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Auction result
Judge Falling
David Boyd (Australian, 1924–2011)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$4,000 – A$6,000 (≈ $2,605 – $3,908) (≈ £1,922 – £2,882) (≈ €2,232 – €3,347)
Offered at Davidson Auctions and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
Auction history of this work: offered 3 times ↓
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Oil on Canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower left
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 80x65cm
- Auction house
- Davidson Auctions
- Sale
- Australian & International Art (Sale 198) (198)
- Date
- August 17, 2025
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 85
- Estimate
- A$4,000 – A$6,000 (≈ $2,605 – $3,908) (≈ £1,922 – £2,882) (≈ €2,232 – €3,347)
- Source
- Auction house auctions.davidsonauctions.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered 3 times in 2025 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 2
Jul 12, 2025 · Davidson Auctions
Estate & Collector: Pictures (Sale 196), lot 99
Bought in / unsold · est. A$4,500 – A$7,500
As catalogued
David Boyd, “Judge Falling”
Oil on Canvas
80x65cm
Aug 17, 2025 · Davidson Auctions this result
Australian & International Art (Sale 198), lot 85
Bought in / unsold · est. A$4,000 – A$6,000
As catalogued
David Boyd, “Judge Falling”
Oil on Canvas
80x65cm
Nov 29, 2025 · Davidson Auctions
Estate & Collector: Pictures & Fine Arts (Sale 201), lot 73
Sold A$1,800Sign up to see · est. A$2,000 – A$3,000
As catalogued
David Boyd, “Judge Falling”
Oil on Canvas
80x65cm
Appearances are linked when the photographs match and the size, medium and title agree (match confidence 100%). Casts and prints are linked only when the cast or impression number also matches. Price changes compare each sold price with the previous one (in USD at each sale’s exchange rate when the currencies differ). Details are shown as each house published them.
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