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- Estimate
- £600–£800 hammer ≈ $1,127–$1,503
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — British and Continental Pictures · 19 January 2005
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3189759
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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John Held Jr., harlequin spying on two lovers. Sotheby's, 19 Jan 2005, lot 155. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3189759.
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John Held Jr., harlequin spying on two lovers. Sotheby's, 19 Jan 2005, lot 155. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3189759.
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From the same sale British and Continental Pictures · Jan 2005
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Landlord | Alberic Victor Duyver | £800–£1,200 | |
| Where Sunshine Gleams | Pietro Senno | £1,000–£1,500 | |
| The Day's Bag | Robert Cleminson | £750–£950 | |
| Junge Frau mit drei kleinen Kindern | Hugo Oehmichen | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| The doctor's visit | Jozef Geirnaert | £3,000–£4,000 | |
| silhouette of prince william V of orange and family | English School | £400–£600 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| John Held Jr. | Ginning the Bar | $2,062 | Heritage Auctions, Apr 2019 | |
| John Held Jr. | The First Hundred Years, Cosmopolitan Magazine cartoon | Heritage Auctions, Oct 2017 | ||
| John Held Jr. | Actors on a Movie Set, McClure's magazine interior illustrat | Heritage Auctions, Oct 2019 | ||
| John Held Jr. | Farmer and Horse, proposed calendar art | Heritage Auctions, Dec 2024 | ||
| John Held Jr. | Merely Margie, comic strip, c. | Heritage Auctions, Feb 2010 | ||
| John Held Jr. | Buy H.O. advertisement | Heritage Auctions, Apr 2020 | ||
| Leroy Neiman | The Mixologist | Heritage Auctions, Jun 2022 | ||
| John Held Jr. | A Little Leggy, McClure's magazine interior, July | Heritage Auctions, Nov 2025 |
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.