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Sotheby’s Australia’s sale of Treasures: Important Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design achieved over $1.57 million for 71 lots sold, with strong results achieved for Asian, Australian & European sculptures and works of art.
Historic silver items at Sotheby's Australia auction
23 October 2018Australian Auction Review | Richard Brewster
The historically important Lonsdale Silver Presentation is a major highlight of Sotheby’s Australia’s forthcoming Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design auction from 6pm Wednesday October 24 at 14-16 Collins Street, Melbourne.
Silver pieces presented to Captain William Lonsdale by the people of Melbourne in 1842
23 October 2018Antiques Reporter | Richard Brewster
The historically important Lonsdale Silver Presentation is a major highlight of Sotheby’s Australia’s forthcoming Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design auction from 6pm Wednesday October 24 at 14-16 Collins Street, Melbourne.
Australian Photography
Melbourne‐based, Iranian‐born artist Hoda Afshar has won the $30,000 William and Winifred Bowness Photography Prize for her photograph ‘Portrait of Behrouz Boochani, Manus Island’ (2018).
Sotheby's redesign adds artistic flair to Collins Street
6 October 2018The Age | Stephen Crafti
Syndicated: Brisbane Times, The Canberra Times, The Sydney Morning Herald
Sotheby’s latest address at Chanonry, a heritage-listed sandstone building at 14-16 Collins Street, is instrumental in putting ‘Paris' back into Melbourne's most prominent thoroughfare.
Lonsdale's heirs sell the family silver
3 October 2018Australian Financial Review | Peter Fish
A cavalcade of Asian art and sculpture will be sold at two auctions in Melbourne. The first sale is at a Leonard Joel on Monday, while at Sotheby's there will be important heritage silver alongside the Chinese and European art on October 24. The star of the show at Sotheby's is a comprehensive English silver table setting presented to soldier and Melbourne pioneer William Lonsdale, which is being offered by his descendants. It has a valuation of up to $1 million.
Blouin ArtInfo
A historic silver collection belonging to one of Melbourne’s founding fathers, and held by the same family for five generations, will be presented in an auction by Sotheby’s Australia on October 24.
Historic Silver Presented to One of Melbourne’s Founding Fathers Emerges for Auction
27 September 2018
Melbourne founder's descendent puts Lonsdale Silver up for auction after 176 years in the family
27 September 2018ABC News | Michaela Boland
The Lonsdale Silver has been part of a dynasty for nearly two centuries and it's been one woman's life mission to preserve the slice of history her family shares with the city of Melbourne.
Aussie Home Loans founder John Symonds is having a spring clean
26 September 2018Australian Financial Review | Peter Fish
John Symond, the high-profile founder of Aussie Home Loans, is worth around $600 million, according to The Australian Financial Review Rich List. So why is he flogging off some paintings for a paltry few million?