When quality Australian paintings hit the art auction market it is no surprise that buyers will clamber over each other to get a piece of the action.
And so it proved for Deutscher and Hackett’s Melbourne sale of the 100 highlights of superannuation giant Cbus collection of Australian art – assembled by art legend the late Dr Joseph Brown between 1992 and 2007.
Ninety-five per cent of the works sold, with six new artist records established along the way.
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