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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 £499
€591
US$ 761
5 Charles Gordon Frazer (British, 1863-1899) 'The Forest Mirror, Queensland' £1,499
€1,775
US$ 2,285
6 Sidney Nolan (Australian, 1917-1992) Figure and camel £3,249
€3,847
US$ 4,951
7 David Boyd (Australian, 1924-2011) 'The River Swimmer' £3,499
€4,143
US$ 5,331
9 Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri (Aborigine, circa 1932-2002) Water Dreaming £874
€1,035
US$ 1,332
10 Guy Martin Boyd (Australian, 1923-1988) Kneeling woman height 29.5cm (11 5/8in) £2,499
€2,959
US$ 3,808
11 Robert Weir Allan, RSA RWS RSW (British, 1852-1942) Yomeiman Gate, Nikko, Japan £9,999
€11,837
US$ 15,234
16 Sir Herbert Edwin Pelham Hughes-Stanton (British, 1870-1937) The aftermath £499
€591
US$ 761
18 Fernando Cueto Amorsolo (Filipino, 1892-1972) Market place before a church £34,849
€41,254
US$ 53,090
19 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) Portrait of Ni Pollock £7,499
€8,878
US$ 11,425
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) £10,624
€12,577
US$ 16,186
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) £11,874
€14,057
US$ 18,090
22 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) Study of a Balinese woman looking out of a window £8,124
€9,618
US$ 12,377
23 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) A Balinese woman arranging flowers £14,999
€17,756
US$ 22,851
24 Adrien Jean Le Mayeur de Merprés (Belgian, 1880-1958) Portrait of Ni Pollock wearing a headdress £18,749
€22,195
US$ 28,563
28 Robert George Talbot Kelly (British, 1861-1934) The Irrawaddy Valley, Upper Burma £1,249
€1,479
US$ 1,904
33 George Chinnery RHA (British, 1774-1852) A street scene near São Domingos church, Macau £31,249
€36,993
US$ 47,606
34 Anglo-Chinese School, mid-19th Century A British clipper ship moored off Hong Kong £3,499
€4,143
US$ 5,331
35 Anglo-Chinese School, mid-19th Century The clipper 'Falcon' off the south China coast £1,312
€1,553
US$ 1,999
36 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century The hongs at Canton, circa 1840 £4,749
€5,622
US$ 7,236
37 Anglo-Chinese School, late 19th Century Hong Kong Harbour and the city of Victoria £16,249
€19,236
US$ 24,755
39 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century A pagoda in Kuangtung £687
€813
US$ 1,047
40 Circle of Youqua (Chinese, active circa 1840-1870) Macao, from the south looking north £26,249
€31,074
US$ 39,989
41 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century The S.S. 'Agnes' off Hong Kong £4,999
€5,918
US$ 7,617
43 Anglo-Chinese School, 19th Century Musicians in an interior £1,124
€1,331
US$ 1,713
45 Lamqua (Chinese, active 1805-1830) Hong Merchant, Canton £14,999
€17,756
US$ 22,851
47 Francis Helps (British, 1890-1972) Head study £749
€887
US$ 1,142
55 Circle of Thomas Daniell, RA (British, 1749-1840) Mosque at Chinno £874
€1,035
US$ 1,332
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) £1,874
€2,219
US$ 2,856
57 George Chinnery RHA (British, 1774-1852) Figures before an Indian temple £8,124
€9,618
US$ 12,377
59 English School, 19th Century Bengal tigers £3,124
€3,699
US$ 4,760
60 English School, late 19th Century Hills above Bombay £749
€887
US$ 1,142
63 George Chinnery RHA (British, 1774-1852) Study of trees in India £374
€443
US$ 571
64 Circle of William Prinsep (British, 1794-1874) A group of Indian women gathered beneath the shade of a tree £8,749
€10,358
US$ 13,329
68 John Gantz (British, 1772-1853) An Indian cowherd £374
€443
US$ 571
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