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Auction result
Bathers
John Passmore (1904–1984)
A$9,818 price realized incl. premium
≈ $9,608≈ £6,341≈ €7,468
Hammer A$8,000 · with buyer’s premium A$9,818
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- inscribed verso: John R Passmore/ Bathers
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 33.0 x 43.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Important Australian & International Fine Paintings & Sculpture | March 2013 (13MAR)
- Date
- May 21, 2013
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 66
- Estimate
- A$9,000 – A$12,000 (≈ $8,808 – $11,744) (≈ £5,812 – £7,750) (≈ €6,846 – €9,128)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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