Lot 823 · Sotheby's L05621
salmon on the banks of the dee with balmoral in the distance
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- Estimate
- £10,000–£15,000 hammer ≈ $17,862–$26,793
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's L05621 · 31 August 2005
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3286499
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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John Bucknell Russell, salmon on the banks of the dee with balmoral in the distance. Sotheby's, 31 Aug 2005, lot 823. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3286499.
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John Bucknell Russell, salmon on the banks of the dee with balmoral in the distance. Sotheby's, 31 Aug 2005, lot 823. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3286499.
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| John Bucknell Russell | Salmon on a river bank | Christie's, Oct 2000 | ||
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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.