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Records Tumble at Sotheby’s Australia’s Important Australian & International Art Auction

10 April 2019

Against a backdrop of continuing exceptional results for Sotheby’s Australia, we are delighted to unveil a new prestigious location in Melbourne. The historic building, located at 14-16 Collins Street, Melbourne, lies at the heart of Melbourne, the city that has been the setting for countless illustrious sales and world auction records for Sotheby’s Australia. Sotheby’s Australia’s first Important Australian & International Art sale of the year saw fiercely competitive bidding resulting in world auction records tumbling. The new world auction records for artists included William Dobell’s Woman in Restaurant (1934) (Lot 8, estimate: AUD$80,000-120,000), achieving an astonishing AUD$939,400, more than eleven times the estimate of AUD$80,000-120,000. (927.2 KB)

Historic Silver Presented to One of Melbourne’s Founding Fathers Emerges for Auction

27 September 2018

One hundred and seventy six years after it was first presented, the historically significant Lonsdale Silver Presentation will be auctioned by Sotheby’s Australia on 24 October 2018 with a combined estimate of $625,000-1,025,000. Consigned by a fifth generation descendent of Captain William Lonsdale, the collection is a rare connection with Melbourne’s colonial foundation and its early citizens, and acknowledges the esteem that the public felt for one of its leading figures in its establishment as a colony separate from New South Wales. One hundred and seventy six years after it was first presented, the historically significant Lonsdale Silver Presentation will be auctioned by Sotheby’s Australia on 24 October 2018 with a combined estimate of $625,000-1,025,000. Consigned by a fifth generation descendent of Captain William Lonsdale, the collection is a rare connection with Melbourne’s colonial foundation and its early citizens, and acknowledges the esteem that the public felt for one of its leading figures in its establishment as a colony separate from New South Wales. (237.38 KB)

Sotheby's Australia Presents John Kelly: Sculptures A Selling Exhibition

30 August 2018

Sotheby’s Australia is pleased to present John Kelly: Sculptures, the first selling exhibition to be held at our newly restored heritage building on Collins Street, Melbourne. Renowned for his sculptures and paintings of cows, John Kelly has continued to explore the genre further, examining the skeletal form. Other highlights include the maquette of the sculpture Man Lifting Cow 2016, unveiled by Brimbank City Council in Sunshine to critical and public acclaim. Sotheby’s Australia is pleased to present John Kelly: Sculptures, the first selling exhibition to be held at our newly restored heritage building on Collins Street, Melbourne. Renowned for his sculptures and paintings of cows, John Kelly has continued to explore the genre further, examining the skeletal form. Other highlights include the maquette of the sculpture Man Lifting Cow 2016, unveiled by Brimbank City Council in Sunshine to critical and public acclaim. (230.04 KB)

Sotheby’s Australia Continues Market Leadership with Record Results

29 August 2018

Sotheby’s Australia continues its market leadership with $8.84 million sold at the August auction of Important Australian Art with 88% sold by value. Sotheby’s Australia has recorded a total of $22.2 million of art sold in Australia during 2018. A new world auction record for Arthur Boyd’s Drowned Bridegroom (1959) was achieved, selling for $1,952,000 (estimate $1,600,000-1,900,000, lot 20, pictured previous). Sotheby’s Australia holds the top five auction results for the artist. Sotheby’s Australia continues its market leadership with $8.84 million sold at the August auction of Important Australian Art with 88% sold by value. Sotheby’s Australia has recorded a total of $22.2 million of art sold in Australia during 2018. A new world auction record for Arthur Boyd’s Drowned Bridegroom (1959) was achieved, selling for $1,952,000 (estimate $1,600,000-1,900,000, lot 20). Sotheby’s Australia holds the top five auction results for the artist. (431.64 KB)

Arthur Boyd Masterpiece Debuts for Auction at Sotheby’s Australia

13 August 2018

Geoffrey Smith, Chairman of Sotheby’s Australia commented: ‘Arthur Boyd’s Drowned Bridegroom (1959) makes its auction debut at Sotheby’s Australia this August in Sydney, 60 years after the work was painted and first exhibited. Drowned Bridegroom is one of the most powerful, tender and monumental of the entire ‘Bride’ series by Boyd, which articulated his deep concern for social, political and psychological complexities that faced Indigenous Australians during the 1950s. This compelling painting is anticipated to break the current artist record Sotheby’s Australia achieved in August 2012 with Bride Running Away (1957-1958) realising $1.68 million, surpassing the previous record of $1.2 million for Frightened Bridegroom (1958) which we established in 2011.’ Geoffrey Smith, Chairman of Sotheby’s Australia commented: ‘Arthur Boyd’s Drowned Bridegroom (1959) makes its auction debut at Sotheby’s Australia this August in Sydney, 60 years after the work was painted and first exhibited. Drowned Bridegroom is one of the most powerful, tender and monumental of the entire ‘Bride’ series by Boyd, which articulated his deep concern for social, political and psychological complexities that faced Indigenous Australians during the 1950s. This compelling painting is anticipated to break the current artist record Sotheby’s Australia achieved in August 2012 with Bride Running Away (1957-1958) realising $1.68 million, surpassing the previous record of $1.2 million for Frightened Bridegroom (1958) which we established in 2011.’ (228.51 KB)

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