Online Only Sale of Photographs from the Pat Corrigan Collection Sets Auction Records

By David Hulme & Brigitte Banziger, on 04-Jun-2020

Patrick Corrigan is one of Australia’s most important art collectors and philanthropists, and this clearly resonated with buyers at Deutscher + Hackett’s timed online sale of 60 photographs from the magnate’s collection.

Chris Deutscher pointed out that the Pat Corrigan provenance had been important to many of their buyers, and new records were set for several individual iconic Australian photographs, even though photography can be somewhat of a hit and miss affair in the Australian auction room.

Max Dupain’s Meat Queue (Lot 17 ) achieved its highest price at auction at $15,000.

David Moore’s Sisters of Charity, Washington DC, sold for $16,000 hp (Lot 34 ), whilst his Migrants Arriving in Sydney (Lot 38 ) sold for $19,000 hp, which is now the highest price for David Moore at auction.

Carol Jerrems’ Juliet Holding ‘Vale Street’ (Lot 57 ) sold for $26,000 hp. Smith & Singer had sold the same image on 20th November 2019 for $25,000 hp.

In all, the Pat Corrigan photography collection achieved an impressive 97% sale rate by numbers and a very successful 225% sale by value, continuing the run of exceptional online art sales for a number of Australian art auctioneers in recent months.

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About The Author

Brigitte Banziger and David Hulme are the principals of Banziger Hulme Fine Art Consultants, established since 2003. With their combined experience of over 40 years, they provide private collectors as well as companies and public institutions with independent expert art valuations. In addition to their appraisals for insurance, family law, deceased estates and market values, they assist clients with transparent advice when buying or selling an individual artwork or an entire collection, for some of Australia’s most significant private collectors. David Hulme is an approved valuer for the Australian Government’s Cultural Gifts Program, and both Brigitte and David are members of the Art Consulting Association of Australia, where David served as President from 2015 to 2019. David Hulme is a regular art market critic and commentator on the Australian art market and has been interviewed by numerous media, including the 'Australian Financial Review', 'The Australian' and 'The Sydney Morning Herald'. He has also been interviewed on Network 10’s 'The Project', on the ABC’s Radio National Breakfast show with Hamish MacDonald, the ABC’s 'The Business' program amongst many others.

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