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- Estimate
- $300,000–$500,000 hammer
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — American Art , New York · 23 May 2017
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4566813
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Robert Spear Dunning, A Fruit Picture. Sotheby's, 23 May 2017, lot 27. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4566813.
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Robert Spear Dunning, A Fruit Picture. Sotheby's, 23 May 2017, lot 27. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4566813.
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|---|---|---|---|
| Windy Day on Battery Park | Howard Mclean | $30,000–$50,000 | |
| The Bronco Buster | Frederic Remington | $60,000–$80,000 | |
| Standing Bull | Elie Nadelman | $70,000–$100,000 | |
| Forgotten Mastery | Philip Perkins | $10,000–$15,000 | |
| Blackfoot Indian | Charles Marion Russell | $60,000–$80,000 | |
| Portrait of Mrs. Charles Beatty Alexander | John Singer Sargent, Ra | $300,000–$500,000 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| Robert Spear Dunning | Cherries | $212,500 | Christie's, May 2019 | |
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| Milton Avery | White Gull Resting | Phillips, Oct 2021 | ||
| Milton Avery | Sleeping Bather | Christie's, Nov 2025 | ||
| Charles Ephraim Burchfield | Trees in Meadow 25 x 33 in. (63.5 x 83.8 cm.) | Bonhams, Nov 2021 | ||
| Milton Avery | Woman with Mandolin | Sotheby's, Nov 2021 |
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