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Oil · Board
Davidson Auctions · Mar 22, 2026A$1,900 ≈ $1,343 ≈ £1,004 ≈ €1,162Sign up free to see price
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Musical Frolic
David Boyd (Australian, 1924–2011) · 1990
A$3,000 hammer
≈ $1,966≈ £1,480≈ €1,700
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Oil on Board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower left
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 24x23.5cm
- Auction house
- Davidson Auctions
- Sale
- Australian & International Art (Sale 200) (200)
- Date
- October 12, 2025
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 77
- Estimate
- A$2,500 – A$3,500 (≈ $1,639 – $2,294) (≈ £1,234 – £1,727) (≈ €1,416 – €1,983)
- Source
- Auction house auctions.davidsonauctions.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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Provenance trail: auction history of this work
Offered twice in 2025 · sold 1 · bought in / unsold 1
Aug 17, 2025 · Davidson Auctions
Australian & International Art (Sale 198), lot 84
Bought in / unsold · est. A$3,000 – A$4,500
As catalogued
David Boyd, “Musical Frolic”, 1990
Oil on Board
24x23.5cm
Oct 12, 2025 · Davidson Auctions this result
Australian & International Art (Sale 200), lot 77
Sold A$3,000Sign up to see · est. A$2,500 – A$3,500
As catalogued
David Boyd, “Musical Frolic”, 1990
Oil on Board
24x23.5cm
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