Martin Curry to voice Charity Auction

Martin Curry of Tallong Auctions will be the auctioneer for a charity auction in the Marulan Memorial Hall, Marulan, NSW on Sunday 18th of ...

Sydney Harbour Bridge History

I'm delighted to show you this offering in our upcoming auction. It's an interesting and significant piece of Australiana. Lot 354 ...

eBay Pitfall No.1 - The Shill (Schill)

Buying Safely on eBay This is the first post in a short series we'll do on the eBay pitfalls we identified in an earlier post . Martin a...

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to be sold at auction

She's a very special car! You can't sell our lovely car to that nasty man! I'm sorry, children , but I'm afraid I already h...

More on the Qianlong Vase

It now appears that the transaction for the Qianlong Vase will be completed.  At least, that's what auctioneer Peter Bainbridge is being...

Diana, Princess of Wales Wedding Dress

The enticing news item is that the wedding dress Lady Diana Spencer wore for her 1981 marriage to the Prince of Wales is going to be auct...

Sotheby's did what?! That's no way to treat a gentleman.

Those of us who run modest antiques establishments take some small comfort when antiques professionals of note make mistakes.  It's not...

Moore may be less: Possible fake sculpture at Melboure Auction House

The Age reports this morning that Mother and Child, a sculpture purportedly by the late  Henry Moore, a famous 20th Century British artist,...

Auction Tips

You can't really put yourself into bankruptcy buying a million dollar antique at an auction by absentmindedly scratching an eyebrow.  It...