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The Melbourne Fair opens on July 31 at The Concourse at Caulfield Racecourse with more than 60 of Australia’s finest dealers exhibiting their wares and special events that include a vintage fashion parade and some legends of glass
It took 10 minutes and nine determined collectors, but in the end it was a Japanese private collector who won the prize – the original Birkin handbag – for a record-breaking $15.19m.
It can be hard to be creative with gifts, so we’re delighted to be able to present you with the perfect present for the person with everything: an 18th century cannonball.
How much is a first edition worth? Well if it’s a second impression of the 1964 Bond novel You Only Live Twice by Ian Fleming, it can be worth a good ten times its estimate.
An innovative journalist and best-selling author well-known for his outlandish behaviour, American Hunter S. Thompson was also, for a short time, a political candidate.
Fabergé’s magnificent carved animals are the cover feature of the Winter 2025 issue of Antiques to Vintage – and they also starred in an online sale at Sotheby’s in mid-May.
The game of billiards has roots back to the 15th century, but it seems to be having its time in the sun in the 21st if the results from the sale of a recent single-owner collection in the UK are any indication.
Mention colourful Italian glass and you probably think of Venetian or Murano, but there have been other areas of significant glass production in Italy: introducing the elegance of Empoli.
A designer, architect, painter and photographer, Eileen Gray was 94 before her pioneering work was formally recognised. Today one of her chairs could cost you millions. Make that many millions…
