‘Globally significant’ toy collection to go under the hammer
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‘Globally significant’ toy collection to go under the hammer

The Leuralla Toy and Railway Museum was considered the most important collection of 20th century toys. Now the pieces are going to auction,but not all of them.

  • byTim Barlass

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A mystery collector bought Adolf Hitler’s watch. Who would do that?

A mystery collector bought Adolf Hitler’s watch. Who would do that?

What drives the obsession to own a well-known person’s watch?

  • byLuke Benedictus
Made in Italy:TV series helps revive ’70s design
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Made in Italy:TV series helps revive ’70s design

Demand for 1970s furniture and lighting design is rising,meaning prices paid for individual items have room to move higher.

  • byStephen Crafti
Mickey Mantle card sells for record $18 million at auction

Mickey Mantle card sells for record $18 million at auction

The previous record sale for sports memorabilia was $US9.3 million for a jersey worn by Diego Maradona when he scored the “Hand of God” goal in the 1986 FIFA World Cup.

  • byCindy Boren
Pictures of a world that was:Photo collection needs home

Pictures of a world that was:Photo collection needs home

Vern McCallum’s collection of 25,000 photos documents the modern history of south-western Victoria,and includes rat trappers,runners and sawmill workers.

  • byCarolyn Webb
Contemporary photography rising,but would you pay $200K?
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Contemporary photography rising,but would you pay $200K?

Before the 1980s,photography was the poor relation of other art. However,it’s now just as valuable as paintings and sculpture.

  • byStephen Crafti
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Collecting 1970s tapestries and rugs – a revival of the crafts
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Collecting 1970s tapestries and rugs – a revival of the crafts

Tactile tapestries and rugs now command substantial prices,as people rediscover colourful interiors produced in the late 1960s and ’70s.

  • byStephen Crafti
‘Must have been lucky’:An art treasure’s strange journey from Europe to the Blue Mountains

‘Must have been lucky’:An art treasure’s strange journey from Europe to the Blue Mountains

A Dutch masterpiece has survived hundreds of years of dust,dampness and bug attacks to become a highlight of the National Trust’s art collection.

  • byAndrew Taylor
‘Once-in-a-lifetime discovery’:400-year-old Dutch masterpiece discovered in the Blue Mountains
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‘Once-in-a-lifetime discovery’:400-year-old Dutch masterpiece discovered in the Blue Mountains

A painting unearthed in the Blue Mountains and long thought to be a copy may be worth up to $5 million after art historians confirmed it was a 17th-century Dutch masterpiece.

  • byAndrew Taylor
Luxury and practicality:Two-timing watch-wearers

Luxury and practicality:Two-timing watch-wearers

From Bill Murray to Billie Eilish,there’s a reason why some celebrities are wearing a watch on each wrist.

  • byLuke Benedictus
Come for the outrageous designs – but sit down for the price tags

Come for the outrageous designs – but sit down for the price tags

Melbourne’s first ever Design Fair has opened,filling an Abbotsford warehouse with an extraordinary range of bold,beautiful and bizarre collectibles.

  • byNick Miller