STATE CONTACTS
SYDNEY
– HEAD OFFICE
162
Queen Street
Woollahra NSW 2025 Australia
Gallery
hours Mon–Fri 9am–5pm, Sat 11am–5pm
Ph:
(612) 9326 1588
Fax: (612) 9326 1305
info@shapiro.com.au
Managing
Director Andrew Shapiro
Client Services Olivia Humphry
SYDNEY DEPARTMENTS
Australian and International Art
20/21 Century Design
Traditional Design
Aboriginal Art
SOUTHERN
HIGHLANDS, NSW
Diana
Kelly
Ph:
(612) 4868 1158
Mob: 0412 365 961
dkelly@shapiro.com.au
MELBOURNE
Gaye
Quirk
20
Carters Avenue
Toorak VIC 3142 Australia
Ph: (613) 9826 8502
info@shapiro.com.au
GOLD
COAST
Frances Cummings
PO
Box 272
Tugun QLD 4224 Australia
Ph: (617) 5534 4982
Fax: (617) 5598 3700
Mob: 0412 515 253
fcummings@shapiro.com.au
ADELAIDE
Ken Rayment
102
Young Street
Parkside SA 5063 Australia
Ph/Fax: (618) 8272 1567
Mob: 0419 214 332
krayment@shapiro.com.au
ANDREW
SHAPIRO
Managing Director
Australian and International Art and Design
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Andrew Shapiro is Managing Director of Shapiro Auctioneers Australia. His career in the auction industry spans 30 years, from bases in New York, London and Sydney.
In 1984, Mr Shapiro joined Phillips New York, where he established his reputation as a leading specialist in 19th and 20th Century Fine and Decorative Arts and became a senior vice-president. In 1990 he arrived in Australia and introduced auction sales for Phillips Australia.
Mr Shapiro was profiled in the international publication, Art and Auction (Nov 2000) as the progressive leader in the Australian auction industry.
In 2001 Andrew Shapiro led the management buy-out of Phillips International Auctioneers from Louis Vuitton Moet Hennessy across Australia. Over the next seven years Shapiro Auctioneers has confirmed its position in the auction industry as a leader in Australian and International Art, Aboriginal Art, 20/21 Century Design, Traditional Furniture and Decorative Art in particular English and European Silver and Objets d'vertu. Significant one owner collections have highlighted many of the past years including the K R Bernard Smith Collection, The Property of A Gentleman, the L Richard Smith Collection, the New Collection and many others. Record prices in all areas of 20th Century Australian and International Design for silver, glass, furniture and books as well as the highest prices recorded for European sculpture and painting keep Shapiro Auctioneers in the forefront of buyers and sellers.