Auction Highlights
Posted on 25 February 2016
ART+OBJECT's first auction of 2016 took place last night and represented a very solid start to the 2016 auction season. Solid institutional and private interest combined throughout resulting in an evening's sale total of $372 720. Some of the highlights included:
The Archive of Professor Michael Dunn:
1. Don Binney $1080
5. Milan Mrkusich $1290
9. Gordon Walters $1560
19. Michael Dunn, Tony Fomison $1390
23. Peter Peryer $2040
27. Theo Schoon $6245
33. Theo Schoon, Photographic archive of Cave Sites $8165
40. Theo Schoon, correspondence $15 255
41. Gordon Walters, correspondence $9610
47. Gordon Walters, photographs $6245
73. John Kinder $4325
77. Colin McCahon $13 215
78. Gordon Walters, Tamaki $16 215 (illustrated) * a record price for a print or multiple by the artist at auction.
New Collectors Art:
87. Bill Hammond $2880
96. Star Gossage and Grant Hall $1920
100. Euan McLeod $3005
102. Greer Twiss $4205
103. Paul Dibble $6005
105. Jeff Thomson $3605
114. Nigel Brown $9490
118. Gordon Walters $15 315
121. Allen Maddox $14 415
122. Gretchen Albrecht $18 615
137. Andrew McLeod $2160
143. Fiona Pardington $2280
154. Julia Morison 5405
169. Andy Warhol $2160
177. Pat Hanly $4445
183. Michael Illingworth $12 010
192. Alan Pearson $5705
195. Dick Frizzell $13 215
204. Michael Smither $3725
* All prices include buyer's premium and GST. A full list of prices realised will be published online shortly.
