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- Estimate
- £3,000–£5,000 hammer ≈ $5,776–$9,627
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's L05134 · 10 March 2005
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3208205
- Record
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William A. Breakspeare, Halt for Refreshment. Sotheby's, 10 Mar 2005, lot 250A. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3208205.
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William A. Breakspeare, Halt for Refreshment. Sotheby's, 10 Mar 2005, lot 250A. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3208205.
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From the same sale Sotheby's L05134 · Mar 2005
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Morning on the Dee | Henry John Boddington | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Spring Tide | John Brett | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| The Hedger, Cookham Dean | Sir George Clausen, R.A., R.W.S., R.I. | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Children Snowballing on a Frozen Lake | Dame Laura Knight | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| The Cottage Garden | George Spencer Watson, R.A., R.O.I. | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| Landscape near Hickling, Norfolk | R.w.s. Edward Seago | £8,000–£10,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William A. Breakspeare | The gypsy girl | $8,615 | Christie's, Jul 2009 | |
| William A. Breakspeare | Lost in thought | Christie's, Mar 2015 | ||
| William A. Breakspeare | Wistful | Bonhams, Nov 2019 | ||
| William A. Breakspeare | Where are you going to, my pretty maid? | Sotheby's, Mar 2008 | ||
| William A. Breakspeare | The Guardian Angel 24 1/4 x 36 1/4in (61.6 x 92.1cm) | Bonhams, Nov 2016 | ||
| William A. Breakspeare | A kitchen courtship | Bonhams, Jul 2021 | ||
| William A. Breakspeare | The courtship | Christie's, Jul 2009 | ||
| Antoine Bouvard | The vegetable market, Venice | Bonhams, Nov 2021 |
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.