top 25 prices from deutscher and hackett 2008 auctions
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AUG08 |
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John Brack, The Boucher Nude 1957
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$1,500,000 |
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| 2. |
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NOV08 |
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Sidney Nolan, Riverbank 1964 |
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$432,000 |
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| 3. |
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AUG08 |
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Brett Whiteley, View from the Window, Bali1978 |
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$336,000 |
| 4. |
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APR08 |
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Tom Roberts, Practising the Minuet (Miss Hilda Spong) c1893 |
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$312,000 |
| 5. |
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NOV08 |
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Colin McCahon, Mondrian's Last
Chrysanthemum: Scared
(Scared series), 1976 |
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$312,000 |
| 6. |
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APR08 |
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John Perceval, Lime Quarry, Lilydale 1956 |
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$312,000 |
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| 7. |
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APR08 |
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Fred Williams, Landscape with Swamp 1972 |
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$288,000 |
| 8. |
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APR08 |
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Charles Blackman, Hawthorn Schoolgirl c1953 |
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$240,000 |
| 9. |
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NOV08 |
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Studio of Charles Meere, Australian Beach Pattern c1940 |
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$240,000 |
| 10. |
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APR08 |
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Lloyd Rees,
South Coast Facades 1966 |
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$240,000 |
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| 11. |
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APR08 |
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Charles Blackman, The Rock Pool 1973 |
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$240,000 |
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| 12. |
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AUG08 |
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Lloyd Rees, Afternoon in Tuscany
(Tuscan Journey No. 2)
c1953 |
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$180,000 |
| 13. |
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AUG08 |
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Arthur Streeton, Coogee Baths 1907 |
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$180,000 |
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| 14. |
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NOV08 |
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Margaret Preston, Australian Glory Flower
1928 |
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$156,000 |
| 15. |
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APR08 |
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Bessie Davidson, Interior with Poppies
(Interieur) c1935 |
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$156,000 |
| 16. |
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AUG08 |
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Arthur Streeton, San Giorgio Maggiore,
Venice 1908 |
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$150,000 |
| 17. |
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NOV08 |
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Brett Whiteley, The Cow c1979 |
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$144,000 |
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| 18. |
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APR08 |
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Arthur Boyd, Jinker on a Sandbank,
Shoalhaven c1986 |
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$144,000 |
| 19. |
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AUG08 |
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Sidney Nolan, Diver 1945 |
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$132,000 |
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| 20. |
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AUG08 |
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Charles Blackman, Room at Twilight c1963 |
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$132,000 |
| 21. |
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AUG08 |
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Brett Whiteley,Cheetah or Cheatah (Animal
or Life) 1965 |
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$132,000 |
| 22. |
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APR08 |
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Arthur Boyd, The Burnt Spinney 1957 |
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$132,000 |
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| 23. |
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APR08 |
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Henri Matisse, Jeune Femme Assise
(Young Woman Seated)
1942 |
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$132,000 |
| 24. |
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AUG08 |
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James Gleeson, Invented Memories of
Tomorrow 1987 |
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$120,000 |
| 25. |
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NOV08 |
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Tim Maguire, Untitled (Wild Berries)
20030201 2003 |
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$120,000 |
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*Prices including Buyer's Premium and excluding GST |
