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• Auction House:
  Mossgreen
• Sale Name:
  Sydney Morning Herald Photography Archive, Part 1
• Sale Date:
  12 Dec 2017 ~ 6.30pm
• Lot #:
  80
• Lot Description:
  Jeff Carter
  (1928-2010)
  (Black Marlin), 1963
  silver gelatin photograph
  30.5 x 20.5 cm
  dated, inscribed and stamped verso: 25 Sep 1963 / A black marlin weighing 166lbs. in death throas [sic] aboard a Sydney game boat. Biggest black marlin caught by a sport fishermen in Australia was 680 lbs. / Relation of marlin, the broadbilled swordfish, not yet caught by sport angler in Australia, but several washed up dead on all broadbill in SA waters in 1949; bears artist’s studio stamp verso
• References:
  People Magazine, December 18, 1963, p. 34
• Estimate:
  A$800 - 1,200
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Art

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