40 Years Ago
Category: Leonard Joel News
In 1990 I was a young auction store person at Leonard Joel (I prefer the English expression “porter”, but I will keep this real!) with an interest...
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What is Virtual Luxury?
Category: Luxury
It’s hard to believe that it has been over a year since our first Virtual Luxury auction in March 2020...
Striking Gold: Australian Jewellery of the 1850s
Category: Jewels
The “gold fever” that gripped Australia in the 1850s spread like wildfire, overturning the political and social systems as it...
Modern Australian Women
Category: Art
Australian women artists in the early 20th Century were pivotal in the shaping of Modernism as we know it today...
Designer Spotlight: Lea Stein
Category: Jewels
Lea Stein’s costume jewellery, although of a definite distinctive style, often transcends the varying tastes of differing demographics...
Opal – Nature’s Kaleidoscope
Category: Jewels
Opals have a history and lore as colourful as the play-of-colour phenomena they exhibit...
In Conversation with Tom Gerrard
Category: In Conversation
Melbournians will no doubt recognise Tom Gerrard’s iconic characters, who can be spotted throughout the city’s streets...
Banksy’s ‘Get Out While You Can”
Category: Prints & Multiples
Often referred to as one of the most controversial street artists in the world, Banksy is now on every avid contemporary art collector’s radar...
The Rise of the Preowned Luxury Market
Category: Luxury
It is probably not news to most that there has been a global move towards buying preowned goods...
Interiors in Film: A Serial Killer’s Modernist Masterpiece
Category: Modern Design
No matter how beautiful the actors or riveting the plot, sometimes it’s the furniture and set designs that are the real showstoppers in films...