on canvasSold $10,370 IBP
JEFF CARTER (1928-2010) Tobacco Road, Ovens Valley 1956 silver gelatin print 29.5 x 25cm Sold for $2,196 IBP
MARGARET PRESTON (1875-1963) Bottlebrush and Flannel Flowers 1951, oil on canvasSold for $36,600 IBP
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CONTeMpORARy ART
foCUS oN CoNTEMPoRARY RESUlTS
BRETT HARRISON ALLEN(BORN 20TH CENTURY)Female Abstract bronze on sandstone baseSold for $6,710 IBP
XUE MO (MONGOLIAN, BORN 1966)Red 2011oil on linenSold for $3,904 IBP
now consigning for september fine art auction
The fascinating and often contradictory
patterns in collecting taste were ever present
at our recent Fine Art & Photographic
Auction as both the old and new sold well
to discerning collectors. Traditional and
importantly fresh works by Sydney Long
(55), Vida Lahey (6), Hilda Rix Nicholas
(50), Jess Traill (124) and Adelaide Perry
(126) all sold well above their estimates to
confirm the ongoing academic and aesthetic
appeal of traditional paintings that hit the
mark for collectors seeking to fill “that gap
in the collection”, whether they be private
or public buyers. But the appetite for the
contemporary was also in play with a dozen
or so very interesting results. Robert Jacks’
very early and large scale work Possibly
Happiness 1966, lot 64, sold well above
reserve for $10,370 (IBP) as did the rather
small work, lot 271A by the British artist
Thomas Hamilton, that sold for $7,320 or
more than six times it estimate. Sculpture
also fared well with the almost life size
bronze in two parts by Brett Harrison Allen,
lot 71, selling for $6710 (IBP). However
one of the more interesting moments in
the auction was when three works by the
German/American artist Josef Albers
were offered for sale. The three screen
prints, lot 269-271, were all conservatively
estimated and realised a combined total of
$7,808 (IBP). The geometrically designed
abstract works in pale yellow, gray and
white tones hit a chord with contemporary
collectors and were snapped up by phone-
bidders on the night. The auction realised
in excess of $650,000 (IBP) with a very
strong sale rate of 77% by lot and 86%
by value. Leonard Joel invites you to sell
with us both traditional and contemporary
works of art for our forthcoming fine art,
graphics and photography auctions.
For enquiries please contact senior
art specialist Nicole Salvo on
03 8825 5624
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MODeRN + TRADITIONAL
MODeRN + TRADITIONALold And new curAted by dAVid bromley For leonArd Joel
AuCTION suNDAy 7 JuLy
AT 11AMAuction & Viewing
on Site At 12 Smith Street, collingwood,
VictoriA
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MODeRN + TRADITIONAL
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The ArTIST AND The AUCTIoNeer
After three successful auctions together,
Leonard Joel and David Bromley are
collaborating on a unique auction concept.
MODERN + TRADITIONAL – old and new
curated by David Bromley for Leonard Joel
marks a new chapter in the presentation
and approach to auctions. David Bromley
has personally selected each piece for this
collection with the aim of presenting rooms,
spaces and interior concepts for clients in
a complete and thoughtful manner. David
Bromley: “What we noticed at our three
previous auctions was that buyers enjoyed
seeing every piece in context rather than
having to guess where to place that painting
or where to place that sculpture? With
MODERN + TRADITIONAL I have simply
applied my own aesthetic to every piece
and every space with a view to creating an
interior with its contents in a manner that I
myself would love to live in”. John Albrecht
of Leonard Joel: “I think what is so special
about this collection for me is that it is
not simply an auction sold by categories.
In this collection we really are seeing it
curated in a very personal manner by an
individual known for his extraordinary
capacity to create visual stories.” Antique
and 20th century furniture, objects and
art from numerous collections are brought
together for this auction on Sunday July 7th
2013. The collection will be displayed and
sold at 12 Smith Street in Collingwood, an
acknowledged design and arts precinct in
Melbourne.
24TWO CHAIPONE KONSTANTINGRCIC METAL AND CONCRETE SWIVEL CHAIRS, BOTH 81CM $300 - 400
382DAVID BROMLEY (BORN 1960) Belinda acrylic on canvas, 183 x 153cm $8,000 - 12,000
Modern + Tradition AuctionSunday 7 July 2013, 11am
Preview & Auction Location12 Smith Street, Collingwood
PreviewWednesday 3 July 2013 10am - 8pm Thursday 4 July 2013 10am - 5pm Friday 5 July 2013 10am - 5pm Saturday 6 July 2013 10am - 5pm
objects & Furniture enquiriesGiles MoonHead of Modern Design & Collectables(03) 8825 5635 / 0439 493 038 [email protected]
Art enquiriesNicole SalvoAssistant Head of Art(03) 8825 5624 / 0413 912 [email protected]
63SHIP’S LIGHT, SWIVEL MOUNTED ON METAL STAND 210CM HIGH $2,000 - 3,000
335FOUR ALUMINIUM GLOVE MOULDS, ALL 33.5CM LONG $200 - 400
277DAVID BROMLEY (BORN 1960) Steel Wheels painted steel 83 x 53 x 35cm (including base) $1,000 - 1,500
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MODeRN + TRADITIONAL
BehIND The SCeNeSDESIGNER?STYLIST?COLLECTOR?FURNITURE LOVER?ART AFICIONADO?THIS IS THE AUCTION FOR YOU
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MODeRN + TRADITIONAL
BehIND The SCeNeSBromley Wegner
LichTensTein Paterson
Streeton HENSON
Feint Dickerson
C o l o M B o LarwiLL
Blackman Wakelin
Featherston CrOOKe
BUNNy Mogensen
Britten Aubusson
namatJira tuckson
CHEN O’Callaghan Done
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The yOuNG COLLeCTION
A SIGNIFICANT SINGLe-oWNer CoLLeCTIoN oF ArT
151ARTHUR STREETON (1867-1943) Roses, Golden Emblem 1934 oil on canvas, 59 x 49cm $28,000 - 38,000
122RUPERT BUNNY (1864-1947) Vintners’ Cottages at Vendres oil on canvas, 53 x 63cm $18,000 - 25,000
114ARTHUR BOYD (1920-1999) Black Swans near Shoalhaven circa 1979 oil on board, 22 x 15.5cm $15,000 - 20,000
119SYDNEY LONG (1871-1955) Summer Pastoral watercolour, 28 x 28cm $4,000 - 6,000
Modern + Tradition AuctionSunday 7 July 2013, 11am
Preview & Auction Location12 Smith Street, Collingwood
PreviewWednesday 3 July 2013 10am - 8pm Thursday 4 July 2013 10am - 5pm Friday 5 July 2013 10am - 5pm Saturday 6 July 2013 10am - 5pm
objects & Furniture enquiriesGiles MoonHead of Modern Design & Collectables(03) 8825 5635 / 0439 493 038 [email protected]
Art enquiriesNicole SalvoAssistant Head of Art(03) 8825 5624 / 0413 912 [email protected]
The VerY PerSoNAL CoLLeCTIoN oF The LATe rIChArD A. YoUNG, ProPrIeTor AND FoUNDer oF koALA koACheS, qUeeNSLAND
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The yOuNG COLLeCTION
111JOHN RIGBY (BORN 1922) Fields oil on canvas, 82 x 82cm $1,000 - 1,500
110RAY CROOKE (BORN 1922)
Islander Arranging Red Hibiscus oil on canvas, 59.5 x 74.5cm
$10,000 - 15,000
116DAVID MCKAY HARRISON (BORN 1941) Torso bronze 28/100, 41cm (height) $800 - 1,200
131ROBERT DICKERSON (BORN 1924) Hiricho oil and gold leaf on board, 39.5 x 29.5cm $6,000 - 8,000
When I first met one of Richard’s
nine children, I was taken by how
fondly he seemed to be remembered by his
family and how important it was to them
that his special art collection be dealt with
in a manner that befitted their love and
esteem for him. So often as an auctioneer
collections are absent a “back story” but
when they do present like in this case it
gives the collection and its viewing so
much more meaning and a rich history that
threads it.
The first thing one notices about the
collection is its unpretentiousness – Richard
clearly loved art, found special meaning in
subject matter and selected works based
on how he responded to them rather than
what cache they might have held – so many
of the paintings reminded him of moments
in his well travelled and quintessentially
Australian journey. A simple example of
this was the pleasure he derived from the
modern impressionist Rick Everingham
who so competently renders figurative
scenes with a softness and beauty. This
love of impressionism is also evident in the
French period Rupert Bunny he acquired
in his later years which to me confirmed
his confidence in ensuring his collection
ranged between new and old artists with
subject matter and quality always driving
the selection process rather than the
collecting of a “signature” to impress.
Within the collection are also four works
by Robert Dickerson and two particularly
striking works with gold leaf ground that
appear less often these days at auction. I
would imagine that Richard would have
enjoyed the structure and certainty of these
works; something that Dickerson always
delivered.
As one moves through the collection the
pleasure in observing such an eclectic mix
of artists continues and just when you
believe you have a traditional landscape
collection you are surprised to discover a
beautiful Norman Lindsay pencil drawing,
a striking Ray Crooke and a very fine Albert
Namatjira watercolour. It is clear that
Richard’s collecting took him far and wide
and it was not uncommon for him to visit
the southern state salerooms when he left
his home state of Queensland to find a work
of art that reminded him of a childhood
moment, a period in his hard working life or
an area he spent time in as a young boy. He
would delight in bringing his family up to
speed on his latest addition to the collection
and why it grabbed him. Indeed there was
something of the traveller in Richard who
without doubt lived one of those great
mid-century Australian stories – big family,
hard working, lots of moving around and a
commitment to always appreciate the small
mercies and to pursue every opportunity
that a rapidly growing Australia presented
to those with enthusiasm, a good mind and
a fierce work ethic.
Reading the family stories presented to me
revealed just how much Richard was part of
an emergent Australia and how in so many
ways he lived the Australian 20th century
and how much travelling he experienced
as a youngster and as an adult. Working in
the dairy sector from a young age, avoiding
the polio epidemic of 1936 and taking on
multiple supplementary jobs as so many
did. Never knocking back an opportunity
when it presented itself were hallmarks of
Richard’s life.
This work ethic that imbued his life
found its moment when he founded Koala
Koaches bus services in Queensland more
than half a century ago and it is clear that
this family run business was respected
and extremely well run with “no corners
cut”. As it grew and evolved it reflected the
burgeoning and changing population trends
of Queensland in the 1960s, 70s and 80s.
Richard, Koala Koaches and his extensive
family had become in every sense part of a
successful Queensland with a lot of warmth
and local community concern thrown in!
Now back to the collection. Amongst the
finer period paintings, not to mention the
dramatic Arthur Streeton Roses, Golden
Emblem, lies what we call “a jewel of a
work” by the Heidelberg School artist John
Ford Paterson. If one of the paintings in the
collection must be described as monumental
this would be the one and it depicts the
often rendered scene of Rickett’s Point along
outer Melbourne’s coastline. The classic
sway of the ti-trees, the ocean and the park-
like foreground mark it as classic early 20th
century Australian impressionist subject
matter and I wondered why this painting
in this collection? It seemed like the special
one and for no clear reason. Then I read
further through the family history that
revealed that this was where Richard as
a child would enjoy family picnics and as
it happened the love of his life did too, his
wife of 59 years Louise.
I never met Richard but it makes perfect
sense to me that his major acquisition
was something that brought him back to
childhood memories in a fashion he could
link to his dear wife. This is when the
collection becomes individualised and very
personal for the auctioneer and it is a rare
privilege now to be entrusted with the story
and the collection.
JohN ALBreChT
MANAGING DIreCTor LeoNArD JoeL
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JohN Ford PATERSoN
JOhN fORD pATeRsON
130JOHN FORD PATERSON (1851-1912) Rickett’s Point, Victoria 1908 oil on canvas, 67.5 x 140.5cm $60,000 - 80,000
John Ford Paterson, a passionate promoter of
Australian art that captured the spirit of the
bush, was born and trained in Scotland. Here
he became influenced by the now famous
group of Scottish plein-air impressionists,
the ‘Glasgow Boys’, who rejected pictorial
realism for more decorative forms which
were beautiful in colour and tone. Paterson
settled in Melbourne in 1884 and became
a member of the ‘breakaway’ Australian
Artists’ Association in 1886 (which included
Frederick McCubbin, Arthur Streeton and
Tom Roberts), and later became president of
the Victorian Artists’ Society.
Rickett’s Point, on Port Phillip Bay, was
one of the favourite painting grounds of
the Australian impressionists in the 1880s,
and illustrates Paterson’s dedication to
depicting the beauty of nature. With a
poetic sensibility, the colourful picnickers
punctuate this sunlit landscape where
the distant water sparkles. The overall
composition is framed by gently swaying
ti-trees with their decorative ‘art nouveau’
silhouettes.[i] In this landscape, which is a
symphony of colour and tone, we see what
Paterson endeavoured to represent, ‘a kind
o’ suggestiveness, a hint, a kind o’ promise o’
something evanescent’[ii].
This painting formed part of the seminal
exhibition Golden Summers: Heidelberg and
Beyond at the National Gallery of Victoria
and is recognised as one of the artist’s most
important works.
[i] Clark, J. and Whitelaw, B., Golden Summers:
Heidleberg and Beyond, National Gallery of Victoria and
ICCA, Sydney, 1985, p.191
[ii] Art in Australia, no. 7, 1917, p.46
Modern + Tradition AuctionSunday 7 July 2013, 11am
Preview & Auction Location12 Smith Street, Collingwood
PreviewWednesday 3 July 2013 10am - 8pm Thursday 4 July 2013 10am - 5pm Friday 5 July 2013 10am - 5pm Saturday 6 July 2013 10am - 5pm
objects & Furniture enquiriesGiles MoonHead of Modern Design & Collectables(03) 8825 5635 / 0439 493 038 [email protected]
Art enquiriesNicole SalvoAssistant Head of Art(03) 8825 5624 / 0413 912 [email protected]
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speCIALIsT pRINTs
SPeCIALIST PrINTS
now consigning for the 8 august speciaList print auction
MIRKA MORA (BORN 1928)Figures In A Park 2001limited edition print 85/10035 x 55cm$400 - 600
ARTHUR BOYD (1920-1999)Flame Trees, Cockatoos and Pulpit Rock 1998collagraph 19/70, 78 x 67cm$1,200 - 1,600
CHARLES BLACKMAN (BORN 1928)The Girl with Dark Plaitslithograph 1/75, 81 x 64cm$600 - 800
15 JULYLeonard
fINe JeweLLeRy
foCUS oN BANglES AT ThE FINE JEWEllERY AUCTIoN
now consigning for september fine JeweLLery auction
It would be too easy to rattle off the top
ten, inevitably, diamond results that
always dominate the sales in fine jewellery
auctions – there is no doubt that they’re a
girl’s best friend and they are timeless! But
this time we’ll focus on something a little
different and that is the bangle or that item
of jewellery that is fixed in its construction
rather than loosely connected like a
bracelet. My late father, the jeweller Kurt
Albrecht, once taught me that if one opened
a hinged bangle and held it on right angles
and both the hinge and bangle did not sag
that this was the first sign of a quality bangle
– one of my first little jewellery lessons. An
Illustrated Dictionary of Jewelry (American
spelling!) by Harold Newman, in my opinion
the best short reference book on jewellery
every produced (get a copy!), notes that
the bangle (like so many simply designed
items of jewellery) found its origins
literally thousands of years ago and in its
simplest “single-piece carved form” lent
itself beautifully to the materials of glass,
coral, amber, jade and the various precious
metals of gold and silver. The hinged bangle
was the natural technical extension of the
earliest bangles and often their exquisite
construction is a delight to observe. I don’t
believe either that it is a coincidence that
in early Australia, commissions and sales
for the finest, more valuable bangles were
few and far between and the quality of their
construction was superb. Put simply, this
was clearly a time (Victorian/Edwardian
Australia) when jewellers were not rushed
but the expectations were high. This culture
of high quality craftsmanship is evident in
lot 43 from our auction. This beautifully
constructed piece, complete with no less
than three fixed but separated gold lines,
polished or concealed hinges and safety
catch is in every aspect a precision piece
of jewellery. With its hallmark “D. Bros” it
is the tell tale sign that it is an Australian
version of an English classic. Not surprising
that it realised almost $5500 IBP. The bangle
is also an interesting piece of design because
by its very nature it often demands simplicity
of design. It is after all often a simple thin or
delicate design that can only take so much
embellishment. This is not to say that the
Victorians (that period of jewellers) didn’t
give it their best shot at extravagance but
so often the bangle brings design back
to basics. In my opinion this is why the
appetite for antique and period bangles
has not waned as they still work with the
modern look. Another less valuable but no
less lavish example is lot 49, the Australian
seed pearl and opal bangle. And fast-forward
to a “lavish modern” look with lot 84 and
you will see how impactful diamonds,
pave, white gold and fine construction can
look. This piece realised $6710 IBP and
represented exceptionally good buying. And
then there are those pieces that defy exact
description. Take for instance lot 132, a
delicate pearl and diamond piece that could
have easily snuck its way on to The Great
Gatsby set and never got noticed, that has
the form of a bangle but the flexibility of a
bracelet. Decorated with a floral diamond
clasp this “little bit of Gatsby” realised the
modest sum of just under $1600 (IBP) – a
piece that could be worn with confidence
at any cocktail event. So the next time you
are shopping or searching for a bangle slow
yourself down and reflect on its design, its
history and its craftsmanship.
16 LeonardJULY
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AN ANTIQUE AUSTRALIAN DIAMOND BANGLESold for $5,490 IBP
AN ANTIQUE OPAL AND SEED PEARL BANGLESold for $793 IBP
A DIAMOND BANGLESold for $6,710 IBP
A CULTURED PEARL AND DIAMOND BANGLESold for $1,586 IBP
17 JULYLeonard
CLASSICfURNITUREoBJECTS &CollECTABlES
CLAssIC fuRNITuRe, ObJeCTs & COLLeCTAbLes
Auction october 2013Melbourne
Now Consigning
Australian and International Modern Design; European and Australian
Furniture; Porcelain; Silver; Clocks; Australian Decorative Arts; Asian
Works of Art; Single Owner Collections
Specialist enquiries contact
Guy Cairnduff, Head of Classic Furniture & Objects
03 8825 5611 / 0407 828 137 / [email protected]
Giles Moon, Head of Modern Design & Collectables
03 8825 5635 / 0439 493 038 / [email protected]
entries invited CLASSIC FUrNITUre oBJeCTS & CoLLeCTABLeS
A GRAND TOUR ARCHITECTURAL MODEL OF THE BATTISTERO PISA CIRCA 1890Sold for $3,600 (IBP)
(PART)THE HIGHLY IMPORTANT GALLIPOLI D.S.O. GROUP OF SIX AND DIARY OF LIEUTENANT COLONEL ROBERT RANKINE 14 BN. A.I.F.Sold for $36,600 (IBP)
AN IMPRESSIVE VICTORIAN STERLING SILVER SEVEN LIGHT CANDELABRA APPLIED WITH MUSICAL TROPHIES MAKER’S MARK STEPHEN SMITH / LONDON / CIRCA 1875Sold for $9,700 (IBP)
18 LeonardJULY
MODeRN DesIGN
now consigning for the august modern design auction
MoDerNDeSIGN
enquiriesPlease contact Giles Moon 03 8825 5635 / [email protected]
MURANO, A GREEN GLASS BOWL
A FIGURE OF EIGHT FLOOR LAMP, c. 1950s
FRED WARD, A CONSOLE TABLE
ELLIS, A POTTERY DUCK
A CERAMIC VASE
19 JULYLeonard
The weekLy
ThE ANTIQUE & INTERIoRS AUCTIoN
A SINGLE OWNER AUCTION FEATURING ANTIqUE FURNITURE, OBJECTS AND ARTWORkS
AuCTION 4 AuGusT AT 12pMCATALoGUe
oNLINe SooN
Furniture Enquiries
Anna Grassham
03 8825 5614
Object Enquiries
Chiara Curcio
03 8825 5604
The SToCk IN TrADe oF BrIGhToN ANTIqUeS
20 LeonardJULY
CONsIGNING fINe ART
now consigning for the september fine art auction
fINe ARTwANTeD
A PREVIEW of SEPTEMBER fINE
ART AUCTIoN
For enquiries please contact senior art specialist Nicole Salvo on
03 8825 [email protected]
BLAMIRE YOUNG (1862-1935)The Woodcutters
watercolour67 x 100cm
CARLYLE JACKSON (1891-1940)Masts and Spiresoil on canvas59.5 x 74.5cm
21 JULYLeonard
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