The Big Match 29.25 x 39.25 cm. (11 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.) — Ruskin Spear R.A. (British, 1911-1990)

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Estimate: £7,000–£10,000 hammer ≈ $8,868–$12,668
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Sale: Bonhams — Football: The Beautiful Game, Online, London, New Bond Street · 4 December 2023
Record ID: TB-2026-385654
Record: first seen 20 Jul 2026 · updated 20 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Ruskin Spear R.a., The Big Match 29.25 x 39.25 cm. (11 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.). Bonhams, 4 Dec 2023, lot 101. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-385654.

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Ruskin Spear R.a., The Big Match 29.25 x 39.25 cm. (11 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.). Bonhams, 4 Dec 2023, lot 101. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-385654.

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From the same sale Football: The Beautiful Game · Dec 2023

Lot	Artist	Estimate
Portrait of John Ellison McCartney Holding a Football 157.9 x 67 cm. …	Harold Speed	£15,000–£20,000
Pretty Play at Putney: Our press photographer catches a decorative mo…	Frank Reynolds	£400–£600
The Affability of the Great 17.7 x 24.7 cm. (7 x 9 3/4 in.)	Joseph Morewood Staniforth	£150–£200
Football Fever: Saturday Afternoon In the Midlands 17.7 x 24.2 cm. (7…	Harry Furniss	£600–£800
Forbidden Football 14.5 x 22.7 cm. (5 3/4 x 9 in.)	Arthur Moreland	£100–£150
How to Get There 28.5 x 19.7 cm. (11 1/4 x 7 3/4 in.)	Eric Fraser	£1,000–£1,500

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Ruskin Spear R.a.	"The Life Class" - After Thomas Rowlandson	$10,615	Bonhams, Apr 2021
Ruskin Spear R.a.	Waves on the Beach		Bonhams, Mar 2026
Ruskin Spear R.a.	Old Man on Couch		Christie's, Dec 2007
Ruskin Spear R.a.	At the snooker table		Bonhams, Feb 2025
Ruskin Spear R.a.	Night Out for Muriel		Chiswick Auctions, Jun 2026
Ruskin Spear R.a.	Girl Asleep		Sotheby's, Sep 2022
Ruskin Spear R.a.	Beach Scene, Rottingdean		Sotheby's, Feb 2005
Ruskin Spear R.a.	Cat and Canaries		Chiswick Auctions, Jun 2026

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.