 At Sotheby's Australia's sale of Fine Asian Australian and European Art, Decorative Arts and Furniture in Melbourne on May 14 and 15 at its rooms in High Street, Armadale a painting of the waterfront in Canton in 1803-04 sold for $186,000 including buyers premium, way past the admittedly conservative estimates of $25,000 to $35,000 Fairs and Events |  | Another great exhibition piece, this time from Paris, 1867.By our own correspondent on 14-May-2012 (Exclusive to the Antiques Reporter) At their Fine Furniture, Decorative Arts & Asian Art auction in Sydney on Sunday May 27, Bonhams will offer a side cabinet (meuble à hauteur d'appui) by the French cabinetmaker and craftsman, Louis-Auguste-Alfred Beurdeley (1808-1882).
What the Dick-ens??By Jolyon Warwick James on 14-May-2012 (Exclusive to the Antiques Reporter) Lot 68 of Shapiro Auctions on 9th May was an innocent looking Australian fiddle pattern dessert spoon by Alexander Dick. The marks were the more common for Dick – the pseudo London marks for 1800 (“date letter ”E”) rather than the rarer Castle (Edinburgh?) mark and date letter D etc.
Great Exhibition cabinet destined for Mt. Macedon Collection.By our own correspondent on 08-May-2012 (Exclusive to the Antiques Reporter) The "Hayball Cabinet", the gold medal award winning cabinet from the Great Exhibition of 1851, held in Crystal Palace London, and auctioned by Elder Fine Art in Adelaide on 6 May 2012, (lot 175) did not reach its reserve during the auction and was sold after the auction to the Stokes Collection, based in Mt Macedon, Victoria Dogged detective work by Adelaide auction house outs Renaisance style cabinet as prize winning 1851 Great Exhibition piece.By our own correspondent on 27-Apr-2012 (Exclusive to the Antiques Reporter) Some clever detective work by Elder Fine Art of Adelaide has resulted in the identification of an ornate mid-Victorian prize winning cabinet from the Great Exhibition of 1851, held in Crystal Palace London, to be offered in their sale of 6 May 2012.
| | Forthcoming Auctions A fine George II red and gold lacquered Chinoiserie bureau bookc… to be offered by Mossgreen Auctions Sydney 20/05/2012, Lot No. 58, Est: $50,000—80,000 Completed Auctions Artist Unknown, Chinese school the Waterfront At Canton (1803-18… sold by Sotheby's Australia Melbourne 15/05/2012, Lot No. 542, Price: $186,000 |