Lot 149 · The Marine Sale
'"A Gusty Nor' Wester" - Valkyrie III Racing Britannia and Ailsa for the Muir Memorial Challenge Cup on the Clyde - July 3rd 1895'
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- Estimate
- £30,000–£50,000 hammer ≈ $50,187–$83,644
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — The Marine Sale, London, Knightsbridge · 15 April 2014
- Record ID
- TB-2026-2026740
- Record
- first seen 25 Jul 2026 · updated 25 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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John Steven Dews, '"A Gusty Nor' Wester" - Valkyrie III Racing Britannia and Ailsa for the Muir Memorial Challenge Cup on the Clyde - July 3rd 1895'. Bonhams, 15 Apr 2014, lot 149. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2026740.
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John Steven Dews, '"A Gusty Nor' Wester" - Valkyrie III Racing Britannia and Ailsa for the Muir Memorial Challenge Cup on the Clyde - July 3rd 1895'. Bonhams, 15 Apr 2014, lot 149. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-2026740.
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|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | A Collection Of Navigational Instruments | £500–£700 | |
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| A brass bound mahogany ship's wheel, ex. HMS Argonaut 1942 36ins.(92c… | A brass bound mahogany ship's wheel, ex. HMS Argonaut 1942 36ins.(92cm)diam. | £600–£800 | |
| A Regency giltwood pier glass, Admiral Lord Nelson, c.1800 25.5x18.5i… | — | £5,000–£8,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| John Steven Dews | shamrock racing off norris castle against astra (k2), cambri | Sotheby's, May 2013 | ||
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| John Steven Dews | the america's cup, 1987 - stars and stripes crossing ahead o | Sotheby's, Jul 2015 |
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.