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Rare Chiparus figure to flush out auction collectors

23 October 2017

Australian Auction Review  |  Richard Brewster

A rare Demétre Chiparus figurine is a major highlight of Sotheby’s Australia forthcoming Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design auction from 6pm Tuesday October 24 in Sydney at The Hughenden 14 Queen Street, Woollahra.

The circa 1925 Dancer of Kapurthala has been held in the distinguished South Australian Angas family collection for more than 90 years.

Gold, Silver and Bronze

20 October 2017

Sotheby’s Australia’s October sale of Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design will have bidders dancing in the aisles, as a diverse collection of international arts and design is offered for auction. Over 230 works are presented, from the Han dynasty to the present, from Asia, Australia and Europe. Commencing at 6 pm on 24 October at The Hughenden in Woollahra, the sale features objects of exquisite craftsmanship and design from private collections which includes an extensive collection of fine Australian and European art, furniture, glass, porcelain, gold and silver together with Chinese bronzes, ceramics, furniture, jades and works of art. Sotheby’s Australia’s October sale of Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design will have bidders dancing in the aisles, as a diverse collection of international arts and design is offered for auction. Over 230 works are presented, from the Han dynasty to the present, from Asia, Australia and Europe. Commencing at 6 pm on 24 October at The Hughenden in Woollahra, the sale features objects of exquisite craftsmanship and design from private collections which includes an extensive collection of fine Australian and European art, furniture, glass, porcelain, gold and silver together with Chinese bronzes, ceramics, furniture, jades and works of art. (125.91 KB)

Galloping Results

15 October 2017

On 24 October exceptional results were achieved for a diverse collection of arts and design from the Han dynasty to the present day. The auction generated $1,654,930, with 177.3% sold by value. The sale featured objects of exquisite craftsmanship and design from private collections which included an extensive collection of fine Australian and European art, furniture, glass, porcelain, gold and silver together with Chinese bronzes, ceramics, furniture, jades and works of art. On 24 October exceptional results were achieved for a diverse collection of arts and design from the Han dynasty to the present day. The auction generated $1,654,930, with 177.3% sold by value. The sale featured objects of exquisite craftsmanship and design from private collections which included an extensive collection of fine Australian and European art, furniture, glass, porcelain, gold and silver together with Chinese bronzes, ceramics, furniture, jades and works of art. (137.98 KB)

Sotheby’s Australia to auction the 1964 Melbourne Cup won by Polo Prince (NZ)

9 October 2017

Thoroughbred News

Sotheby’s Australia has been entrusted with the sale of the 1964 Melbourne Cup won by New Zealand horse Polo Prince (NZ). Held in a private Queensland collection since 1999, the 1964 Melbourne Cup was presented by the Governor General, William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle, to Mrs Edna Davis, co-owner of Polo Prince. The Cup will be auctioned by Sotheby’s Australia on 24 October 2017 in Sydney with an estimate of $70,000-90,000.

Will New Zealand take the 1964 Melbourne Cup again?

9 October 2017

Sotheby’s Australia is honoured to be entrusted with the sale of the 1964 Melbourne Cup won by New Zealand horse Polo Prince. Held in a private Queensland collection since 1999, the 1964 Melbourne Cup was presented by the Governor General, William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle, to Mrs Edna Davis, co-owner of Polo Prince. The Cup will be auctioned by Sotheby’s Australia on 24 October 2017 in Sydney with an estimate of $70,000-90,000. Sotheby’s Australia is honoured to be entrusted with the sale of the 1964 Melbourne Cup won by New Zealand horse Polo Prince. Held in a private Queensland collection since 1999, the 1964 Melbourne Cup was presented by the Governor General, William Sidney, 1st Viscount De L'Isle, to Mrs Edna Davis, co-owner of Polo Prince. The Cup will be auctioned by Sotheby’s Australia on 24 October 2017 in Sydney with an estimate of $70,000-90,000. (392.42 KB)

Art Deco Dancer Who Became Royalty

11 September 2017

Sotheby’s Australia will auction a rare figurine by Demétre Chiparus, Dancer of Kapurthala, circa 1925 in Sydney on 24 October 2017. Held in the distinguished South Australian Angas family collection for over 90 years, the figurine was purportedly purchased new by Ronald Fife Angas in the late 1920s. The Angas family has a long history in South Australia with the town Angaston named after the colony’s founding father George Fife Angas. Chiparus’s Dancer of Kapurthala (estimate $80,000-100,000) is an alluringly slender figure whose movement is captured succinctly as she is poised on pointed toe with arms raised. Sotheby’s Australia will auction a rare figurine by Demétre Chiparus, Dancer of Kapurthala, circa 1925 in Sydney on 24 October 2017. Held in the distinguished South Australian Angas family collection for over 90 years, the figurine was purportedly purchased new by Ronald Fife Angas in the late 1920s. The Angas family has a long history in South Australia with the town Angaston named after the colony’s founding father George Fife Angas. Chiparus’s Dancer of Kapurthala (estimate $80,000-100,000) is an alluringly slender figure whose movement is captured succinctly as she is poised on pointed toe with arms raised. (85.17 KB)

Sotheby’s to auction Dancer of Kapurthala art deco sculpture by Demetre Chiparus from SA’s Angas fam

11 September 2017

The Advertiser  |  Patrick McDonald

Syndicated: Cairns Post, The Courier-Mail, The Daily Telegraph, Gold Coast Bulletin, The Herald Sun, The Mercury, News.com.au, NT News

A FRENCH art deco figurine owned by South Australia’s Angas family for more than 90 years, depicting a Spanish flamenco dancer who famously married an Indian Maharajah, will be auctioned next month.

Dancer of Kapurthala, by renowned Paris-based, Romanian-born sculptor Demetre Chiparus, was purchased new by Ronald Fife Angas in the 1920s and has been in the family collection ever since.

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