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Ravenswick

Invaluable Seller since 2013

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Ravenswick specializes in house contents and Single Owner Collection Auction Sales

For the past 25 years Alex Renwick has been associated with the auction business, and was trained in the old fashioned way. He feels passionately that this is an honorable profession. Transparency is required at all times, combining this with integrity and ethics that sums up the Ravenswick experience.

During this time he has worked with some of the best Australian Auctioneers & Valuers ,having worked his way up from a storeman in the 1980’s to running a decorative arts department by the age of 22 exposing him to all aspects of the business.

During his training he also worked in commercial and industrial auctioneering and valuation, selling coal mines, forklifts and farm equipment.

However Fine and Decorative Arts was his passion

Our beautiful rooms and office are located in 19-21 Byrnes Street Botany, NSW 2019

Ravenswick is the creation of Alex Renwick; it is his original family name, so it is extremely personal. He commenced his training at Rushton Fine Arts in 1986, and ended up the youngest ever Decorative Arts & Furniture Manager in 1989 and licensed Chattel Auctioneer in the same year. Before working with Lawson’s and Mason Gray Strange in various consultancy modes and latterly Assistant Manager of Decorative Arts and Furniture

Having been fortunate to have worked on some of the most significant collections, both private and institutional in Australia, he has been exposed to such a diversity of material. From The National Gallery and the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, to the Department of Finance and the Premiers Office and the Residence of the Governor of Victoria, he is known as a true generalist, as his knowledge spans a variety of disciplines. He has also been a nominated valuer for Catholic Church Insurance, and completed the inaugural valuation of The St Mary’s Cathedral (Sydney) and most of the major Cathedrals on the eastern seaboard, together with the inaugural market based valuation for The Nolan Collection (Now housed at CMAG) he has also been the valuer for Newcastle Regional Museum for a decade, and is currently involved with a full retrospective valuation of the entire collection

Having left Australia to seek work opportunities’ in The United Kingdom in the late 1980’s, he found work as a visiting Auctioneer and a cataloguer in various regional Auction Houses. Before returning to Sydney in 1995 to set up Ravenswick, where he spent over a decade in corporate valuation work with Rushton Valuers and Aon Valuation Services as a consultant, before re-entering the auction world with Shapiro in 2006, then Aalders in 2009, then Lawson’s in 2011 (valuations only) in each instance as a consultant, twice during the last two years Aalders/Ravenswick have worked in conjunction in bringing to market the Zonnevijille Collection and the Ryde House Contents Sale.

So as a result with having being blessed with having worked with some of the best Australian and British Auctioneers and some of the most significant collections in Australia, Alex felt the timing was correct to open and take control of his own Auction House .

Combining that with the formidable talents of the team he has assembled the result is a highly professional, personal service transparent and run with the highest level of ethical behavior

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19-21 Byrnes Street

Botany, Australia


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About Ravenswick

Biography

Welcome



Ravenswick specializes in house contents and Single Owner Collection Auction Sales

For the past 25 years Alex Renwick has been associated with the auction business, and was trained in the old fashioned way. He feels passionately that this is an honorable profession. Transparency is required at all times, combining this with integrity and ethics that sums up the Ravenswick experience.

During this time he has worked with some of the best Australian Auctioneers & Valuers ,having worked his way up from a storeman in the 1980’s to running a decorative arts department by the age of 22 exposing him to all aspects of the business.

During his training he also worked in commercial and industrial auctioneering and valuation, selling coal mines, forklifts and farm equipment.

However Fine and Decorative Arts was his passion

Our beautiful rooms and office are located in 19-21 Byrnes Street Botany, NSW 2019

Ravenswick is the creation of Alex Renwick; it is his original family name, so it is extremely personal. He commenced his training at Rushton Fine Arts in 1986, and ended up the youngest ever Decorative Arts & Furniture Manager in 1989 and licensed Chattel Auctioneer in the same year. Before working with Lawson’s and Mason Gray Strange in various consultancy modes and latterly Assistant Manager of Decorative Arts and Furniture

Having been fortunate to have worked on some of the most significant collections, both private and institutional in Australia, he has been exposed to such a diversity of material. From The National Gallery and the Australian War Memorial in Canberra, to the Department of Finance and the Premiers Office and the Residence of the Governor of Victoria, he is known as a true generalist, as his knowledge spans a variety of disciplines. He has also been a nominated valuer for Catholic Church Insurance, and completed the inaugural valuation of The St Mary’s Cathedral (Sydney) and most of the major Cathedrals on the eastern seaboard, together with the inaugural market based valuation for The Nolan Collection (Now housed at CMAG) he has also been the valuer for Newcastle Regional Museum for a decade, and is currently involved with a full retrospective valuation of the entire collection

Having left Australia to seek work opportunities’ in The United Kingdom in the late 1980’s, he found work as a visiting Auctioneer and a cataloguer in various regional Auction Houses. Before returning to Sydney in 1995 to set up Ravenswick, where he spent over a decade in corporate valuation work with Rushton Valuers and Aon Valuation Services as a consultant, before re-entering the auction world with Shapiro in 2006, then Aalders in 2009, then Lawson’s in 2011 (valuations only) in each instance as a consultant, twice during the last two years Aalders/Ravenswick have worked in conjunction in bringing to market the Zonnevijille Collection and the Ryde House Contents Sale.

So as a result with having being blessed with having worked with some of the best Australian and British Auctioneers and some of the most significant collections in Australia, Alex felt the timing was correct to open and take control of his own Auction House .

Combining that with the formidable talents of the team he has assembled the result is a highly professional, personal service transparent and run with the highest level of ethical behavior

Past Auctions from Ravenswick

05/17/15

Asian Works of Art Collectables & Eclectica

Botany, Australia
04/12/15

Asian Works of Art Collectibles and Eclectica

Botany, Australia
03/15/15

Asian Works of Art, Collectibles and Eclectica

Botany, Australia
01/18/15

Major Historic House Sale

Leumeah, Australia
12/14/14

Asian Works of Art

Botany, Australia
12/13/14

Collectables and Eclectica Auction

Botany, Australia
11/16/14

Asian Works of Art, Collectibles and Eclectica

Botany, Australia
10/26/14

Asian Works of Art, Collectibles and Eclectica

Botany, Australia
09/21/14

Asian Works of Art, Collectables and Eclectica Auction

Botany, Australia
08/17/14

Asian Works of Art, Collectables and Eclectica

Botany, Australia
07/13/14

Asian Works of Art, Collectables and Eclectica

Botany, Australia
05/25/14

The Chu Hong Private Collection

Botany, Australia
05/11/14

Asian Works of Art, Collectibles & Eclectica

Botany, Australia
04/13/14

Asian Works of Art

Botany, Australia
04/12/14

Collectables & Ecclectica Auction

Botany, Australia
03/16/14

Asian Works of Art

Botany, Australia
03/15/14

Collectables & Eclectica

Botany, Australia
02/16/14

Asian Works of Art

Botany, Australia
02/15/14

Collectables & Eclectica

Botany, Australia
12/15/13

Major Asian Works of Art

Botany, Australia