IMPORTANT PAINTINGS & CONTEMPORARY ART
MOSSGREEN-WEBB’S AUCTION HOUSE
Fine & Rare Wines Reece Warren | Head of Fine & Rare Wines | reece.warren@mossgreen-webbs.co.nz
Robert Richards | Head of Collectors’ Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia | robert.richards@mossgreen.com.au
Reece brings to Mossgreen-Webb’s over 25 years in the industry, encompassing grape growing, sales, marketing and vineyard management. Reece’s international experience includes three years based in England studying and doing vintage in France. He holds a Diploma of Wine (Wine & Spirit Trust Education Trust, England).
Robert has more than 18 years’ experience within the auction industry both in Australia and North America. Robert became Collectors’ Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia Specialist for Mossgreen’s newly formed department in 2014. Following two very successful auctions, the department expanded and Robert is now Head of Collectors’ Cars, Motorcycles and Automobilia.
Jemma Grobbelaar | Fine & Rare Wines | jemma@mossgreen-webbs.co.nz
Catherine Davison | Collectors’ Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia | catherine.davison@mossgreen.com.au
Jemma discovered her passion for wine while working in various roles at Vergelegen Wine Estate in Stellenbosch, South Africa. She is currently in her second year of the Wine and Spirits Education Trust, Level 4 Diploma, studying towards a Master of Wine degree. She is also currently on the Court of Master Sommeliers Education programme and has recently passed her introductory Sommelier certificate. In 2015, she was a finalist in the New Zealand Junior Sommelier of the Year.
Catherine brings extensive industry experience to Mossgreen-Webb’s and her long-held international associations with some of the most highly respected leaders in engineering, motor sport and blue ribbon auction houses brings a unique cross-section of experience to Mossgreen-Webb’s Collectors’ Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia Department.
Fine Jewels & Watches
International Decorative Arts
Patti Sedgwick | Head of Jewellery | patti.sedgwick@mossgreen.com.au
Jennifer Gibson | Head of Decorative Arts | jennifer.gibson@mossgreen.com.au
A registered jewellery appraiser, gemmologist and diamond grader with over 20 years of industry experience, Patti brings a wealth of expertise to the Fine Jewels & Watches department at Mossgreen-Webb’s. Patti has previously headed up Fine Jewellery departments at Sotheby’s Australia and Bonhams and conducted many highly successful auctions in Melbourne and Sydney.
Jennifer is a well-respected furniture and decorative arts specialist, valuer and auctioneer with a wide-ranging knowledge of her field. Her expertise includes English, Australian and Continental furniture, ceramics, glass, sculpture and silver and is coupled with a keen interest in Asian works of art, including Japanese ceramics and textiles.
Tam Fraser | Jewellery & Gem Specialist | tam.fraser@mossgreen-webbs.co.nz
Sandy Bruce | Senior Specialist, Decorative Arts | sandy.bruce@mossgreen.com.au
Tam Fraser brings with her with more than 15 years of wholesale and retail experience in gemstones and jewellery. Tam has spent the last nine years as a Sales and Marketing Manager, diamond grader and jewellery designer for New Zealand’s largest diamond company. She is trained in GIA and HRD diamond grading.
Sandy is well respected in the industry, having worked at Sotheby’s in the United Kingdom and Australia for more than 30 years. Sandy has been involved in the sale of some of the most important decorative arts collections in Australia including The David Lawrence Collection and The John Weller Collection of Oriental & Decorative Art.
Chinese & Asian Art
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Collectors’ Cars, Motorcycles & Automobilia
Maori & Oceanic Arts
Ray Tregaskis | Head of Chinese & Asian Art | ray.tregaskis@mossgreen.com.au
Bill Evans | Head of Oceanic Art | bill.evans@mossgreen.com.au
Ray began collecting Asian art in Europe in 1975 and opened his first gallery in Sydney in January 1979. Ray and his partner, Victoria, have travelled extensively throughout Asia and Europe over the past 30 years, holding many exhibitions nationally and internationally with Ray also writing numerous articles on various aspects of Asian antiques. Ray is a long-standing member of the AAADA and a Valuer of Asian Art under the Cultural Gifts Scheme for the Commonwealth Government.
Bill has specialised in tribal art, antique rugs and Asian textiles in Sydney for more than 35 years. He graduated magna cum laude in History from the University of Minnesota and formerly ran the Caspian Gallery in Paddington, Sydney. Bill has been a frequent speaker to museum and textile groups through the years and has written articles on Oceanic and Aboriginal collections in Australian museums for the magazine Tribal Art, the international bible for tribal art enthusiasts.
Luke Guan | Chinese & Asian Art Specialist | luke.guan@mossgreen.com.au
Jesse De Deyne | Deputy Director of Australian Indigenous Art | jesse.dedeyne@mossgreen.com.au
Luke graduated from Christie’s Education in London and the University of Glasgow with a Master of Arts in Art History and Art World Practice with a major in Arts of China. He has worked with Chinese art since 2010: for Christie’s in London and Hong Kong, and for leading Hong Kong antiques gallery – Joyce Gallery – as a specialist and cataloguer.
Jesse studied Art History and Business Management at The University of Queensland and combines his knowledge of both subjects in his role at Mossgreen-Webb’s. He has a long-standing passion for Australian indigenous art, and has spent time volunteering at the Maningrida Art & Culture centre and Bula’bula Arts centre in Arnhem Land, as well as in the Kimberley region.
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