Davidson Auctions

AUSTRALIAN & INTERNATIONAL ART

Sunday July 26th

John Coburn (1925-2006)
'Temple,' 1965
Signed and dated lower right
Also signed, titled and inscribed verso
Oil on Canvas, 183x170cm
Est. $40,000 - 60,000

ESTATE & COLLECTOR: ART

Saturday May 30th

Lot 4: Margaret PRESTON (1875-1963)
'Flowers in Jug,' c.1929
Signed in pencil lower right
Woodcut with Hand Colouring
ed. (possibly) 125, 28x20cm (image)
SOLD $8,000 (Hammer Price)

PROVENANCE: FAMILY OF THE ARTIST

Monday June 1st

Lot 2030: Peter BOGGS (b.1949)
'A Venetian View,' 2013
Initialled and dated lower right; titled verso
Oil on Canvas on Panel, 25x30cm
SOLD $3,000 (Hammer Price)

ESTATE & COLLECTOR

Sunday May 31st

A significant collection of medical related medals from the collection of the late Professor Kenneth F Russell (lots 1178-1222)

ESTATE & COLLECTOR: ART

Saturday May 30th

Lot 43: Frederick GARLING (1806-1873)
The P&O Co's Steamship Malta, Captain Down, at Her Moorings off Moore's Wharf, Sydney, 1859
Unsigned
W/Clr, 34.5x52.5cm
Provenance: Collection of Jim Haynes OAM 'The Finest Harbour in the World' (Lots 40-107)
SOLD $13,000 (Hammer Price)

ESTATE & COLLECTOR

Sunday May 31st

Lot 1247: Rare 1651 English Second Issue Edition of Scot's 'Discovery of Witchcraft'
SOLD $10,000 (Hammer Price)

ESTATE & COLLECTOR

Sunday May 31st

Lot 1178: Important Queen's South Africa Medal from the collection of the late Professor Kenneth F Russell. Awarded to: Nurse Frances "Fanny" E Hines, the first Australian woman to die on active service
SOLD $10,000 (Hammer Price)

ESTATE & COLLECTOR

Sunday May 31st

Lot 1094: Attrib. Shoji HAMADA (1894-1978)
Square Section Bottle Vase
Stoneware with kaki glaze in nukie style
(H22.5cm)
SOLD $425 (Hammer Price)

ESTATE & COLLECTOR

Sunday May 31st

Lot 1117: Four Paul Storr Silver Soup Plates Hallmarked London 1829, Paul Storr
One marked 'Storr & Mortimer'
Dia.26cm W2,562g (total)
Est. $8,000 - 12,000

ESTATE & COLLECTOR

Sunday May 31st

Lot 1075: 19th C Omani Al Nizwani Khanjar
L33cm (in scabbard)
SOLD $4,000 (Hammer Price)

ESTATE & COLLECTOR

Sunday May 31st

Lot 1321: 1st Edition 1733 William Cheselden's 'Osteographia, or the Anatomy of the Bones', in English, Limited to 300 Initial Editions
SOLD $5,500 (Hammer Price)

  • Estate & Collector: Art
    Saturday May 30th, 1pm
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  • Estate & Collector
    (Incl. Part Two of Kenneth Russell
    Collection of Medical Medals,
    Instruments & Antiquarian Books)
    Sunday May 31st, 11am
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  • Provenance: Family of the Artist
    Monday June 1st, from 7pm
    Invaluable only timed online sale
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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.