Smith & Singer Information

Smith and Singer is regarded as the most prominent and renowned auction house in Australia Regularly conducting specialty auctions in Fine Art and Jewellery, Smith & Singer caters to an unrivalled cosmopolitan clientele. Having previously operated under the name of Sotheby's Australia, the company has consistently sets international records, and conducts individual auctions that garner millions for the superlative collections offered. Recent notable sales include a platinum, gold, emerald and diamond ring by Van Cleef & Arpels, circa 1974 which sold for $231,800 and set an Australian auction record for an internationally-signed, single emerald jewel, a yellow diamond, diamond, and ruby dragon Buccellati brooch, for $91,500; a Huanghuali round-cornered tapering cabinet of the Late Qing Dynasty, for $109,800 (nearly four times its top estimate); Le Corbusier’s 'Traces de Pas Dans la Nuit', for $134,200 (over twice its estimate); an aquamarine, diamond, and sapphire pendant necklace/brooch, by Tiffany & Co., for $158,600; the Te Pahi Silver Medal, presented in 1806 by Governor King of New South Wales to Te Pahi (Tippahee), a Chief of New Zealand, for $366,000; Jeffrey Smart’s 'The Red Warehouse' (2003), for $878,400 ($200,000 above its estimate); Brett Whiteley’s 'Washing the Salt Off II' (1984), for $976,000; and 'Miss Minna Simpson' (1886) by Tom Roberts, for $976,000 (over two times its high estimate).