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The Universal Language of Art
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Art to Transport us
Category: Art
Living in Melbourne, I have spent the majority of the last 18 months in lockdown in my apartment, reading about art, or at our Leonard Joel South Yarr...
The 1805 Pattern: A Naval Officer’s Sword
Category: Decorative Arts
With this small collection - an officer’s sword and associated ephemera from the first half of the 19th Century, it’s possible to imagine...
The Green Jewel, for Love and Prosperity
Category: Jewels
Emeralds have long been coveted for their breathtaking natural beauty and prized for their rarity...
40 Years Ago
Category: Leonard Joel News
In 1990 I was a young auction store person at Leonard Joel (I prefer the English expression “porter”, but I will keep this real!) with an interest...
What is Virtual Luxury?
Category: Luxury
It’s hard to believe that it has been over a year since our first Virtual Luxury auction in March 2020...
Striking Gold: Australian Jewellery of the 1850s
Category: Jewels
The “gold fever” that gripped Australia in the 1850s spread like wildfire, overturning the political and social systems as it...
Modern Australian Women
Category: Art
Australian women artists in the early 20th Century were pivotal in the shaping of Modernism as we know it today...
Designer Spotlight: Lea Stein
Category: Jewels
Lea Stein’s costume jewellery, although of a definite distinctive style, often transcends the varying tastes of differing demographics...
Opal – Nature’s Kaleidoscope
Category: Jewels
Opals have a history and lore as colourful as the play-of-colour phenomena they exhibit...