Contemporary, 23 August 2018

Last night's mid-winter auction Contemporary achieved a sale total of $961 000 under the hammer with solid bidding featuring throughout and a high clearance rate. Highest price of the evening went to Robin White's beautiful pencil drawing 'Self-Portrait with Harbour Cone' which realized $78 680, nearly double the top estimate. Some of the preliminary highlights included:

Lot 2. Katharina Grosse $36 035
Lot 3. Man Ray $3725
Lot 13. Peter Siddell $12 310
Lot 15. Peter Stichbury $11 110
Lot 19. Max Gimblett $36 035
Lot 24. Tony de Lautour $26 425
Lot 30. Jeffrey Harris $27 625
Lot 31. Pat Hanly $60 060
Lot 33. Bill Hammond $45 645
Lot 35. Dale Frank $36 035
Lot 36. Andy Warhol $16 815
Lot 45. Ralph Hotere $66 065
Lot 46. Colin McCahon $38 438
Lot 47. Robin White $78 680
Lot 51. Stephen Bambury $78 075
Lot 52. Judy Millar $24 025
Lot 53. Peter Madden $9610
Lot 56. Andrew McLeod $23 425
Lot 59. Ian Scott $13 215
Lot 61. Gretchen Albrecht $21 620
Lot 62. Rita Angus $33 630
Lot 67. Ian Scott $37 235
Lot 73. Peter McIntyre $24 025
Lot 75. Gordon Walters $21 020
Lot 77. Dick Frizzell $15 615
Lot 80. Billy Apple $9610

All prices include buyer's premium and GST. A full list of prices realized will be published shortly.