2022
11 May | Australian Financial Review | Saleroom – Contemporary Art
4 May | Australian Financial Review | Rediscovered treasures wow art salerooms
16 April | Sydney Morning Herald | J-Lo’s green diamond seals the deal
2 April | The Australian | Saleroom – Mirka Mora
31 March | Australian Financial Review | The naked truth? Jeffrey Smart steps up again
6 March | The Australian | Saleroom – John Peart
2 March | Australian Financial Review | Tapestries weave magic at NAB art sale
24 February | Art Sales Digest | More records are broken in the sale of the second tranche of National Australia Bank collection by Leonard Joel
16 February | Financial Review | Inside NAB’s star-studded sale of ’70s art
5 February | Sydney Morning Herald | Where did budgie smugglers come from and why are they so popular?
February | Style Magazine | Dreaming of Aquamarines
28 January | The Australian | Five Decades on, NAB parts with its Art
2 January | Israeli Diamond | Australia: 20-Carat Diamond Breaks Auction Record
2021
28 December | Rapaport News | 20ct Diamond Breaks Australia’s Auction Record
20 December | IDEX | 20ct Diamond Breaks Australia’s Auction Record
17 December | Jeweller Magazine | Emerald-cut diamond ring sets new Aussie auction record
15 December | Financial Review | A Spectacular end to a memorable year in the saleroom
15 December | The Luxury Network | Love at First Sight: Record Breaking 20.05-Carat Diamond Ring Sells for AU$1,625,000 at Leonard Joel
8 December | Financial Review | $1.625m diamond ring smashes record in Sydney
18 November | NAB News | NAB foundation gets a boost with art sale
17 November | Financial Review | NAB to sell 2500-work corporate art collection
6 November | The Sydney Morning Herald | Bling Bling
21 October | Financial Review | Women take top billing but men still dominate art prices
30 September | Style | Your Guide to the Best Spots to Check Out in Paddington
29 September | AASD | It’s Time to Address the Elephant in the Room
15 September | Our Daily Planet | IFAW and Leonard Joel Host ‘Art to Roam” Virtual Art Auction to Benefit African Wildlife
23 September | Financial Review | Anti-ivory campaign turns into global sale
19 September | The Age | Mixed Bag for Luxury Auctions
16 September | The Age | Cashing In
14 September | The Sydney Morning Herald | Hermes at Home
13 September | The Herald Sun | Grollo’s French furniture goes under the hammer
13 September | Broadsheet | Auction: An Important Collection of Hermès Interiors
6 August | Style Magazine | Where To Find A Treasure Trove of Rare Jewellery and Art In BNE
6 August | Financial Review | Grocon’s Daniel Grollo to sell rare collection of Hermès furnishings
4 August | Financial Review | Pictures by the real Dorian Gray make market debut
22 July | Financial Review | Banksy print bought for $2600 now has $80k price tag
7 July | The Design Writer | Design at auction: Anna Grassham from Leonard Joel Melbourne
5 July | Kay & Burton | An Exclusive Preview of Centum presented by Leonard Joel and Kay & Burton
30 June | Financial Review | Pat Corrigan’s photo downsizing operation takes contemporary focus
20 June | Sydney Morning Herald | Business is booming as barriers fall away for cashed-up art lovers
13 May | The Age & Sydney Morning Herald | Left unsold in a bundle in a chest, now this art is worth thousands
27 April | Israeli Diamond | 25-Carat Diamond Makes History in Australia
23 April | Art Talks | Talking with Olivia Fuller, Head of Art, Leonard Joel
23 April | Jeweller Magazine | Australia’s ‘most expensive’ diamond ring breaks auction record
23 April | Daily Mail | Mystery buyer purchases the largest diamond ring ever auctioned in Australia – smashing the price guide
22 April | Nine News | Australia’s largest diamond ring smashes record at auction
22 April | Nine News | Record-breaking auction sales
21 April | IDEX | 25-carat Diamond Breaks Australia’s Million Dollar Barrier
21 April | Financial Review | Records fall as millions spent on paintings, diamond
20 April | The Age | Australia’s biggest diamond auction is under way, but is bigger always better?
17 April | The Sydney Morning Herald | The Bling Club
16 April | Financial Review | Why diamonds may be an investor’s best friend
8 April | The Luxury Network | 25.02 Carats of Unmatched Brilliance: Leonard Joel presents the largest diamond to ever be auctioned in Australia
5 March | Financial Review | Unlock your vintage vibe and bag a designer brand
19 February | The Sydney Morning Herald | Auction stations: how lockdown gave online bidding a boost
15 February | Mansion | Borrowed Glory
11 February | Broadsheet | Peninsula Antiques’ 900-Square-Metre Collingwood Store Is Closing
2020
15 December | Antiques and Collectables for Pleasure & Profit | Under The Hammer
13 November | Brisbane Times | Australia’s top 12 bestselling women artists – and their biggest sales
11 November | Broadsheet | Leonard Joel’s Largest-Ever Luxury Auction
7 November | The Sydney Morning Herald | Brown is the new black in antique furniture
21 October | The Sydney Morning Herald | Kennedy in auction hot seat with Speaker’s Chair
21 August | The Financial Review | Rare Treasure
21 August | Antiques Trade Gazette | London bracelet surfaces in Sydney
6 August | The Financial Review | Melbourne family’s heirloom sapphires hit $2.3m jackpot
25 July | The Herald Sun | Art walks out the door in auction frenzy
25 June | The Financial Review | Chagall pops up after 20-year absence
24 June | The Australian | Tom parts with treasures, thankful for their light
22 June | Art Collector | Online Fundraiser for Arts Project Australia
22 May | The Financial Review | It’s goodbye to auctions (for now) as virus puts a blot on art world
17 May | The Sydney Morning Herald | Virtual Paddles Stay Raised As Art Auction Houses Report Steady Sales
7 May | The Financial Review | Inaugural Auction Defies Pandemic
6 May | Australian Art Sales Digest | Leonard Joel Smashes It With Groundbreaking “Centum” Sale Of Contemporary Australian Art Amidst Unprecedented Restrictions On Fine Art Auctioneers
29 April | The Financial Review | Leonard Joel Takes Up Contemporary Art Challenge
7 April | The Iconic | A Beginner’s Guide To Buying Art
7 April | The Iconic | So You Want To Work In The Arts? Here’s 5 Things You Need To Know
6 April | The Iconic | Redecorate Your Home For A Good Cause
10 February | Broadsheet | The Bushfire Relief Auction
15 February | The Age | Artists bring works from the street inside to raise money for bushfire relief
2019
21 September | guitar.com | Leonard Joel to auction off John Hurlston’s collection
9 September | The Age | Pleasant painting from Dad’s house sells for $105,000
26 August | The Antiques Trade Gazette | Turf stacks turn up Down Under
2 May | The Financial Review | Anonymous Bookie Offloads Ceramic Collection
17 April | Broadsheet | Home Visit: A Renovated Victorian Filled with Australian Art, and Light
8 April | The Ballarat Courier | Time To Retire: Newlyn Antiques Proprietors Retire After 23 Years
4 April | The Financial Review | Melbourne Cabinet Maker’s Legacy Excites Market
5 March | The Age | Record smashed at packed auction of Mirka Mora’s works
28 February | The Financial Review | Crowdfunding secures Mirka Mora’s legacy
27 February | The Age | Thank you, Melbourne: Crowdfunding secures Mirka Mora treasures
16 February | The Age | Lost Sidney Nolan among Mirka Mora’s art and objects slated for sale
2018
17-18 November | The Financial Review | Auction Treasures
2 November | The Australian | Auction of Christopher Skase personal items exceeds expectations
31 October | Ten Daily | Christopher Skase’s Wife To Auction Off Nearly 200 Luxury Mementos
31 October | Business Insider | Wife of Christopher Skase to sell her collection of Hermes tops
29 October | The Age | Christopher Skase’s widow auctions $100,000 of high life mementoes
4 October | The Financial Review | Local history and Asian art star in two upcoming events
29 September | The Australian | Coleman mettle: Bombers fans go for great man’s jumper
13 September | The Financial Review | Treasurer’s table, silver wine jug top offbeat offerings
4 July | The Financial Review | eBay joins calls for Australian ban on elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn sales
3 July | The Wire | Is Australia’s Ivory Trade about to end?
2 July | ABC | Bans on the sale of elephant ivory and rhino horn could be on the way
20 June | The Sydney Morning Herald | Silver Logie from 1970 set to go under the hammer this week
13 June | The Financial Review | Record price for a Joy Hester painting
11 June | The Antiques Trade Gazetter | Collection of Australian clockmaker expert Ken Hose offered at Leonard Joel auction
8 June | Netwerk 24 Beeld | Horlosies van vervloë jare
6 June | The Age | ‘Obsessive’ restorer calls time on his $1 million clock collection
2 June | Bristol Live | Clock which hung at Bristol Cathedral to go under the hammer in Australia
31 May | Artvoice | French Maritime Clock sculpture recalls US Civil War – for sale with Leonard Joel Auction
30 May | The Financial Review | Rare Blackman’s emerge from de stoop collection
14 May | The Antiques Trade Gazette | Mossgreen ‘won’t be the last’ until trust accounts compulsory
7 April | The Advertiser | Own a symbol of our fair Lady’s life of glamour and love
23 March | The Border Mail | Photograph of bushranger Ned Kelly expected to sell for up to $30,000
2017
9 December | The Australian | A nice little Ashes urner for family of Monty Noble
7 December | Herald Sun | Historic 1909 Ashes urn goes to auction in Melbourne
6 December | news.com.au | Historic 1909 Ashes urn goes to auction in Melbourne
6 December | Perth Now | Historic 1909 Ashes urn goes to auction in Melbourne
5 December | Blouin Art Info | Historic Ashes Memorabilia at Leonard Joel Melbourne
30 November | The Australian | From Ashes Urn to St Kilda Stopwatch
27 November | The Antiques Trade Gazette | Silver tray that marked the very first ‘Ashes’ test series
22 November | The Financial Review | Murray Rose’s Olympic Collection up for auction
14 November | The Age | Art For Heart’s Sake
13 November | The Border Mail | High Society Melbourne Jeweller
13 November | The Age | High Society Melbourne Jeweller
12 November | Seven News | Chance for Cricket Lovers to own Ashes urn
12 November | The Financial Review | Monty Noble 1909 Ashes Urn up for Auction
18 October | The Financial Review | Leonard Joel turns the lights on
12 October | The Financial Review | How Women Artists of the past rock
21 September | The Financial Review | Big dividends from Fairfax Oriental Art
7 September | The Financial Review | Silver Kangaroos score a top price at Fairfax Sale
7 September | The Financial Review | Damien Hirst’s Butterfly Prints on offer in Melbourne
4 September | The Antiques Trade Gazette | Novelty silver kangaroos help Fairfax auction jump to $1.74m at Leonard Joel
30 August | The Financial Review | Two sales offer affordable art from family collections
26 August | ABC Online | James Fairfax’s $120m gift to Australia: Inside his mansion and art collection
24 August | The Financial Review | Sporting Memorabilia kicks goals in the arts market
21 August | artdaily | Leonard Joel to offer the collection of Australian media tycoon James Fairfax
19 August | The Antiques Trade Gazette | Australian media magnate’s collection heads to auction in Sydney
21 July | The Sydney Morning Herald | James Fairfax’s stunning Retford Park
13 July | The Financial Review | Why this Featherston tatty looking chair is worth $11,000
25 June | Artshub | Opera Australia’s Dazzling World of Costumes
21 June 2017 | The Financial Review | Asian and European gems in Fairfax auction
11 June 2017 | The Geelong Advertiser | Opera Australia auctioning off 1000 stunning custom-made costumes
11 June 2017 | The Daily Telegraph | Opera Australia auctioning off 1000 stunning custom-made costumes
19 May 2017 | The Sydney Morning Herald | Save the elephants: How we turned a corner on the ivory trade
1 March 2017 | The Financial Review | Local and international buyers vie for prized Aboriginal art
22 February 2017 | The Financial Review | Aboriginal art sell-off includes key painters from Utopia
31 January 2017 | 3AW | Iconic jewellery store Kozminsky set to close
31 January 2017 | The Age | After 166 dazzling years, famous Melbourne jeweller Kozminsky to close
30 January 2017 | The Financial Review | Melbourne jewellery icon Kozminsky to sell off stock in million-dollar auction
3 January 2017 | The Australian | Mossgreen, Leonard Joel clash over call to ban ivory, rhino horn sales
2016
31 December 2016 | The Australian | Opera Australia to auction historic costumes
7 December 2016 |The Financial Review | Leonard Joel kicks elephant out of the saleroom
19 October 2016 |The Financial Review | Leonard Joel’s sale puts interstate buyers in the picture
2 September 2016 | The Weekly Review | Luxury auction, buying a big life on a budget
30 August 2016 |The Financial Review | Paul Little snaps up AFL legend Ron Barassi’s memorabilia before auction
30 August 2016 | Channel 7 News | Who scooped up Essendon legend Ron Barassi’s memorabilia collection?
19 August 2016 |The Sydney Morning Herald | Inside Melbourne’s auction houses: the place where art and commerce collide
10 August 2016 |The Sydney Morning Herald | Ron Barassi memorabilia auction garners attention
4 August 2016 | SEN Inside Football | Barassi sale rare chance to secure our previous history
27 July 2016 | Channel 9 News | Barassi Auction
23 July 2016 | Melbourne Football Club News | Barassi collection to be sold at auction
8 July 2016 |The Herald Sun | AFL memorabilia: Legend Ronald Barassi’s private collection to be offered for public auction
23 June 2016 | The Weekly Review | Ron Barassi’s incredible sporting collection going under the hammer
18 May 2016 |The Financial Review | Aboriginal art auctions: four big sales to test the market
11 May 2016 |The Sydney Morning Herald | Contemporary art collectors seek next big thing
27 April 2016 | Channel 7 News | Footy great Ron Barassi to auction AFL memorabilia
23 April 2016 | The Australian | Memories of dad still vivid but Ron Barassi’s letting go
5 April 2016 |The Sydney Morning Herald | Italian ’80s furniture is hip with the in crowd
25 March 2016 | The Age | AFL season 2016: Memorabilia from one of football’s most memorable men – Ron Barassi
17 March 2016 |The Financial Review | Leonard Joel sale offers Frederick McCubbins, Clarice Beckett works
16 February 2016 | ABC News | Contents of long-closed vintage furniture store up for auction in Melbourne
7 February 2016 |The Canberra Times | Antiques and art go under the hammer at historic Stromlo property
20 January 2016 |The Sydney Morning Herald | Artist Angus O’Callaghan finally discovered at the age of 91
2015
28 November 2015 |The Herald Sun | Fantasy bidding at the Leonard Joel auction on Monday
18 November 2015 |The Financial Review | Print lovers out in force at Lanceley sale
16 November 2015 |The Sydney Morning Herald | Chairs too valuable you sit on
4 November 2015 | The Financial Review | Peter Carey’s old Colin Lanceley painting up for sale
28 October 2015 | The Financial Review | Carved rhino horns top two Asian art sales
27 October 2015 | The Design Files | The Estate of Colin Lanceley
6 October 2015 | The Age | Swinging bling in vogue again
29 September 2015 | Sydney Morning Herald | Why Kay Lanceley is selling artist husband Colin Lanceley’s collection and how Malcolm Turnbull saved him
29 September 2015 | Jeweller Magazine | Record-breaking gemstones flood auction sector
18 September 2015 | Financial Review | Art lovers selling down collections as SMSF rule changes near
29 August 2015 | Sydney Morning Herald | Bid for contemporary style amid historical setting pays off for Leonard Joel
25 July 2015 | Sydney Morning Herald | All Set to be snapped up
13 May 2015 | Domain | A guide to buying great furniture at auctions
28 April 2015 | Sydney Morning Herald | ‘Sticky beak’ factor pays off for collectors
21 April 2015 | Sydney Morning Herald | Brack on the Block
15 April 2015 | Sydney Morning Herald | “The modern way to furnish it
14 April 2015 | Financial Review | Phar Lap’s Cup-winning shoe races away to Lawsons
10 April 2015 | Sydney Morning Herald | Go and get stuffed!
8 April 2015 | Financial Review | Fred Williams makes another million at Menzies
25 February 2015 | Financial Review | Wilcox Collection on offer at Leonard Joel auction
29 January 2015 | Yahoo News | Bachelor ring sells at auction
28 January 2015 | Daily Review | Trophy hunting in the Art world
2014
18 December 2014 | Blouin Art Info | Leonard Joel announces alliance with Dreweatts UK
11 December 2014 | Arts New Portal | Xue Mo: Selected Workd 2009 to 2014 @ Leonard Joel
28 November 2014 | The Australian | Women steal show at Leonard Joel & Sotheby’s auctions
23 October 2014 | Financial Review | Phar Lap momentos to go for a gallop
21 October 2014 | Property Observer | Antique dealer Leonard Joel arrives on Queen Street, Woollahra
8 September 2014 | Shop to Shop | Melbourne’s best bargain shopping
21 September 2014 | Sydney Morning Herald | Designer hats – An investment from the heart
3 September 2014 | Jewish News, | Veteran artist’s new works
20 August 2014 | Port News | Auction House Leonard Joel bis on Sydney
14 August 2014 | Financial Review | Art auction house Leonard Joel arrives in Sydney, 95 years on
3 August 2014 | News.com.au | Playing for profit in toy town
5 July 2014 | The Daily Telegraph | Pro Hart painted as a slave to a marketing monster that demanded he paint up to eight pictures a day
5 July 2014 | Money Manager | Seeing value in art glass
21 July 2014: | Cairns Times | Final chance for bid on Pro Hart works in last auction
23 July 2014 | Sydney Morning Herald | Modernist furniture goes boom
23 July 2014 | Sydney Morning Herald | Pro Hart sale fetches $1.6million
16 July 2014 | The Weekly Times | Pro Hart’s eldest son John is wanting to secure his father’s legacy
3 June 2014 | Sydney Morning Herald | Memorabilia from The Beatles 1964 Australian tour for sale
11 June 2015 | Sydney Morning Herald | Quirky investments: Vintage in vogue
28 May 2014 | The Australian | Film festival gets flick from world leaders
7 May 2014 | Sydney Morning Herald | The head now rules the art.
26 April 2014 | Sydney Morning Herald | Contemporary art hammered at auctions.
27 April 2014 | Sydney Morning Herald | Fabrics that never fade.
24 April 2014 | Financial Review | Modernising Australian furniture.
26 March 2014 | Sydney Morning Herald | A professor’s clay fired passion.
5 March 2014 | Sydney Morning Herald | Good things come in small packages.
2013
13 November 2013 | Sydney Morning Herald | The shear joy of Aussie icons.
2 October 2013 | Sydney Morning Herald | Lust for preloved luxury.
11 March 2013 | The Australian | Prince a fake, but everyone wants a piece of the real thing.
2012
12 November 2012 | Gallery View | David Bromley Studio to be Auctioned by Leonard Joel Melbourne.
25 October 2012 | The Australian | Temple of art in the offing as Byron beckons.
13 September 2012 | The Culture Concept | Graham Geddes – Antiquities and decorative arts end sale.
3 April 2012 | The Australian | Graffiti off the wall and into auction house.
Earlier
17 June 2011 | The Age | Jostle for seats in market history
28 August 2010 | The Age | Where did he get those wonderful toys?
12 October 2005 | The Age | Cesari snapped up in bidding battle
1 December 1998 | The Age | $18,000 for dummy
10 November 1998 | $20,000 Masterpiece for $50
1 November 1998 | House & Garden | The Collectables
11 September 1998 | Herald Sun | Sale’s high stakes
9 September 1998 | Herald Sun | Auction signals end of an era
18 July 1998 | Herald Sun | Age equals beauty for Warren
15 July 1998 | Herald Sun | Pricey ring around
28 June 1998 | Herald Sun | Super funds drawn to art
23 June 1998 | Herald Sun | Statue of limitation for a marble marvel
21 May 1998 | Herald Sun | Max puts heart and soup into his painting
30 April 1998 | The Australian Financial Review | Dealers show of strength
14 April 1998 | Herald Sun | Auctioneer finds her calling
11 April 1998 | Weekend | Elton’s muscling in
11 Jan 1998 | The Weekend Australian | Maker’s Mark
1 Jan 1998 | The Weekend Australian | The Sword of Menzies
1 Jan 1998 | Miners in rush for Goldfield’s jewellery
3 April 1997 | Financial Review | Class Auction
19 April 1996 | The Australian | Cheaper works draw auction interest
16 April 1996 | The Herald Sun | Three tenors give antiques a noteworthy finish
16 April 1996 | The Australian | Lindsay oil in $3m auction
14 April 1996 | The Age | The Rehearsal
10 April 1996 | The Herald Sun | Joel’s hammer falls
3 April 1996 | The Age | Small Chloe study to join local masters at auction
13 August 1996 | The Herald Sun | Joel’s hammer falls
9 September 1995 | Fakes and Forgeries