List of Artists
There are so many famous and less famous artists from Australia and worldwide, and this list of artists would number in the millions. No-one can know them all, but specialist art valuers like Banziger Hulme Fine Art have the expertise, know-how and research tools available to appraise artworks even when the artist is not known. […]
Archives
Art archives are a great resource for anyone wanting to research an artist or artworks. For example, the Art Gallery of New South Wales is one of the few Australian institutions that collects, preserves and makes available for research primary material on Australian visual art. The AGNSW holds among others the personal archives of over […]
Art Valuations – Get Professional Advice
Maybe you are familiar with art valuations, or perhaps this is an unknown area for you. Perhaps you and your siblings have inherited some paintings or you have been buying paintings and would like to insure them. Maybe you need to dispose of artworks for various reasons but don’t know where to start. You have […]
Expert Art Appraisal and Advice on Selling Art, Buying Art
Welcome to Banziger Hulme Fine Art Consultants. Are you looking for an art appraiser to a value your art? Are you looking to sell artworks that own? Or do you want to buy art and would like professional advice? You’ve come to the right place. We at Banziger Hulme Fine Art Consultants can assist you […]
Expert Advice You Need Before Buying Art
Are you looking to purchase fine art? Are you not quite sure what that is or where to look for fine art? We at Banziger Hulme can help you to buy fine art in the right places, and without paying a massive premium price for that privilege. Fine art probably makes up only ten per […]
Art as Investment – Expert Advice You Need to Know
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 […]
Blink and you might miss it. Shapiro Auction on Wednesday
A most significant and interesting sale of Australian and International art will be presented by Shapiro’s in Sydney this Wednesday 6th April 2011, 6 pm. With all the big fine art auctioneers in town, it is often all too easy to overlook Shapiro’s, even though they occupy a high profile location at Queen Street in […]
Join the Search for Australian Art in British Auctions
A strong Aussie dollar means hunting and bidding for Australian art at auction overseas has never been more alluring. The internet is constantly providing new tools to enable anyone to track down the specific art that they are looking for – not just in domestic art markets, but also overseas. Most reputable fine art auction […]
Unknown painting confirmed to be by 7x Archibald Winnder WB McInnes
It started with an email from an Australian in London to David Hulme of Manly-based Banziger Hulme Fine Art Consultants. The gentleman explained he owned a portrait of his mother, painted in 1928 in Melbourne when she was just a girl of 16 – but the painting was not signed. Could David Hulme help in […]
Where there is Pain, there may be Gain
David this time is not only inspired by exceptional art, but also by furniture: see the end of this admittedly rather long newsletter, where he manages to combine early Australian colonial with iconic contemporary Australian design, with a quiz thrown in… However, let’s start with some general observations, before delving into the offerings at Bonhams […]