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Provenance of an item is critical in an auction, say auction house Pundole's organisers
Updated On: 01 September, 2013 04:36 AM IST | | Dhiman Chattopadhyay
Pundole, the well-known auction house is holding a sale at the NCPA on September 3 and 4 where the entire estate and property of the late Laura Hamilton as well as prized items from two royal houses, will go under the hammer. The list includes a painting by Raja Ravi Varma valued at Rs 5 crore, recently discovered works of Nandalal Bose and exquisite Buddha figurines dating back to 2nd century AD. Pundole's Mallika Advani and Robin Dean speak to Dhman about the au
Pundole is holding an auction of this size after a while. How many items are on sale?
We have 315 lots for this particular auction. All the items on sale will be put up for viewing at the National Centre of the Performing Arts (NCPA) from September 1-3, and the auction will be held on September 3 and 4. This time the sale is filled with art and antiques with spectacular provenance, which range from an extraordinary portrait of Seth Lachman Das by the giant of pre-modern Indian Art Raja Ravi Varma and the entire collection of the late Laura Hamilton, who set up and owned the Malabar Boutique at the Taj Hotel in Colaba since 1962 and whose personal collection is unparalleled.

Among the prized items on auction is a Gandhara Era (2nd century AD) Buddha statue
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