THE ESTATE OF ANN LEWIS A.O ACHIEVES OUTSTANDING RESULTS
With over 3,000 clients registered to bid, and a crowd of over 800 people at the Auction at the Art Gallery of New South Wales , Monday night's auction of the ESTATE OF ANN LEWIS A.O was an auction that no one will forget.
The Auction viewing attracted over 4,000 interested clients, and many lots achieved individual Artist results and Records.
The sale doubled the total sale estimate. Full results are available in the Results section of the website. |
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New Auction record with Chinese figure fetching AUD$1,220,000.00 achieved at Mossgreen Auctions in November
The expected star of this auction, a 15th century Xuande mark and period Imperial gilt bronze figure of Avalokitesvara,attracted huge International interest and smashed Australian auction records when it sold for $1.2 million against a predicted estimate of $150,000-250,000.In the same collection with a direct family provenance that tracked back to 1850 in Peking, another 15th century gilt bronze figure fetched $220,000 against an estimate of $60,000-80,000 and two 17th century gilt bronze figures of Buddha made $268,400.00 and $329,400.00, against estimates of $25,000-50,000 each. Another record for Australia was broken when a pair of Huanghuali chairs made $73,200.00 against an estimate of $10,000-15,000. |