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- Estimate
- £1,000–£1,500 hammer ≈ $1,263–$1,894
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Bonhams — Modern British & Irish Art, London, Knightsbridge · 27 November 2024
- Record ID
- TB-2026-377564
- Record
- first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Louis William Wain, The Cat Who is Always Ill. Bonhams, 27 Nov 2024, lot 157. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-377564.
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Louis William Wain, The Cat Who is Always Ill. Bonhams, 27 Nov 2024, lot 157. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-377564.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Bad Homburg | Lucy Harwood | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| Houses in Rickmansworth | Alfred Aaron Wolmark | £800–£1,200 | |
| Milton, East Knoyle | Lucien Pissarro | £3,000–£5,000 | |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louis William Wain | The Cup That Cheers | $6,749 | Bonhams, Nov 2025 | |
| Louis William Wain | Felix | Bonhams, Jul 2023 | ||
| Louis William Wain | Gathering Grapes on the Balcony | Bonhams, Apr 2022 | ||
| Louis William Wain | A Happy Face | Bonhams, Nov 2023 | ||
| Louis William Wain | The Start | Bonhams, Nov 2024 | ||
| Louis William Wain | The Daily Meower | Bonhams, Apr 2022 | ||
| Louis William Wain | A Celebrated Q.C. | Bonhams, Mar 2025 | ||
| Louis William Wain | Smiling Cat | Bonhams, Nov 2022 |
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.