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EXPLOSION, BROKEN HILL MINE, 1900
Sam Byrne (Australian, 1883–1978) · 1900
Unsold / did not meet reserve
Estimate A$3,000 – A$5,000 (≈ $2,848 – $4,746) (≈ £1,772 – £2,953) (≈ €2,068 – €3,447)
Offered at Smith & Singer and passed / bought in. Counted in the artist’s sell-through rate; no price, so not in price averages.
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- Medium
- Oil · Paintings all oil results →As published: “oil on composition board”
- Support
- Board
- Signed / inscribed
- Inscribed 'Explosion Broken Hill Mine 1900' lower left; signed 'Sam Byrne' lower right
- Category
- Oil paintings
- Auction house
- Smith & Singer
- Sale
- Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design (AU0782)
- Date
- October 29, 2013
- Location
- Melbourne, Australia
- Lot
- 211
- Estimate
- A$3,000 – A$5,000 (≈ $2,848 – $4,746) (≈ £1,772 – £2,953) (≈ €2,068 – €3,447)
- Source
- Auction house smithandsinger.com.au ↗Retrieved Sep 25, 2026
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