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- Estimate
- £6,000–£8,000 hammer ≈ $7,848–$10,464
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Sotheby's — Modern Discoveries, London · 15 October 2024
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5244364
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 6 Sep 2026 · source ↗
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Valentine Prax, Le Café. Sotheby's, 15 Oct 2024, lot 102. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5244364.
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Valentine Prax, Le Café. Sotheby's, 15 Oct 2024, lot 102. bought in (did not sell). TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5244364.
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From the same sale Modern Discoveries · Oct 2024
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| La Maison du coin du pont, Lavardin | Maxime Maufra | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Banlieue de Paris | Yuri Pavlovich Annenkov | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| La Maison de la mère Féraud à Saint-Tropez | Henri Manguin | £15,000–£20,000 | |
| Nature morte au pot rouge | Andre Lhote | £18,000–£25,000 | |
| Sans titre | Joan Miró | £6,000–£8,000 | |
| Paysage d'Arizona | Max Ernst | £60,000–£80,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valentine Prax | valentine henriette prax | le café | $8,918 | Sotheby's, Jul 2020 | |
| Valentine Prax | Figures | Bonhams, May 2022 | ||
| Valentine Prax | Nature morte | Christie's, Feb 2015 | ||
| Valentine Prax | [no title recorded] | Dorotheum, Sep 2022 | ||
| Valentine Prax | The lovers | Christie's, Feb 2014 | ||
| Valentine Prax | Femme et ses enfants | Christie's, May 2006 | ||
| Valentine Prax | France, c. 1920, oil on canvas, signed l.r. "V. Prax," title | Bonhams, Apr 2024 | ||
| Pablo Picasso | Visage tourmenté (A. R. 358) | Sotheby's, Oct 2021 |
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.