Art Appraisal Specialist
“Art Valuer” and “Art Appraisal Specialist” are not registered professions, and anyone can call themselves art valuer and offer artwork valuations. So how do you find a reliable and knowledgeable art appraisal specialist that you can entrust your fine art appraisal to and be sure that you get accurate artwork valuations? And what do you […]
Dave’s Faves for the Menzies auction – Dec 21
The Menzies auction on 1 December in Sydney marks the start of summer, and suitably, the first three offerings of the 123 lots are dedicated to the bounty of nature: a majestic Namatjira gum tree opens the sale, followed by an Ellis Rowan flora and fauna close-up and then an exuberant Nora Heysen floral still […]
Dave’s Faves for the Bonhams Auction – Nov 21
The Bonhams Auction on 17 November is a sale in two parts: lots 1 to 86 comprise important Australian art, while lots 101 to 181 are dedicated to selected works by Sidney Nolan from the seemingly inexhaustible estate of Lady Nolan. The total pre-sale estimate for the 166 lots is $1.88 million to $2.69 million, […]
Dave’s Faves for the Smith and Singer Auction – Nov 21
In their Spring sale on 16 November in Sydney, Smith and Singer present 78 lots of Important Australian and International Art, and as is almost de rigueur these days, the first 5 lots are dedicated to women artists of the early 20th century: Clarice Beckett with two atmospheric Victorian views, Kathleen O’Connor with a leisurely […]
Dave’s Faves for the Deutscher + Hackett auction – Nov 21
Deutscher + Hackett have just published the catalogue for their 10 November auction, and it is spectacular. The term museum quality can be applied in spades to the 125 artworks on offer, featuring brilliant prints, brilliant women artists, Australian impressionism, contemporary Australian and international art. It is a rather large offering for Deutscher + Hackett, […]
Hockney reigns supreme at Menzies’ first online only print auction
Menzies first timed online only auction was dedicated to prints and multiples, including a smattering of photographs, sculptures and ceramics. Featuring works by international greats like David Hockney, Banksy, Keith Haring, Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, Roy Lichtenstein, Francis Bacon, Pablo Picasso, Henri Matisse, Marc Chagall and Francisco De Goya, the 54 lots would not have […]
Dave’s Faves from the Menzies Print Auction – Sept 21
The new Menzies head of art Brett Ballard has immediately made his mark with what looks like an International Print sale, which could have been held in London or New York, with artists including Andy Warhol, Damien Hirst, David Hockney, Keith Haring, Roy Lichtenstein, Pablo Picasso and Banksy. Prints are well suited to the online […]
Booming Interest in female artists: myth or reality?
In the past year or so, we have seen most major fine art auctions opening with Australia’s favourite early to mid-century female artists. Indeed, Leonard Joel have been running dedicated women artists auctions since 2017 and announced their fifth edition of the event for 20th October, while Bonhams in their 24 August sale of Important […]
Out of the shadows: female artists bloom
Reports Matthew Westwood in “The Australian” on 25 August 2021, and writing “Art valuer David Hulme said while established artists such as Grace Cossington Smith and Margaret Preston consistently sold well, others had achieved prices “out of the ball park”. He said Hester, who died in 1960 at age 40, had seen the greatest rate […]
Art & Investing
Investing in art has become a a buzz would and art as an investment has become very trendy.But many people do not know but most art does not actually fit into the fine art category.The art may well be sold is a good investment but what does investment actually mean? By what measure can art […]