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May Auction

Moorabool is pleased to announce their May Auction is now available on Invaluable.

It’s a ‘Live’ auction , meaning those who would like to attend in person can come & bid in our Geelong premises.

Online, it is hosted by Invaluable.com

Invaluable Auction

There’s over 400 lots for you to browse & bid on, from a very small & very expensive Chinese vase, to a number of ‘box lots’ full of interesting items from a local estate that are offered without reserve – ‘bargain boxes’.

Fine Australiana, Russian Silver & Gold, 18th, 19th & 20th century Pottery & Porcelain including collections of Moorcroft & Royal Worcester, useful Furniture, Art, Silver, Glass, Collectables…. there’s something for everyone.

Sale starts at 11am, Saturday 10th May.

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Auction this Saturday, 14 December

We have a terrific variety of items, with some fine quality + very inexpensive offerings – just in time for Christmas!

Have a browse here, via Invaluable.

late 19th century camera; Bendigo Pottery frog, c. 1930 Top: splendid 20th c. Sterling Silver Jewellery, Scandinavian.

Over 400 Lots

Including a quantity of works by local Western District artist John Gardner.

Born in 1906, he spent his last years in Geelong – and painted until the absolute last moment. As a result, we see quite a few John Gardners in Geelong. Drawn from several local collections, this auction is a mini ‘retrospective’ exhibition of his work, beginning in the early 1930’s when he travelled up to the Hermannsburg Mission in South Australia and was instrumental in starting Albert Namatjira on his remarkable move from stockman to celebrity artist.

With estimates in the $300-800 range, he’s a somewhat neglected Australian artist, with a fascinating story of talent and determination to overcome a disability that should have stopped him painting……

Read more on John Gardner, and see the timeline of his artworks here >

Sale starts at 10am, Saturday 14th December.