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- Estimate
- £10,000–£15,000 hammer ≈ $15,945–$23,917
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Old Master & British Drawings Sale, London · 8 July 2011
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4024765
- Record
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Edward Lear, Valetta, Malta. Sotheby's, 8 Jul 2011, lot 354. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4024765.
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Edward Lear, Valetta, Malta. Sotheby's, 8 Jul 2011, lot 354. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4024765.
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From the same sale Old Master & British Drawings Sale · Jul 2011
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| By the Waters of Babylon | Anthony Vandyke Copley Fielding P.O.W.S | £4,000–£6,000 | |
| A gondola with a larger boat behind it | Giuseppe Bernardino Bison | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Newcastle upon Tyne | Thomas Miles Richardson II | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Three butterflies and a gnat | Herman Henstenburgh | £7,000–£9,000 | |
| Four hunting dogs in a landscape | Giovanni Domenico Tiepolo | £14,000–£16,000 | |
| Two men-o'-war in a battle | Willem Van De Velde The Younger | £15,000–£20,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Lear | "And I will See, Before I Die, The Palms and Temples of the | $24,343 | Sotheby's, Apr 2025 | |
| Edward Lear | The Pyramids near Cairo | Sotheby's, Oct 2023 | ||
| Edward Lear | The Monastery of St Nilus, Mount Athos | Christie's, Jul 2021 | ||
| Edward Lear | Erbalunga, Corsica | Bonhams, Nov 2024 | ||
| Edward Lear | Villefranche-sur-Mer, Côte d'Azur, France | Christie's, Jul 2020 | ||
| Edward Lear | The Gorge at Suk Wady Barada, Lebanon | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 | ||
| Edward Lear | Kom Ombo, Egypt | Bonhams, Jun 2020 | ||
| Edward Lear | Bab el Kalabshe on the Nile | Sotheby's, Oct 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.