London Bridge, Portsea, 1957, 84 x 112 cm
Although “London Bridge, Portsea” is well referenced in Traudi Allen’s 1992 publication 
on John Perceval, the whereabouts of this significant painting were unknown – until the owner contacted us wishing to sell the painting.
This stormy seascape of the Mornington Peninsula was located in Marbella in Spain. We organised its repatriation to Australia, and it eventually sold for $225,000 incl. buyer’s premium.
BACKGROUND: This very fine gouache by Australia’s contemporary master had been purchased at auction at Sotheby’s in 1992 for $4,400. VALUATION & OUTCOME: After a sympathetic reframe, “Dog in Landscape” achieved a very comfortable appreciation in value when it sold for $42,000 incl. buyer’s premium. A handsome return for the
BACKGROUND: The set of the ten watercolours of Australian birds by H.H. Calvert was as fresh as the day they were created – a very rare find indeed. VALUATION & OUTCOME: We brokered the sale of these examples of H.H. Calvert’s watercolours of birds, and they achieved in total just
