Davidson Auctions

Estate & Collector I: Pictures

2pm Saturday November 29th

Lot 5: Arthur Streeton (1867-1943)
'Cherry Blossom,' 1938
Signed and dated lower left
Oil on Canvas, 73.5x60.5cm
SOLD $36,000 (Hammer Price)

Estate & Collector I: Pictures

2pm Saturday November 29th

Lot 6: Norman Lindsay (1879-1969)
'Siren Call,' 1955
Signed and dated lower right
W/Clr, 46.5x41.5cm
SOLD $24,000 (Hammer Price)

RUSSELL COLLECTION OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS

2pm Sunday November 30th

Selection of 18th-19th Century medical equipment from the large collection of the late Professor Kenneth F Russell.

RUSSELL COLLECTION OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS

2pm Sunday November 30th

Lot 2014: Charles Darwin
On the Origin of Species
Pub. LONDON: John Murray, Albemarle Street, 1859
First issue of the first edition
SOLD $20,000 (Hammer Price)

ESTATE & COLLECTOR II: Asian & Fine Arts

11am Sunday November 30th

Lot 1109: 15ct Pink Gold Colonial 'Cooee' Brooch
Late 1880s to early 1890s "Cooee" brooch, featuring kangaroo and snake motifs
Dimensions approx. (6.4x2.2cm) and weighs approx. (6.3g)
SOLD $2,000 (Hammer Price)

ESTATE & COLLECTOR II: Asian & Fine Arts

11am Sunday November 30th

Lot 1097: Miniature Painting on Ivory - 'Cherubs' After Rubens
Signed 'R. Krauss'
6x9cm (image) 17x20cm (frame)
SOLD $350 (Hammer Price)

RUSSELL COLLECTION OF MEDICAL INSTRUMENTS & ANTIQUARIAN BOOKS

2pm Sunday November 30th

Lot 2036: Johann REMMELIN
Catoptrum Microcosmicum….
Pub. ULMAE Sueorum: sumptibus Iohannis Gorlini M.DC. XXXIX [1639]
SOLD $10,000 (Hammer Price)

CONSIGN WITH US

Grace COSSINGTON SMITH (1892-1984) (2)
Pittwater, View to Lion Island, c.1930
Unsigned, but accompanied by signed crayon study 'Mar[?]' of same dimensions (39x35cm sheet)
Oil on Board, 39x35cm
SOLD $60,000 (Hammer Price) 17.08.25

Estate & Collector I: Pictures

2pm Saturday November 29th

Lot 127: Alfred COFFEY (1869-1950)
Sydney Heads
Signed lower right
Oil on Canvas Board, 39x49cm
SOLD $1,600 (Hammer Price)

Estate & Collector I: Pictures

2pm Saturday November 29th

Lot 212: Neville Henry CAYLEY (1853-1903)
Two Kookaburras, 1987
Signed lower right
W/Clr, 51x36.5cm
SOLD $1,000 (Hammer Price)

Estate & Collector I: Pictures

2pm Saturday November 29th

Lot 255: Bob BUDUWAL (Aboriginal 1952) & Lena YARINGURA (Aboriginal 1958)
Borlung (Rainbow Serpent), 1989
Natural Earth Pigments on Bark, 239x88cm
SOLD $2,000 (Hammer Price)

ESTATE & COLLECTOR II: Asian & Fine Arts

11am Sunday November 30th

Lot 1048: Rare and Important Presentation Shashka Sabre
Presented to Brigadier General Keith Maitland Davie by the Armenian Government, likely around the 10th May 1919
SOLD $12,000 (Hammer Price)

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We specialise in the sale of Australian & International Art, holding three premium auctions each year. These sales comprise paintings & sculpture, indigenous works, photography, etchings & other graphics. Artists regularly represented in these sales include David & Arthur Boyd, Pro Hart, Brett Whiteley, Norman Lindsay, John Coburn, Ray Crooke, Robert Dickerson, Syd Long, Charles Blackman, Roland Wakelin, James Jackson, Sid Nolan, Elioth Gruner, d'Arcy Doyle, Arthur Streeton, Lloyd Rees, the Ashton family and numerous others. Works by Australian female artists such as Clarice Beckett, Margaret Preston & Emily Kngwarreye are in particular demand at present.

In addition to an art component, our regular Estate & Collector auctions present silver & jewellery, as well as select examples of the decorative arts - including (but not limited to) Asian antiques, designer objects, Australian & studio pottery, tribal & ethnographic wares. Individual collections and deceased estates feature prominently in these sales. Provenance: Family of the Artist (a concept pioneered by Davidson Auctions), & Select International Editions are themed auctions held annually. As the names suggest, both are subject to special entry criteria.