| Art market information for Australian and New Zealand: forthcoming auctions, past auction results from 1969 to the present, market statistics, news and opinion. |  The Australian Art Sales Digest 2011 Edition (book version) lists all 2010 art auction sales in Australia and New Zealand, and summarises all sales results for the last 10 years. Price is $110.00 within Australia or $140.00 to New Zealand including postage. Click here for order form. This is the final printed version of the Australian Art Sales Digest, and as from 2012 the Australian Art Sales Digest will only be available online. Forthcoming AuctionsCompleted Auctions George Russell Drysdale, Country Child, C1948, 76.5 x 61.5 cm, sold by Menzies Melbourne 14/09/2011, Lot No. 40, Price: *** | |
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DirectoriesOur Other Sites | Register your selections for our one stop Lot Alert service covering all art auctions in Australia and New Zealand. We will notify you of lots in forthcoming sales for artists that you nominate, and then report the prices realised after the sale. News and Opinion The standout piece is an erotic Whiteley porcelain vase (lot 80) that sensually captures the artist’s signature curvaceous lines. Top former art dealer faces 87 charges after fraud probe 15-Jan-2012 One of Australia's former leading art dealers, Ronald Coles, faces up to 10 years in jail after being charged today with 87 offences relating to an alleged multimillion-dollar investment art fraud scheme. Sotheby's shares Bonhams local spoils - the top deals of 2011 By Terry Ingram on 30-Dec-2011 (Exclusive to the AASD) Bonhams looks like sharing the spoils of its great 2011 art find Down Under with its arch rival Sotheby's. The Sotheby's affiliate Noortman Master Paintings (NMP) has been reported in London's Antiques Trade Gazette as being the purchaser at auction of Adriaen Coorte's Three Peaches on a stone ledge with a Painted Lady butterfly found by Bonhams Australia last year and consigned to its December Old Master sale in London. Aboriginal artists short-changed by resale plan 26-Dec-2011 It was a bold plan to reshape the nation's art economy. The resale royalty scheme, a 5 per cent levy introduced by the federal government last year, was meant to benefit artists as their work increased in value. Aboriginal artists in particular would enjoy the proceeds of strong demand for their art. The 2011 year: business steady with less huff and puff By our own correspondent on 14-Dec-2011 (Exclusive to the AASD) Biceps will be bulging less after a reduced work load produced a barely changed auction total for 2011, says our special correspondent. | |
