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posted 27 March 2019

23.jpg A $1 million painting by the reclusive and eccentric Ian Fairweather stands out at Deutscher and Hackett’s sale next month... VIEW FULL ARTICLEAustralian Financial Review, Peter Fish, 27 March 2019

posted 15 November 2018

Richard Brewster, Australian Auction Review, 15th November 2018In hindsight, it was probably a stroke of luck that two young French artists were the only ones left of the five who in 1800 left France with French explorer Nicolas Baudin on a “Voyage de decouvertes aux terres australes” (Voyage of discovery to Terra Australis).VIEW FULL ARTICLE

posted 13 November 2018

Anne Mather, Sunday Tasmanian, 11 November 2018RARE portraits of pre-settlement indigenous Tasmanians have been unearthed from a private French collection and are expected to set records when auctioned in Australia.VIEW FULL ARTICLE

posted 8 November 2018

An extraordinary collection of original portraits and views from French explorer Nicolas Baudin’s voyage of discovery in 1800-1804, including rare and significant depictions of pre-settlement indigenous Tasmanians, will be auctioned by Deutscher and Hackett, in association with Hordern House.Deutscher and Hackett director, Chris Deutscher, said the early portraits and views are the most startling...

posted 15 August 2018

Peter Fish, Australian Financial Review, 15th August 2018A John Brack nude, a 1950s Sidney Nolan Ned Kelly, an early Charles Blackman and two Jeffrey Smart oils head up the sale of a major art collection assembled by Alan Geddes, an insurance executive who became a funds management guru.VIEW FULL ARTICLE