Lot #967 - John Allcott
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Auction House:Mossgreen
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Sale Name:Australian & Colonial - Antique & Historial
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Sale Date:09 Nov 2015 ~ Session 1: 10.30am (Lots 501 - 815)
09 Nov 2015 ~ Session 2: 2pm (Lots 816 - 1105) -
Lot #:967
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Lot Description:John Allcott
(1888-1973)
The Buckingham
oil on board
50 x 60cm
signed John Allcott lower left -
Provenance:Christie's Australia, The Estate of the late Frederick D. Bladin, Melbourne, April 2, 2003.
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Notes:Reputedly the only vessel of the British Mercantile Marine to have been launched by Queen Victoria. The Buckingham was purchased by an American and Australian syndicate in 1922. In the same year the ship now renamed Muscoota was loaded with two and half million feet of timber at Puget Sound B.C. and crossed the Pacific to Melbourne in 69 days.
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Estimate:A$1,200 - 1,500
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Realised Price:
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Category:Art
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