September 2024
Developer to display Baker’s music trove after paying $314k
Amateur drummer Paul Lambess has already rejected requests to sell parts of journalist Glenn A. Baker’s 80,000 records and CDs.
March 2024
Is Don Bradman’s number plate really worth $200k?
NSW is selling more historic licence plates but the Don’s isn’t the most expensive one on offer.
February 2024
What is a Stanley cup and why are people going crazy for them?
Stanley mania is a story of how marketing, influencers and the power of social media converged to produce a cultural phenomenon.
December 2023
The most exciting cars of the year… and what’s next
From plug-in hybrids to all-electric, these models from Bentley, Ferrari and Porsche stand out from the crowd.
November 2023
Why you need to be in the room at auctions
How would-be buyers missed their chance to purchase works at Deutscher and Hackett’s final sale of the year when they failed to hear their phones.
August 2023
America’s ‘first sports car’ could be yours for about $6m
Monterey Car Week’s auctions include one of the most collectable US vehicles: a 1914 Mercer Raceabout with a top speed of almost 130km/h.
June 2023
Treasure or tainted? Experts split on value of Roberts-Smith VC
Court findings against the decorated war veteran could take a million-dollar shine off his prestigious award.
August 2022
Wooden fish may be catch of the day at $66,000
Exhibitors at Sydney Contemporary art fair need to make significant sales to make the exercise pay but recent auction results suggest buyers are ready to splash the cash.
Germaine Greer hated this portrait but it could be worth $1.5m
Art collectors Peter and Joan Clemenger had a keen eye for paintings, but they never bought artworks as investments.
Bedroom furniture set makes $240,500, but at a cost
The last privately held intact bedroom suite by Art Nouveau master Robert Prenzel was sold to four separate buyers.
July 2022
$59m sale points to female artists edging towards price parity
At high-end art auctions around the globe, female artists continue to set new records.
Harry Potter books could be worth more than $250k
First edition copies of the Millennial favourite are becoming seriously sought after.
‘Intoxicating’ painting sets new auction record
The densely patterned work glistens with gold leaf and looks both strangely modern and deeply steeped in the Italian Renaissance.
Collector pays $16.2m for casting of Rodin’s iconic ‘The Thinker’
The French sculptor’s best-known work continues to attract collectors, with a casting going under the hammer at a Paris auction.
June 2022
Thefts, fraud and lawsuits at the world’s biggest NFT marketplace
OpenSea, one of the highest-profile crypto start-ups, is facing a backlash over stolen and plagiarised non-fungible tokens.
New York sale sets new highs for 16 Indigenous artists
The rising popularity of Indigenous art overseas could price Australian collectors out of the top end of the market.
May 2022
Indigenous art coming home after setting auction records
A successful crowdfunding campaign and last-minute funds from governments have returned the 19th-century works to Wurunjderi hands.
Super fund puts $9m collection on the block
The 310 works in the Cbus Collection, acquired on behalf of the building industry unions, are the second corporate collection to be sold this year.
Would you pay $20k for this classic comic?
An Australian printed copy of an original, 1948 edition of The Phantom sold for double its estimate.
April 2022
This set of ‘Knives and Forks’ could be yours for $400,000
A still-life by Australian painter John Brack is a highlight of Deutscher and Hackett’s May 4 art auction, along with pieces by Martin Sharp and New Zealander Rita Angus.