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posted 11 October 2014
A worthy fundraising event for the Edmund Capon Fellowship, Art Gallery of New South Wales, was presented as a special auction feature with 'celebrity auctioneer' Edmund Capon providing an entertaining interlude within the evening's proceedings. Works generously donated by the six prominent artists: Bill Henson, Lindy Lee, John Olsen, Alex Seton, Tim Storrier and Guan Wei raised an impressive...
posted 11 October 2014
After a few minutes on the phone with the vendor it sounded like something special. Within an hour, Damian and I were standing in the owner's house looking at this gem of a painting which had been out of sight for a generation. This recently rediscovered 1929 painting by Margaret Preston had belonged to soldier, poet, journalist Leon Gellert. Through Gellert's newspaper columns Damian pieced...
posted 10 October 2014
'Australia led the pack of the top 10 most expensive works of fine art sold at auction in August, according to the artnet Price Database.'
Jeffrey Smart, an Adelaide-born painter who died last year in Italy at age 91, took second and third place of the top 10.
In the final week of summer's official third month, Deutscher and Hackett, with offices in Melbourne and Sydney, sold Smart's Self...
posted 28 September 2014
JEFFREY Smart’s Self-Portrait at Papini’s last night became the second painting by the late painter to sell for more than $1 million at auction.
posted 10 September 2014
Deutscher and Hackett won this battle with a stunning result of $1.26 million IBP for the self-portrait, a new record for a Smart at auction.
