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- Estimate
- £8,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $15,403–$23,104
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's L05134 · 10 March 2005
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3207870
- Record
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William Charles Thomas Dobson, The Drinking Fountain. Sotheby's, 10 Mar 2005, lot 237. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3207870.
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William Charles Thomas Dobson, The Drinking Fountain. Sotheby's, 10 Mar 2005, lot 237. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3207870.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Morning on the Dee | Henry John Boddington | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Spring Tide | John Brett | £4,000–£6,000 | |
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