Photo © Leonard Joel — view this lot on Leonard Joel ↗Broken Hill, 1890
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Leonard Joel · Jun 24, 2025A$7,000 ≈ $4,556 ≈ £3,347 ≈ €3,925Sign up free to see price
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Auction result
Broken Hill District Mining as in 1881
Sam Byrne (Australian, 1883–1978) · 1881
A$4,270 price realized incl. premium
≈ $4,010≈ £2,397≈ €2,905
Hammer A$3,500 · with buyer’s premium A$4,270
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil and coal on composition board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Inscribed 'Broken Hill district mining as in 1881.' lower left; signed 'Sam Byrne' lower right
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Dimensions
- 35.3 x 45.9 cm
- Auction house
- Smith & Singer
- Sale
- Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design (AU0786)
- Date
- April 15, 2014
- Location
- Sydney, Australia
- Lot
- 303
- Estimate
- A$2,000 – A$4,000 (≈ $1,878 – $3,757) (≈ £1,123 – £2,246) (≈ €1,361 – €2,722)
- Source
- Auction house smithandsinger.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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