September
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.
- Michael Bailey
March
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.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
February
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.
- Hiroko Tabuchi
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.
- Tony Davis
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.
- Elizabeth Fortescue
August 2023
- Opinion
- Life & Leisure
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.
- Tony Davis
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.
- Duncan Hughes
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.
- Gabriella Coslovich
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.
- Gabriella Coslovich
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.
- Gabriella Coslovich
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.
- Colin Gleadell
Harry Potter books could be worth more than $250k
First edition copies of the Millennial favourite are becoming seriously sought after.
- Theo Chapman
‘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.
- Gabriella Coslovich
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.
- Reuters
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.
- David Yaffe-Bellany
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.
- Gabriella Coslovich
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.
- Gabriella Coslovich
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.
- Gabriella Coslovich
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.
- Theo Chapman
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.
- Gabriella Coslovich