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A Day Exploring Sydney’s Cultural Heartbeat

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The Green Jewel, for Love and Prosperity

Category: Jewels

Emeralds have long been coveted for their breathtaking natural beauty and prized for their rarity...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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Opal – Nature’s Kaleidoscope

Category: Jewels

Opals have a history and lore as colourful as the play-of-colour phenomena they exhibit...

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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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