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Lot 54 · Sotheby's L05136

the coast of the desert off tarapaca

Thomas Somerscales

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Estimate
£40,000–£60,000 hammer ≈ $70,368–$105,553
Result
Performance
Sale
Sotheby's — Sotheby's L05136 · 4 October 2005
Record ID
TB-2026-3301594
Record
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Thomas Somerscales, the coast of the desert off tarapaca. Sotheby's, 4 Oct 2005, lot 54. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3301594.

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Thomas Somerscales, the coast of the desert off tarapaca. Sotheby's, 4 Oct 2005, lot 54. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3301594.

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From the same sale Sotheby's L05136 · Oct 2005

LotArtistEstimateResult
A barge off Margate Snr. George Chambers £7,000–£9,000
To Sea from the Firth of Lorn Thomas Rose Miles £1,000–£1,500
A View Near Barton-on-the-Humber John Wilson Carmichael £3,000–£5,000
The Danish Schooner Apollo Andreas £3,000–£4,000
Velsheda off the coast of the Isle of Wight James W. Bartholomew £3,000–£4,000
Outward bound, Shoreham Harbour Edwin Hayes, R.H.A., R.I., R.O.I. £4,000–£6,000

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