Blue chips post records
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JEFFREY SMART
Self Portrait at Papini's, 1984-85
Sold for $1,260,000 (inc. BP)
'Towards the end of last month the battle of the Jeffrey Smarts took place between two of Australia's biggest auction houses[...] As it turned out, Deutscher and Hackett won this battle with a stunning result of $1.26 million IBP for the self-portrait, a new record for a Smart at auction.'
James Cockington, Blue chips post records, The Sydney Morning Herald, September 10, 2014