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- Estimate
- £40,000–£60,000 hammer ≈ $64,685–$97,027
- Result
- Performance
- Sale
- Christie's — Russian Art , London · 9 June 2009
- Dimensions
- 7½ x 10½ in. (19 x 26.7 cm.)
- Record ID
- TB-2026-5326257
- Record
- first seen 28 Jul 2026 · updated 28 Jul 2026 · source ↗
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Ivan Aivazovsky, Watching ships at sunset. Christie's, 9 Jun 2009, lot 16. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5326257.
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Ivan Aivazovsky, Watching ships at sunset. Christie's, 9 Jun 2009, lot 16. result recorded. TheBasis.Art, TB-2026-5326257.
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From the same sale Russian Art · Jun 2009
| Lot | Artist | Estimate | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| Contemplating the journey ahead | Konstantin Westchiloff (1877-1945) | £6,000–£9,000 | |
| An American steamer in heavy seas | Ivan Aivazovsky | £30,000–£50,000 | |
| Portrait of a man | Ilya Efimovich Repin | £16,000–£18,000 | |
| A Finnish village. Roofs | Vasilii Shukhaev (1887-1973) | £300,000–£500,000 | |
| Raphael and his model | Mikhail Zichy (1827-1906) | £6,000–£9,000 | |
| Panoramic view of the port of Sebastopol with Tsar Alexander III's ya… | Mikhail Zichy (1827-1906) | £1,000–£2,000 |
Comparable results nearest sold works, same medium & price band
| Artist | Lot | vs. estimate | Result USD, incl. premium | Sale |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ivan Aivazovsky | ship at sea at sunset | $95,732 | Sotheby's, Nov 2018 | |
| Ivan Aivazovsky | Stormy seas | Christie's, Jun 2018 | ||
| Ivan Aivazovsky | Feodosia Bay in the Moonlight, c.1880 | Templum Auctions, Oct 2024 | ||
| Ivan Aivazovsky | harbour scene | Sotheby's, Nov 2018 | ||
| Ivan Aivazovsky | The survivors | Christie's, Apr 1998 | ||
| Ivan Aivazovsky | Moonlight | Christie's, Nov 2021 | ||
| Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev | The Embrace | Sotheby's, Jun 2021 | ||
| Boris Dmitrievich Grigoriev | Grigoriev Portrait | Sotheby's, Mar 2024 |
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.