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In Conversation with Tom Gerrard

Category: In Conversation

Melbournians will no doubt recognise Tom Gerrard’s iconic characters, who can be spotted throughout the city’s streets...

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Banksy’s ‘Get Out While You Can”

Category: Prints & Multiples

Often referred to as one of the most controversial street artists in the world, Banksy is now on every avid contemporary art collector’s radar...

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The Rise of the Preowned Luxury Market

Category: Luxury

It is probably not news to most that there has been a global move towards buying preowned goods...

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Interiors in Film: A Serial Killer’s Modernist Masterpiece

Category: Modern Design

No matter how beautiful the actors or riveting the plot, sometimes it’s the furniture and set designs that are the real showstoppers in films...

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Who Wouldn’t Want to “Look After” a Patek Philippe?    

Category: Timepieces

Patek and Philippe. What is it about these two names that when seen together...

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The Vibrant, Modern World of Eveline Syme

Category: Art

Eveline Syme studied Classics at University but became a champion of the modernist style in Australia...

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An Unlikely Influencer

Category: Jewels

Proposing with the first recorded diamond engagement ring, one 15th Century Archduke unknowingly started a trend...

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Ethereal Elegance in White Jade

Category: Asian Art

A couple of months ago we were entrusted with a beautiful small white jade dish...

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The Historic ‘Trawalla’ Mansion

Category: Decorative Arts

We are thrilled to present pieces from the historic Toorak Mansion, Trawalla, within our October Decorative Arts Auction...

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Three Generations of Collecting

Category: Decorative Arts

As Leonard Joel Sydney prepares to offer an important collection of art, decorative arts and furniture from Brans Antiques...

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