Adrian Newstead The last-second discovery of an extremely rare 1972 Clifford Possum board in New York, and the sale of the entire Paddy Bedford Estate, have set the scene for a fascinating end to the 2011 Aboriginal art calendar. With Mossgreen absenting itself from Aboriginal art sales until 2012, and Deutscher and Hackett opting for …
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Review: Sotheby’s Aboriginal Auction Author: Adrian Newstead It was a disappointing night for the Sotheby’s franchise and its new Aboriginal art specialist D’lan Davidson. Just 51 people attended its 30th November auction at which only 62 of 219 lots (or 28%) found a buyer on the night. By the time he published his official results …
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Review: Sotheby’s Aboriginal Auction 2010 Author: Adrian Newstead Sotheby’s new Aboriginal art specialist D’Lan Davidson has put together a solid ‘tribal’ offering for his first end of year sale. There are, however, no unusual surprises to arouse buyers in an auction that relies heavily on two major artifact and bark painting collections, broadened in scope …
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Review: Deutscher and Hackett Aboriginal Art Auction 2010 Author: Sophie Ullin It didn’t bode well at D+H (Deutscher and Hackett) when half of the critical, stage-setting first 20 lots were passed in, the phones barely rang and the seated audience appeared intent on marking their catalogues rather than waving their paddles. On top of that …
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Review: Deutscher and Hackett Aboriginal Art Auction Author: Adrian Newstead The current market may be soft but there is no point in being faint-hearted. Buoyed by a staggering 92% by volume and 117% by value result for its William and Lucy Mora Collection, Deutscher and Hackett now appear to have thrown caution to the wind. …
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Dr. Ian Bernadt is a voracious Aboriginal art collector whose love and dedication to his vocation is matched only by his unbridled excitement for his passion. With a lack of room to display the more than 500 works he has collected over the past 20 years, the vast majority have lain impenetrably stacked along walls …
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Review: Mossgreen Aboriginal Art Auction 2010 Author: Adrian Newstead After two Mossgreen Indigenous art offerings over the final weekend in August, it was clear that tribal artifacts and contemporary Indigenous paintings, like oil and water, just don’t mix. Three focused collections saved an otherwise tough Mossgreen Tribal and Oceanic art sale in which 164 of …
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Review: Mossgreen Aboriginal Art Auction 2010 Author: Adrian Newstead From the moment he walked in to his first Aboriginal art exhibition more than 20- years ago ear, nose and throat specialist Dr. Ian Bernadt became a voracious collector. On viewing the first oval Utopia paintings in Robert Holmes a Court’s 1989 collection he told Perth …
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Review: Sotheby’s Aboriginal Art Auction Author: Adrian Newstead What a shocker. No less than 53 lots passed in the first 100 on offer. A room full of people but bereft of vitality. Drained of animation, as lot after lot failed to inspire bidding. In retrospect, opening the sale with Oceanic artifacts was the first, and …
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If what is understood to be his auction swansong, outgoing Sotheby’s specialist Tim Klingender has managed under difficult circumstances, to put together a large mixed offering with a considerable number of high quality pieces. Though there is little that could be described as spectacular, there are many very fine pieces of both Oceanic and Aboriginal …
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