Lot 429 · South African and International Art, Decorative Arts
Buildings Against Mountain Background
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- Estimate
- R7,000–R10,000 hammer ≈ $510–$728
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Strauss & Co — South African and International Art, Decorative Arts, Online · 27 November 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-13402295
- Record
- first seen 5 Aug 2026 · updated 5 Aug 2026 · source ↗
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- TB-2026-13402295 — https://thebasis.art/cite/TB-2026-13402295
Stefan Ampenberger, Buildings Against Mountain Background. Strauss & Co, 27 Nov 2017, lot 429. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13402295.
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Stefan Ampenberger, Buildings Against Mountain Background. Strauss & Co, 27 Nov 2017, lot 429. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-13402295.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stefan Ampenberger | Trees in Landscape | $526 | Strauss & Co, Feb 2026 | |
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| Stefan Ampenberger | Landscape with Houses and Figures | Strauss & Co, Mar 2022 | ||
| Stefan Ampenberger | Returning Fishermen | Strauss & Co, Aug 2022 | ||
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The closest sold results by price, artist, and medium — the appraiser's comp set, generated from the corpus. All figures converted to USD at current reference rates.