Lot 576 · English Literature, History, Science, Childrens Books and Illustrations
"and what are your twins hoping to be when they grow up, mrs. armitage?"
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- Estimate
- £200–£300 hammer ≈ $265–$398
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — English Literature, History, Science, Childrens Books and Illustrations, London · 10 July 2018
- Record ID
- TB-2026-4678988
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Antonia Yeoman, "and what are your twins hoping to be when they grow up, mrs. armitage?". Sotheby's, 10 Jul 2018, lot 576. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4678988.
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Antonia Yeoman, "and what are your twins hoping to be when they grow up, mrs. armitage?". Sotheby's, 10 Jul 2018, lot 576. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-4678988.
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From the same sale English Literature, History, Science, Childrens Books and Illustrations · Jul 2018
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| "For a long time they looked at the river beneath them..." | Shepard, E.h. 1879-1976. | £60,000–£80,000 | |
| The Original Map of the Hundred Acre Wood | Shepard, E.h. 1879-1976. | £100,000–£150,000 | |
| "The Lawyer" | Gerald Scarfe | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| "An Eighth Deadly Sin" | Ronald Searle | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| "The magical balance sheet" | Ronald Searle | £1,500–£2,000 | |
| "Dear Diary" | Ronald Searle | £1,500–£2,000 |
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| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Antonia Yeoman | "Excuse us, but our door's stuck" | $251 | Sotheby's, Dec 2017 | |
| Ronald Searle | Swing Time | Locati LLC, Feb 2025 | ||
| Antonia Yeoman | "No, up the ladders and down the snakes" | Sotheby's, Jul 2018 | ||
| Winston Churchill | Churchill wearing his honorary Air Commodore uniform. ‘The G | Hermitage Fine Art, Jun 2023 | ||
| Antonia Yeoman | "Well, one of us is wrong" | Sotheby's, Jul 2017 | ||
| Dickens, Charles. 1812-1870. | dickens, the lamplighter, 1879, no. 42 of 250 copies | Sotheby's, Sep 2019 | ||
| Winston Churchill | Vintage photogtaph. Churchill in Lord Warden of the Cinque P | Hermitage Fine Art, Mar 2023 | ||
| Dickens, Charles. 1812-1870. | Great Expectations and The Uncommercial Traveller, . London: | 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.