Bonhams The Art of Hawaiʻi Auction Totals $1.71m
3 min read · 16 Jul 2026
Kualoa Ranch, Oʻahu by Enoch Wood Perry sold for $267,200. Image courtesy of Bonhams
A work by Enoch Wood Perry was the headline sale at Bonhams 'The Art of Hawaiʻi' auction on July 15 in Los Angeles.
- The sale totaled $1.71m, meeting the pre-sale estimate.
Snapshot of the sale
- 125 works sold totaling $1.71m.
- Estimates totaled: $1.24m (low) and $1.9m (high), excluding premiums.
- The sell-through rate was 79% of the original 158 lots announced.
The star lot was: Enoch Wood Perry, Kualoa Ranch, Oʻahu (1864), which sold for $267,200, 122% above its $120,000 low estimate. It has not been traded before.
Honolulu Street Scene by Ben Norris sold for $23,000 (668% above estimate). Image courtesy of Bonhams
The outperformer sold for 668% above its low estimate. Ben Norris, Honolulu Street Scene (1938), sold for $23,000 ($3,000 low estimate). It has not been traded before.
- 53 works, or 42%, sold above their high estimate.
- 49 works, or 39%, sold within their low and high estimate.
- 23 works, or 18%, sold below their low estimate.
- 0 sold with undisclosed estimates.
Guaranteed sales
No sales had a guarantee.
Works that did not sell
33 works were bought-in, including: Madge Tennent, Korean Girl; Portrait of a Woman (a double-sided composition) (1929), estimated at $40,000 (low) to $60,000 (high). It has been traded twice in the past.
Withdrawn before the sale
0 works were withdrawn
Terms and definitions
All results include the fees and premiums added to the price of a work of art when the auctioneer's hammer falls. Sale prices are compared to the auction house’s low estimate, which do not include premiums.
Guarantees: Sometimes an auction house guarantees to pay a seller for a work, regardless of whether the bidding reaches the reserve price, a figure that is typically confidential.
Bought-in: If there are no bids for a work, or if bidding falls short of the reserve price, the lot is unsold or “bought-in”.
Withdrawn: This happens when a seller decides, for whatever reason, to withdraw a work before the bidding begins.
Premiums: Typically a sliding-scale of charges paid in addition to the hammer price by the buyer, plus any other fees.
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