Lot 78 · Old Masters
The River Aare at Thun, looking towards Lake Thun, with the Niesen and the Bernese Alps beyond
Joseph Mallord William Turner Ra · pencil and watercolor on paper
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- Estimate
- $300,000–$500,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Old Masters, New York · 31 January 2024
- Dimensions
- 9 ¾ x 14 ¼ in. (24.8 x 36.2 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3282227
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ra, The River Aare at Thun, looking towards Lake Thun, with the Niesen and the Bernese Alps beyond. Christie's, 31 Jan 2024, lot 78. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3282227.
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Joseph Mallord William Turner Ra, The River Aare at Thun, looking towards Lake Thun, with the Niesen and the Bernese Alps beyond. Christie's, 31 Jan 2024, lot 78. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3282227.
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| The Adoration of the Magi | GIUSEPPE DI FRANCO (ACTIVE IN NAPLES C.1650) | $60,000–$80,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Mallord William Turner Ra | gledhow hall, yorkshire | $291,876 | Sotheby's, Jul 2020 | |
| Joseph Mallord William Turner Ra | The Falls of Schaffhausen, Switzerland | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | ||
| Joseph Mallord William Turner Ra | London: Autumnal Morning | Christie's, Jul 2023 | ||
| Joseph Mallord William Turner Ra | Lake Lucerne, looking down the Bay of Uri | Sotheby's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Joseph Mallord William Turner Ra | Light-towers of Le Havre, France | Sotheby's, Feb 2025 | ||
| Joseph Mallord William Turner Ra | The Grand Bridge at Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire | Christie's, Sep 2025 | ||
| Joseph Mallord William Turner Ra | the valley of washburn and leathley church, england | Sotheby's, Jan 2016 | ||
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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.