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- Estimate
- $40,000–$60,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture, New York · 22 May 2008
- Record ID
- TB-2026-3762776
- Record
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Arthur B. Davies, Eyelids of the Sunset. Sotheby's, 22 May 2008, lot 47. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3762776.
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Arthur B. Davies, Eyelids of the Sunset. Sotheby's, 22 May 2008, lot 47. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-3762776.
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From the same sale American Paintings, Drawings & Sculpture · May 2008
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jewel of the Southwest | William Acheff | $80,000–$120,000 | |
| Bread and Fruit | Luigi Lucioni | $30,000–$50,000 | |
| Autumn, On the Road to Addison, Maine | John Marin | $200,000–$300,000 | |
| The Bronco Buster | Frederic Remington | $500,000–$700,000 | |
| Wild Swans Sacred to Apollo | Childe Hassam | $50,000–$70,000 | |
| Sheep in a Landscape | Milton Avery | $120,000–$180,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arthur B. Davies | Full-Orbed Moon | $18,900 | Sotheby's, Dec 2022 | |
| Arthur B. Davies | Helen, the Dawn Flower | Sotheby's, May 2009 | ||
| Norman Rockwell | Portrait of Richard Nixon, The Saturday Evening Post cover s | Heritage Auctions, Nov 2021 | ||
| Milton Avery | Coney Island | Rago, Jul 2026 | ||
| Norman Rockwell | International Scouting (Statue of Liberty and Scouts) | Heritage Auctions, May 2026 | ||
| Milton Avery | Lone Animal | Phillips, Jul 2023 | ||
| Milton Avery | Green Trees | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Guy Carleton Wiggins | Morning and Low Tide 25 1/4 x 30 3/8 in. (64.1 x 77.2 cm.) | Bonhams, Nov 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.