A stalwart of Australian antiques and art history, Dr Jane Lennon, is auctioning many items from her personal collection of Australian silver and gold, rare photographs, furniture, pottery, jewellery and paintings at Melbourne-based Leski Auctions forthcoming sale on Sunday, October 20 at 727-729 High Street, Armadale. The auction features an important solid yellow high carat gold snuff box (lot 11) finely engraved with foliate design and an Aboriginal figure hunting an emu – estimated at $25,000 to $35,000.

The Pratten collection was one of three in the auction – the others being Sydney dealer Alan Landis and Tasmanian collector Chris Burghey.  A long-time National Trust member and Australian Conservation Foundation board member, as a boy Chris gained his love of nature through visits to the family property Amaroo at Borenore, west of Orange in New South Wales.