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Nora Heysen: A Pioneer in Art and Life
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Interiors in Film: Absurdly Modern
Category: Modern Design
This second instalment of ‘Interiors in Film’ focuses on the French director Jacques Tati’s film ‘Mon Oncle’ (My Uncle)...
Piero Fornasetti: Perfection and the Imaginary
Category: Decorative Arts
Hailing from Italy’s design capital, Milan, Piero Fornasetti was a painter, draughtsman, printer, engraver, decorator, and designer...
Buying a Watch at Auction
Category: Timepieces
The secondary market for timepieces has gained rapid momentum in recent years...
Art to Transport us
Category: Art
Living in Melbourne, I have spent the majority of the last 18 months in lockdown in my apartment, reading about art, or at our Leonard Joel South Yarr...
The 1805 Pattern: A Naval Officer’s Sword
Category: Decorative Arts
With this small collection - an officer’s sword and associated ephemera from the first half of the 19th Century, it’s possible to imagine...
The Green Jewel, for Love and Prosperity
Category: Jewels
Emeralds have long been coveted for their breathtaking natural beauty and prized for their rarity...
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...
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...