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3053 SHEPHARD FAIREY (OBEY) (BORN 1970) A collection of 24 screenprints including: Coachella Festival, Paul McCartney, Sticker Kit, Does She Look Down, Love and others all signed, some dated and editioned 58 x 42cm each $3,000 - 5,000
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HUGHES ON SUPPLY In 1984 Robert Hughes delivered this
member signified ostentatio or pudicitas.
word “antique” had an agreed meaning: it
beautiful” in to saleable things worthy of
splendid insight which is really a fragment
It must have seemed, then, that there was
denoted something not less than 100 years
appreciation. My inkling is however that
of one of the many lectures he delivered in
no possibility of the demand for Old Master
old. Today it is used indiscriminately of
much of the reassessment of post-war
his career. I wish I could write like Hughes
painting outstripping the supply.
anything made the day before yesterday,
design and ephemera and art came more
did but I can’t so I will quote from this
historical deposit seemed as inexhaustible
like 1940’s nutmeg graters.
For those
from the individual who found sentiment
lecture and then tell you why I find his
as the herds of elephants on the Serengeti
objects which were too ephemeral, ugly,
and comfort in finding and buying things
observations so interesting and still relevant
plain. In fact, it was as soon depleted. Our
dumb or recent even to pass as modernist
that reminded him/her of a moment or a
today in 2013.
great-grandfathers could not have foreseen
archaeology, the word “collectible” was
place, rather than a “strategising dealer of
Robert Hughes, 1984:
what the growth of the museum age
invented.”
the not so old”.
“Let us look at the implications for historical
would do. And as the major works entered
Hughes, for me, always seems to nail it with
art first.
museums, there was more competition for
his observations that are like beautiful little
The most relevant part of this piece for the
A hundred or 200 years ago, Old Master
the minor, ones; and then the task of revival
diamonds of insight and in this short extract
modern day auctioneer however is what
prices were low - with all exceptions granted
and re-evaluation of schools and artists for
he cleverly distils the supply dynamic and
Hughes really touches on but doesn’t explore
- because the supply exceeded the demand.
whom our Victorian forbears had no time
how so very quickly the world’s voluminous
here and that is what happens to markets
From the attics of ducal homes in Kent to
at all began in earnest. In due course there
offering of undiscovered and unappreciated
when supply wanes or moves elsewhere
the crypts of churches in Umbria, Europe
would be no schools or artists left to rescue
art was transformed and gobbled up in no
or simply dries up? This is the question I
was crammed with unrecorded, uncleaned,
from oblivion. There is no oblivion. Today,
more than a century by that complex mix
find most tantalising as an auctioneer. Just
unrestored, unstudied works of art, the raw
virtually everything that was made in the
of eager art historian, expanding collecting
what will fill our rooms in ten, twenty and
material for another century of intensive
past is equally revived: there will be more
appetites and the rise of public institutions
thirty years? Will there even be “rooms”
dealing. The number of collectors then, as
argument about its meaning and its relative
that completed the circle of supply and
or will everything be in a “cloud”? Not the
against today, was tiny. And the support
merits, but the universal resurrection of the
demand.
fluffy white thing in the sky but the digital
system that we take for granted as a normal
formerly dead is pretty well an accomplished
But his observations about the reassessment
one! Well, I’m not sure really so in the
part of the landscape did not exist. Few and
fact. In this way the disinterested motives
of periods and the easy application of the tag
meantime we will keep experimenting with
unsystematic museums; fewer departments
of the scholar go hand in hand with the
“collectable” or lax use of the word “antique”
new categories, interesting and beautiful
of art history and the pensioni of Florence
intentions of the art market. To resurrect
for me are a bit tough and a little overladen
creations in two and three dimensions and
were not full of anxious doctoral candidates
something, to study and endow it with a
with conspiracy theory – but I tough is
rest easy in the knowledge that there will
swotting up for their dissertation on the size
pedigree, is to make it saleable. And what
what I like about Hughes commentary.
always be interesting things to sell whether
of the Christ Child’s organ in a previously
is not worth studying for aesthetic ends
Hughes seems to suggest that some sort of
old, oldish or very recently new.
unrecorded predella fragment by the Master
can generally be revived by an appeal to the
collective commercial effort was made to
of the Bambino Vispo, and whether this holy
sensibility of camp. Twenty years ago the
turn the “not so old” or “not so classically
The
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Forthcoming Auctions The Antique & Interiors Auction Every Thursday Furniture & Interiors – 10am Jewellery & Wristwatches – 10.30am Art – 11.30am Books – 12pm Objects & Collectables – 12pm 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
The Stock In Trade of Gympie Antique & Restorations Sunday 4th August 2013 – 9.30am
INTERSTATE AUCTION
1009 Bruce Highway, Kybong, Queensland
The Specialist Print Auction Thursday 8th August 2013 – 11.30am 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
The Modern Design Auction Sunday 25th August 2013 – 12pm 12 Smith Street, Collingwood, Melbourne, Victoria
The Monthly Toy Auction Thursday 29th August 2013 – 12pm 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
The Fine Art Auction Monday 9th September 2013 – 6.30pm 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
The Fine Jewellery Auction Tuesday 10th September 2013 – 6.30pm 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Pre-Owned Luxury Auction Thursday 12th September 2013 – 1pm 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
Aboriginal Art & Artefact Auction Thursday 10th October 2013 – 6.30pm 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria Modern Design & Special Interiors Auction Sunday 25 August 2013, 12pm Preview & Auction Location 12 Smith Street, Collingwood
Classic Furniture, Objects & Collectables Auction October 2013 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra, Melbourne, Victoria
ITALIAN THREE STEM ADJUSTABLE STANDARD LAMP CIRCA 1950 $400 - 600
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$4,361.85
THE INFORMED COLLECTOR SERIES
... is the amount Leonard Joel were thrilled to donate to the Royal Children’s
PART ONE: NATURAL HISTORY AND ITS INFLUENCE
Hospital Foundation after the successful sale of Eclectic items excess to the needs of Royal Children’s Hospital that were sold in our Antique & Interiors Auction on Thursday 6 June 2013.
Floor talk with guest speaker Jason Sprague Wednesday 14 August from 6pm to 7pm
AUCTION 15 AUGUST AT 12Pm VIEW & BID ONLINE
For enquiries contact: Chiara Curcio (03) 8825 5604 chiara.curcio@leonardjoel.com.au
‘The Perelberg Jewellery Liquidation’ was an outstanding success PHYL WATERHOUSE FLYING KITES 1974 OIL ON BOARD (DIPTYCH) 285 X 244CM (TOTAL) Sold for $353 IBP
Continuing the success of our single owner auctions, ‘The Perelberg Jewellery Liquidation’ was an outstanding success. With a hammer of over $122,000 (IBP) the delighted bidders snapped up a piece of Melbourne jewellery history. The most enthusiastic buyer was an up and coming jeweller from Tasmania who bid hard and won the firm’s jewellery design molds and equipment. This will secure the ongoing production of unique jewellery items for a new generation of Australian jewellery enthusiasts.
MARJORY HOWDEN FISHING FRIENDS OIL ON HESSIAN ON BOARD (WITH CLOCK) 160 X 237CM Sold for $390 IBP
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The Stock in Trade of Brighton Antiques SOLD
A piece of FITZROY history uncovered in a rural Queensland ‘barn-find’
THIS single owner auction featurED antique furniture, objects and artworks
A connection to Melbourne’s Northside was uncovered recently when a Fitzroy area telephone exchange was found amongst a collection of items awaiting restoration in the workshop of Gympie Antiques & Restorations. One in a long-line of acquisitions by proprietor, Victor Nixon, over his 40 years operating the business, little is known of its history and how it came to surface so far from its original home, but printed and handwritten listings for the Fitzroy Council Yards, Clifton Hill Tram Sheds and Herald and Weekly Times, North Fitzroy, offer an enchanting insight into a previous era of telecommunications in Melbourne. The telephone exchange will be offered in association with Antique & Fineart Auctions as part of the public auction of The Stock in Trade of Gympie Antiques & Restorations, onsite at 1009 Bruce Highway, Kybong (South of Gympie, Sunshine Coast, Queensland) from 9.30am on Sunday 4th August. Enquiries: The Specialist Collector, Head of Department Guy Cairnduff 03 8825 5611 / 0407 828 137 guy.cairnduff@leonardjoel.com.au
A chapter in the history of Brighton’s Bay Street antiques precinct came to a close, when
QLD AUCTION 4 AUGUST AT 9.30Am VIEW & BID ONLINE
the stock in trade of Brighton Antiques was dispersed to an eager audience of local and interstate collectors at Leonard Joel’s Antique and Interiors Auction on Thursday 11 July. Of the 146 lots offered, 90% found new homes, the total hammer price of $23,900 comfortably exceeding the estimate of $22,700 and proving that the right offering, sensibly priced with the appropriate marketing, will always realise a strong result. Highlights included a large embossed Birmingham sterling silver table mirror which realised $1,200 (IBP), an early 20th century oak and nickel framed display cabinet, which sold for $2,000 (IBP) and a Victorian burr walnut loo table, which found a new home at $2,300 (IBP). For enquiries about consigning for the Antique and Interiors Auction contact: Antique & Interiors Manager Anna Grassham 03 8825 5614 anna.grassham@leonardjoel.com.au Objects Room Manager & Book Specialist Chiara Curcio 03 8825 5604 chiara.curcio@leonardjoel.com.au
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Modern + traditional RESULTS
ECLECTIC SPLENDOUR At 11am on Sunday 7th July Leonard Joel
antique French birdcage. One of the fiercest
made history by conducting its first auction
bidding duels for the auction was over the
in Collingwood in a wonderful old corner
large scale photographic work by Angus
building on Smith Street, made all the more
O’Callaghan, one of three commissioned for
special by the curatorial and artistic eye of
this auction, titled Princess Bridge Evening
the artist David Bromley. More than 400
which more than doubled its estimate to sell
lots personally selected by David Bromley
for $11,590 (IBP) and set at the same time a
and from diverse collecting categories and
record price for the artist. Giles Moon, Head
periods were offered for public auction
of Modern Design, commented: “This is the
and the collection could best be described
first conceptually original auction Leonard
as both very eclectic and equally splendid.
Joel has conducted in a long time and dare
Photography, works of art, modern design,
say it might the first time an auction house
interior
all
in Australia has teamed up with an artist and
occupied the Collingwood space to produce
decoration
and
antiques
collaborated in this fashion. As decorating
a visual feast that challenged the traditional
and collecting patterns change auction
interpretations of how an auction can and
houses too need to adapt and it is our wish
should be viewed. Featherston and Colombo
that these auctions will do just that by
furniture sat comfortably beside antique
augmenting the traditional purist category
lights fittings, period works of art and
auction with auctions across all categories
industrial design and provided spectators
where every item makes sense in its context
with rooms and displays that proved how
and assists the viewer with a story about how
interestingly old and new aesthetics could
or where it might be utilised in a modern
collaborate without looking “old hat”.
collecting environment. We were privileged
More than 200 people attended the auction
to have David Bromley oversee this venture
and it was not long before some very
with us and already we are planning the next
interesting and diverse results were being
one”. The auction realised a very pleasing
generated. A rare pair of black leather
$457,500 (IBP) with strong results across
chairs by Joe Colombo, with lavish lip-
both old and new collecting categories.
§ FRED WILLIAMS (1927-1982) Australian Landscape, circa 1969-70 gouache on paper (triptych) Sold for $34,160 IBP
like curves, set the scene for results with a contemporary feel when they sold for $9,760
For further information about these concept
(IBP) while not long after a superb gouache
auctions, our Collingwood space or if you
by Fred Williams in three sections realised
wish to sell with Leonard Joel please contact
$34,160 (IBP) - clearly, fine Australian
Giles Moon, Head of Modern Design,
art and rare international furniture was
03 8825 5635
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Modern + traditional RESULTS
DAVID BROMLEY (BORN 1960) Rowboat cast bronze Sold for $4,148 IBP
GRANT FEATHERSON R1601 SETTEE RE-UPHOLSTERED IN RED NEW WOOL 117CM BACK LENGTH Sold for $7,320 IBP
PAIR OF JOE COLOMBO ELDA CHAIRS IN BLACK LEATHER, DESIGNED 1963 Sold for $9,760 IBP
ZHONG CHEN (BORN 1969) Rainy Days oil on canvas Sold for $13,420 IBP
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ANGUS O’CALLAGHAN (BORN 1922) Princes Bridge Evening digital print on archival rag paper A/P Sold for $11,590 IBP
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FINE ART
CHARLES BLACKMAN (BORN 1928) My Cat at Swanbourne Beach oil on board 48 x 73cm $15,000 - 20,000
SEPTEMBER ART PREVIEW
IMANTS TILLERS (BORN 1950) Out of the Blue II mixed media on 12 canvas board panels 75.5 x 141.5cm $8,000 - 12,000
The Fine Art Auction Monday 9 September 2013, 6.30pm
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ยง ROBERT DICKERSON (BORN 1924) Three Lawyers pastel 18 x 28cm $3,000 - 5,000
Preview Wednesday 4 September 2013 9am - 8pm Thursday 5 September 2013 10am - 4pm Friday 6 September 2013 10am - 4pm Saturday 7 September 2013 10am - 5pm Sunday 8 September 2013 10am - 5pm
Enquiries Nicole Salvo Senior Art Specialist (03) 8825 5624 / 0413 912 307 nicole.salvo@leonardjoel.com.au
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FINE ART
ART
CLIFFORD LAST (1918-1991) Untitled bronze on stone base 36cm (height) $2,000 - 4,000
ARTHUR STREETON (1867-1943) Hillside Tree oil on board 34 x 16.5cm $12,000 - 14,000
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NORMAN LINDSAY (1879-1969) The Warriors watercolour 73 x 54cm $35,000 - 45,000
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Aboriginal Art
Now Consigning For the Annual aboriginal Art & Artefacts Auction Entries close end August Seeking interesting artefacts and well-provenanced paintings, sculptures and objects Please contact Sophie Ullin, Aboriginal Art Specialist 03 8825 5609 or sophie.ullin@leonardjoel.com.au
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Specialist Prints
3038 TIM STORRIER (BORN 1949) Empire of the Sun limited edition digital print 18/250 74.5 x 213cm $2,000 - 4,000
SPECIALIST PRINTS
3088 CHARLES BLACKMAN (BORN 1928) The Girl with Dark Plaits lithograph 1/15 81 x 64cm $600 - 800
The Specialist Print Auction Thursday 8 August 2013, 11.30am
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3009 MARK SCHALLER (BORN 1962) Figure 1994 screenprint 2/6 35 x 30cm $200 - 400
Preview Wednesday 7 August 2013 9am - 8pm
3058 AFTER FERNAND LÉGER (FRENCH, 1881-1955) Interior screenprint 147/250 64 x 46cm $200 - 400
Enquiries Nicole Salvo Senior Art Specialist (03) 8825 5624 / 0413 912 307 nicole.salvo@leonardjoel.com.au
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FINE JEWELLERY
FINE JEWELLERY A DIAMOND DROP NECKLACE BY GREGE Sold for $14,640 IBP
Fine jewellery and Pre-owned luxury goods
regular buyers who speculate that at some
necessarily a great investment, however it
can buy pre-loved items that are no longer
- people often ask me how I combine these
point it will go up and stabilize. Stone set
does appeal to our vanity and desire to be
available in the stores. I find that the buyers
two vibrant categories. My answer is ‘It just
jewellery has also been popular, especially
seen and possess items that are well made,
across both of these catagories have one
happens’.
diamonds and tanzanite. Buying at auction,
are instantly recognizable and
thing in common, ‘The love for beautiful
Jewellery is a great commodity that has
without the retail mark-up is the best way
pleasure. Like jewellery, auction is the best
stood its ground in the current economic
to purchase jewellery. You will generally
place to buy these products at reasonable
market. When there’s uncertainty jewellery
get your money back when you are ready to
prices. Hermes, Louis Vuitton, Chanel
is often a good sanctuary to speculate and
sell or even more than you paid. In the mean
and the like can be purchased regularly
invest some money. Gold has been on a roller
time you have something lovely to wear.
at Leonard Joel at a fraction of their retail
coaster ride this year but that hasn’t deterred
Pre-Owned luxury on the other hand is not
price. The best part about it is that often you
The Fine Jewellery Auction Tuesday 10 September 2013, 6.30pm
Preview in Sydney Queen Street Gallery, 28 Queen Street, Woollahra Friday 30 August 10am-4pm Saturday 31 August 10am-4pm Sunday 1 September 10am-4pm
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things’. Enquiries John D’Agata 03 8825 5605 john.dagata@leonardjoel.com.au
Enquiries John D’Agata Head of Jewellery (03) 8825 5605 / 0408 355 339 john.dagata@leonardjoel.com.au
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PREOWNED LUXURY
A BIRKIN HANDBAG BY HERMES Sold for $6,710 IBP
It’s all about BLACK
A SHOULDER BIRKIN HANDBAG BY HERMES Sold for $7,320 IBP
A JUMBO SHOPPER TOTE BAG BY CHANEL Sold for $1,586 IBP A MINI FLAP BAG BY CHANEL Sold for $2,684 IBP
Pre-Owned Luxury Auction Thursday 12 September 2013, 1pm
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Preview Saturday 7 September 10am-5pm Sunday 8 September 10am-5pm Monday 9 September 10am-5pm Wednesday 11 September 2013 10am - 8pm
Enquiries John D’Agata Head of Jewellery (03) 8825 5605 / 0408 355 339 john.dagata@leonardjoel.com.au
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CLASSIC FURNITURE, OBJECTS & Collectables
Classic Furniture, Objects
&
A LOUIS XVI ORMOLU GILT BRONZE, BRONZE AND ROUGE GRIOTTE MARBLE STRIKING MANTEL CLOCK JOSEPH MIGNOLET, PARIS, AFTER THE MODEL BY FRANÇOIS RÉMOND, CIRCA 1785 $28,000 - $32,000
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ClassIC furNITure, obJeCTs & ColleCTables
enTrieS inViTeD Auction october 2013 Specialist enquiries contact Guy Cairnduff Head of Classic Furniture & Objects 03 8825 5611 / 0407 828 137 guy.cairnduff@leonardjoel.com.au Giles Moon Head of Modern Design & Collectables 03 8825 5635 / 0439 493 038 giles.moon@leonardjoel.com.au
cOllEcTABlES A collection of memorabilia associated with the racehorse Rising Fast, the only horse ever to win the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate in one year, 1954.
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THE ANTIQUE & INTERIORS AUCTION
The ANTIQUE & INTERIORS AUCTION
Kimberley Stone Head Sculpture Collection A most unusual aspect of indigenous art
Upon a visit to Bidyadanga community
will be featured this month when Leonard
(formerly LaGrange Mission) around 1984
Joel offers a single owner collection of
Lord McAlpine’s interest and curiosity
over 150 Stone Head sculptures from the
was piqued by this new style of Aboriginal
Kimberley region of Western Australia.
art and he commissioned several carved
The
over
heads from Big John Dodo. Buoyed by
Tempus fugit – time flies!
several decades during a time when the
Dodo’s success, other Aboriginal artists
collector owned a gallery in Broome called
soon followed his artistic direction and
Kimberley Kreations. Many of the pieces
Lord McAlpine’s Stone Head collection
originally belonged to Lord McAlpine who
grew exponentially. This, however, proved
as well as putting Broome on the tourist
to be a short-lived movement. Once Lord
A single owner collection of clocks
map, was a well known Aboriginal art
McAlpine left Western Australia, the
collector and was a significant patron of
stone carvings largely ceased, making
this rare and quirky artistic expression.
this sculptural collection a powerful
The Stone heads came in to being in the
and important testament to a chapter in
early 1960s when Karajarri man and senior
Aboriginal art.
The feature of this week’s Antique and Interiors auction is an eclectic survey of antique and early 20th century clocks. Sourced from around the world by a Sydney-based
sculptures
were
amassed
elder, Big John Dodo, known for his fine
collector, this international selection of clocks provides the collector a rare opportunity
engravings on wood and pearl shells,
to acquire from a collecting category rarely seen on this scale in one collection. Smith’s,
Auction Thursday 29 August, 1pm
Ansonia and Raingo are just a sample of the makers featured in this horological feast.
experienced a potent dream visitation. The special dream revealed a new marru,
Enquiries:
Auction Thursday 1 August, 12pm
(a cycle of songs for corroboree) which
Bronwen Quill 03 8825 5630
required two human figures be carved by
bronwen.quill@leonardjoel.com.au
Enquiries:
the artist. This soon led him to carving
Sophie Ullin 03 8825 5609
heads from sandstone.
sophie.ullin@leonardjoel.com.au
Chiara Curcio 03 8825 5604 chiara.curcio@leonardjoel.com.au
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MODERN DESIGN
VENINI FOR GIANNI VERSACE V.V.V VASE, DATED 1997 $1,000 - 1,500
AUCTION 25 AUGUST AT 12Pm
MARC NEWSON (born 1963) FELT CHAIR, DESIGN INTRODUCED 1993 $3,000 - 5,000
VIEW & BID ONLINE POUL HENNINGSEN (1894-1967) MANUFACTURED BY LOUIS POULSEN (1958-1962) KONTRAST PENDANT LIGHT, DESIGN INTRODUCED 1958 $1,500 - 2,500
MODERN DESIGN MARC NEWSON (born 1963) ORGONE CHAIR, DESIGN INTRODUCED 1993 $600 - 800
RED PHILLIPS ADJUSTABLE TABLE LAMP CIRCA 1970 $60 - 80 ARTIST UNKNOWN THREE ABTRACT WORKS $300 - 400 (Part 1 of 3)
Modern Design & Special Interiors Auction Sunday 25 August 2013, 12pm
Leonard
Preview & Auction Location 12 Smith Street, Collingwood
Preview Wednesday 21 August 2013 10am - 8pm Thursday 22 August 2013 10am - 5pm Friday 23 August 2013 10am - 5pm Saturday 24 August 2013 10am - 5pm
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Enquiries Giles Moon Head of Modern Design & Collectables (03) 8825 5635 / 0439 493 038 giles.moon@leonardjoel.com.au
AUGUST
MONTHLY TOYS
MONTHLY TOYS During the past two years The Monthly Toys Sale has become a regular fixture on the Leonard Joel Calendar and has built up a loyal following from collectors across the globe. It is the only regular specialised auction of its
MARKLIN (GERMANY) SZ 12970 20 VOLT ELECTRIC RAIL ZEPPELIN Sold for $976 IBP
kind in Australia. These sales feature a wonderful array of childhood nostalgia from all over the world, catering to virtually every collectors’ tastes. As well as 1920s-1960s tinplate, diecast and plastic toys by renowned makers such as Dinky, Matchbox, Britains, Hornby and Marklin these auctions also feature lesser known but equally sought
after
vintage
Australian
and internationally made toys. The consistent
diversity
of
the
sales
invariably attracts fierce international competition from collectors who are able to participate online, bidding in real time via Artfact.com. Combined with enthusiastic local bidding in the room this ensures that the Monthly Toys Sales regularly achieve strong results, usually exceeding pre-sale expectations. We are currently seeking entries for our forthcoming Monthly Toys Sales and would be delighted to provide advice on
A MECCANO FACTORY-BUILT ELECTRICALLY-OPERATED RETAIL DISPLAY MODEL Sold for $610 IBP
the dispersal of your collection.
Monthly Toy Auction Thursday 29 August 2013, 12pm
AUGUST
Preview Wednesday 28 August 2013 10am - 8pm
Enquiries Giles Moon Head of Modern Design & Collectables (03) 8825 5635 / 0439 493 038 giles.moon@leonardjoel.com.au
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ASIAN FOCUS
Lot 233 A PAIR OF CHINESE ROSEWOOD ARMCHAIRS CARVED WITH FOLIAGE, STORKS AND TURTLES EARLY 20TH CENTURY Sold $2,196 IBP
CUSTOMS & EXPORT DUTIES The decorative arts; interior punctuations
and durability. Uncomplicated structure
and pleasurable pursuits of research and
its desire for an exotic sensibility. Each
which represent fine craftsmanship, unique
together
decoration
reading. Literature too has been unable to
a fanciful concoction of deftly carved
design, historical importance and above all
culminated in an aesthetic of ultimate
resist the seduction of the orient. Written
tortoises sprawling amongst shimmering
collectability. The interior space as medium
simplicity never sacrificing on comfort. Far
in 1939 and well past the previous decades
iris blooms and slithering reeds. Their
for artistic expression provides opportunity
outreaching its original development via
mad desire for all things oriental Raymond
occidental silhouette disguised as elaborate
for
research,
the cultural interactions of trade, classical
Chandler describes a room in The Big Sleep
thrones befitting a home of culture and taste
display and curatorship. Both object and
Chinese furniture began to greatly influence
which contains elaborate props to assist
with whom its occupants perhaps enjoy
space depend on each other for context
western furniture design and by the late 17th
in the creation of salacious photographs
the benefits of inclusion from an accepted
and narrative, permitting a suggestion of
century the export of decorative objects and
destined for black market racketeering.
society. I have no proof of their true
intellectual prowess. For me this scenario is
drawings from China to Europe ingnited
“It had a low beamed ceiling and brown
development nor destination but their cross
beautifully rationalised when we illuminate
the Chinoiserie aesthetic. As Chinese
plaster walls decked out with strips of
cultural references represent an interesting
Chinese furniture design. Interestingly I
design influences were integrated into the
Chinese embroideries and Chinese prints
example of export creativity.
discover through reading about the history
western lexicons of art, furniture, fashion
in grained wood frames…there were floor
What cultivates such a yearning for foreign
of Chinese furniture that since the Ming
and architecture, so to Chinese craftsmen
cushions…two standing lamps with jade-
cultures and a want for its otherness to be
Dynasty, its design and development owes
responded with export quality goods of
green shades and long tassels. There was
dissected and reinvented so that we might
a great deal to the intellectual class, those
comparable substance and design. During
a black desk with carved gargoyles at the
feel comfortable within its parameters? A
being the Mandarins who ran the day to day
the late Qing period Shanghai developed
corners and behind it a yellow satin cushion
question that I must leave you with and
operations of government and held great
into a major port for China cultivating
on a polished black chair with carved arms
too delicious not to be considered wisely.
influence over Chinese society in general.
in this period intense foreign style and
and back.” And so a scene is set of curated
Perhaps it is best left to delight the intellect
Through these scholars functional activities
technique exchanges. Combined with the
and collated imagery depicting a carefully
of a Mandarin should he have been able to
and their appreciation for elegance, the
mechanisation of the new world, quality
chosen interior displayed in the Chinese
forsee the impact his requirements for good
creation
design
hardwood furniture was now able to be
manner. A continuum of Chinese influence
design would have on the exported world
fundamentals emerged in response to needs
shipped for the first time from Shanghai
and taste not withstanding today.
far beyond the origins of dynasty.
that would influence furniture making in
to
Finally may I draw your attention dear
their homelands for centuries.
quantities.
reader to my case in point. Permit me if
For enquiries regarding Asian furniture,
For the Ming dynasty scholar a direct
From such vast offerings of furniture design
you may to indulge my imagination whilst
screens, porcelain, silver, textiles and works
relationship between man and nature was
let us focus our thoughts for a moment
I contemplate a contrasted context for Lot
on paper please contact:
forged in these timeless furniture designs.
on a single unit, the chair. A utilitarian
233, sold in our recent Classic Furniture,
Exotic
appreciated
design unique to the human experience.
Objects & Collectables auction on May 19th.
Liza Hallam, Specialist Asian Works of Art
such as huanghuali (yellow pearwood),
An object if you like that has been created
A pair of Chinese carved rosewood chairs
(03) 8825 5626
zitan (purple sandalwood) and hongmu
for the comfort of creatures particularly
from the early 20th century. Manufactured
liza.hallam@leonardjoel.com.au
(rosewood).
selected
those of the upright two legged variety.
by Chinese craftsmen pandering to the
for their unusual texture, colouration
Developed no less to aide the intellectual
economic demands of western trade and
enlightenment
of
involving
culturally
hardwoods
specific
were
Originally
being
with
European
minimal
countries
in
substantial
Liza Hallam Specialist Asian Works of Art
Leonard
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SPECIALIST COLLECTOR
From Tynside to the Sunshine State – a business and lifestyle in harmony The Stock in Trade of Gympie Antiques & Restorations
As a coalminer in Newcastle, Northern
together they re-located to the Queensland
of the construction.
Following Christine’s passing three years
England, in the 1960s, Victor Nixon worked
Sunshine Coast. Initially they stayed with
It was this property which was to become
ago, Victor has decided it is time for a
in stifling, claustrophobic spaces with head
Christine’s mother, before purchasing a
the showcase for Victor and Christine’s
break from the burden of maintaining the
clearance often as low as four feet, moving
house on a plot of land in Langshaw, outside
collection, shop and restoration business
considerable inventory of his business and
coal in and out of the cutting by horse drawn
of Gympie. It was at Langshaw that Victor’s
over the next 30 years. The shop occupied
to concentrate on developing his property.
cart. While never one to shy away from
interest in furniture restoration took hold.
the vast ground floor of the Nixons’ property,
Leonard Joel has been engaged to disperse
hard work, he also knew it was a dangerous
His son, Frazer, recalls an early workshop of
with the upstairs residence housing Victor
the stock in trade of Gympie Antiques &
profession, one which cost him a finger from
Victor’s, set up amongst hay bales.
and Christine’s personal collection, two
Restorations by public auction in association
his right hand as the result of an accident in
Other business ventures undertaken by
substantial storage areas containing items
with Antique & Fineart Auctions at Victor’s
the mine. So it was little wonder that he was
Victor and Christine in the years that
for restoration and a bolt-hole at the back
property, 1009 Bruce Highway, Kybong
captivated by enticing advertisements for
followed included a cafe in the main street
of the property for storing wood and
(South of Gympie) on Sunday 4th August,
British citizens to immigrate to Australia,
of Gympie and an antique shop run in
equipment for Victor’s various restoration
from 9.30am. The auction comprises over
which were shown on high rotation during
conjunction with other local collectors.
and construction projects. For over 40 years,
850 lots and will include many items from
his regular visits to the cinema. In 1965,
In the early 1980s, Victor purchased another
Victor and Christine ran Gympie Antiques &
Victor and Christine’s personal collection.
Victor and his wife embarked on the journey
parcel of land, this time in Kybong, and set
Restorations as a team – Victor responsible
across the world to a new life in Victoria,
about the task of building a home on the
for the sourcing, purchase and restoration
where they settled in Geelong. It was in
property for his family, a task which was
of furniture and Christine cataloguing and
Geelong that Victor met and later re-married,
to become a labour of love and saw him
researching the objects in their collection
Christine who was also from Britain, and
complete all but the most specialised parts
and running the business behind the scenes.
The Stock In Trade of Antiques & Restorations Auction In association with Antique & Fineart Auctions Sunday 4 August 2013, 9.30am
Viewing & Auction Location 1009 Bruce Highway Kybong (South of Gympie)
AUGUST
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Enquiries Guy Cairnduff Head of The Specialist Collector (03) 8825 5611 / 0407 828 137 guy.cairnduff@leonardjoel.com.au
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