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: Mossgreen Aboriginal Art Sale 2010 Author: Adrian Newstead Despite their lack of pedigree, three early desert boards were the star performers in Mossgreen’s Fine Early Aboriginal and Oceanic Art sale held at Randwick Racecourse on Monday evening. The sale yielded $690,172 including buyer’s premium resulting in a 62% result by value and 58% clearance …
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Review: Mossgreen’s Aboriginal Art Auction 2010 Author: Adrian Newstead Dealer turned Mossgreen Tribal art specialist, Bill Evans, has just about figured out the correct recipe for success. Six months each year traveling Africa, the America’s and Europe visiting collectors and friends while his former Caspian Gallery site in Sydney’s Oxford Street provides a comfortable income. …
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