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Auction result
Possibly Happiness 1966
Robert Jacks (Australian, 1943–2014) · 1966
A$9,818 price realized incl. premium
≈ $8,104≈ £5,169≈ €6,521
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
- Signed and dated lower left: jacks '66; inscribed verso: "possibly happiness"
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 175.0 x 175.0 cm
- Auction house
- Menzies
- Sale
- Australian & International Fine Art & Sculpture | December 2014 (14DEC)
- Date
- December 11, 2014
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 94
- Estimate
- A$8,000 – A$12,000 (≈ $6,604 – $9,905) (≈ £4,212 – £6,318) (≈ €5,313 – €7,970)
- Source
- Auction house menziesartbrands.com ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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