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AUSTRALASIA’S LEADING ANTIQUES AND COLLECTABLES MAGAZINE
9 771445 816006
ISSN 1445-8160
Aust $9.95 NZ $13.95
T R A
The legacy of
KLYTIE PATE OAMA remarkable Australian studio potter
RUGBY HISTORYNew Zealand’s rugby museum offers more than the game
SHARING THEPASSIONSpecial collections and collecting tips
CORALNature’s underwater gardentransformed into collectable jewellery
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Feature articles
10 The renowned Australian potter,
Klytie Pate OAM (1912-2010)
Marvin Hurnall
52 A collection of blue glass bottles
Rob Ditessa
74 Coral jewellery, ancient and modern
Melody Amsel-Arieli
78 Fair finds
Editor’s pick
Three collections of
Works on Paper
14 Pulp fiction paperbacks
John Harrison
62 Anton Bruehl’s commercial photography
Belinda Hungerford
70 Pop Art
American exhibition in London
Heritage
6 Toy submarine: Memento from the
Pacific campaign
Peter Lane
32 Rugby memorabilia:
New Zealand's national collection
Margaret D McNiven
Domestic wares
20 East meets West in glassmaking
Corning Museum of Glass NY
38 Shelley pottery for the birds
Vernie Doyle
56 Teapots around the world
Melody Amsel-Arieli
Numismatic feature
42 Governor King’s Proclamation coins, 1800
Peter Lane
Building a knowledge base
82 Samian ware
Travel feature
66 High Street: Shop ’til you drop
Margaret D McNiven
84 out & about
Regular features
47 Conundrum
49 Collectables fairs
50 Collectables subscription
72 Online magazines
86 Bulletin board
88 Recent books for collectors
90 Buy & Sell
88 Recent books for collectors
95 Advertising rates
96 Advertisers' index
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WartimeMemorabilia
Peter Lane
Toy midget submarines
made of lead can occasionallybe found in antique and
collectable shops – you have to lookhard, but the hunt is worth it. Thesetoy-souvenirs are modest, evenhumble in appearance, and at firstglance can easily be overlooked.
What to look out for are thewords ‘Made from ballast Japmidget sub’ and ‘Sunk in SydneyHarbour May 31 1942’ stamped onthe sides of the submarine. Whilemany thousands were made, theyare now scarce and highlycollectable. These little figures sellfor around $200 to $300. There is astrong following for SydneyHarbour souvenirs and thiswartime memorabilia item alsoappeals to collectors of toys,militaria and Australiana.
HISTORICAL CONTEXT
On 31 May 1942 three Japanese
midget submarines entered Sydney
Harbour. One of the submarines fired
two torpedoes at the American ship,
USS Chicago, but they both missed.
However, one of the torpedoes hit
the harbour bed beneath HMAS
Kuttabul where it exploded and
caused the ship to sink.
It was the first time the enemy
attacked a highly populated area of
Australia and was seen as a wake-
up call for Australians. The Japanese
bombing of Darwin commenced in
mid-February that year which at that
time was a military base with a small
civilian population.
As all three of the Japanese
submarines were sunk, the attack
on Sydney was seen as a victory
by Australia, and from the
wreckages the government was
A souvenir made from the ballast of a Japanese midget
submarine that entered Sydney Harbour during World
War II is today highly prized by collectors
More Than a Toy
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Klytie Pate OAM (1912-2010)
An extraordinary talent
Klytie Pate was the last survivor of the
wealth of talented Australian potters from
the 1930s and with her passing on 10 June
this year ends an era of significant,
influential pioneering studio potters
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The Lurid
World of Vintage
PulpFiction
John Harrison
The term ‘pulp fiction’
was originally coined as aconvenient way to categorise
detective and other short storymagazines such as Black Mask,Amazing Stories, Spicy Detective,The Spider & Fantastic Adventuresthat were published in Americafrom the 1920s to the 1940s.
Pulp magazines certainlycontinued to be published beyondthis date, but these pre-televisionyears were their peak period ofpopularity and influence.
Used to describe the cheap,rough-grade paper which themagazines were printed on, pulpfiction also became an easy labelfor many to slap on the boomingpaperback trade – particularlythose titles which dealt with themore vicarious genres such ascrime thrillers, juvenile delinquencyand science fiction stories.
HOLLYWOOD IN MOTION
On the coat tails of thedisillusionment which began toseep into the US in the postWorld War II period, a new, bleakfilm genre began to emerge.Dubbed film noir by the Frenchmedia, this new wave of cinemawas descended from thetraditional crime and gangsterfilms but featured tougher, hard-edged storylines.
In these mostly black and whitefilms good guys didn’t always win,and were distinguished by the useof atmospheric lighting andshadows, dark and rainy urbanstreets, the menacing moodreinforced by the cheap overheadneon street light.
Delineated were anti-heroes whocarried their fair share of neurosisand doubt, and most important ofall, a stunningly beautiful femmefatale. Usually scripted as a strong-willed woman who existed in a
Between the pages of these once notorious
titles are dangerous dames, hot rod
hooligans & bug-eyed monsters
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