Archive for March, 2009

Melbourne Motor Show Auction Results

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009

There was a buzz in the air at Shannons 14th Melbourne Motor Show Auction on March 9, with the crowd of around 800 at the Melbourne Exhibition Centre drawn by a combination of good quality vehicles and the excellent investment opportunities they represented.
And with 65 per cent of all vehicles sold on the hammer and [...]

Pickles Sells 70,000 Vehicles Through Online Auctions

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

This month Pickles Auctions are celebrating selling more than 70,000 vehicles through their online auction platform, Pickles Live. Pickles predict online auctions will continue to transform buyer behavior as more and more consumers choose to buy used cars online.
Since Pickles launched the first Australian live online vehicle auction in February 2004, internet sales have increased [...]

Shorter Family Private Collection of Porcelain for Bonhams & Goodman Auction

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

Bonhams & Goodman is offering the first part of The Shorter Private Collection which heralds from the Shorter family, perhaps the most preeminent family associated with the sale of English porcelain in Australia for over one and a half centuries. Another highlight of the sale is the private collection of bronzes, decorative items including [...]

Australian Artists Fundraising Auction

Sunday, March 15th, 2009

Bonhams & Goodman has announced that two distinguished Australian artists have generously donated art works for the benefit of artists and art lovers.
In the forthcoming sale at Bay East on 22 March 2009, two works by Margaret Olley and 63 works by the late sculptor Barbara Tribe are being offered at auction for the express [...]

Joan Bowers Collection Auctioned at Bonhams & Goodman

Friday, March 13th, 2009

Buyers with a taste for the rare and the exotic flocked to Waterloo on Sunday 1st March where the lifetime collection of Joan Bowers, went up for auction.
A glorious array of artifacts, antiques and furniture, sourced primarily from India and assembled over 30 years, took just under 5 hours to sell as 350 eager bidders [...]

Sydney Harbour Painting at Bonhams

Sunday, March 1st, 2009

A 19th century oil painting of the chartered Royal Yacht “Ophir” in 1901 entering Sydney Harbour during the Royal World tour by the Duke and Duchess of York, (later George V and Queen Mary) in 1901, will be sold by Bonhams on March 25 in the Marine Picture Sale in Knightsbridge.
It is estimated to make [...]