A Manly ferry is up for auction. The Baragoola which was built in the 1920’s is being auctioned by Gray’s.
Mark Kehoe from Gray’s Online says the ferry made its last trip from Circular Quay to Manly in 1983.
“Since then, she was bought by a businessman who spent over $1 million trying to renovate her,” he […]

Christie’s has announced the second sale of Modern and Contemporary Australian and South African Art on Tuesday, 16 December 2008; the sale brings the best artworks from Australia and South Africa to the London marketplace.
Australian Modern and Contemporary Art Highlights
Leading this section is a single-owner collection of nine pictures by the pioneering Australian modern artist […]

Deutscher and Hackett’s auction in Melbourne on November 26, will feature an exceptionally rare and important work by Colin McCahon.
The painting, Mondrian’s Last Chrysanthemum: Scared, has been held in a private collection for the last 12 years.

6.00pm – Thursday 6th November 2008 Decorative Arts Feature Sale at 25 Melbourne Street, Murrumbeena, Vic. 3163.
Viewing: Wed. 1 – 6 pm & Thurs. 10 am – 6 pm
Tel: 03 9568 7811 & 22 Fax: 03 9568 7866
Auction info www.thecollector.com.au

The highlight of this landmark sale is the collection of the late the Hon. John Dawson-Damer. Between 1971 and 1984 John Dawson-Damer established a first-class and internationally renowned collection of Lotus single-seater racing cars. Possibly the largest privately owned collection of Lotus single-seater racing cars outside of the Chapman collection, the cars offered cover a […]