Archive for November, 2009

Confidence Returns to Classic Car Auctions

Sunday, November 29th, 2009

Consumer confidence is back with a bang in the classic vehicle auction market if the results from Shannons November 23 Melbourne Summer sale are any measure.
With over 90 per cent of all lots sold for a total result of nearly $1 million, the auction delivered one of the best regional auction outcomes of the year, [...]

Bonhams & Goodman Australian and International Fine Art Results

Saturday, November 28th, 2009

Bonhams & Goodman’s offering of 67 lots on 24 November 2009 sold very well with a total of $2,057,400 including Buyer’s Premium or 71.3% by value and 70% by volume.
The biggest seller on the night was Charles Blackman’s The Game of Chess 1956 which knocked down for $720,000 IBP.
An historically important collection of [...]

Charles Blackman’s ‘Alice in Wonderland’ Painting for Melbourne Auction

Tuesday, November 10th, 2009

Offered for Auction for the First Time at Bonhams and Goodman in Melbourne
‘As one might expect, this chess game of a painting can be played and understood on many levels: firstly, the immemorial chess structure that underlies the conception of the Through the Looking-glass game; secondly, in a mirror of the game of chess, its [...]

Melbourne Fine Jewellery Auction 25 November

Monday, November 9th, 2009

Bonhams and Goodman forthcoming Fine Jewellery auction to be held in Melbourne is an exquisite collection of more than 200 lots and includes rare Art Deco jewellery; a collection of fine South Sea Pearl jewellery by Paspaley; a 4.11ct and 4.20ct solitaire diamond ring; a selection of modern gold jewellery by Tiffany & Co.; wristwatches [...]