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8 July 2015

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RESULTS | Victorian, Maritime & Sporting Art - South Kensington, 8 July 2015

8 July 2015

Victorian, Pre Raphaelite & British Impressionist Art,

Maritime Art, Sporting & Wildlife Art

 South Kensington, Wednesday 8 July 2015, Sale 10730

[All sold prices include buyer’s premium]

 

179 lots sold

Total: £1,902,875/$2,938,039/€2,665,928

72% sold by lot

249 lots offered

$1.544 = £1 / €1.401 = £1

78% sold by value

Lot

Description

Estimate (£)

Price Realized

Buyer

80

John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893), Rouen - les lumières sur la Seine, pris du Pont de Pierre

80,000-120,000

£98,500

$152,084

€137,999

UK Private

131

Charles Brooking (1723-1759), An English two-decker of forty guns riding at anchor off a coast with a galliot close by and five men-o'war beyond

60,000-80,000

£92,500

$142,820

€129,593

UK Private

28

John Atkinson Grimshaw (1836-1893), Starboard Light

30,000-50,000

£92.500

$142,820

€129,593

UK Private

 

Next sale: Victorian, Maritime & Sporting Art – Wednesday 2 December 2015, South Kensington

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Estimates do not include buyer’s premium.

Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium and do not reflect costs, third-party financing fees or application of buyer’s or seller’s credits.

       

 

 

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* Please note when quoting estimates above that other fees will apply in addition to the hammer price - see Section D of the Conditions of Sale at the back of the sale catalogue. *Estimates do not include buyer’s premium. Sales totals are hammer price plus buyer’s premium.