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ABORIGINAL ART | AUSTRALIAN AND INTERNATIONAL ART | TRADITIONAL DESIGN

20TH CENTURY DESIGN
ARTS AND CRAFTS AND ART NOUVEAU
AUSTRIAN AND SECESSIONIST DESIGN
ART DECO
GLASS AND CERAMICS
POST WAR DESIGN
METAL WAR

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ARTS AND CRAFTS AND ART NOUVEAU

Frank Lloyd Wright

Ausgefuhrte Bauten Und Entwurfe Von Frank Lloyd Wright 1910/1911


Sold for $99,550

Louis Majorelle
Mahogany and Gilt Bronze Writing Desk, ca. 1900


Sold for $16,800

Art Nouveau Two Door Bookcase, French, ca. 1900

Sold for $14,400

Louis Majorelle
Two Carved Mahogany Arm Chairs, ca. 1900


Sold for $13,200 (2)

Carlo Bugatti

Salon Table, ca. 1902


Sold for $13,000

Leonard Wyburd

‘Holbien’ Sideboard, ca.1894

Sold for $12,350

Louis Majorelle
Carved Mahogany Etagere, ca. 1900


Sold for $12,000

Liberty & Co attributed

Thebes Dining Suite, ca. 1890


Sold for $11,750

Gordon Russell
Wardrobe, London, ca. 1925


Sold for $10,800
Louis Majorelle
Marquetry Table, ca. 1900


Sold for $9,600
Louis Majorelle
Carved Mahogany Mantel Mirror, ca. 1900


Sold for $9,000
Arts and Crafts Desk, ca.1900

Sold for $6,470
AUSTRIAN AND SECESSIONIST DESIGN
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Josef Hoffmann

Centre Table, 1903


Sold for $138,250

RECORD PRICE
for international 20th Century Design sold in Australia

Otto Prutscher

Candelabrum, ca. 1910



Sold for $43,200



Josef Hoffmann

Sitz Machine Reclining Chair

Sold by private treaty
$12,000 – 18,000



Josef Hoffmann

Vitrine, Model 600/1a, ca. 1906


Sold for $12,000



Karl Klaus

"Dancer", ca.1911



Sold for $6,000

Josef Hoffmann ca. 1908

Pair of J&J Kohn bentwood armchairs


Sold for $3,840(2)


 


ART DECO
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Demetre Chiparus

Pyjama Girl, ca.1925


Sold for $42,900

Demetre Chiparus

Phoenician Dancer, ca. 1930



Sold for $15,600

Otto Poertzel

Bird Dancer, ca.1928



Sold for $9,400

Gerald Summers

High Back Chair, Designed 1935


Sold for $6,000

GLASS AND CERAMICS
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René Lalique

Electric Blue Perruches Vase, ca.1923


Sold for $38,775
René Lalique

"Source de la Fontaine Daphne" Statuette, ca. 1924


Sold for $37,600
René Lalique

‘Bacchantes’

Sold for $31,800
Emile Gallé

Cameo Glass Lamp, ca. 1900

Sold for $24,000
Gabriele Argy–Rousseau

Veilleuse ‘Rosaces’, 1923 (left)


Sold for $23,500

Marguerite Mahood

Brush – Tail Possum


Sold for $23,400

Napoleon Martinuzzi

‘Bassorilievo’ Glass Column, 1953-58


Sold for $22,200
Emile Galle
Cameo Glass Table Lamp


Sold for $21,600
Rene Lalique

‘Bouchon Eucalyptus’, Clear and Frosted Scent Bottle

Sold for $20,400
Marguerite Mahood

The Grievance, ca.1925


Sold for $19,200
Marea Gazzard

‘Boulder’ ca.1972


Sold for $15,275
René Lalique

‘Aras’


Sold for $14,400
Fulvio Bianconi

"A Tessere Triangolari" Vase, ca.1956


Sold for $13,800

Dino Martens

"Oriente" Pitcher, ca.1954


Sold for $13,680

Gio Ponti

Twelve Light Chandelier, ca.1950


Sold for $12,350
Shoji Hamada

Vase, ca. 1965

Sold for $11,760
William Moorcroft

Eventide’ Vase, ca. 1920


Sold for $11,040
Daum

Cameo Glass Vase, c 1910

Sold for $10,800
Christopher Dresser

Large Ceramic Vase, ca.1895


Sold for $10,105
MacRobertsons Freddo Frogs Advertising Statue

in glazed earthenware by TC & AC Bosley South Australia ca.1920

Sold for $10,320

Dino Martens

Oriente Vase, ca. 1952

Sold for $9,600

Clarice Cliff

‘Dahlia’ Lotus Vase, 1930

Sold for $9,000
Remued

Vase


Sold for $8,880
Frederick Carder

Lamp


Sold for $8,400
Marguerite Mahood

The Barrister


Sold for $8,160
Tiffany Studios

Bronze Lamp Base, c 1910



Sold for $7,800
Grace Seccombe

Pair yellow budgerigars


Sold for $7,680

Gabriel Argy Rousseau
Pate-De-Verre Bowl


Sold for $7,200

Vicke lindstrand

‘Abstracta’ Footed Bowl, ca.1951


Sold for $7,050
Daum

Cameo Glass Vase, c 1900


Sold for $6,960
Grace Seccombe

Billy Bluegum Vase


Sold for $6,960
Daum
Cameo Glass Vase


Sold for $6,720
Marguerite Mahood

Figure of a Woman


Sold for $6,480

Ercole Barovier

Large Vase, ca.1945


Sold for $5,875

Anne Dangar

Charger, ca. 1940


Sold for $5,760

Merric Boyd

Figure of a Model Swagman with Pipe

Sold for $5,760

Grace Seccombe

Large Kookaburra sitting on a log


$5,520

John Castle Harris

Flower Vase


Sold for $5,520
Hatton Beck and Lucy Beck (nee Boyd)

Six Tile Ceramic Picture, Female Mystical Figure with Birds, 1974 - 1975.


Sold for $5,520
Grace Seccombe

Red Breasted Finch


Sold for $5,040
Remued

Vase


Sold for $4,800
Peter Travis

Stoneware Sculpture, ca.1971


Sold for $4,800
William Ricketts

Bookends, ca. 1980


Sold for $4,560
Handel

Art Nouveau American Leaded Glass and Bronze Table Lamp


Sold for $4,500
Louis Wain

Pottery Spill Vase, ca. 1925

Sold for $4,320
John Castle Harris

Vase


Sold for $4,320
Remued

Koala Vase


Sold for $4,080
Shiro Kuramata

Pink Flower Vase, ca.1989


Sold for $3,840
     
Hiroe Swen

Vase, 1977


Sold for $2,040
     
POST WAR DESIGN
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Schulim Krimper

Blackbean bookcase, 1951


Sold for $24,000

Arne Jacobsen

Swan Sofa, Designed 1958



Sold for $21,600

Piero Fornasetti

‘Libreria’ Four Panel Screen, ca.1955


Sold for $18,095

Salvatore Meli

Fireplace Surround, ca. 1957



Sold for $18,000

Arne Jacobsen

Egg Chair And Footstool, Designed 1957


Sold for $14,400 (2)

Charlotte Perriand

‘Cloud’ Wall-mounted Bookshelf, ca. 1954


Sold for $13,870

Piero Fornasetti

‘City of Cards’ Four Panel Screen, Designed ca.1955

Sold for $13,870

Arne Jacobsen

Egg Chair, Designed ca. 1957


Sold for $12,600

 

Arne Jacobsen

Egg Chair, Designed 1958


Sold for $8,160
Marc Newson

Embryo Chair, Designed 1988


Sold for $7,600
Arne Jacobsen

Swan Chair, Designed 1958


Sold for $7,320
Geoffrey Harcourt

Cleopatra Lounge, Designed 1973


Sold for $6,700

Pair of Laminated Plywood Lounge Chairs

Sold for $6,960
Clement Meadmore

Six Dining Chairs


Sold for $6,240
Olivier Mourgue

Djinn Armchair, ca.1965


Sold for $6,000
Eero Aarnio

Globe Chair, Designed 1966


Sold for $6,000

Pøul Kjærhølm

Pair of PK22 Chairs, Designed ca. 1955


Sold for $6,000 (2)
Marc Newson

Wood Chair, 1988


Sold for $5,550
attributed to Saporitti

Steel Desk, ca.1970


Sold for $5,520
Pierre Paulin

Abcd Chair, Designed 1969

Sold for $5,520

Grant Featherston

Expo Mark II Chair


Sold for $5,050
Grant Featherston

B230 Chair


Sold for $5,050
Grant Featherston

Wingchair, ca. 1951

Sold for $5,040
Warren Platner

Easy Chair from The Platner Collection


Sold for $5,400
 
Florence Knoll

Desk ca.1960


Sold for $4,800
Pierre Paulin

Ribbon Chair, Designed 1965

Sold for $4,560
Willy Rizzo

Revolving Coffee Table, 1978


Sold for $4,440
 
METAL WARE
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Georg Jensen

A Canteen of Flatware, "Continental" Pattern, ca. 1906


Sold for $37,600

Johan Rohde

Acorn Flatware Service, ca.1915


Sold for $21,600

Arno Malinowski

Silver Bracelet and Necklace ‘Onion’ pattern’



Sold for $18,500

Georg Jensen

Blossom Pattern, Silver Coffee Service


Sold for $18,095

Georg Jensen

Covered Vegetable Tureen, post 1945


Sold for $16,200
Otto Prutscher

Candelabrum, ca. 1910

Sold for $15,600
Lino Sabattini

‘Como’tea And Coffee Service, Designed 1956


Sold for $6,000 (5)
Johan Rohde

Water Pitcher, ca. 1933


Sold for $4,320
   
Clement Meadmore

Suite of Six Hanging Lights, ca. 1957


Sold for $3,360
Johan Rohde

Three Piece Silver Carving Set


Sold for $3,120 (3)