Detail of Naata Nungurrayi, The Rockhole and Soakage Water Site of Marrapinti, (detail) 2001, the top lot sold at Deutscher and Hackett’s Laverty Collection auction taking the hammer at $216,000. Courtesy Deutscher and Hackett
It has been a long while since an auction has had a 99% sold rate. But are we really surprised in this case? With an in-built provenance harking from Australia’s “collecting royalty” when it comes to Aboriginal art, this was an auction that was always going to sell well – how well was the more apt question.
