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AUSTRALASIA’S LEADING ANTIQUES AND COLLECTABLES MAGAZINE

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ISSN 1445-8160

Aust $9.95 NZ $13.95

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The legacy of

KLYTIE PATE OAMA remarkable Australian studio potter

RUGBY HISTORYNew Zealand’s rugby museum offers more than the game

SHARING THEPASSIONSpecial collections and collecting tips

CORALNature’s underwater gardentransformed into collectable jewellery

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Feature articles

10 The renowned Australian potter,

Klytie Pate OAM (1912-2010)

Marvin Hurnall

52 A collection of blue glass bottles

Rob Ditessa

74 Coral jewellery, ancient and modern

Melody Amsel-Arieli

78 Fair finds

Editor’s pick

Three collections of

Works on Paper

14 Pulp fiction paperbacks

John Harrison

62 Anton Bruehl’s commercial photography

Belinda Hungerford

70 Pop Art

American exhibition in London

Heritage

6 Toy submarine: Memento from the

Pacific campaign

Peter Lane

32 Rugby memorabilia:

New Zealand's national collection

Margaret D McNiven

Domestic wares

20 East meets West in glassmaking

Corning Museum of Glass NY

38 Shelley pottery for the birds

Vernie Doyle

56 Teapots around the world

Melody Amsel-Arieli

Numismatic feature

42 Governor King’s Proclamation coins, 1800

Peter Lane

Building a knowledge base

82 Samian ware

Travel feature

66 High Street: Shop ’til you drop

Margaret D McNiven

84 out & about

Regular features

47 Conundrum

49 Collectables fairs

50 Collectables subscription

72 Online magazines

86 Bulletin board

88 Recent books for collectors

90 Buy & Sell

88 Recent books for collectors

95 Advertising rates

96 Advertisers' index

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WartimeMemorabilia

Peter Lane

Toy midget submarines

made of lead can occasionallybe found in antique and

collectable shops – you have to lookhard, but the hunt is worth it. Thesetoy-souvenirs are modest, evenhumble in appearance, and at firstglance can easily be overlooked.

What to look out for are thewords ‘Made from ballast Japmidget sub’ and ‘Sunk in SydneyHarbour May 31 1942’ stamped onthe sides of the submarine. Whilemany thousands were made, theyare now scarce and highlycollectable. These little figures sellfor around $200 to $300. There is astrong following for SydneyHarbour souvenirs and thiswartime memorabilia item alsoappeals to collectors of toys,militaria and Australiana.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

On 31 May 1942 three Japanese

midget submarines entered Sydney

Harbour. One of the submarines fired

two torpedoes at the American ship,

USS Chicago, but they both missed.

However, one of the torpedoes hit

the harbour bed beneath HMAS

Kuttabul where it exploded and

caused the ship to sink.

It was the first time the enemy

attacked a highly populated area of

Australia and was seen as a wake-

up call for Australians. The Japanese

bombing of Darwin commenced in

mid-February that year which at that

time was a military base with a small

civilian population.

As all three of the Japanese

submarines were sunk, the attack

on Sydney was seen as a victory

by Australia, and from the

wreckages the government was

A souvenir made from the ballast of a Japanese midget

submarine that entered Sydney Harbour during World

War II is today highly prized by collectors

More Than a Toy

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Klytie Pate OAM (1912-2010)

An extraordinary talent

Klytie Pate was the last survivor of the

wealth of talented Australian potters from

the 1930s and with her passing on 10 June

this year ends an era of significant,

influential pioneering studio potters

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The Lurid

World of Vintage

PulpFiction

John Harrison

The term ‘pulp fiction’

was originally coined as aconvenient way to categorise

detective and other short storymagazines such as Black Mask,Amazing Stories, Spicy Detective,The Spider & Fantastic Adventuresthat were published in Americafrom the 1920s to the 1940s.

Pulp magazines certainlycontinued to be published beyondthis date, but these pre-televisionyears were their peak period ofpopularity and influence.

Used to describe the cheap,rough-grade paper which themagazines were printed on, pulpfiction also became an easy labelfor many to slap on the boomingpaperback trade – particularlythose titles which dealt with themore vicarious genres such ascrime thrillers, juvenile delinquencyand science fiction stories.

HOLLYWOOD IN MOTION

On the coat tails of thedisillusionment which began toseep into the US in the postWorld War II period, a new, bleakfilm genre began to emerge.Dubbed film noir by the Frenchmedia, this new wave of cinemawas descended from thetraditional crime and gangsterfilms but featured tougher, hard-edged storylines.

In these mostly black and whitefilms good guys didn’t always win,and were distinguished by the useof atmospheric lighting andshadows, dark and rainy urbanstreets, the menacing moodreinforced by the cheap overheadneon street light.

Delineated were anti-heroes whocarried their fair share of neurosisand doubt, and most important ofall, a stunningly beautiful femmefatale. Usually scripted as a strong-willed woman who existed in a

Between the pages of these once notorious

titles are dangerous dames, hot rod

hooligans & bug-eyed monsters

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