Jetty painting price tag soars
The Gerald Fitzgerald painting, Manly Jetty 1896, reached an impressive $ 42,500 at auction on Thursday night. The sale exceeded all expectations. The impressionistic work was expected to reach from $ 22,000 to $ 28,000. Banziger Hulme’s David Hulme said: “It’s a wonderful picture. It is unusual in this climate for a painting to reach […]
Pricy drop in the Ocean
Rod Bennett ‘A brilliant piece of impressionist art inspired by a rainy day at Manly wharf is going under the hammer on Thursday. The painting by Gerald Fitzgerald, ‘The Manly Jetty’, 1896, shows the Manly Wharf on a wet and stormy day ….. “How many dramatic pictures are there of Manly in this style”” asked […]
Art appraisal day will be good value
“If there are any rare or lost artworks lurking local garages, the Goulburn Regional Art Gallery hopes to uncover them this weekend. It will hold an art appraisal workshop on Saturday afternoon between 12pm and 4pm, and two experts from Banziger Hulme Fine Art Consultants will be on hand to give punters a detailed evaluation….”
The Art of Buying and Selling Art
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Informed buyers still getting the pictures
… Sydney valuer and art consultant David Hulme, who writes about the market for the online Australian Art Sales Digest, says real estate is still as good a comparison as any to apply to the art market. Just as a great house in a great street will find a buyer willing to pay a good […]
Ryde Rotary Art Appraisal at ‘Addington’:
“Ryde Rotary Club held an Art Appraisal Day at historic ‘Addington’ last Sunday when expert art valuers Banziger Hulme advised on the true value of artworks. …”
Serene scene is no fairytale
By Rod Bennett For about $ 100,000 this brilliant representation of Fairy Bower could end up in our regional gallery. The work, Fairy Bower, Manly c1913 is coming up for auction in Melbourne …. its artist is the famous Emanuel Phillips Fox (1865-1915) …. “It has the potential to be in the top 10 of […]
Painting bought at sea proves to be no treasure
The prospective value of a purchase at an onboard auction on a sea cruise is in dispute, writes Louise Schwartzkoff. On ocean cruises, passengers sometimes spend up big at the onboard art auctions. Back on land though, some have found their purchases to be worth a fraction of what they paid. Jason Hall was holidaying […]
Have that family heirloom valued, by Rod Bennett
“Tomorrow is art appraisal day at the Manly Art Gallery and Museum and, according to a leading art valuer, it’s where artistic mysteries can be solved. … It is being conducted by fine art valuers, Banziger Hulme at Manly. …”
Digging up the work of expats past, by Terry Ingram
“Norman Lloyd, whose work – varying in style from van Gogh-influenced South of France paintings to British modernist school – was particularly beloved of Dallas decorators, has also been the subject of new scrutiny by Sydney art advisory firm Banziger Hulme. BZ has been wading through Lloyd’s war diaries, which contain 21 sketches and were […]