Welcome to 'Rediscovered'

This section is a snapshot of the many and varied rare and collectible items "Rediscovered" or facilitated by Kym and Lynne Bonnefin since the 1970s.  Some items are currently being evaluated and are indicated accordingly.

They include:

The Flame Queen opal

A 70 kilo piece of the ocean floor from Coober Pedy with hundreds of fully opalised shells.  The unique specimen is around 100 million years old and is soon to be shown publicly

Bonnefin Boutique is currently evaluating a superb boxed Faberge knife, fork and spoon set.  Enquiries are welcome.

A  Don Bradman testimonial cricket bat

Expressions of interest to purchase a c17th century Oak Cabinet (with later additions) which was once the property of The Very Reverend H K Mowll, Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, are currently invited through Bonnefin Gallery - ReDiscovered.

Australian Vice Captain double century Adelaide Test (Australia v England 1948) cricket bat

The famous photograph of Ned Kelly as a twenty year old boxer

The FA Cup in Australia

A silk vest believed to be hand stitched by Elizabeth Cook for her husband Captain James Cook.  The vest arrived in Australia early last century and is one of many 'Cookenalia' pieces we have faciliated over 40 years.

Bonnefin Gallery - ReDiscovered has available a selection of original Cook Voyages books from the 18th century together with a range of Webber engravings.

The Webber portrait of Arthur Philip to Australia

The paintings was loaned from the London Portrait Gallery to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Arthur Philip.  It was uncrated live on TV by Lord Wedgwood when it arrived at the State Library of NSW, in the Mitchel Library.  As Australia's most iconic pre-Federation artwork, its arrival in Australia from its home in England created much interest.  

When leading expeditionists left England for voyages of discovery or settlement, it was traditional for a large portrait to be commissioned by and for The Crown, with two small portraits for the sitter and the Royal Maritime Museum.  It was not until the large portrait arrived in Australia and was placed next to Philip's small portrait (which resides in the Mitchell) that it was discovered that the small one was signed (or rather, cartouched), by Webber

The Dali sail

Renoir's Yellow Lady portrait

A Le Mans winning D-Type Jaguar

The Ex Bathurst 200 mph No 2 Goss 7 litre Jaguar XJS

A rare 1937 MG TA Tickford bodied (one of 33 made)

The Tudor Racing E Type/D Type.  This 190mph Jaguar started life as a regular E Type but was converted to D Type specifications (30:60 60:30 head with triple Webbers and extractors) in the late 1960s.

The Buchanan Sports Car business including the moulds for the Aston Martin DB3S bodied Buchanan (taken from one of the three 'Kangaroo' cars racing in Australia in the 1950s) and the Buchanan Cobra

A Prad racing car which had once raced in a pre WWII  Australian Grand Prix.  Sold with a Buchanon body and a Zephyr engine, the Prad sat on an upsidedown Amilcar chassis with transverse leafing and, remarkably, Bugatti wheels.

Liberace's Australian designed opal ring (now available in Bonnefin Boutique together with his Mr Showmanship medal and a Xmas card from President Nixon)

and many more

Kym Bonnefin