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The Travel and Exploration sale

Auction 19926
6 Dec 2012, starting at 14:00 GMT.
Sessions

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Auction highlights

Sold for £34,850 inc. premium
Fernando Cueto Amorsolo (Filipino, 1892-1972) Market place before a church
Sold for £31,250 inc. premium
George Chinnery RHA (British, 1774-1852) A street scene near São Domingos church, Macau
Sold for £26,250 inc. premium
Circle of Youqua (Chinese, active circa 1840-1870) Macao, from the south looking north
Sold for £25,000 inc. premium
General Walter Fane (British, 1828-1885) View of Salt lake City

Lots

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3 Charles Gordon Frazer (British, 1863-1899) Rata Tree, New Zealand £500
€583
US$ 754
5 Charles Gordon Frazer (British, 1863-1899) 'The Forest Mirror, Queensland' £1,500
€1,750
US$ 2,264
6 Sidney Nolan (Australian, 1917-1992) Figure and camel £3,250
€3,792
US$ 4,907
7 David Boyd (Australian, 1924-2011) 'The River Swimmer' £3,500
€4,084
US$ 5,284
9 Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (Aborigine, circa 1932-2002) Water Dreaming £875
€1,021
US$ 1,321
10 Guy Martin Boyd (Australian, 1923-1988) Kneeling woman height 29.5cm (11 5/8in) £2,500
€2,917
US$ 3,774
11 Robert Weir Allan, RSA RWS RSW (British, 1852-1942) Yomeiman Gate, Nikko, Japan £10,000
€11,669
US$ 15,098
16 Sir Herbert Edwin Pelham Hughes-Stanton (British, 1870-1937) The aftermath £500
€583
US$ 754
18 Fernando Cueto Amorsolo (Filipino, 1892-1972) Market place before a church £34,850
€40,667
US$ 52,619
19 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) Portrait of Ni Pollock £7,500
€8,751
US$ 11,324
20 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) Portrait of Ni Pollock wearing a sarong (recto); Balinese women seated by a pond (verso) £10,625
€12,398
US$ 16,042
21 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) A study of two Balinese women in an interior (recto); Study of a Balinese woman (verso) £11,875
€13,857
US$ 17,929
22 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) Study of a Balinese woman looking out of a window £8,125
€9,481
US$ 12,267
23 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) A Balinese woman arranging flowers £15,000
€17,503
US$ 22,648
24 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) Portrait of Ni Pollock wearing a headdress £18,750
€21,879
US$ 28,310
28 Robert George Talbot Kelly (British, 1861-1934) The Irrawaddy Valley, Upper Burma £1,250
€1,458
US$ 1,887
33 George Chinnery RHA (British, 1774-1852) A street scene near São Domingos church, Macau £31,250
€36,466
US$ 47,184
34 Anglo-Chinese School, mid-19th Century A British clipper ship moored off Hong Kong £3,500
€4,084
US$ 5,284
35 Anglo-Chinese School, mid-19th Century The clipper 'Falcon' off the south China coast £1,312
€1,531
US$ 1,981
36 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century The hongs at Canton, circa 1840 £4,750
€5,542
US$ 7,171
37 Anglo-Chinese School, late 19th Century Hong Kong Harbour and the city of Victoria £16,250
€18,962
US$ 24,535
39 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century A pagoda in Kuangtung £687
€802
US$ 1,038
40 Circle of Youqua (Chinese, active circa 1840-1870) Macao, from the south looking north £26,250
€30,631
US$ 39,634
41 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century The S.S. 'Agnes' off Hong Kong £5,000
€5,834
US$ 7,549
43 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century Musicians in an interior £1,125
€1,312
US$ 1,698
45 Lamqua (Chinese, active 1805-1830) Hong Merchant, Canton £15,000
€17,503
US$ 22,648
47 Francis Helps (British, 1890-1972) Head study £750
€875
US$ 1,132
55 Circle of Thomas Daniell, RA (British, 1749-1840) Mosque at Chinno £875
€1,021
US$ 1,321
56 Thomas Daniell, RA (British, 1749-1840), and William Daniel, RA (British, 1769-1837) Three aquatints with hand colouring 1. 'View at Delhi, Near the Mausoleum of Humaioon', plate XIX 2. 'Gate of the Loll-Baug at Fyzabad', plate III 3. 'The Council House, Calcutta', plate III each 42 x 59.5cm (16 1/2 x 23 1/2in)(I). (3) £1,875
€2,187
US$ 2,831
57 George Chinnery RHA (British, 1774-1852) Figures before an Indian temple £8,125
€9,481
US$ 12,267
59 English School, 19th Century Bengal tigers £3,125
€3,646
US$ 4,718
60 English School, late 19th Century Hills above Bombay £750
€875
US$ 1,132
63 George Chinnery RHA (British, 1774-1852) Study of trees in India £375
€437
US$ 566
64 Circle of William Prinsep (British, 1794-1874) A group of Indian women gathered beneath the shade of a tree £8,750
€10,210
US$ 13,211
68 John Gantz (British, 1772-1853) An Indian cowherd £375
€437
US$ 566
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