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Antiques to Vintage & Everything In Between

from the editor

Curios • a name in antiques… arthur lasenby liberty

Plush One: Rich and Famous Teddies • AS PADDINGTON BEAR PREPARES TO SET FORTH FOR PERU IN THE MOST RECENT FILM FROM THE FRANCHISE, JULIE CARTER TAKES A LOOK AT SOME FAMOUS TEDDIES AND THEIR STORIES.

The Only Way is Essex Crystal • ESSEX CRYSTAL WAS A POPULAR VICTORIAN TREND THAT TODAY CAN SEEM A LITTLE BIT KITSCH, BUT IN ITS TIME WAS HUGELY POPULAR

The Mythical Inspiration of René Lalique • THE EARLY WORKS OF RENÉ LALIQUE WON HIM WORLDWIDE ACCLAIM AND A PRESTIGIOUS CLIENTELE. HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY GREEK MYTHOLOGY AND SENSUOUS STYLISED FEMALE FORMS, HE DEVELOPED NEW TECHNIQUES AND MATERIALS TO BRING TOGETHER MYTHICAL LEGENDS, WOMEN AND NATURE WRITES JULIE CARTER.

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The Diary of Lise Joubert • THE CHANCE PURCHASE OF AN EXCEPTIONAL OIL MINIATURE OF A YOUNG WOMAN LED TO THE DISCOVERY OF A FASCINATING STORY BEHIND THE BEAUTIFUL SYDNEY SUBURB OF HUNTERS HILL. BILLY ROBERTSON AND ELIZABETH CHEUNG FROM CACHE ANTIQUES EXPLAIN.

The Perfect Accessory • ALTHOUGH THE WRISTWATCH HAS BECOME A STATEMENT FOR THE MODERN MAN, IT WAS ACTUALLY WOMEN WHO WERE THE FIRST TO WEAR WATCHES ON THEIR WRISTS. WHILE MEN WERE PRONE TO WHIP OUT THEIR POCKET WATCHES TO IMPRESS PRESENT COMPANY, ELEGANT WOMEN WORE THEIR WATCHES IN THE FORM OF DECORATIVE JEWELLERY, WRITES SANDRA D’ANGELO.

It’s all in the Feathers • JONATHAN DICKSON OF DOUGLAS STEWART FINE BOOKS PRESENTS A HIGHLY UNUSUAL AND STUNNING FAN OF RED-TAILED BLACK COCKATOO FEATHERS WITH A CARVED IVORY HANDLE.

A Universe of Sci-Fi Collectables • FROM WHOVIANS TO X-PHILES TO TREKKIES, SCI-FI FANS ARE SOME OF THE MOST ARDENT ON THE PLANET SO AS SHARON DOWLEY FROM THEODORE BRUCE AUCTIONS IN SYDNEY WRITES, IT SHOULD COME AS NO SURPRISE THAT SCI-FI COLLECTABLES HAVE REACHED INTERSTELLAR PRICES AT AUCTION.

Sailing Home: The Sailor’s Woollie • “SEAMEN NEVER MADE WOOLWORKS WITH THE IDEA THAT THEY WOULD BE CONSIDERED VALUABLE WORKS OF ART,” SAYS NEW YORK-BASED ANTIQUES DEALER PAUL VANDEKAR, A SPECIALIST DEALER IN WOOLLIES: EMBROIDERED SHIP PORTRAITS SEWN PRIMARILY BY 19TH CENTURY MARINERS BETWEEN TRIPS TO SEA.

Classically Elegant • THOUSANDS OF YEARS AGO THE FINEST INTERIOR DECORATING FEATURED ELABORATELY PAINTED WALLS. SPECIALIST DEALER KATHRYN NICHOLLS SHARES 18th CENTURY ENGRAVINGS RECORDING EXCAVATED FRESCOES OF POMPEII AND HERCULANEUM.

A Remarkable Restoration: 19th Century Samovar Revived • A CONVERSATION WITH THE ARTISANS OF W.J. SANDERS & COMPANY.

Celebrating The Object HOW THE MODERN ANTIQUES COLLECTOR EMBRACES THE JAPANESE PHILOSOPHY OF WABI-SABI • IN A WORLD CHARACTERISED BY RAPID TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCEMENTS AND DISPOSABLE CONSUMERISM, MODERN ANTIQUES COLLECTORS MAY NOT BE AWARE THAT THEIR APPRECIATION OF BEAUTIFUL OLD PIECES ALIGNS WITH THE ANCIENT JAPANESE PHILOSOPHY OF WABI-SABI, WRITES DEBRA PALMEN.

Mid Century Modern

The International Influence Behind Dutch Delftware • PASSION, PIRACY, POLITICS, RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION AND ROYAL PATRONAGE ALL PLAYED THEIR PART IN THE STORY OF DELFT POTTERY, AS ROSALIND COX EXPLAINS.

He Excelled: A Man With No Peer • WHEN GEORGE WOSTENHOLM JNR DIED IN 1876, HE LEFT A FORTUNE OF NEARLY $425,000 AN...