LEONARD, issue 20, August 2013

Issue TWENTY / AUGUST 2013

FREE

Please take a copy

Leonard is published 10 times a year by Leonard Joel. If you have any questions regarding Leonard please contact 03 9826 4333 leonardjoel.com.au

Cover Specialist Prints Auction Thursday 8 August 2013, 11am

Subscriptions If you would like to receive Leonard you can subscribe online at leonardjoel.com.au for free digital delivery.

If you would like to receive a printed version you can collect a free copy at Leonard Joel.

If you’d prefer to be sent Leonard by mail you can subscribe to Leonard for $44 per year for postage and handling.

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

Leonard Joel Specialists ValuationS AND DIGITAL MEDIA

Monique Le Grand Phone + 61 (0) 3 8825 5620 Email monique.legrand@leonardjoel.com.au Corporate & Private collections

John Albrecht, Managing Director Phone 0413 819 767 Email john.albrecht@leonardjoel.com.au Susan Saunders, Head of Finance & Administration Phone + 61 (0) 3 8825 5603 Email susan.saunders@leonardjoel.com.au

FIND US ON

Facebook.com/Leonardjoel

FOLLOW US ON

single owner COLLECTIONS

Guy Cairnduff, Head of The Specialist Collector Phone +61 (0) 3 8825 5611 Email guy.cairnduff@leonardjoel.com.au

Facebook.com/Leonardjoel1919

Art

John Albrecht, Head of Art Phone + 61 (0) 3 8825 5619 Email john.albrecht@leonardjoel.com.au Nicole Salvo, Senior Art Specialist Phone + 61 (0) 3 8825 5624 Email nicole.salvo@leonardjoel.com.au

FOLLOW US ON

pinterest/leonardjoel

Jewellery

John D’Agata, Head of Jewellery Phone + 61 (0) 3 8825 5605 Email john.dagata@leonardjoel.com.au

LIVE BIDDING AT

Classic furniture & Objects

LEONARDJOEL.COM.AU

Guy Cairnduff, Head of Classic Furniture & Objects Phone +61 (0) 3 8825 5611 Email guy.cairnduff@leonardjoel.com.au Collectables

Giles Moon, Head of Collectables Phone + 61 (0) 3 8825 5635 Email giles.moon@leonardjoel.com.au Books and Manuscripts

Chiara Curcio, Cabinet Room Manager & Book Specialist Phone + 61 (0) 3 8825 5604 Email chiara.curcio@leonardjoel.com.au

Preferred logistics partner

Pre–Owned Luxury

John D’Agata, Head of Jewellery Phone + 61 (0) 3 8825 5605 Email john.dagata@leonardjoel.com.au

Event Partner

MODERN DESIGN

Giles Moon, Head of Modern Design Phone + 61(0) 3 8825 5635 Email giles.moon@leonardjoel.com.au ASIAN WORKS OF ART

Liza Hallam, Specialist Asian Works of Art Phone +61 (0) 3 8825 5626 Email liza.hallam@leonardjoel.com.au

M ARGARET RIVER

Trevor Fleming, Consultant Phone +61 (0) 3 8825 5611 Email guy.cairnduff@leonardjoel.com.au The Weekly Auction

Leonard Joel

Anna Grassham, Antique & Interiors Manager Phone + 61 (0) 3 8825 5614 Email anna.grassham@leonardjoel.com.au

Primary Salerooms 333 Malvern Road, South Yarra, Victoria 3141 Australia

Photography

Designer

Tel: +61 (0) 3 9826 4333

Rick Merrie

Maria Rossi

Fax: +61 (0) 3 9826 4544

FOReWord

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

John Albrecht Managing Director Leonard Joel

Leonard

1

AUGUST

Contents

AUGUST Contents Get Leonard all the time Calendar 3

With more specialist categories and auctions than any auction house of its kind in Australia, Leonard is

News 4

the simplest way to remain abreast of all forthcoming

MODERN + TRADITIONAL

6

auctions, important sales results, events and auction

FINE ART

8

lecting Leonard will be an indispensable tool for both

ABORIGINAL ART

10

Specialist Prints

11

FINE JEWELLERY

12

PRE-OWNED LUXURY

13

news. With expert contributors from all fields of colthe seasoned auction-goer and the new collector alike.

Leonard is available both free at Leonard Joel and

Subscribe

online or can be subscribed to for an annual fee of $44 inc GST (postage & handling). Visit us online at www. leonardjoel.com.au or for subscription information contact keryn.gilchrist@leonardjoel.com.au.

Classic Furniture, Objects & Collectables 14

Thinking of Selling?

The Antique & Interiors Auction 1 6 MODERN DESIGN

17

MONTHLY TOYS

18

ASIAN FOCUS

19

SPECIALIST COLLECTOR

20

From Single Items to Collections

Tailored Trust and Estate Services

If you have a single item or collection you Leonard Joel has a long and distinguished

VAULT 21

wish to sell, the Leonard Joel team of spe- history of assisting both trust companies and cialists can guide you through the entire val- executors with the dispersal of important uation and auction process. We can provide collections. We provide fiduciaries (lawyers, you with experts across all collecting fields, trust officers, accountants and executors) no less than thirteen categories of auction to with a complete suite of services to manage select from and the most expansive calendar accurately and successfully the dispersal of catalogue auctions in Australia. Leon- of large and small estates. Our services are ard Joel specialists conduct insurance and specially designed to aid in the appraisal market valuations for the entire spectrum and dispersal of fine art, antiques, jewelof clients - private collectors, corporations, lery, objet d’art, collectables, books & manumuseums, fiduciaries and government enti- scripts and general household contents.

EXCITING NEW announcements in next month’s issue stay tuned

ties are advised by our valuers and specialists on a daily basis.

Our specialists are now sourcing single items and collections for the following categories:

Australian and International Art Fine Jewellery and Wristwatches Pre-Owned Luxury Classic Objects and Furniture Modern Design Single Owner Collections Collectable Toys and Sporting Memorabilia Militaria Books and Manuscripts

AUGUST

2

Leonard

Calendar

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

Auctions and viewing times are subject to change.

Leonard Joel is a proud supporter of Arts Project Australia

Leonard

3

AUGUST

News

$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

AUGUST

Enquiries John D’Agata 03 8825 5605 john.dagata@leonardjoel.com.au

4

Leonard

News

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

Fine ArtFine Auction Art Auction Fundraiser Fundraiser SundaySunday 10 November 10 November 2013 from 2013 3pm from 3pm Venue Venue

LeonardLeonard Joel Auction Joel Auction House House 333 Malvern 333 Malvern Road South RoadYarra South VicYarra 3141Vic 3141 For more information: For more information: T: 03 9528 T: 1985 03 9528 E: admin@jhc.org.au 1985 E: admin@jhc.org.au

Leonard

5

AUGUST

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

in equal demand! Of the more interesting

giles.moon@leonardjoel.com.au

items to be sold were period rocking horses, large scale vintage ship’s lights and even an

AUGUST

6

Leonard

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

Leonard

ANGUS O’CALLAGHAN (BORN 1922) Princes Bridge Evening digital print on archival rag paper A/P Sold for $11,590 IBP

7

AUGUST

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

AUGUST

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

8

Leonard

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

Leonard

NORMAN LINDSAY (1879-1969) The Warriors watercolour 73 x 54cm $35,000 - 45,000

9

AUGUST

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

now consigning for October Aboriginal Art auction AUGUST

10

Leonard

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

Leonard

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

11

AUGUST

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

AUGUST

Preview in Melbourne Saturday 7 September 10am-5pm Sunday 8 September 10am-5pm Monday 9 September 10am-5pm

12

give us

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

Leonard

pre-owned luxury

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

Leonard

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

13

AUGUST

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

now consigning for October Classic Furniture auction AUGUST

14

Leonard

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.

now consigning for october collectables auction leonard

15

AUGUST

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

AUGUST

16

Leonard

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

17

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

18

Leonard

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

19

AUGUST

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

Viewing Friday 2 August 2013 10am - 5pm Saturday 3 August 2013 10am - 5pm

20

Enquiries Guy Cairnduff Head of The Specialist Collector (03) 8825 5611 / 0407 828 137 guy.cairnduff@leonardjoel.com.au

Leonard

VAULT

New art & Culture MagaziNe

ISSUE 4 OUt NOw

FraNCis upritChard Lunge, 2012 modeling material, foil, wire, paint and cloth 95 x 40 x 82 cm Courtesy anton Kern gallery, New York

SubScribe now and receive your copy of vault Magazine firSt Gert & Uwe tobias Hiromi tanGo mikala Dwyer Francis UpritcHarD bernHarD sacHs markUs scHinwalD kraFtwerk ian stranGe & more

SUBSCRIBE NOw VAULTART.COM.AU

VAULT_ISSUE4_LJ_Advertising_FA.indd 1

Leonard

24/07/13 12:03 PM

21

AUGUST

Look out for The SEPTEMBER issue.

Subscribe at leonardjoel.com.au