21/05/2026
Last night’s auction achieved a 100% clearance rate by volume and 129% by value, with competitive bidding across the board from collectors around the country and internationally.
With more than 160 registered attendees, over 500 online viewers and 79 individual buyers participating throughout the evening, the sale reflected continued confidence in the strength of the First Nations art market and the enduring importance of works with exceptional provenance.
Bidding remained consistently strong across the entire catalogue, with buyers participating in-room, online, via absentee and telephone bidding throughout the night.
A standout result of the evening was Robert Campbell Jnr’s Shooting the Blacks, 1986, which achieved $100,000 including Buyer’s Premium after competitive bidding. The work, formerly in the collection of Dame Marie Bashir and Sir Nicholas Shehadie, was one of the most discussed pieces of the sale and reflects the continued recognition of Campbell Jnr’s importance within contemporary Australian art history.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for this landmark auction and to the Bashir and Shehadie family for their generosity, support and trust throughout this process.
