Auction debut for important Australian art
8 August 2024Six highly significant Australian paintings from the prestigious collection of Sir James D. Wolfensohn make their auction debut at Smith & Singer for the first time since their creation.
Smith & Singer In the News
Six canvases variously depicting wattle, hot Australian skies and intimations of dark colonial history are coming to the auction market, having all hung in the Manhattan apartment of the Sydney-born former president of the World Bank, Sir James Wolfensohn KBE AO.
Wolfensohn, who died in New York in 2020, was the first and only owner of the six pictures – two by Arthur Boyd and four by Fred Williams.
Paintings owned by two men who spent decades doing deals delivered a bumper auction result, with 28 works from the collections of veteran Sydney art dealer Denis Savill and late Melbourne businessman Ron Walker selling for a total of more than $8.2 million including buyer’s premium.
Brett Whiteley and Sidney Nolan works among Ron Walker AC CBE collection to be sold at auction
24 July 2024Twenty artworks from Ron Walker’s deceased estate to go under the hammer, along with seven Arthur Boyd paintings
Ron Walker’s art collection offered for auction
17 July 2024Important Australian Art from the Estate of the Late Ron Walker AC CBE will be offered via a live auction by Smith & Singer in Melbourne on Wednesday July 24, 2024. With only 20 works, the sale is valued between $5.6 – $7.9 million.
Seven paintings by celebrated Australian artist Arthur Boyd have emerged from the private collection of his friend and promoter, Sydney art dealer Denis Savill, and will be offered at auction on July 24 – the date on which the artist would have turned 104.
Ron Walker helped build modern Melbourne but the works that hung in his Toorak mansion, and are now for sale, had a very Sydney flavour.
Arthur Streeton: Sunlight at the Camp 1894
29 April 2024OnlySydney
One of our favourite Sydney artworks is impressionist Arthur Streeton's masterpiece: Sunlight at the Camp painted in 1894.
Important Jewels & Watches – Melbourne Exhibition Continues
27 April 2024IMPORTANT JEWELS & WATCHES
The Melbourne exhibition for the forthcoming Important Jewels & Watches auction will be open to the public from Saturday 27 April to Sunday 28 April, from 10 am – 5 pm, at 14-16 Collins Street, Melbourne.
The May 2024 sale features an impressive selection of rich coloured gemstones that sit amongst sparkling diamonds. We also present a significant private Cartier Collection from Victoria. Elsewhere we see unique pieces from Van Cleef & Arpels, Stefan Hafner and Paspaley. The sale concludes with a selection of watches by Panerai, Patek Phillippe and Alfred Dunhill.
A particular highlight of the collection is this stunning Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Ref HPI00583 18ct white gold, diamond and straw marquetry limited edition No. 3/20 wristwatch, 2012 (lot 97, estimate $40,000–60,000, pictured above).
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MELBOURNE Saturday 27 April – Sunday 28 April |
SYDNEY Saturday 4 May – Monday 6 May |
AUCTION IN SYDNEY
7 MAY 2024 l 6.30 PM
SMITH & SINGER
30 QUEEN STREET, WOOLLAHRA
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Pictured top Lot 97Cartier Rotonde de Cartier Ref HPI00583 18ct white gold, diamond and straw marquetry limited edition No. 3/20 wristwatch, 2012Estimate $30,000–40,000 |
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Streeton stuns at $10m art auction
24 April 2024A 130-year-old painting, hidden from view for literally decades, catapulted out of the woodwork to score the highest bid at Smith & Singer’s first major Australian art auction of the year.