ISSUE FORTYONE / JULY 2015 MELBOURNE / SYDNEY EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERIES TOP LOTS sold in Sydney over the past year VINTAGE INTERIORS THEMATIC AUCTIONS MY FIRST YEAR STELLAR MILLION DOLLAR Jewellery Auction Colonial Surprise ALL ABOUT SYDNEY RECORD PRICE Robert Prenzel
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Issue FORTYONe / JULY 2015 MELBOURNE / SYDNEY
EXTRAORDINARY D I S C O V E R I E S
TOP LOTSsold in Sydney
over the past year
VINTAGE INTERIORSTHEMATIC AUCTIONS
MY FIRST YEAR
STELLAR MILLION DOLLAR
Jewellery Auction
Colonial Surprise
ALL ABOUT SYDNEY
RECORD PRICERobert Prenzel
SYDNEY
By Appointment
39 Queen Street,
Woollahra, New South Wales 2025
Australia
Tel: +61 (0) 2 9362 9045
Fax: +61 (0) 3 9826 4544
MELBOURNE
Primary Salerooms
333 Malvern Road,
South Yarra, Victoria 3141
Australia
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Fax: +61 (0) 3 9826 4544
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CoverSold in Jewels & Objets D’Art Auction November 2014
ROLAND SHAKESPEARE WAKELIN (1887-1971) Harbour Bridge SOLD $6,710 IBP
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TOP LOTS 2FOREWORD 3 NEWS 4CALENDAR 5JEWELS 6SYDNEY SPECIALISTS 7EXTRAORDINARY DISCOVERIES 8MY FIRST YEAR 9SINGLE OWNER COLLECTIONS 10FINE ART 12COLONIAL SURPRISE 13ASIAN ART, CLASSIC FURNITURE & OBJECTS 14ASIAN SPECIALIST APPRAISAL EVENING 15THE RICHARD DAWSON COLLECTION 16MODERN DESIGN 17VINTAGE INTERIORS 18NOW CONSIGNING 20DREWEATTS & BLOOMSBURY 21
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Issue FORTY / JUNE 2015 MELBOURNE / SYDNEY
Architecture & ExtEriors
Royal Worcester of the Finest Quality
tHE UNUsUALHighlights from the
Autumn Sydney Auction
SOuLFuL cOLLectiNG67 YEArs oF DEDiCAtioN
THE losT WAlTER WITHERs
FiNE Art & JEWELs
Jewellery Specialists
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1 JULYLEoNArD
TOP LOTs
A SILVER AND ENAMEL BOWL SOLD $29,280 IBP
MARGARET ROSE PRESTON (1875-1963) Gloxinia 1928
SOLD $59,780 IBP
A GEORGE III SATINWOOD AND SABICU BONHEUR-DU-JOUR SOLD $8,540 IBP
A TIBETAN GILT BRONZE WHITE TARA, 16TH CENTURY SOLD $13,420 IBP
SIR OSWALD JOSEPH HORNBY BIRLEY SOLD $7,320 IBP
DEMETRE CHIPARUS (1886-1947) ‘WHEELBARROW’ SOLD $24,400 IBP
BARR FLIGHT & BARR WORCESTER PORCELAIN SOLD $15,860 IBP
ITALIAN SCHOOL, ‘MADONNA AND CHILD’, 14TH/15TH CENTURY SOLD $10,980 IBP
A PAIR OF YELLOW DIAMOND EARRINGS SOLD $12,810 IBP
A SOUTH SEA PEARL & DIAMOND NECKLACE SOLD $9,760 IBP
AN EMERALD AND DIAMOND BRACELET SOLD $21,960 IBP
A DIAMOND CLUSTER RING SOLD $8,540 IBP
AN IMPRESSIVE SAPPHIRE AND DIAMOND RING SOLD $48,800 IBP
PEARL, EMERALD & DIAMOND NECKLACE SOLD $14,640 IBP
A SOLITAIRE DIAMOND RING SOLD $17,080 IBP
A DIAMOND RIVIERE NECKLACE SOLD $31,720 IBP
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Top lots sold in our Sydney auctions over the past year
Now coNSigNiNg for JEwELS AUcTioN 14 SEPTEMBEr 2015
On a wintery Monday evening at Leon-
ard Joel, our Jewels auction of almost 400
items enjoyed a full house and numerous
new faces keen to secure one of the larg-
est diamond offerings in recent auction
memory. The star catalogue cover piece, lot
215, a rare fancy yellow oval cut diamond
rivière, stunned the audience when it sold
to an absentee bidder for $195,200 (inc BP).
Likewise, a delicate rivière in alternating
sapphires and diamonds, lot 87, realised
$13,420 (inc BP). The appetite for “charac-
ter” jewellery was also evident with bidders
focusing their attention on signature pieces.
One such example was the vintage Cartier
panther brooch, lot 152, that more than
quadrupled its estimate to sell for $3,660
(inc BP). The audience were also unde-
terred by the very formal and lavish nature
of much of the collection and this was no
more evident than when lot 157, a lavish
pear-shaped emerald and diamond pen-
dant necklace, came up for sale. With more
than 24 carats of emeralds and diamonds, it
sold for $21,960 (inc BP). Emerald shoppers
were clearly out in force when an equally
impressive Art Deco design pair of emer-
ald and diamond earrings, lot 198, sold for a
staggering $36,000 (inc BP). Similarly lavish
was a cocktail ring by Bulgari with a large
and rare prasiolite stone which realised
$3,400 plus BP. Signed jewellery by design
houses did particularly well throughout the
auction, confirming that this jewellery cat-
egory is well supported by a secondary mar-
ket more and more attune to its investment
quality. Love and investment were in mind
when an impressive 9.01ct solitaire ring was
snapped up for $164,700. The investment
nature of jewellery was in full play when a
modestly estimated diamond bracelet con-
taining nine “D” colour centre stones went
under the hammer. With perfectly coloured
stones, numerous bidders saw keen to
secure it as much for diamond quality as for
aesthetics. It finally sold for more than six
times its estimate at $15,000 plus BP.
Gold jewellery of both Victorian and more
recent origin was not overlooked amongst
the frenzy for diamond and signed jewel-
lery. In fact, it was refreshing to observe
high quality period pieces selling well. Two
examples were a complexly designed pair
of Etruscan gold and coral earnings, lot
126, which realised $3,172 (inc BP) and a
very playful brooch and earring suite of late
period Art Deco jewellery, lot 283-284, that
realised $5,977 (inc BP). The playful theme
continued late in the sale with lot 298, a
Chanel J12 ladies wristwatch, selling for
$6,710 (inc BP). The Jewels auction realised
a Leonard Joel record 1.2 Million dollars,
confirming this category as one of the most
coveted collecting categories at public auc-
tion, both here and internationally.
JEwELS
AN IMPRESSIVE 9.01CT SOLITAIRE RING
SOLD $164,700 IBP
VINTAGE CARTIER PANTHER BROOCH
SOLD $3,660 IBP
A RARE FANCY YELLOW OVAL CUT DIAMOND RIVIèRE
SOLD $195,200 IBP
OUR MILLION DOLLAR AUCTION
6JULY LEONARD
sYDNeY sPeCIaLIsTs
Australia’s only true full service auctioneer
JOHN D’AGATA NATIONAL HEAD OF JEWELLERY & SYDNEY OFFICEAfter 10 years with the established Melbourne jewellers Kozminsky as Executive Manager of both their jewellery and art departments,
John now runs the largest specialist jewellery auction department in Australia. As Head of Jewellery at Leonard Joel, John manages
and overseas the identification, valuing and dispersal of more than 15,000 jewellery items annually and is uniquely placed to manage
both significant jewellery collections and single items. since his appointment in 2007 his passion for jewellery has helped him transform
the department into the success that it is today. In 2013 John was appointed Head of the sydney Office. under his leadership, the
Jewels & Objets D’Art category was created in 2014. With a focus on single owner collections, these auctions immediately became
popular with sydney collectors and has since provided them with access to the rich selection of items on offer by Leonard Joel.
SOPHIE ULLIN HEAD OF FINE ARTArt took sophie ullin by stealth. growing up in a family with a history of art collecting and dealing, she was initially oblivious to the
charms and challenges of this fascinating realm, intent instead on pursuing advertising. An honors degree in Fine Art awoke her
passion and a career began that has spanned 18 years.
sophie’s expertise in art valuation, research, market analysis and sales is built upon her professional experience at a fine art dealership,
as an art specialist at Deutscher-Menzies, Melbourne , Head of Contemporary, Aboriginal and tribal Art at Lawson Menzies, sydney
and now as Head of Fine Art at Leonard Joel. Over a decade ago, she established her own art advisory business focusing both on
Aboriginal and Contemporary art. she is one of the founders of the Art Consulting Association of Australia and is an approved
Australian government Valuer for the Cultural gifts bequest program.
Recent research by Ms ullin was recognized as breaking new ground in her contextualisation of a collection of extremely rare and
important early Queensland transitional Boomerangs and Club. she discovered that they probably pre-dated the best known
examples of this culturally significant period within Australia’s history. the artefacts sold for record prices and are now in the collection
ROBERT WILLIAMS SPECIALIST OBJETS D’ART AND JEWELLERY, SYDNEYRobert Williams has vast auction experience having worked at Bonham’s & goodman and most recently theodore Bruce where he was
a generalist valuer. Robert’s love of objets d’art began whilst working for Kenneth Harvey Antiques and Roseberys Fine Art in London.
In conjunction with our Head of Jewellery and sydney Office, John D’Agata, both Robert and John pride themselves on nurturing
relationships with their clients and a belief that the client must be included throughout the auction process. the sydney office at 39
Queen street Woollahra focuses on Fine Jewellery and single-Owner Collections.
ASIAN ART, CLASSIC FURNITURE & OBJECTSTo be sold in Asian Art, Classic Furniture & Objects Auction 25 October 2015
A LARGE PAIR OF CHINESE EXPORT PORCELAIN ‘CANTON FAMILLE ROSE’ VASES, CIRCA 1870/NINETEENTH CENTURYEach enamelled overall with variant shaped panels of lively court scenes, surrounded by a gilded floral border and set amongst birds and butterflies, auspicious fruit and flowers, including peaches, peonies, lotus and pomegranates, as well as precious Buddhist objects, with four applied gui dragons, and an additional two applied gui dragon handles to the upper body of each vaseEstimate: $3,600 - 4,600
A Single Owner Collection of Objects and Furniture from the Estate of the Late James Clarence Mangan
Now coNSigNiNg for cLASSic fUrNiTUrE & oBJEcTS AUcTioN 25 ocToBEr
RECORD PRICE REALISED FOR A ROBERT PRENZEL FAUNAL PANEL
Lot 240 from Classic Furniture and Objects Auction 30th May 2015
Robert Prenzel, (1866-1941) a rare relief carved panel depicting four kookaburras perched on a leafy eucalyptus branch signed R.Prenzel / 1926, 57.5 x 105 cm. Provenance: the collection of the Late Theodore Fink (1855-1942); thence by family descentSOLD $66,000 IBP
It could be that Chinese hanging scroll that your uncle handed down or the beautiful Japanese lacquer box you admired so much when you visited your grandmother’s house. Do you know anything about its potential worth? Well why not make an appointment to see our specialists in Chinese and Japanese works as Leonard Joel presents our inaugural Asian Art Specialist Appraisal evening from 5pm to 8pm on Wednesday 15th July at our South Yarra salerooms.With the demand for Chinese works still riding a wave of interest, it is the perfect opportunity to speak with a specialist in the field about your ceramics, paintings,
bronze or jade. For those holding Japanese works in painting, woodblock prints, metal, netsuke or ceramics, this is a great time to bring them in for an appraisal.Specialists Trevor Fleming (Japanese) and Sally Robin (Chinese) will be available to provide information and discuss the current market potential of your pieces. Join us as we take a trip to the Far East and unlock the secrets of your works. To book a confidential appraisal contact: [email protected]: (03) 8825 5635 Location: The Client Room, Leonard Joel, Melbourne
FOCUS ON ASIAN ART ASIAN ART SPECIALIST APPRAISAL EVENING
WEDNESDAY 15 JULY, 5PM TO 8PM, MELBOURNE
A RARE CHINESE IMPERIAL SEMI-FORMAL CHESTNUT BROWN NINE-DRAGON (LONGPAO) ROBE (JIFU), QING DYNASTY, LATE KANGXI PERIOD/EARLY YONGZHENG PERIOD, CIRCA 1680-1735
SOLD $33,000 IBP
A JAPANESE NAMIKAWA YASUYUKI CLOISONNé COVERED VASE MEIJI PERIOD (1868-1912), SIGNED KYOTO NAMIKAWA
SOLD $38,400 IBP
15 JULYLEONARD
The RIChaRD DawsON COLLeCTION
ThE RIChARD DAwSON COLLECTION
A single owner collection of vintage toys, including Dinky, Corgi, Hornby Dublo and Wrenn
AUCTION WEDNESDAY 12 AUGUST AT 12PM AEST
246A BASSETT-LOWKE ‘O’ GAUGE COMPOUND LOCO
AND TENDER, LMS CRIMSON LAKE NO. 1082 $600 - 800
The Richard Dawson Collection Wednesday 12 August 2015 at 12pm
Melbourne Viewing Saturday 8 August 10am-5pmMonday 10 August 10am-5pmTuesday 11 August 10am-5pmWednesday 12 August 9am-11.30am
Few brands in the world of photography evoke as much as excitement among connoisseurs
of photographic equipment as the name, Leica. On Thursday, 6th August, Leonard Joel will
be offering a single owner collection of over forty Leica cameras, accessories, manuals and
references, alongside examples by other photography luminaries including Rolleiflex and Leitz.
Leica M4 no. 1176477 chrome,
in maker’s ever ready case
SOLD $2,440 IBP
18JULY LEONARD
VINTage INTeRIORs
SCANDINAVIANAUCTION
V I N T A G E I N T E R I O R S
AUCTION THURSDAY 23 JULY AT 10AM
Leonard Joel are currently inviting submissions for the Vintage Interiors Scandinavian auction to be held this July. We are calling for entries covering the definitive regions such as Denmark, Norwary and Sweden. 20th century design furniture and fittings which compliment and enhance these Nordic regions.
This particular movement in design flourished throughout the 50s, and 60s and is syn-onymous with the technology and innovation driven post war period. Designers and cabinet makers such as Hans Wegner, Arne Jacobsen, and Verner Panton characterised this movement with their innovative and minimal designs, skilfully crafted veneers and cabinetry, as well as their revolutionary development of bent and moulded plywood.
Due to constant popularity of Scandinavian furniture, along with designers such as George Jensen and Bang and Olufsen this special thematic auction will once again of-fer an opportunity to own a variety of original and increasingly rare pieces.
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