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antiques, art deco, art nouveau, art, bronzes, ceramics, collectables, furniture, textiles, works of artTRANSCRIPT
A u s t r a l a s i a ’ s l e a d i n g a n t i q u e s a n d c o l l e c t a b l e s m a g a z i n e
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FROM AUSTRALIATO LONDON
An expat dealer secures
the deal of a lifetime
CONNECTING PEOPLEA teenager’s diary becomes
music memorabilia
Special events
remembered and shared
UNUSUAL GIFT IDEASTake a shortcut tour of antique
centres and dealers from around
the country for those special
pieces that won’t break the bank
COLLECTING IDEASWhat do collectables from
New Guinea and New Mexico
although very different have
in common?
FEATURE ARTICLES
6 Valuable Viennese
Secession Furniture
A New York collector
consigns to an expat dealer
Terry Ingram
18 Meeting Karen &
Richard Carpenter
Music memorabilia for Gen X
Judy Pancoast & Rod Labbe
34 Collecting Hispanic folk culture
Ancient customs translated into
tangible symbols
Melody Amsel-Arieli
SUB CULTURECOLLECTING
40 Why collect cigarette packets
Rod Wise
54 A habit worth developing:
collecting Wembley
Ware ashtrays
Alicia Bee
INVESTMENT ANDCOLLECTINGNUMISMATICS
30 New Guinea
head tax tokens
Fascinating
historical records
Peter Lane
70 From Perth Mint: proof coins
that are works of art and
strong investments
KNOWLEDGE BASE
60 Archeological finds
at Tel Megiddo
Unearthing 6,000
years of civilisation
REGULAR FEATURES
43 Conundrum
45 Fairs and more
71 Online Magazines
74 Out & About
76 Notice Board
79 Collectables Subscription
80 Trader
87 Advertising Rates
88 Advertisers’ Index
48 The House of Cartier and famous
women of the
20th century
FOCUS ON TEXTILES12 A dress to dye for
Killer fashions, but not
what you might think
Eleanor Keene
64 Nine-year old
Ada Hamond’s sampler
Colonial history and heritage in
the domestic arts
Veronica Moriarty
IN THE HOLIDAY SPIRIT
24 A guide for gift giving:
from the traditional to
the weird & wonderful
A snapshot of ideas
from specialist outlets
around the country
68 Mrs Beeton’s recipe for the
Christmas table
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For me, unpacking items consigned
for auction can be a little like
Christmas. Lots of boxes full of
goodies, carefully wrapped, and with
little knowledge of what may be hidden
within the layers of tissue paper. Is it
going to meet expectations or is it going
to be a disappointment?
I was recently cataloguing an auction in
Sydney when I came across an unusual
Victorian era vibrant green dress from the
1860s. Throughout my years of experience
I had never seen a green dress like this. I
had seen the colour used on trimmings
and button covers, but never a whole
dress, and here it was in all its green glory,
150 years old and in a wonderful
condition. The voluminous skirt was a little
faded in parts, but otherwise the green
shade had kept its colour well.
A complete Victorian storyThe dress itself comprised of a skirt with
two matching bodices: a low cut lace
Fashion could kill as Eleanor
Keene discovered when
researching a fashionable
Victorian era dress
a dressTO DYE FOR
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themes. Discover the latest collecting
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traditional collectable; learn how best
to start a collection. There are tips on
preserving and caring for valued
possessions. Read the diary
and plan a visit to a fair.
Top: Ada Hamond as a young woman in the 1880s
Left: Ada Hamond’s sampler dated 10 July 1872
Few Australian samplers exist and even fewer with full provenance.
This important sampler integrates the 500 year old British tradition of the
child’s sampler into a colonial context
Veronica Moriarty W hen Ada Hamond died in1924 there were no death
notices or obituaries in local
newspapers. She'd lived an unexceptional
life and when she died, like most spinsters
of her time, she was relegated into obscurity.
But Ada did one thing that many others did
not: she sewed what is now one of the most
fully-provenanced samplers in Australia.
The discovery of Ada’s sampler and the
unravelling of her story and those of the
people around her, have combined 130
years after the production of the sampler
to bring it the attention it deserves.Ada’s parentageAda was born in the Melbourne suburb of
Williamstown to Henry and Hannah
Hamond. In 1852 Henry had arrived in
Williamstown from Bristol on the schooner
nine-year-oldADA HAMOND’SSAMPLERTerry Ingram
Ahighly prized number of items
from the collection of New York
mortgage broker Benedict
Silverman went on view at Richard Nagy’s
gallery at 22 Old Bond Street in November.
Among the 27 items which are mostly
Austrian and German expressionist
paintings, the antique furniture from the
Viennese Secession comprises just three
pieces. However these items are valued at
US$15 million.
Nagy, who left Australia for London 30
years ago to carve himself a niche in the
international fine art trade, has found
himself with this surprise selection of
pieces which the international antique and
decorative arts trade would die for.
Entire collection worth
$100 millionThe entire offering, including a painting by
Gustav Klimt, is priced at a ground-breaking
US$100 million. Although this collection
might usually have been expected to end
up on the auction block, Nagy secured it
What must be the most highly valued small collection of antique furniture to
come into Australian hands has gone on sale in London
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VALUABLE VIENNESE
SECESSION FURNITURE
has australian connections
Corner cabinet Die verwunschenen Prinzessinnen (The Enchanted Princesses) designed by
Koloman Moser, 1900, made by Portois and Fix, was conceived for the 8th Secession exhibition
as a three-legged corner cabinet and subsequently made in a four-leg version
Koloman Moser designed
the escutcheon for The
Enchanted Princesses in
the form of a fish monster
Books, prints, toys
Arare Charles Dickens statue sits
among the Victorian gardens in
Sydney’s Centennial Parklands and
across the road and amongst the largest
expanse of Victorian architecture in the
Southern Hemisphere, is TThe Hughenden
built c. 1870s. Here members of the Society
of Children’s Writers and Illustrators Australia
and New Zealand meet and where limited art
quality editions of Anna Pignataro’s
illustrations from the book Ships in the Field
are available for purchase, as are
autographed copies of the books; either would
make a special gift.
Other special prints which would make
great gifts are of Australia’s distinctive
flora, available from Queensland’s the
Antique Print Club. Early engravings and
lithographs can cost as little as $50. In
addition, with Australian botanicals,
Heritage reproductions are also available.
Rare prints and maps are also available
at VVoyager in Brisbane as well as superb
illustrated books from 1920s Paris. Old
and unusual toys would be an interesting
choice for boys and girls: along these lines
Voyager suggests fine microscopes,
telescopes and unusual collectable slides.
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FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, GIFTS AND MORE
TO END THE YEARfrom the traditional to the weird & wonderful
Voyager
AntiquePrint Club
The Hughenden
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In the film Sunset Boulevarde, Cartier
diamond bracelets are worn by silver
screen siren Gloria Swanson
whileTallulah Bankhead surrenders her Cartier
for bait in Hitchcock's Lifeboat. In Grace
Kelly's last movie High Society she is seen
polishing her 10.5-carat emerald-cut diamond
engagement ring, given to her by Prince
Rainier. Such famous names commissioned
unique pieces from the House of Cartier.
The legendary
Elizabeth Taylor
(1932-2011)
One of the most famous is the ruby and
diamond necklace that was a surprise gift
to Elizabeth Taylor from her third husband,
producer Mike Todd, in August 1957. ‘He
was holding a red leather box, and inside
was a ruby necklace, which glittered in the
warm light. It was like the sun, lit up and
made of red fire,’ she reminisces in her
book My Love Affair with Jewelry, a
weighty coffee table tome featuring her
most significant pieces.
Although this necklace was estimated at
US$200,000-$300,000 for a Christie’s
auction in December 2011, as well as
impressive jewels, its association with such
a glamorous Hollywood star saw it sell for
an amazing US$3,778,500. It is interesting
to note that the necklace comes with a
tiara fitting, allowing it to also be worn as a
head ornament.
Cartierthe name associated with
style, class and famous
women of the 20th century
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Elizabeth Taylor at Las Vegas,
1958 © Photofest
Ruby and diamond necklace, Cartier
Paris, 1951, altered in 1953,
platinum, gold, diamonds:
round, baguette and fancy cut;
8 cushion shaped and oval faceted
rubies, length: 37.5 cm.
Commissioned by Mike Todd for his
wife Elizabeth Taylor. Marian Gérard,
Cartier Collection © Cartier
An official wedding
photograph of
Princess Grace of
Monaco, 1956
wearing Cartier
jewels given to her
by Prince Rainier III
© G Lukomski
By Judy Pancoastas told to Rod LabbeO ctober 17, 1973 is a lifetime
ago, but it’s still incredibly vivid
to me. I can recall smells,
sounds, freshman year of high school, songs
on the radio, how I felt and thought. The
reason is simple – on that balmy autumn
day, at age 14, I met Karen and Richard
Carpenter, my two childhood ‘faves’.
In the interim, I’ve married, raised two
lovely girls, established myself as a
successful Grammy-nominated children’s
entertainer and have had many personal
and career highs. Yet, nothing has ever
surpassed the powerful electricity zapping
through my adolescent hormones as I gazed
upon those whom I absolutely adored.
It was my third Carpenters’ concert, held
at the now-defunct Portland Expo in
Portland, Maine. I expected nothing more
than another pleasant musical event, but
Fate had other plans.
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A TEENAGER’S DIARY IS BABY BOOMER MUSIC
MEMORABILIA FOR GEN Z
meeting Karen and Richard Carpenter
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A u s t r a l a s i a ’ s l e a d i n g a n t i q u e s a n d c o l l e c t a b l e s m a g a z i n e
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FROM AUSTRALIATO LONDON
An expat dealer securesthe deal of a lifetime
CONNECTING PEOPLEA teenager’s diary becomesmusic memorabiliaSpecial eventsremembered and shared
UNUSUAL GIFT IDEASTake a shortcut tour of antiquecentres and dealers from aroundthe country for those specialpieces that won’t break the bank
COLLECTING IDEASWhat do collectables fromNew Guinea and New Mexicoalthough very different havein common?
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Three very different collections
FROM HUMBLE BEGINNINGS to priceless heritageA jug and its convict maker
TERRY INGRAM looks at Irish and Scottish artworks with Aussie connections
SATSUMA FROM JAPANHow to identify the copies
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