The highlight of this landmark sale is the collection of the late the Hon. John Dawson-Damer. Between 1971 and 1984 John Dawson-Damer established a first-class and internationally renowned collection of Lotus single-seater racing cars. Possibly the largest privately owned collection of Lotus single-seater racing cars outside of the Chapman collection, the cars offered cover a [...]

Fine Furniture & Decorative Arts Auction, including the Nancy Hall Collection.
Offering a superb range of interesting and top quality antiques, the 340 lots are predominantly sourced from 6 private collections. The common theme is a focus on quality, rarity, and outstanding condition.
Viewing
Thursday 6 November 2pm to 7pm
Friday 7 November 10am to 5pm
Saturday 8 [...]

There has been another remarkable find of great historical importance in South Australia. Following the exciting discovery in 2001 of the Burke and Wills breastplate awarded to the Cooper’s Creek aborigines, two Adelaide brothers recalled that their Great Uncle had bequeathed them an identical breastplate on his death in 1963. But where was it? They [...]

Auctioneers Sotheby’s Australia said the sale of Aboriginal works at Sydney’s Museum of Contemporary Art on Monday 20th October, realized $3.7 million compared to a pre-sale estimate of between $7.6 million and $11 million with a clearance rate of 42 percent.

Highlights include a 1914 Chappell concert grand piano – Models, including 1/8 scale Hawker Hurricane fighter plane and R/C Steamship – A large collection of lamps – Paintings and Etchings to be sold without reserve – Fine glassware, Georgian/Venetian/20th Century – European Porcelain, incl. Chelsea, Derby, Worcester, Doulton, Dresden, Amphora, and extensive dinner services by [...]

A pink diamond ring has been sold at Bonhams & Goodman for $444,000 (including b buyers’ premium), smashing its presale estimate of $265,000-295,000 and setting a new Australian auction record for a pink diamond.
The ring features one of the finest pink diamonds ever mined in Western Australia, a magnificent and extremely rare Fancy Vivid Purplish [...]

Fabulous.com and T.R.A.F.F.I.C., joint organizers of the T.R.A.F.F.I.C. Down Under domain name conference, will hold a charity auction of ten premium domain names with the revenue to be donated to the Internet Commerce Association (ICA), a non-profit advocate for the domain name industry.
The auction will benefit the ICA, a grass roots organization formed to ensure [...]