Highlights of the Upcoming Deutscher-Menzies Art Auctions
Let’s jump right into it with the very first lot of 18 June in Sydney. We all need lots of friends – Donald Friend that is. Lot 1 is titled “The artist’s chair”, a lovely and colourful oil composition, with an estimate of $ 15,000 to $ 20,000. There are 7 other works by Donald […]
Art Superfund Pitfalls
Increasingly, we are valuing artworks included in superannuation funds. The main talk so far has been about the rules regarding the display of the artworks at the home or office of the superfund’s beneficiary. We at Banziger Hulme however are concerned about something much more elementary: where is the art sourced from? This is a […]
Some Ships You Needn’t Avoid: A Safe Auction for Every Budget
We all hear the big auction results: A work by Ethel Carrick-Fox sells for over $ 1 million, as it did last week at Sotheby’s. In fact, as much as I love Sothebys, they generally don’t take any works to sell under $ 10,000. So what happens to these less valuable works? Well, they often […]
A Curator’s Eye for the Catalogue
Last evening, we attended the viewing for the Bonhams & Goodman Fine Art Sale on 23rd April in Melbourne. With a substantial number of the works on view, we were treated to some rare delights. Geoffrey Smith, Bonhams & Goodman’s National Head of Art, presented the highlights of these in a floor talk. Unlike other […]
Fresh to Market Pictures Should Excite Art Collectors
There has been a lot of talk recently of re-selling of artworks at auction too quickly in Australia. Two auctions coming up this month go a long way to crush this perception, and as a viewer of all the important fine art auctions it’s great to see. Who would think that we have to thank […]
Swiss-Oz Art Expo and Regional Galleries in Australia
Let us tell you about a lovely exhibition coming up at the Bondi Pavilion on Bondi Beach: Swiss-Oz Art Expo, from 4 to 16 March 2008. The show presents creativity and diversity from the Swiss Australian community, supported by the Consulate General of Switzerland and the Swiss Australian Cultural Association. We were delighted to have […]
Update on current and upcoming art events
If you would like to see David’s comments on the health of the Australian art auction market, see today’s “Australian” in our Press Articles page. We also would like to draw your attention to a wonderful exhibition which has just opened at Manly Art Gallery and Museum. Last Friday evening, we enjoyed the opening […]
UBS Wealth Management
We were delighted to be involved with UBS Wealth Management in a recent presentation at the National Gallery of Victoria, wonderfully organised by André Becker, Associate Director UBS Wealth Management Melbourne. Zoe Hart, Head of UBS Wealth Planning, presented tax and superannuation strategies for art and collectables, while we explained how to buy art when […]
Summer – Season for Selling and Buying Art
The spring round of fine art auctions has just finished – and it has indeed been very successful overall, with many Australian artists’ records broken, new records set for turnovers and many great works on the market for all budgets. (Yes, you can still buy lovely artworks for under $ 1000 at auction – as […]
Auction Results: record prices for artists
We are delighted to report the sale last week of two significant artworks that we brokered through Deutscher and Hackett Specialist Fine Art Auction House. This work “Seated Woman”, 1932 – 33, a previously unknown portrait by Rah Fizelle came with an estimate of$ 45,000 to $ 65,000 and sold for $ 93,000 including buyer’s […]