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Pedigree and panache : a history of art auction in Australia / Shireen Huda.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Huda, Shireen, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Art auctions--Australia--History.
- Art auctions.
- Art--Prices.
- Art.
- Art--Collectors and collecting--Australia.
- Art--Collectors and collecting.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (254 pages) : illustrations
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Canberra, Australia : ANU E Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- System Details:
- text file
- Summary:
- 'Pedigree and Panache' is the first comprehensive history of the art auction in Australia. In this fascinating work, Shireen Huda investigates the construction of the glamorous reputation of art auctions and art auction houses.
- Contents:
- Pedigree and Panache
- Table of Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- List of Figures
- Introduction
- Chapter 1. The International Context for Art Auctions
- French Art Auctions
- English Art Auctions
- Dealers, Artists and Auctions
- Nineteenth Century American Art Dealers/Auctioneers
- Dealers' Rings
- The Reputation of Auctions
- Chapter 2. The Major London Auction Houses
- Christie's
- Bonhams and Phillips
- Sotheby's
- Chapter 3. Colonial and Early Australian Art Auctions
- Art Unions and their Role in the Art Market
- The Art Auction Market
- Early Auction Houses - Gemmell, Tuckett &
- Co.
- Thomas Sutcliffe Mort and Thomas Ware Smart: Two Collectors, their Agents and Auctioneers
- Carl Kahler's Studio Auction
- The Baldwin Spencer Collection
- Chapter 4. Australian Art at Auction: the 1960s Market
- Lawson's
- The G. W. Eedy Sale
- The W. A. Little Collection
- The James T. Hackett Collection
- The William Barclay Collection
- The Norman Schureck Sale
- Leonard Joel
- The Charles Ruwolt Collection
- The George Page-Cooper Sale
- Trends in the Australian Art Auction Market in the 1960s and '70s
- Chapter 5. Christie's Australia
- Christie's Autonomy
- Christie's Satellite and Telephone Link-up Sales
- Christie's First Auction in Australia
- The Como Sale
- The 1971 Dobell Sale
- The Major Harold De Vahl Rubin Sales
- Christie's Retreat, Re-establishment and Restructure
- The Trout Sale
- The Dallhold Sale
- The Mertz Sale
- In Recent Times
- Chapter 6. Sotheby's Australia
- Robert Bleakley and the Establishment of Sotheby's in Australia
- Sotheby's First Australian Sale - The Webber Portrait of Captain Cook
- The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Art Market
- Chapter 7. Art Auction Practices and Innovations
- Buying-in
- Setting the Rhythm
- Referrals, Reserves and Estimates.
- Art Auction Catalogues
- Art Education
- Guarantees of Authenticity
- Commissions/Buyer's Premium
- The Bath of Diana Sale
- Marketing and Glamorizing Art Auctions
- Buyers at Auction
- The Mount Wellington and Hobart Town Sale
- Chapter 8. Other Major Art Auction Houses
- F. R. Strange
- Geoff K. Gray
- Lawson's/Lawson-Menzies
- Phillips/Shapiro Auctioneers
- Goodmans/Bonhams &
- Goodman
- Deutscher-Menzies
- Sources
- Interviews and Oral Histories
- Art Auction Catalogues and Brochures
- Gemmell, Tuckett &
- Hamilton &
- Miller
- Lawson-Menzies
- Phillips
- Exhibition Catalogues
- Electronic Sources
- Media Releases
- Newspaper and Journal Articles
- Books
- Unpublished Theses
- Unpublished Papers
- Index.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print record, CIP data from the publisher, and e-publication e-publication, viewed on August 13, 2020.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Other Format:
- Print version:
- ISBN:
- 1-921313-71-4
- OCLC:
- 988175040
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