Painting by William Barak – the last chief of the Yarra Yarra tribe – sold for 504,000 AUD
William Barak’s painting, the Corroboree, was sold for 504,000 AUD ($421,797) at Sotheby’s during the “Aboriginal Art” auction event. The whole auction brought in some 2,581,560 AUD and William Barak’s painting was sold for the highest price, for 2 times of the pre-auction estimate. […]