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Boiling the Billy
Kevin Best (New Zealand, 1932–2012)
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “Oil on Canvas”
- Support
- Canvas
- Signed / inscribed
- Label verso for Castle Gallery, Castle Hill.
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 50x76cm
- Auction house
- Davidson Auctions
- Sale
- Estate & Collector feat. Estate Late Brian Murray (Sale 137) (137)
- Date
- September 14, 2019
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 1004
- Estimate
- A$1,000 – A$2,000 (≈ $688 – $1,376) (≈ £552 – £1,105) (≈ €620 – €1,240)
- Source
- Auction house auctions.davidsonauctions.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 26, 2026
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