Lot 18 · 19th Century American Art
American Ships in a Storm
James Edward Buttersworth · oil on canvas
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- Estimate
- $40,000–$60,000 hammer
- Result
- upcoming — 19 January 2022
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — 19th Century American Art, New York · 19 January 2022
- Dimensions
- 12 x 16 in. (30.5 x 40.6 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3492081
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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James Edward Buttersworth, American Ships in a Storm. Christie's, 19 Jan 2022, lot 18. estimate $40,000–$60,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3492081.
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89% chance this lot finds a buyer · market base rate 72%
Of the 92,006 held-out lots the model scored about 88%, 84% sold.
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James Edward Buttersworth, American Ships in a Storm. Christie's, 19 Jan 2022, lot 18. estimate $40,000–$60,000, unsold at time of record. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3492081.
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| Grandmother | ANNA MARY ROBERTSON 'GRANDMA' MOSES (1860-1961) | $60,000–$80,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
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| James Edward Buttersworth | Shipping off Palermo in the Mediterranean 18 x 24 in. (45.7 | Bonhams, Jun 2013 | ||
| James Edward Buttersworth | Henrietta, Fleetwing & Vesta (Great Ocean Yacht Race) | Christie's, May 2018 | ||
| James Edward Buttersworth | A Gaff Rigged Racing Cutter | Christie's, May 2016 | ||
| James Edward Buttersworth | yacht race in n.y. bay (yachts rounding the sandy hook light | Sotheby's, Jan 2019 | ||
| James Edward Buttersworth | The U.S.S. Pennsylvania Under Tow at the Outbreak of the Ame | Christie's, Mar 2010 | ||
| James Edward Buttersworth | U.S. Frigate in a Naval Engagement 18 x 24in | Bonhams, May 2019 | ||
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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.