Estate Clearance & Collectables
Our weekly auctions offer between 500 to 700 lots of fascinating colour and spectacle. Vintage, antique, mid-century and modern furnishings rub shoulders with bone china, crystal, silver plate, toys, rugs, art, jewellery, lighting, mirrors, etc. All the fun of the circus and a great introduction to the theatre of auction.
Dale Frank (Aus 1959-),
'Wanking with your Inner Idiot, the real you/jump start your body's fat buster/New Plymouth Landscape', varnish on acrylic on canvas, signed, entitled and dated 2004 verso. 1800 x 1800mm. Provenance: Purchased from Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland. Note: Dale Frank is one of Australia’s foremost contemporary artists. Best known for his large vibrant, abstract paintings, his work also includes sculpture, installation and film.
Realised: $32,500
Ann Robinson (1944-), copper cobalt Blue (Aquamarine) Scallop Bowl,
cast glass (45% Crystal Glass), signed, numbered #41 and dated 2008. With signed certificate and artist's pamphlet. H.375mm. Dia.245mm. Provenance: Private Auckland collection since purchase from Te Rau Moko gallery, Karekare, March 2008.
Realised: $27,000
An impressive 18ct white gold emerald and diamond multi stone necklace,
the three sectional drops, large central section and sectional necklace each set with a pear cut emerald totalling 29.32ct. Each framed by an encircling band of small brilliant cut diamonds. The nine hundred and twenty-four diamonds of TDW. 5.39ct. Valuation available.
Realised: $27,000
Ann Robinson (1944-), 'Flax Vase #5',
cast glass (45% Crystal Glass),'soft jade to steel blue', signed, numbered #5 and dated 2007. With signed artist's certificate . H.625mm. Provenance: Private Auckland collection since purchase from Jonathan Grant Galleries.
Realised: $26,000
Ann Robinson (1944-), 'Spiral Vase',
ed. 1/1, cast glass (45% Crystal Glass), signed, numbered 1/1 and dated 2004. With signed artist's certificate. H.625mm. Provenance: Private Auckland collection since purchase from the Dowse Art Museum.
Realised: $26,000
Ann Robinson (1944-) Red Curving Vase #1,
cast glass (45% Crystal Glass), flared diamond form, signed, numbered #1 and dated 2002. With signed certificate. H.468mm. Provenance: Private Auckland collection since purchase from Masterworks Gallery, August 2002.
Realised: $17,000
Ann Robinson (1944-), 'Te Rito Pod',
ed. 1/1, cast glass, lime/olive greens (45% Crystal Glass), signed, numbered 1/1 and dated 2008. With signed artist's certificate. H.295mm. Provenance: Private Auckland collection since purchase
Realised: $14,000
A vintage Rolex Oyster Perpetual Explorer,
automatic, black dial with batons and 3, 6 and 9 numerals, in working order, stainless steel, minor scratching to glass and case. Purchased by our vendor's father new in 1969.
Realised: $13,000
A large and impressive Victorian silver banquet tray,
circular form, the scalloped reeded rim with crossed ribbon highlights, the elaborate central coat of arms (Arms of Douglas, 19th Earl of Morton (1844-1935) and Arms of England etc) between two stags, this framed by scrolling florals conforming to the scallop rim. Raised on four bracket type feet. London 1868 by John Hunt & Robert Roskell. 4.5 kilos. Stamped to the reverse HUNT & ROSKILL LATE STORR & MORTIMER 4711. Note: Hunt & Roskell were renowned jewellers and silversmiths on Bond Street in London who for many years held the Royal Warrant of Queen Victoria. The firm was the successor to the celebrated silversmith Paul Storr. Paul Storr was England's most celebrated silversmith during the first half of the 19thC and his legacy lives on today. His pieces historically and currently adorn royal palaces and the finest stately homes.
Realised: $12,000
A fine large 19thC Italian carved Carrara white marble sculpture of a young naked woman standing,
by Ferdinando Vichi (Italy 1875-1945). The figure depicted with one arm raised to her hair, the other lowered holding a bouquet of roses. On fitted octagonal stepped marble base, incised signature. H.1185mm. Vichi was a central figure in the production of Florentine sculpture at the end of the 19thC. He is associated with the sculptors Cesare Lapini, Pietro Bazzanti and Guglielmo Pugi, all of whom executed works at The Galleria Bazzanti. The gallery, originally Bazzanti's studio, was inaugurated in 1822 and is still open today. His compositions are varied in subject matter, ranging from busts after the Antique to Orientalist themes and Renaissance-inspired models. Like many other late 19thC sculptors, Vichi often took inspiration from classical antiquity. Historicising romantic subjects were very popular in Italian sculpture of the late 19thC.
Realised: $10,000