Bonhams Announces Sale of Fairwater: The Collection of Sir Warwick and Lady Fairfax AC OBE
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Bonhams Announces Sale of Fairwater: The Collection of Sir Warwick and Lady Fairfax AC OBEBonhams has announced the sale of Fairwater: The Collection of Sir Warwick and Lady Fairfax AC OBE. The sale will take place on September 22, 2019, at Sydney, Woollahra.Bonhams Announces Sale of Fairwater: The Collection of Sir Warwick and Lady Fairfax AC OBE
Bonhams Announces Sale of Fairwater: The Collection of Sir Warwick and Lady Fairfax AC OBEBonhams has announced the sale of Fairwater: The Collection of Sir Warwick and Lady Fairfax AC OBE. The sale will take place on September 22, 2019, at Sydney, Woollahra.According to the press release, Fairwater: The Collection of Sir Warwick and Lady Fairfax AC OBE is going to be one of the singular auctions that will display most of the limelight works of the Australian art. The sale will also see a mix of other significant decorative arts and furniture, states the release.These collectibles were amassed by the Fairfax family. The sale will also witness pieces from their colonial homestead, Harrington Park and from Gilded Birdcage from the family’s New York apartment. The family occupied the 41st and 42nd floors of the Pierre Hotel in New York, which once belonged to John P Getty and was the home of Elizabeth Taylor. The uniqueness of the home is its decoration by Frank Grill with Martyn Cook’s assistance.Fairwater, which was the family’s main residence, was once acquired in 1900 by Sir James Oswald Fairfax, grandson of James Fairfax who founded The Sydney Morning Herald. For the next three generations, the house was with Fairfax’s until its sale that preceded in the year 2018.With the auction slated for September, the upcoming contents of this auction will slowly be revealed in the coming weeks.https://www.blouinartinfo.comFounder: Louise Blouin Read more