The Journal of Australian Ceramics Vol 48 No 3 November 2009

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Technical: Selling Ceramics Building a Ceramic Collection Helen McKenzie talks with Andrew Shapi ro about auctioning Australian studio ceram ics Jenny Orchard. Totem. c. 1980, glazed ceramic, h.230cm; sold 52640 Andrew Shapiro is well placed to comment on the state of the market in Australian pottery sales. Shapiro worked on the auction of the Marjorie Graham collection in 1990 for Lawson's and has since held a number of Australian pottery auctions under his own banner. He said, " It was Marjorie Graham's book Australian Pottery, published by The National Trust in 1979, that helped catch the attention of collectors and gave rise to sales of works from the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The ceramicists from this period, such as Marguerite Mahood and Klytie Pate, are in high demand." Shapiro hopes that we will not have to wait too long for a definitive book on post war Austra lian pottery. "Proximity to Asia has given our potters opportunity to gain knowledge of glazing techniques that are centuries old. Many experts from Asia came to teach at Australian universities and colleges in this period and have had a great influence on local ceramicists." Interest in Australian pottery is almost equally divided between private buyers and the institutions. Shapiro says that " compared w ith studio art pottery in Europe and the US, Australian art pottery is still undervalued and this offers a great opportunity for buyers to build a blue chip collection." In 2008, Newcastle Gallery paid $25,000 for a luncheon and tea set by John Olsen . The items will go on permanent display in a purpose-built section of the gallery that w ill also feature a ceiling by Olsen, donated by Anne Lewis. In Shapiro's July sale this year, Bathurst Regional Ga llery picked up works by Shigeo Shiga, Jenny Orchard and Ivan Englund. Shapiro comments that "the institutions have clicked on to buying pottery as it is well priced, despite the fact that many of the potters have significant international reputations." Shapiro's next ceramics sale is scheduled for November 2009 and will feature eighty works from the private collection of Melbourne potter Eric Junkert. Pieces by Les Blakebrough, Milton Moon and Shigeo Shiga w ill also be for sale. Individual items from other vendors will make up the remainder of the lots. Technology has made appraisa l a simpler task than in the past. Now vendors simply photograph works then send by email for appraisal; all parties can make decisions more quickly. Technology has also changed cataloguing. Andrew Shapiro sa id, "Well photographed and produced online catalogues are our major marketing tool. Buyers, both loca l and international, now depend on and demand this form of cataloguing and w e spend a great deal of time and effort getting the catalogue right" . Helen McKenzie is a freelance journalist/writer who lives in Sydney, 66 THE JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIAN CERAMICS NOVEMBER 2009
Technical: Selling Ceram ics 1 Shigeo Shiga. Vessel, 1975, glazed stoneware, impressed artist seal to base, h.20cm: illustrated Shiga the Potter, John Ferguson Ply ltd, 1982, plate 59; sold $2400 2 Thancoupie Thainakuith (born 1937), Peetharee Story - Dugong and Emu, c.1980. hand-built earthenware. slip and oxide decoration on incised designs, h.30cm, circ.85cm. Provenance. Private Collection, OLD; exhibited ThancQupie, Brisbane City Art Gallery, 4 May - 24 June 200t and Cairns Regional Art Gallery, 14 July 2001 - 19 August 2001, cat. nO.018, Illustrated in accompanying catalogue, p2S; sold S14,400 3 Ivan Englund, Large Punch Bowl, glazed stoneware with applied stylised design, inscribed sIgnature to the base; sold $720 4 Klytie Pate, Vase , glazed stoneware incised with decorations of kangaroos, inscnbed "Klytie Pate" to the base. h.19cm: sold $4320 5 Jeff M incham, Large Lidded Vessel, 1989, stoneware with bamboo and cord handle. signed and dated "Mincham 89 " to the base, h.39cm; sold S2520 6 Grace Seccombe. Bookends, glazed stoneware in the form of kookaburras. h.ll(m; Kingfisher on its Perch , h.7cm 7 Ladi Kwali, Large Vase , glazed stoneware, impressed artist seal to base. h.32cm; ladi Kwali was a student of Michael (ardew; sold $4080 THE JOURNAL OF AUSTRALIAN CERAMICS NOVEM8ER 2009 67
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