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The 21 June auction of Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design presents an impressive selection of paintings including three works of art by Nicolae Gregorescu, consigned by the descendants of the former Romanian Ambassador to the United Kingdom, Viorel Tilea. Exceptional Results Achieved - Consigned in Australia Sold in London and New York
7 June 2017
Australian Financial Review | Peter Fish
Paintings by John Perceval and Rupert Bunny and a Chiparus bronze and ivory figure stand out at Sotheby's Australia's upcoming sale of Asian, Australian and European arts and design.
20th Century Design at Sotheby’s Australia
6 June 2017Vintage Rolex watch sells for record $219,000
31 May 2017Australian Financial Review | James Cockington
There were some who predicted that the wristwatch would go the way of typewriters and videotapes. Not so. At Sotheby's Australia's May 23 Important Jewels auction a Rolex watch sold for $219,600 including buyer's premium, way above estimates of $80,000 to $120,000. This is claimed as a new record price for any watch sold at auction in Australia.
UPDATE: This Rolex Paul Newman Daytona just became the most expensive watch sold at auction in Austr
25 May 2017Time and Tide |
NEWS: Live in Australia and looking for a Rolex ‘Paul Newman’ Daytona? You might be in luck
22 May 2017Time and Tide | Felix Scholtz
The ‘Paul Newman’ Daytona is one of THE legendary watches. At its most basic level it’s an exotic dialled variant of the (already iconic) Rolex Daytona. Unpopular when it was originally released, things kicked off for the watch when pictures of Paul Newman wearing a ref. 6239 emerged and the once-obscure chronograph became one of the hottest tickets in town. And, like the story of all mythical creatures, that of the Paul Newman is a nugget of truth surrounded by a whole lot of rumour, speculation and downright BS. The reason is simple – Paul Newmans are worth big dollars. For example, a particularly primo gold ref. 6263 sold just the other weekend, setting a new record with its whopping $3.7m USD hammer price.
Australian Financial Review | Peter Fish
The mood in the art market is reviving after almost a decade of flatlining annual sales. Evidence of increased dealer activity on behalf of private clients is mounting amid improving sentiment and the evidence of several successful sales this year – culminating in last week's Sotheby's Australia sale, where numerous works realised way above expectations.
The Australian | Michaela Boland
The Australian art market continued its stellar run last night when Sotheby’s Australia auctioned 108 artworks for $14.3 million, the company’s best result since the market peaked a year before the global financial crisis hit.
Four artist records were set but the highlight of a night when only a couple of big artworks failed to find favour was the sale of a Eugene von Guerard landscape which had been owned by the same family for more than five generations. Breakneck Gorge, Hepburn Springs sold to a phone bidder for $1.952m, including Sotheby’s 22 per cent buyers’ premium off a $1m reserve.
Two Nora Heysen portraits which have never been seen publicly have been consigned to auction
4 May 2017The Advertiser | Louise Nunn
TWO rare portraits painted by Hans Heysen’s daughter Nora and never seen publicly, are co-incidentally up for auction for the first time.
Being sold by different vendors in Sydney, the paintings were both done inside the same London flat, and give an insight into the artist’s early career.
Interior, painted by the South Australian in 1935 but dated 1938, fetched $120,000 under the hammer at Sotheby’s Australian auction in Sydney last night, with the buyer’s premium taking the sum total to $146,400.