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An incredibly rare and beautiful pink diamond ring has been sold at Bonhams & Goodman for $444,000 (including buyers’ premium), smashing its presale estimate of $265,000-295,000 and setting a new Australian auction record for a pink diamond. With final bidding between an unidentified telephone bidder and a woman in the room, there was a […]

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Pink Diamond Sets Australian Auction Record

A portrait by Australian artist Russell Drysdale has sold for a record $1.89 million at Sotheby’s Important Australian Art sale.

The painting of Rocky McCormack, a farmer, from Riverina, was painted between 1962 and 1963.

The previous record for a Drysdale painting was set earlier this year at $1.68 million.

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Russell Drysdale painting Sets Auction Record