Wham Bam Thank you Schramm
Sotheby’s would have to be very pleased with Tuesday night’s sale: it totalled $8,093,400 incl. buyer’s premium, with 70% sold by lot and 63% sold by volume. The turn-out was comfortably large at the Double Bay premises which are used by Bay East, yet soon to be vacated. Numerous members of the trade attended, and […]
Dave’s Faves from the Sotheby’s Auction on 8th May in Sydney
You may have read it in the news: Deutscher+Hackett achieved an exceptional result for Arthur Streeton’s ‘Settlers Camp’, selling for a record $2.52 million on Wednesday evening … Well, there is now an uplifting anticipation in the air for several works in Sotheby’s offering on Tuesday 8th May. Even though there are only 80 lots […]
Dave’s Faves from the Deutscher + Hackett Fine Art Auction on 2nd May in Sydney
Lot 1 – Bridget Riley, Green surrounded by violet and orange, 1969, est. $80,000-120,000. Biggest Bridget for your Buck. Lot 5 – Peter Booth, Untitled, 2001, est. $25,000-35,000. This is a Snow Go area. Lot 8 – Arthur Streeton, Settler’s Camp, 1888, est. $1,000,000-1,500,000. The one to watch. Lot 9 – Arthur Streeton, Sirius Cove, […]
New Record Price set for Australian Print in Bonhams London Sale
‘The Gust of Wind’, the 1930-31 linocut by Ethel Spowers, swept up an unrivalled £114,050 or A$ 174,600 (including buyer’s premium) at Bonhams in London – doubling her previous auction record set with ‘Wet Afternoon’. Clearly, Bonhams strategy of a specific sale on the Grosvenor School and Avant-Garde Printmaking proved to be an unmitigated success […]
Presentation on the Art Market and Global Economy with Macquarie Private Wealth
Together with Macquarie Private Wealth Client advisor Anne Purvis (centre), David Hulme and Brigitte Banziger discussed the opportunities and pitfalls when buying art, and of course the eternal question: where should you buy art? The 20 guests at the Macquarie Bank office in Manly contributed to a very lively and insightful discussion.
Battle of the Commonwealth Artists
Bonham’s New Bond Street sale rooms in London are offering a timely catalogue titled “The Grosvenor School and Avant-Garde British Printmaking” on 17 April. It is timely due to some spectacular results achieved in the last few years at auction houses around the Commonwealth world – particularly for linocuts by Canadian Sybil Andrews, Briton Cyril […]
Dave’s Faves from the Menzies Fine Art Auction
There are 182 lots to entice us at the Menzies sale of Australian and International Fine Art on 22 March in Sydney. You can view all works online – except lot 182, the McLean Edwards, which has copyright restrictions – at www.menziesartbrands.com. Lot 108, Gerald Fitzgerald, The Manly Jetty, 1896 We will be attending the […]
Dave’s Faves – the first of 2012: Lawson-Menzies Quarterly Auction
Can you believe it … after the break, fine art auctions are well and truly back on the agenda. The year is kicked off this Thursday, 23 February, by Lawson-Menzies at their Kensington premises in Sydney. We attended the opening on Wednesday and had the opportunity to pre-inspect all 314 works on offer. David has […]
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: From ‘Mad Square’ to Sanatorium to Auction
In contrast to some of the more disturbing images on display in the ‘Mad Square’ exhibition at the NGV, there are hardly any at the current show “‘No one else has these colours’ – Kirchner’s Paintings” at the Kirchner Museum in Davos. The Davos exhibition focuses on the richness and intensity of colour in Kirchner’s […]
Dave’s Faves from the Deutscher + Hackett Auction on 30 November 2011
Deutscher and Hackett have put together an exceptional end of year sale with 161 lots. No million dollar estimates here, but if a painting deserved to get close, it would be John Brack’s portrait of art dealer Tam Purves from 1958. Portraits can often be just that. This work transcends any notion of just being […]