Auction Highlights
Posted on 12 April 2013
A superb and tightly-focussed auction was met with great enthusiasm by a good crowd at last night's first auction of Important Paintings and Contemporary Art. Just over two million dollars of New Zealand art was sold under the hammer. Some of the highlights from last night's sale included:
Lot 2. Pat Hanly,Golden Age $41 035
Lot 4. Allen Maddox,Marilou Has Left $34 000
Lot 6. Andrew McLeod,Kowhaiwhai Sun $43 380* A record price for the artist's work at auction.
Lot 9. Gavin Hipkins,The Homely $21 100
Lot 15. Colin McCahon,Necessary Protection $47 485
Lot 18. Bill Hammond,Untitled $175 875
Lot 19. Gordon Walters,Tautahi $439 685 (illustrated) *A record price for the artist's work at auction
Lot 31. Milan Mrkusich,Painting Red1976 $87 935
Lot 32. Colin McCahon,Rosegarden III $140 700
Lot 33. Colin McCahon,Noughts and Crosses $281 400
Lot 36. Tony Fomison,Ko te Kingitanga $146 560
Lot 42. Michael Illingworth,Land, Land and Island $100 510
Lot 54. John Pule,The Place Where I've Not Been $52 760
All prices include buyer's premium. A full list of prices realised will appear on the website in due course.
