Sunshine and Sun Shine Brightly at Smith and Singer Important Australian Art Auction
Banziger Hulme report on the Smith & Singer art auction in April 2024
How to Build your own Museum Quality Art Collection
Buying art can be emotional and impulsive, leading to buyer’s remorse – we have seen the dire consequences more than one. Where you buy may be as important as what you buy, as it is the environment that makes all the difference.
The art of outperforming – one masterpiece at a time
Investment is not what drives most art collectors. It has more to do with what art consultant David Hulme likens to a “mild addiction”, writes Megan Neil in “The Australian”.
Dave’s Faves for the Deutscher + Hackett Auction August 23
In their 16 August 2023 fine art auction, Deutscher + Hackett present masterpieces from not just one, but two outstanding collections. The first four lots are selected works from the Joan and Peter Clemenger collection, and lots 5 to 14 are announced as “Highlights from the Krongold Collection”. Both collections are given the special treatment […]
Battle of the Australian Landscape Painters at Menzies Winter Sale
Report on the Menzies fine art auction in June 2023
Art investment in SMSFs ‘not easily done’, but trustees backing their taste
James Dunn writes in the Insider Adviser, 19 June 2023: “All investors face the quandary of how to diversify their portfolios into assets that are uncorrelated to the major asset classes of shares, bonds and property, preferably with an inflation hedge thrown in for good measure. For this, portfolio managers turn to alternative assets. And […]
Dave’s Faves for the Menzies Auction – June 23
The Menzies fine art auction on 28th June offers a tantalising display with museum quality art by many of Australia’s most distinguished artists performing at their best. The cover lot is one of the largest Fred Williams paintings you are likely to see and highly impressive, well actually, immersive: “Kew Billabong” dates from 1976 and […]
What You Need to Know about Art Auctions
Art auctions have been around for hundreds of years, going back to 1766, when Christies set up shop in London. In the 250 years since, they have become big business, with the global turnover in 2022 generating US$16.5 billion through fine art auctions. And for the first time ever, over one million lots were offered […]
Highlights from the Smith and Singer Auction – May 23
Smith & Singer’s first fine art sale of 2023 enticed buyers not with just one, but two hard copy auction catalogues. Totalling a higher than usual 100 lots, the first 13 lots were from the Selwyn and Renata Litton collection. From the provenance material supplied, the couple were regular auction house attendees and between 2001 […]
Dave’s Faves for the Smith & Singer Auction – May 23
The first 13 lots of the Smith & Singer sale all come with the provenance of a single owner collection, the Selwyn and Renata Litton collection. In his introduction to the dedicated collection catalogue, Geoffrey Smith writes: “The late Selwyn Litton and his wife, Renata, were careful, considerate and thoughtful art collectors who loved sitting […]