“Little Things”, a 1995 artwork by legendary Malaysian artist Datuk Ibrahim Hussein, fetched the highest price of RM403,200 at the auction organised by Henry Butcher Art Auctioneers .
The third-highest bid was the 2004 “Red Legong” – and acrylic-on-canvas piece by another famous Malaysian artist, Ahmad Zakii Anwar. It fetched RM108,000. “We are truly grateful and happy to collect about RM2.2 million from the artworks sold at the auction programme here, despite the challenging global economic situation, the Covid-19 outbreak, and sudden change in the government.
“Throughout last year, we managed to collect about RM8.3 million and this year, we are on par and hopefully we can reach the same target as last year,” he said when met, adding that it was the first time auctioning was conducted online and via phone call bidding.
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