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 […]
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 for the Bonhams auction – Aug 21
The Bonhams sale of Important Australian Art will proceed in Sydney on 24 August, with a live simulcast in Melbourne. Virtual viewings of the artworks will be available. Continuing the massive increase in interest for late 19th and early 20th century female artists, Bonhams begin their auction with artworks by Dorrit Black, Janet Cumbrae-Stewart, Clarice […]
Dave’s Faves for the Menzies Auction – June 21
The breadth and diversity of Australian art is on beautiful display in the Menzies winter fine art sale on 30 June in Sydney. Wonderful still lifes by important women artists Margaret Preston, Constance Stokes and Margaret Olley start off this sale of 129 lots. Auction favourites Arthur Boyd, John Olsen, Garry, Shead, Charles Blackman and […]
Dave’s Faves for the Bonhams auction – April 21
If you missed out on a major work by Ben Quilty, as in the sale of a budgie at Menzies for a record $270,000, all is not lost. The chance to own one of his classic car series of paintings looms at Bonhams on Thursday evening: “Hill End Landscape #1”, 2005, is offered with what […]
Dave’s Faves for the Smith & Singer Auction – April 21
In their fine art auction on 20 April in Sydney, Smith and Singer offer just 61 lots. However, there are some serious big hitters in the sale, and foremost among them is without a doubt lot 26, Frederick McCubbin’s “What the Little Girl Saw in the Bush” from 1904. It commands not only eight pages […]
Dave’s Faves Deutscher + Hackett 21 April 2021
Deutscher + Hackett present a wonderful selection of 80 superb lots in their fine art auction on 21 April in Melbourne. In the international section, you’ll find international greats like Italian Lucio Fontana, British Indian Anish Kapoor and American Alex Katz, whose works have hardly ever appeared in the Australian auction room. In the Australian […]
Dave’s Faves for Menzies 31 March 2021
It always feels like a long time between auctions from the end of the year until March when the important sales of museum quality fine art begin again. The wait has been worth it, with auction houses like Menzies collecting an exciting array of beautiful paintings, watercolours, prints and sculpture by some of Australia’s greatest […]
Australian Art Auction Market 2020: Triumph Over Adversity
This year could have been a disastrous year for the visual arts market, given a pandemic leading to stay at home orders, lock-downs and closed borders, and auction houses specifically mentioned by the Prime Minister as one of the businesses that could no longer be open for personal visits. But art does matter it seems: […]
Menzies Auction 19 November 2020
This time last year, in 2019, according to Australian Art Sales Digest, $71 million dollars worth of art were sold at auction in Australia. To date, it is $43 million. However, in something of a stupendous comeback from the difficulties of lockdowns and amidst great success in auction sales, the high estimates of the offerings […]