Talking money quickly as the hammer falls
7 May 2015Artshub | Gina Fairley
Last week two major auctions for Australian art were held. We bring you a snapshot of the big winners.
Artshub | Gina Fairley
Last week two major auctions for Australian art were held. We bring you a snapshot of the big winners.
Australian Financial Review | Peter Fish
As co-founder of the Macquarie Group money machine and its boss for more than 20 years, the late David Clarke had a shrewd eye for an investment. Even one of his leisure-time enthusiasms, buying art, seems to have turned a handy profit.
Jeweller Magazine | Stephanie Chan
A rare Australian pink diamond believed to be one of the first discovered in the East Kimberley region will be auctioned next week.
Mildura Weekly | Alan Erskine
A UNIQUE Dame Nellie Melba collectible with links to the Hammerton family of Mildura has been bought at auction by the State Government and donated to the Melbourne Museum.
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The Sydney Morning Herald | Daisy Dumas
Syndicated: The Age, The Brisbane Times, The Canberra Times, WA Today
It was touted as being highly conservative, but the pre-sale estimate of up to $750,000 for lot 5 of the late David Clarke's art collection turned out to be spot on: John Brack's First Daughter, which has not been seen by the public for nearly 60 years, sold in Sydney on Tuesday night for a hammer price of $725,000, or $884,500 including buyer's premium.
Australian Financial Review | Peter Fish
Famous artists like John Brack and Fred Williams were almost outshone by lesser lights Lin Onus and Justin O'Brien at a Sotheby's Australia's sale in Sydney on Tuesday, judging by the size of the margins paid above the auctioneer's pre-sale estimates.
The Australian | Michaela Boland
The art market hasn’t quite returned to heady pre-GFC levels but the collection of late Macquarie Bank co-founder David Clarke last night helped Sotheby’s Australia achieve its best auction result since May 2007.
Blouin ArtInfo | Nicholas Forrest
Sotheby’s Australia’s April 28 art auction comprises 111 works and has a total estimate of $9.08 million to $12.3 million, making it one of the most significant sales of art to have ever been held in Australia. The auction includes The David Clarke AO Collection of Australian Art + Important Australian Art which is one of the most significant private collections of Australian art assembled in recent decades. The sale will be conducted by Lord Mark Poltimore, Deputy Chairman of Sotheby’s Europe, who has strong ties with Australia from his time as the Chairman of Christies in Australia from 1998-2000.
Art Media Agency
David Clarke’s Australian art collection is to be auctioned at Sotheby’s Sydney on 28 April 2015, including a sculpture by one of the most famous Australian artists, Ah Xian.
The Sydney Morning Herald | James Cockington
Syndicated: The Age, The Brisbane Times, The Canberra Times, WA Today, Money Manager
Only Brett Whiteley and Fred Williams come close among Australian artists whose work regularly makes the big, big money at auction, so Sotheby's are understandably excited about John Brack's First Daughter — not seen in public since 1971 — which the auction house is selling off in Sydney next week.
Money Manager | James Cockington
Syndicated: The Age, The Brisbane Times, The Canberra Times, The Sydney Morning Herald, WA Today
In most lists of the best-selling Australian artists at auction, John Brack comes in the top five, if not the top two. Brett Whiteley is his main rival for top spot.
Business Insider Australia | Simon Thomsen
David Clarke was one of the giants of Australian business: Macquarie Bank’s chairman for 22 years from its formation in 1985. He was a wine buff (and owner of Poole’s Rock in the Hunter Valley), philanthropist, arts lover and also art collector.
Jeweller Magazine | Stephanie Chan
A rare gemstone, said to be the largest natural yellow sapphire to ever be offered at auction in Australia, will go under the hammer next month.
Australian Financial Review | Peter Fish
Dame Nellie Melba was a big as the Beatles in her heyday around the 1900s. Now the diva's treasures are to going on sale.