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- Estimate
- £8,000–£12,000 hammer ≈ $12,721–$19,082
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Defining Taste, London · 12 November 2013
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4209719
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Michael Ayrton, Maze player. Sotheby's, 12 Nov 2013, lot 93. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4209719.
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Michael Ayrton, Maze player. Sotheby's, 12 Nov 2013, lot 93. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4209719.
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From the same sale Defining Taste · Nov 2013
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contemplative object | Sir Eduardo Paolozzi | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Marble Form | Barbara Hepworth | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Pulteney Bridge, Bath | Walter Richard Sickert A.r.a. | £20,000–£30,000 | |
| Portrait of Thomas Esmond Lowinsky | Eric Gill | £3,000–£5,000 | |
| Climbing Forms | Robert Adams | £12,000–£18,000 | |
| A Curved House, Maugersbury | Laurence Stephen Lowry R.a. | £15,000–£25,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Michael Ayrton | Daedalus at Cumae 52.4 cm. (20 5/8 in.) high | $22,392 | Bonhams, Jun 2025 | |
| Michael Ayrton | Conversation 91.3 x 71.2 cm. (36 x 28 in.) | Bonhams, Jul 2020 | ||
| Michael Ayrton | Hera | Christie's, Jul 2015 | ||
| Michael Ayrton | Figure with Skein 1972 | Bonhams, Jul 2020 | ||
| Michael Ayrton | The Track to Chanctonbury | Sotheby's, Sep 2021 | ||
| Michael Ayrton | Invader | Sotheby's, Mar 2022 | ||
| Michael Ayrton | figures on a jetty | Sotheby's, Mar 2019 | ||
| Michael Ayrton | shepherd | Sotheby's, Nov 2018 |
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