Dave’s Faves Not For Sale

During the year, we heard some great comments on our Dave’s Faves. So thank you all for this positive feedback on our personal take on the art on offer in Australia at auction each year. (For a review of the Australian art auctions in 2016 as just reported in The Australian, follow this link.)

Our slightly tongue-in-cheek approach is really about mitigating the mystique and sometimes perceived snob factor. But we are the first to admit that the pursuit and purchase of fine art can be somewhat of a minefield – if we can make the journey fun and engaging while avoiding those mines, it should hopefully keep us happy as well as our collectors.

Brigitte suggested something a little different in our last Dave’s Faves of 2016 … it has to be, as there are no more sales.

So here is our special Not For Sale edition of Dave’s Faves:

van Gogh
Fave van Gogh meets Fave TV Comedy
Selfie Meister - Pablo Picasso
Selfie Meister – Pablo Picasso
A Tribute to one of our most beloved clients,  The Reverend Jane- Henry Raeburn "The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch"
A tribute to one of our fave clients, the Reverend Jane – Henry Raeburn, The Reverend Robert Walker Skating on Duddingston Loch
Not Whiteley
Whiteley or Wongly – Fake of the Year, not by Brett Whiteley
Hanging at Madonna's House - Self portrait with Monkey, Frida Kahlo, 1940
Hanging at Madonna’s House – Frida Kahlo, Self Portrait with Monkey, 1940
Renoir copy
Hanging at Donald Trump’s house – a copy of Renoir’s “La Loge”, 1874
The Year of Pitchfork Politics - Grant Wood "American Gothic"
The Year of Pitchfork Politics – Grant Wood, American Gothic, 1930
Don't Believe the Polls - Except This One: Jackson Pollock "Blue Poles", 1952
Don’t Believe the Polls – Except This One: Jackson Pollock “Blue Poles”, 1952
Monet
Life before Brexit – Claude Monet, The Houses of Parliament, London, 1903
Lucien Freud
The Queen’s Speech – Lucien Freud, Queen Elizabeth II, 2001
Holbein
The King of Queens – Hans Holbein the Younger, Henry the Eighth, c1536
Caravaggio
Casino Royale – Caravaggio, Cardsharps, c1594