Three paintings by an individual going under the hammer at once isn't something that happens every day, let alone three by one of the country's most celebrated artists.
Last night a trio of Don Binney paintings fetched just under $1.5 million when they went to auction at Art+Object in Newton.
Binney, who died in 2012, is renowned for his famed style and love of Auckland's West Coast and, in particular, New Zealand birds.
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Art+Object art director Ben Plumbly told the Herald the three paintings came from Binney's most celebrated period, 1965-1970.