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- Estimate
- £30,000–£40,000 hammer ≈ $53,613–$71,484
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Sotheby's L06130 · 24 April 2006
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3412536
- Record
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Ken Currie, The First Light of Day (Triptych). Sotheby's, 24 Apr 2006, lot 218. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3412536.
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Ken Currie, The First Light of Day (Triptych). Sotheby's, 24 Apr 2006, lot 218. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3412536.
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From the same sale Sotheby's L06130 · Apr 2006
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helen | R.a. John Bellany | £5,000–£7,000 | |
| A Summer's Day | Robert Gemmell Hutchison R.S.A., R.S.W. | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Little Mother of the Angels | Jessie Marion King | £2,000–£3,000 | |
| Autumn Sunlight | George Houston Rsa Rsw Rgi | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Carousel II | Sir Robin Philipson, R.A., P.R.S.A., R.S.W. | £2,500–£3,500 | |
| The Western Isles | John Maclauchlan Milne Rsa | £1,000–£1,500 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ken Currie | Fatherland | $55,385 | Sotheby's, Nov 2016 | |
| Ken Currie | Three Remembered Heads | Sotheby's, Nov 2016 | ||
| George Leslie Hunter | Still Life with Fruit | Christie's, Oct 2024 | ||
| Jack Vettriano O.b.e. | Angel | Lyon & Turnbull, Apr 2024 | ||
| Ken Currie | Howl with the Wolves | Sotheby's, Nov 2015 | ||
| John Bellany Cbe Ra Hrsa Lld | The Persecuted | Lyon & Turnbull, Dec 2022 | ||
| George Leslie Hunter | Figures on the Pier, Largo | Lyon & Turnbull, Jun 2025 | ||
| George Leslie Hunter | oriental vase, red apples and pink roses in a glass vase | Sotheby's, Mar 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.