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Gouache · Board
Davidson Auctions · Oct 11, 2026A$2,500 ≈ $1,745 ≈ £1,320 ≈ €1,557Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
The Recorder Player
Donald Friend (Australian, 1915–1989)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$7,000 – A$12,000 (≈ $4,488 – $7,694) (≈ £3,379 – £5,793) (≈ €4,010 – €6,874)
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 2 times ↓
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Oil on Board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed upper left
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 39.5x28.5cm
- Auction house
- Davidson Auctions
- Sale
- Australian & International Art (Sale 195) (195)
- Date
- May 18, 2025
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 29
- Estimate
- A$7,000 – A$12,000 (≈ $4,488 – $7,694) (≈ £3,379 – £5,793) (≈ €4,010 – €6,874)
- 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
May 18, 2025 · Davidson Auctions this result
Australian & International Art (Sale 195), lot 29
Bought in / unsold · est. A$7,000 – A$12,000
As catalogued
Donald Friend, “The Recorder Player”
Oil on Board
39.5x28.5cm
Aug 17, 2025 · Davidson Auctions
Australian & International Art (Sale 198), lot 24
Sold A$6,000Sign up to see · est. A$6,000 – A$10,000
As catalogued
Donald Friend, “The Recorder Player”
Oil on Board
39.5x28.5cm
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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