One of iconic Australian artist Arthur Boyd’s (1920-1999) Wimmera Series paintings from the 1950s (lot 126) was the big winner at Leski Auctions Foster Collection sale from the family’s Mount Eliza mansion Dendron House on Sunday September 5.
The painting was knocked down for $110,000 – almost twice its catalogue estimate – or $131,450 when the buyer’s premium is taken into account.
All the auction items sold for a total of $362,228 (including buyers’...