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Oil · Canvas
Davidson Auctions · Jul 26, 2026A$2,750 ≈ $1,922 ≈ £1,442 ≈ €1,687Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Lightning
John Charles Allcot (British, 1888–1973)
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$1,800 – A$3,000 (≈ $1,183 – $1,972) (≈ £877 – £1,461) (≈ €1,013 – €1,688)
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 Canvas Board”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Signed lower left
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 49.5x59.5cm
- Auction house
- Davidson Auctions
- Sale
- Estate & Collector: Pictures (Sale 196) (196)
- Date
- July 12, 2025
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 131
- Estimate
- A$1,800 – A$3,000 (≈ $1,183 – $1,972) (≈ £877 – £1,461) (≈ €1,013 – €1,688)
- 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
Jul 12, 2025 · Davidson Auctions this result
Estate & Collector: Pictures (Sale 196), lot 131
Bought in / unsold · est. A$1,800 – A$3,000
As catalogued
John Charles Allcot, “Lightning”
Oil on Canvas Board
49.5x59.5cm
Aug 17, 2025 · Davidson Auctions
Australian & International Art (Sale 198), lot 133
Sold A$1,700Sign up to see · est. A$1,500 – A$2,500
As catalogued
John Charles Allcot, “Lightning”
Oil on Canvas Board
49.5x59.5cm
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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